November 11, 2022 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

Simple Truth #4 Try hating sin!

Sin is complicated and set everything in motion that is bad and wrong in this world. Adam blew it! He had everything perfect and a great relationship with God, but he was willing to accept his wife’s decision and thought ‘Maybe God is not telling me everything I could really have in this world. Maybe Satan is right.’ Oh, how wrong he was, and I am sure he regretted his decision up until his death.

You cannot beat sin. You are not stronger than your sin. Your sin is much too powerful than anything you can do or not do to erase sins’ effects in your life. Sin has spiritual components so powerful that it takes spiritual warfare to eliminate its effects within one’s life.

Sin is so powerful and complicated that it is man’s #1 enemy. It is sin that is destroying our way of life, all that America originally stood for, and every good relationship—turning even the best relationships sour.

God gave all that was dear to Him in order to help, allow, and strengthen man to overcome its hold on our lives. Sin creates lifestyles that are deadly; sin kills what is good and healthy; sin hides in so many ways so you will not reject its hold on your life. The Bible helps identify what sin is and how it controls your life.

You need to hate all that is sin, just as God hates sin. Romans 1:18-32 (KJV) has the best descriptions of sin. Read it, listen to it being read, memorize it, and begin to hate sin.

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them.

20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.

24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves:

25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.

26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

31 Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

Let’s begin to hate sin and replace it with loving God. We do not hate the sinner but do all we can to help those who do not know the truth of God to see the error of their ways.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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