How many times have we heard “I’m just too much of a sinner to ever make it to heaven, or I
Am so bad from my past, I don’t deserve any happiness.”
Well my friends…. We are all sinners and we know it. The difference between the preacher and the teacher comes into play here.
The preacher is in search of the sinner to bring that person to Jesus Christ and have their sins forgiven, and help them start a new way of living.
The teacher on the other hand, is sharing the
Knowledge and understanding of the meaning of the word and how to better understand the concept.
Let’s start with the meaning of the word “Sin”
# 266 in the Greek “Strong’s concordance “
(Ham-ar-tee’-ah “offence” “sinful” “trespass”)
There is only 1 sin that is unforgivable according To Jesus and what He taught in the Gospel of St. Mathew chapter 12 verse 31.
“Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin
And blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men :
But the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall
Not be forgiven unto men. “
12:32 “And whosoever speaketh a word against
The Son of man , it shall be forgiven him : but
Whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost : it shall not be forgiven him , neither in this world, neither in the world to come. “
This is to deny the Holy Ghost to speak thru us
This is near impossible for us humans to do.
The Holy Spirit can not lie.
If you are not sure if the voice is indeed the Holy Spirit ..we check this by asking the spirit to confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh
The devil or satin cannot confess this, but the Holy spirit will .
The whole chapter is worth the time to read as Jesus taught the people. Back in that time the word “ blasphemy” was used a lot.
# 988 (blas-fay-me’-ah) “vilification (espec. Against God) evil speaking, railing.
Also consider the woman in the Gospel of St John chapter 8 that was caught being unfaithful to her husband and was about to be stoned when they asked Jesus what they should do. You remember….He said whosoever is without sin cast the first stone….nobody cast a stone…they all left and the woman was forgiven her sin.
The hardest part about forgiving sin…is forgiving our self. After we confess our sin to our Heavenly Father….he doesn’t want to hear about it anymore….we must believe and accept His forgiveness and then forgive ourselves. As we forgive others.
As a child I was raised Catholic and had to go to confession every Thursday before school, 4/5 grades. Sometimes, I had to make up stuff to tell the priest in the confession booth. I didn’t
Know all the sins at that age.
Nowadays people go to church every Sunday to get right with God, and give a few hours of their time to let God know they are still with him.
As for me… everyday is my start with thanking
my Heavenly Father for another day.
And with that said, I’m reminded of the joke about waking up and telling God…I have not sinned once today Lord…I have not cussed, I have not had an evil thought, I have not broke one commandment !!!
Now Lord….I’m gonna get up out of this bed and I can’t promise the day will be without sin.
This photo is all from this morning, our home and our faces. I did the search before I cropped hers….no matches on the internet after searching 57 billion images.
