08/09/2023 - REJOYCING WITH EVIL DEEDS

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What has My beloved to do in My house, having done lewd deeds with many? And the holy flesh has passed from you, when you do evil, then you rejoice.                                                                               Jeremiah 11.15

The abominations practiced by the Lord’s people in Jeremiah’s days in Judah deprived them of the right to act in the Kingdom of God. Similarly, our sins also deprive us of using our authority in the Name of the Lord (Isaiah 59.1,2). Sad reality! The Christian has been constituted to do the same works as Christ, but if he is in sin, he will be prevented from acting in the Name of Jesus. Then, his ordinances will not work!

The Father’s beloved ones can and should exercise their prerogatives in the house of God. However, if their actions shame them, their prayers will not produce the desired effects in their life and in that of their family. The Kingdom of Heaven is organized, because it is commanded by the Almighty and triumphant Lord. David said, When I kept silence, my bones grew old, through my groaning all the day long (Psalm 32.3). The more he agonized in prayer, the more he suffered!

Not confessing your errors to God is serious. Now, by sinning, you have defiled yourself and absented yourself from God’s presence. Thus, Paul said: For in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your poets have said, for we are also His offspring (Acts 17.28). What a statement! We are in the Lord, but when we don’t count our transgressions, our situation only gets worse. Get rid of condemnation now!

We have much to accomplish in God’s house, as long as our purpose is the best we can have in our life. Never let sin dominate you. The devil does not forgive those who overcome, because his nature does not allow him to have the characteristic inherent to the person who walks with God. Why, then, give in to temptation and obey the enemy, if this will be the sentence that will separate you from the Most High? Live, move and exist in Him!

Jeremiah understood that sin is practiced in God’s house, where we live. Do not deprive yourself of what God has for you. He does not want a sacrifice of meat that is considered good or new – that will not avoid punishment. The Lord wants you to confess your error and leave it for your own good. When faced with an opportunity to commit iniquity, remember: you will be doing it before the Father. Therefore, flee from sin!

It is shameful to sin and even more shameful to continue in sin, or to hide in it. The Word says that nothing is hidden from the eyes of God, so go back into fellowship with Him (Hebrews 4.13). The Most High is ready to forgive and purify the soul of those who turn to Him. The Lord says: 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). He wants to hear it now!

He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy. (Proverbs 28.13). After your confession, you are accepted into heaven, for nothing can separate you from the Lord. The decision is yours. Will you live with Him or away from His presence?

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares