Excerpts from a recent message.
Proverbs 28:13
King James Bible
“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.”
The Bible is God speaking to us. If Jesus came to us in the flesh he would speak Scripture and words that correspond and confirm scripture. Repentance is (or should be) a part of the everyday Christian life.. Or “A day in the life”. Living in this fallen world, we are constantly reminded of the sin “that so easily besets us”. One point: unconfessed sin is unforgiven sin. To be sure, God in His great plan of Redemption laid all of our sins on Jesus at the cross. But we must accept the forgiveness that God offers. This is a daily walk. He gives us this day our daily bread. Like the manna in the days of old.
“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.”
We must repent daily and ask for Jesus Holy Blood to wash us afresh. “…the Blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” “If we say that we have no sin, then we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”
I have a question: in the light of Proverbs 28:13… Wonder what would’ve happened if Adam in the Garden after he sinned would’ve immediately confessed his sin? He doesn’t…he plays the blame game. “It’s the woman you gave me”.. In effect blaming God. “If you hadn’t given me that woman…” And that’s in every human DNA. Blame someone else. Sad really. Because until we accept responsibility for our circumstances God can do little to help. (Even if the circumstances are not necessarily your fault)
I’ve learned that some folk want help but don’t want to change.
In 2 Chronicles there is recorded for our admonition a story of King Ahaz. Now Ahaz was not a nice man. He caused Judah to sin. As king he even sacrificed his own children in the fire to appease demon gods. And then once his sin caused the nation to be destroyed, Ahaz refuses to repent and doubles down on stupid and says: “the gods of the Assyrians helped them, maybe if I sacrifice to them they will help me too.”
And the Bible says the gods “were the ruin of him”. And Judah suffered for his decisions because he was the leader. Ahaz is an OT poster child for what NOT to do. As I humbly see it, Ahaz had a choice. He could’ve turned to God in repentance and God would’ve forgiven him & spared his nation. He knew better. But, beloved many times folk know better but they don’t do better. Bad times for nation of Judah. Everything rises & falls on leadership.
Let us all exercise our leadership potential and turn to God in true repentance. He will abundantly pardon.
God bless you today.
Pastor Eugene