Post by Les Brewer on Jul 19, 2023 15:46:01 GMT
*_DEALING WITH SIN ENTIRELY!!!_*
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
— 1 Kings 18:40
The power of sin to trive and to destroy a man is when it is covered up. When it is not exposed in confession and in true repentance, it destroys. Proverbs 28:13; "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy."
Dealing with sin entirely and to properly handle the effect of sin is to catch it, let it not escape, expose it at the foot of the cross and handover it to Jesus for slaughter as Elijah did.
When the prophet Elijah had received the answer to his prayer, and the fire from heaven had consumed the sacrifice in the presence of all the people, he called upon the assembled Israelites to take the priests of Baal, and sternly cried, “Let not one of them escape.” He took them all down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. So must it be with our sins—they are all doomed, not one must be preserved. Our darling sin must die. Spare it not for its much crying. Strike, though it be as dear as an Isaac. Strike, for God struck at sin when it was laid upon his own Son. With stern unflinching purpose must you condemn to death that sin which was once the idol of your heart. Do you ask how you are to accomplish this? Jesus will be your power. You have grace to overcome sin given you in the covenant of grace; you have strength to win the victory in the crusade against inward lusts, because Christ Jesus has promised to be with you even unto the end.
If you would triumph over darkness, set yourself in the presence of the Sun of Righteousness. There is no place so well adapted for the discovery of sin, and recovery from its power and guilt, as the immediate presence of God. Job never knew how to get rid of sin half so well as he did when his eye of faith rested upon God, and then he abhorred himself, and repented in dust and ashes.(Job 42:6).
The fine gold of the Christian is oft becoming dim. We need the sacred fire to consume the dross. Let us fly to our God, He is a consuming fire; He will not consume our spirit, but our sins. Let the goodness of God excite us to a sacred jealousy, and to a holy revenge against those iniquities which are hateful in His sight. Go forth to battle with this Amalek of sin, in His strength, and utterly destroy the accursed crew: let not one of them escape.
Don't excuse sin but expose it. Don't cover up sin but crush it at the cross. Don't pamper sin but puncture it and deflate it.
Even when the devil and your heart want to deceive you, cry to God like the Psalmist in Psalm 139:23-24;
"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
May God Almighty grant us grace that sin shall not have dominion over us in Jesus Name!
Have a wonderful and a blessed day!
God bless us all.
And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there.
— 1 Kings 18:40
The power of sin to trive and to destroy a man is when it is covered up. When it is not exposed in confession and in true repentance, it destroys. Proverbs 28:13; "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy."
Dealing with sin entirely and to properly handle the effect of sin is to catch it, let it not escape, expose it at the foot of the cross and handover it to Jesus for slaughter as Elijah did.
When the prophet Elijah had received the answer to his prayer, and the fire from heaven had consumed the sacrifice in the presence of all the people, he called upon the assembled Israelites to take the priests of Baal, and sternly cried, “Let not one of them escape.” He took them all down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. So must it be with our sins—they are all doomed, not one must be preserved. Our darling sin must die. Spare it not for its much crying. Strike, though it be as dear as an Isaac. Strike, for God struck at sin when it was laid upon his own Son. With stern unflinching purpose must you condemn to death that sin which was once the idol of your heart. Do you ask how you are to accomplish this? Jesus will be your power. You have grace to overcome sin given you in the covenant of grace; you have strength to win the victory in the crusade against inward lusts, because Christ Jesus has promised to be with you even unto the end.
If you would triumph over darkness, set yourself in the presence of the Sun of Righteousness. There is no place so well adapted for the discovery of sin, and recovery from its power and guilt, as the immediate presence of God. Job never knew how to get rid of sin half so well as he did when his eye of faith rested upon God, and then he abhorred himself, and repented in dust and ashes.(Job 42:6).
The fine gold of the Christian is oft becoming dim. We need the sacred fire to consume the dross. Let us fly to our God, He is a consuming fire; He will not consume our spirit, but our sins. Let the goodness of God excite us to a sacred jealousy, and to a holy revenge against those iniquities which are hateful in His sight. Go forth to battle with this Amalek of sin, in His strength, and utterly destroy the accursed crew: let not one of them escape.
Don't excuse sin but expose it. Don't cover up sin but crush it at the cross. Don't pamper sin but puncture it and deflate it.
Even when the devil and your heart want to deceive you, cry to God like the Psalmist in Psalm 139:23-24;
"Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
May God Almighty grant us grace that sin shall not have dominion over us in Jesus Name!
Have a wonderful and a blessed day!
God bless us all.
