"If you do what is
right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is
crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it."
{Genesis 4:7} (NIV1984)
The
account of the tragedy that befell the first children of the human race lays
out for all humans the biggest issue that we have! Sin desires to be our
master! Cain gave in to it and disaster followed. Over and over again in each
human’s life, this struggle has been lost. How many people walked the face of
the earth before a baby was born in a manger one night in Bethlehem? Every one
of those people lost this struggle.
As we read the Old Testament, we see the grace of God
applied to specific people who stand out among the multitude, as those who
feared God and actually engaged in the struggle against sin. But now, in this
age of grace upon grace, we have a Saviour, Christ the Lord! This Saviour died
in our place on the cross and condemned sin in sinful man. Simply put, Christ
the Lord died on that cross so that we could master sin. We who have trusted
Christ for our salvation, we have the Spirit of God in our hearts and we do not
have to sin! We don’t have to have disasters in our relationships and in our
personal lives. We have been saved from the cycle of sin and death.
Friend, do
we live in this reality? Do we choose to be led by the Spirit? Do we confess
our sins daily? Do we draw near to God daily seeking forgiveness, restoration
and the grace we need to live? Do we see victory in our lives over these
attitudes and actions that have plagued us for years? Or did Christ die for
naught?
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