Sin Doesn't Hold Man...

May 6

Some people have utmost disregard for the things of God. They lie with impunity. They are utterly contemptuous of anyone who strives to live righteously. They mock God and eschew His law. Their lives are totally wanton. Their licentiousness is boundless. They are totally governed by the lust of the moment rather than by God’s eternal law.

Although there is a place of forgiveness for them, they don’t want it. Their complete disdain for the notion of a Holy God leaves them without eyes to see Him or ears to hear Him. They are completely satisfied when pursuing “the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life” I John 2:16.

But should such a one repent of his sinful lifestyle, should he begin to indulge within himself the gnawing conviction that there is something more, something better than living a life that is totally self-absorbed, the Word offers hope. There is no pit so deep that God’s hand cannot reach down and lift a man out. There is no mind so perverted that God cannot cleanse it. There is no sin so grievous that Christ’s blood cannot cover it.

In I Corinthians 10:13 Paul, the Apostle who had persecuted believers unto death tells us, “No temptation has seized you except that is common to man; and God is faithful. He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can endure. When you are tempted, He will provide a way of escape so you will not fall under it.” Sin doesn’t hold man. Man holds sin—and whenever man decides to let it go, God will help him overcome it.