A Few Bible Thoughts For Your Day

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Date: May 17 2016 3:51 PM

Hey Everybody,

I hope the week is off to a good start for you. Here are a few thoughts for your day.

I Have Sinned

Three of the hardest words for any man to say are the words, "I have sinned." Out of the hundreds of characters whose lives are recorded in Scripture, there are only eleven to whom these words are attributed.

For some reason, man has always been reluctant to confess his mistakes, but if an individual hopes to be acceptable to God, he must learn to admit that he has sinned. 1 John 1:8-9 says, "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins …"

In our permissive world, sin is practically an obsolete word. People are "sick"," misguided," or "socially maladjusted," but they are not sinners. The Bible declares that sin is a reality, and that the sinner is unacceptable in God's sight. We must realize this before we will confess our sins.

Not only must man acknowledge that sin is real, he must also realize that sin is a personal thing. The Scripture teaches that "all have sinned" (Romans 3:23), but many times we readily confess the sins of others, while failing to admit our own faults.

Only when man realizes what sin has done to him, will he "come to himself," as did the prodigal in Luke 15:17. This sinful young man finally realized that he was in the hog pen, and he was there because of his sin. When we realize that sin places us in the hog pen of life, we will be more eager to confess our sins and obey the Lord's commands for forgiveness.

Have a great rest of the week.

Mitch Robison

Enon Church of Christ

1366 Enon Road

Webb, AL 36376

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