Are
You Covering Up?
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Title:
Are You Covering Up?
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Date: 4/18/2002
Keywords:
"clean” “confess” “guilty”
“sin"
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strong in the face of sexual temptation.
Passage:
1 John 1:8-9*
8. If we say that we have
no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is
not in us.
9. If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Questions
1. When was the last time
you took a look at your life honestly to identify
areas of weakness or sin?
2. When was the last time you
judged another for not dealing with his or her
sin?
Practical
help
The only ones who
don’t believe they have sin in their lives are
babies and the self-deceived among us. And one of the
biggest sins is the failure to agree with God about
our sin problem. It’s human nature to think we
are better than we really are. It’s a survival
mechanism, actually. But if we have accepted Christ as
our sin-bearer, we no longer are under the threat of
extinction. So the survival mentality needs to be
replaced by an abundance mentality. Some well-meaning
Christians attempt to gloss over sin because they feel
it is spiritually healthier to just think positive.
Unfortunately, that’s probably why there is a
problem with Christians and pornography.
But honest self-examination is
not in order to take on a morbid, sin-absorbed
attitude. Just the opposite, in fact. The purpose for
identifying sin in our lives is to keep ourselves
right before God in order to enjoy the abundant life
He desires to give us. The good news of the gospel is
that God is not only able, He is also willing to clean
us up. The stipulation, however, is we must come to
Him on His terms, not our own. Take your mess to Him,
tell Him you are sorry, and ask Him to wash you clean
again.
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*"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD
BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation
1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977,
1995. Used by permission."
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