REDEMPTION AND RESTORATION FROM SIN:

Sin is essentially rebellion and disobedience towards The LORD The God of Heaven.

It is very important to note that we are personally responsible for the sins we commit; we cannot blame anybody else, including the devil (satan) for our sins. This is because we have the freewill to choose which path and choices to make.

We have the freewill to choose whom to serve; whether God (through Righteousness and Holiness) or satan (sinful lifestyle).

Mankind started a lifestyle of sin at the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve committed sin by eating the forbidden fruit. This is well expounded in the book of Genesis 3:1-19 which states as follows: ‘“Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals The LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’” “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. Then the man and his wife heard the sound of The LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from The LORD God among the trees of the garden. But The LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” Then The LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” So The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life. And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.” To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”’

Therefore, this brings us to the definition of the word: Sin. Sin as we have just read in Genesis 3:1-19 is an act of disobedience to God’s commandment (s) and direction: The ways and the requirements of The LORD. So, any action, thinking or plan that goes against the commandments and direction of The LORD God Almighty, The LORD Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit is: Sin.

1-Everybody is singularly responsible for the sins they commit, no one can blame their neighbour, colleagues or the devil (satan) for the sins they commit.

This is because The LORD God Almighty has given mankind choices to make and through this, He has also given us which direction to take and the commandments to follow. Therefore, no one can turn and start saying: “You know what, the woman (neighbour) you put here with me, she gave me some fruit (sin) from the tree and I ate it (committed the sin)” OR no one can turn around and start saying: “The serpent (the devil/satan) deceived me and I ate (sinned)”.

The LORD did not thus tell the man and the woman that: “It's alright, I have now realized that you are not responsible for this sin that you committed, I will look for someone else to hold liable for this sin you committed!!!”. On the contrary, The LORD rebuked everyone who had sinned and held each one individually responsible for the sins they committed.

2-Committing sin has got consequences. Anybody who commits sin is cast away from the presence of The LORD and is thrown out, to be punished in pain, suffering and darkness.

The glory of The LORD covers those who are pure in heart and are walking in Righteousness, Holiness, Truth, Wisdom and Complete Surrender to The LORD Jesus Christ. But those who go astray and defile themselves by sinning can now no longer be covered by the glory of The LORD; they are thus left exposed and naked. This is well expounded in the book of Genesis 3:10-11 ‘“He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”’

Punishment, pain and darkness is a consequence of committing sin and this is also well expounded in the book of Genesis 3:14-19 which we had read earlier, where the man, the woman and the serpent (satan) had to bear the consequence of committing sin.

King David knew that the consequence of sin means being cast away from the presence of The LORD, that’s why after he sinned with Uriah’s wife by committing adultery with her, he went before The LORD in mourning and wailing, once the prophet of The LORD Nathan had rebuked him for the sin he had committed. David cried, mourned and wailed before The LORD saying: “Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing Spirit, to sustain me.” (Psalm 51:11-12).

3-Committing sin leads to one’s name being blotted (removed) out of the Book of life; and so not allowed entry into God’s Kingdom in Heaven.

This is well expounded in the book of Exodus 32:31-34 ‘“So Moses went back to The LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made themselves gods of gold. But now, please forgive their sin—but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written.” The LORD replied to Moses, “Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book. Now go, lead the people to the place I spoke of, and my angel will go before you. However, when the time comes for me to punish, I will punish them for their sin.”’

4-Committing sin brings about a curse on someone’s life.

This curse goes even from one generation to another. This is well expounded in the book of Exodus 34:5-7 ‘“Then The LORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, The LORD. And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, The LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”’

5-Those who are committing sin are slaves of and to sin.

Sin is their Master and they are held in bondage by being enslaved by sin, whose patron is satan (the devil). That’s why The LORD warned Cain in the book of Genesis 4:6-7 ‘“Then The LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.”’

6-Committing sin leads to destruction and perishing.

Anybody who is in sin is on a path to destruction and perish, because The LORD God Almighty is a Holy God and He hates sin and destroys all that is evil. That’s why The LORD states it as follows in the book of Genesis 6:11-13 which states as follows: ‘“Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence. God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. So God said to Noah, “I am going to put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth.”’

It is very important to note that, as a result of sin, Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed, as expounded in the book of Genesis 19:24-25 which states as follows: ‘“Then The LORD rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from The LORD out of the heavens. Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land.”’

In the same note, all that is evil and unclean will not enter the kingdom of The LORD God Almighty in Heaven, they will in turn will not have their names written in the book of life OR their names will be blotted out, and so they will be cast out into the outer darkness where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth forever and ever in Hell and the Lake of Fire forever and ever. This is well expounded in the book of Revelation 20:14-15 which states as follows: ‘“Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.”’

7-It is very important to note that ALL have sinned and fallen short of the glory of The LORD God Almighty, and thus require to be redeemed and restored back to The LORD God Almighty.

Because sin must be punished by death (for the wages of sin is death), The LORD God Almighty sent His only begotten Son The LORD Jesus Christ to pay the ultimate price for the sins of mankind, by dying on the cross, so that mankind can now be redeemed and restored when they accept the sin offering given by The LORD God Almighty: The holy, spotless and blameless Lamb of God Almighty; The LORD Jesus Christ The Messiah/The Saviour.

Since The LORD Jesus Christ was sent to the earth by The LORD God Almighty as a sacrifice to atone for the sins of mankind, Isaiah foresaw this and described it very eloquently under the inspiration of The Holy Spirit in the Book of Isaiah 53:2-12 which states as follows: ‘“He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem. Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and The LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished. He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it was The LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though The LORD makes his life an offering for sin, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of The LORD will prosper in his hand. After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”’

So, all those that want (desire) to be redeemed and restored back to The LORD God Almighty must accept the sin offering of The LORD God Almighty: The LORD Jesus Christ The Messiah/The Saviour.

Redemption and Restoration through Repentance for the forgiveness of sins through the Blood of The LORD Jesus Christ, and thereby taking to the path of Righteousness, Holiness and Wisdom before The LORD The God of Heaven.

This is well summarized in the book of John 3:16-21 which states as follows: ‘“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.”’

SHALOM!!!

REPENTANCE PRAYER:

Precious Jesus,

I acknowledge today that you are LORD and Savior of all mankind,

and today I have recognized my shortfall,

I Repent and turn away from all Sin

Please cover me with your Precious Blood,

and establish your Word in my life,

that I may be found in Righteousness and Holiness

and write my name in your Book of Life

and Baptize me with the Power of The Holy Spirit

in The Mighty Name of Jesus Christ

AMEN.

 

Your Brother in Christ Jesus, and a Shepherd of The LORD,

 

 

Kevin Mirasi