Have you not just now called to me, 'My father, you are the friend of my youth (Jeremiah 3:4 ESV)

will he be angry forever, will he be indignant to the end?' Behold, you have spoken, but you have done all the evil that you could."  (Jeremiah 3:5 ESV)

 Most of us have a tendency to downplay or minimize the seriousness of our sins. We attempt to ease our consciences by telling ourselves that our sin is not so bad, well at least not as bad as some people. I mean it’s not as if I have not robbed any banks or killed anyone. We fail to understand that ultimately all sin is against God and therefore serious, even those secret sins we think no else knows about.

My friend God even sees those so called secret sins. If you are a Christian and there is any unconfused sin no matter how insignificant it may seem I urge you to repent and confess it to the Lord and He will forgive and restore you;

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.  (1 John 1:8 ESV)

 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  (1 John 1:9 ESV)

 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.  (1 John 1:10 ESV)

 If you are reading this and you are not a Christian I encourage you to turn from your sins (repent) and confess them to God and ask Him for forgiveness. Place your faith and trust in Jesus Christ who paid the penalty for your sins by shedding His Blood and dying on the Cross, offering Himself in your place. He satisfied the requirements of God’s Law which requires the death penalty for those who break the Law.

My friend God is not just a Loving God He is also Holy, Just and perfectly good, and because He is Holy, Just and perfectly good He cannot and will not overlook or arbitrarily dismiss our sins. If God were to overlook our sins, if He does not uphold His Law then He would cease to be Good, Holy and Just and he Himself would become guilty of sin because He would be breaking His Word making Him a liar, since He His law requires that sinners be punished;

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.  (Romans 6:23 ESV )

 When we sin we are earning a pay check, now paychecks don’t always come right away some come once a week or every two weeks and for some once a month. But for all of us we are earning wages for which we will be paid when we stand before God to be judged according to our deeds, I don’t know about you but that is a paycheck I don’t want to cash.

 My friend we will stand before a Holy and Just God and bear the full penalty for our sins, which is death and eternal separation from God in Hell. Or we can stand before Him forgiven and justified based on what Jesus Christ did for us on the Cross. He paid the penalty, He bore the punishments for our sins when He shed His Blood and died. He satisfied God’s justice so now God can forgive us and still maintain His Goodness, Justice, and Holiness and even His Love;

 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.  (John 3:16 ESV )

 My friend God has done everything He could now it is up to you, He Loves us and does not want us to perish or end up in Hell. Now the choice is yours God has given us free will and will not force us into Heaven but He has opened the way for us now it is up to you.

 Therefore God say’s;

"Come now, let us reason together, says the LORD: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.  (Isaiah 1:18 ESV)

 Once again I urge you to examine your heart and to confess your sins to God and repent then place your faith and trust Jesus Christ, make Him your Lord and Saviour and He will forgive your sins and give you a new heart and life as well as eternal life.

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