Turning from your sin and turning to God

Hannah’s post below really stirred in me and got me thinking…

Sin really can cause oppression in our lives cant it? But, Hannah is right, God has conquered sin and the control it has in our lives. I LOVED that she said, “We have that promise, since we are not under law but under grace, that sin will never again rule.”

In Galatians 5:1 it states, “For freedom Christ has set us free, stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Sin can cause us to be driven into slavery, can't it? We are found to be in bondage to that sin and so unsure of how to get out. But as you said, Christ sets us FREE! It is his blood that covers us and we are a new creation. We are no longer identified by our old bodies, but by a new one. “Though your sins are like scarlet they shall be made white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.” (Isaiah 1:16)

Also, the awesome thing about grace is that it is not just extended once. We receive grace all the time. I think sometimes we believe once we become believers and accept Christ as our savior, we have to be perfect, and if we make one mistake… we lose salvation. But it is SO the opposite! Once we accept salvation the Lord uses our suffering and iniquities to bring him glory and to turn us to rely on him. Gosh, how often do we turn from God when we sin? But God wants us, so badly, to turn to HIM! He was to make our bodies new over and over again.

Finally... READ THIS!

“Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.” (Romans 5:1-11)

Guys, turn to God in all your filthiness and let him make you clean and new. When you are afraid of his judgement or of disappointing him... still turn. Turn to him in faith. He is your father and he loves you SO much. He wants you so badly and he alone is sufficient to nourish you. Turn from your sin and turn to God.

I love you guys... SO MUCH!

Always,

Lindsey