October 12, 2020

FLEE FROM SIN

Sirach 21:1-3

My son, have you sinned?
No longer add to them, but pray about your former sins.
Flee from sin as you would from the presence of a snake,
For if you approach it, it will bite you;
Its teeth are like lion's teeth, destroying the souls of men.
All lawlessness is like a two-edged sword,
For there is no healing from its wound.

Personal Challenge

If I am on a diet and I know that having a donut will violate that diet, then why do I walk into a donut shop? We are fallen. We live in a fallen world. We sin! Even though Jesus has made it possible for us to sin no more, we must strive extremely hard to avoid sinning. The advice in this passage is provided to help us on our journey to living a life without sin. If we have sin, which all of us have, then pray for forgiveness and do what we can to not sin more. In many cases that means leaving the donut shop and not looking back. We need to flee those situations and opportunities that we know can, and usually will, lead us into sin. These are choices that we must make, and continue to make until the day we die. Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner!