It's been defeated

This morning I read some pretty hard truths in the bible. Wow! Hear this!

"No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother." 1 John 3

Yikes - some hard truths to take in huh? It makes me think of the scripture that says "should we go on sinnning that grace may abound, by no means, we have died to sin." Sin is such an annoying thing isn't it? Sure would be great to wake up one day and have a perfect day. No bad thoughts, no words spoken in the wrong way, no inner and outer attitudes. The words above are a challenge for us to walk daily with Jesus. He knows that we will mess up, that's why he died on a cross for you and for me. Yet to walk with Jesus means that our life will be different - there are no excuses for continuing in our sin. Jesus told the woman caught in adultery; "...neither do I condemn you, go and sin no more."

Stop and think for a moment what Jesus really went through for you. The torture, the beatings, the rejection. As he went through all of this he was thinking about YOU. Seriously - HE WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU! As I think about Jesus hanging on a cross for me it is incredible, but when I think of him on the cross thinking about me - personally - Wow - what love. Best of all three days later he rose from the dead. Death could not even hold him down. This is the God that we have. This is the God that loves us. This is the God that tells us to love our brother. To walk as his children - in the light! This is the God that forgives.

And that sin in your life that your struggling with - kill it - put it to death - Jesus did - he defeated even death for you. His power is now within you in the Holy Spirit.

Walk in the light! You are loved like crazy!