The Smallest of fear is Sin!

Many types of fear but whatever the form, it is sin. Fear does not come from the Lord but from the devil. Fear will cause you to do things that you are an abomination to God. There are a number of examples in the Bible where people of God found themselves committing sin because of fear.

I will take the case of Abram when he gave up his wife to Pharaoh because he feared for his life (Genesis 12: 12 to 13). He didn’t know what would happen to him if he was found to have a beautiful life like Sarai, but he feared death. Instead of telling the truth, he told a lie. An obvious sin got him ‘telling a lie’.

I remember myself bribing a traffic police in South Africa because I feared the legal charge would be even higher than the R 200.00 note I offered. Immediately I saw the road block ahead of me, fear abounded. Fear made me fail to think right and think about my righteousness position.

Fear is also an indication of little faith. When Jesus was got into the boat with His disciples and a great tempest arose in the sea, His disciples feared for their lives. They woke Him up in fear and He said, ‘why are you fearful, Oh you of little faith’ (Matthew 8:26).
God has the power to help us overcome fear of any kind. It is my prayer that I overcome fear at all time to avoid getting into sin because of it.

Think of a woman in a bad way, you have Sinned!

You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not commit adultery'. But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery in his heart' Matthew 5: 27 and 28. This verse is not only applicable to males but to woman as well. Woman also fall for the sin of looking at man lustfully and by so doing they also have fallen for the sin of adultery in their hearts.

How terrible it is that woman now dress immodestly, they wear revealing clothes and claim it is their right to dress likewise. Too bad this happens even in church. Apparently the world protects the woman that goes to town on a mini skirt, skin top, cleavage revealing tops, see through tops, and allow them to stroll in town on a bikini. So many man have adultery written under their name because of woman that dress anyhow. Television, print media and shows make adverts with woman that are immodestly dressed. This makes it very tough for man to avoid the sin of adultery in the standard Jesus puts in the new testament.

 

 

The message of Christ today goes to man not to look at a woman to lust after her. The same message goes to woman not to lure man to last after them. Watch therefore that you don't cause your brother to sin.

 

Evil thoughts causes God to action and therefore it is SIN!

Evil thoughts are noticed by God. Don't you ever think it all stops with you and those filthy thoughts. Mans thoughts were evil and God decided to destroy the world in the time of Noah. The same God is He even today, He never changes. What used to make Him take action still does even today.

 

The book of Genesis 6 records very strong sentiments about God's feeling about people of that time. In verse 6 God declares that He was sorry why He made man. Each of those thoughts that you nurture in your mind makes Him regret why He made you.

 

Thoughts therefore will be judged. Both believers and unbelievers will give an account, and the Lord will judge the decisions he made—including those concerning issues of conscience. The Judgment Seat of Christ will reveal hidden things that were in the mind of everyone while they were in flesh. It is true that you can be condemned by God to hell just by your thoughts but not having practically committed the sin.

 

Your thought determine the decision God will take about you. Do you want Him to take your most desired decisions for you? Make Him part of your thoughts so that you think like He thinks, do what He wants for you to do and He will give you the desires of your heart.

 

Ommiting the instruction to Repent is Sin!

One sin of omission that the world will have to give an account for if they miss heaven (Matthew 4:17). For those that yielded to the call will find this time as time of victory. Jesus gave his reasons why people should repent, even though that reason has not manifested even today but it is still valid, 'the kingdom of God is at hand'. God has really given the world enough time to respond to this call. This in itself confirms the importance of responding to this call.

 

Everybody is implicated about the kingdom of God being at hand. Nobody will escape when the time comes. The dead and the living will have to account on what they did about the call to repentance. It will be sad because at this time there will be no mercy, non compliant people will be rejected. Such rejection will be eternal. People will be separated from God eternally in hell.

 

 

I implore you to do something about this call.

 

 

 

 

Marrying a lovely but non-Christian person is sin!

 

Whenever God instructs, everybody must listen. Before I get to the obvious Bible verse on being equally yoked with none believers, I want to reference the book of Judges 16, where Solomon fell for a foreign national, a Philistine. This story is common and well known yet it details consequences of being yokes with none believers. Similarly, the none believer might have greater influence on you and you might loose your faith in Christ.

 

Coming back to 2 Corinthians 6:14 , 'Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness?' Verse 15 says, 'And what accord has Christ with Belial? Or what part has a believer with an unbeliever?'

 

This is a commandment that comes straight from the Word of God. No part of the Bible is not from His mouth, therefore, all that the Bible is, is the word of God. The Bible does not contain the Word of God but it is the Word of God.

 

Now the tendency is for people to think of the relationship of marriage when referencing this verse yet being yoked goes beyond that. Did you know that you can be equally yoked in business, professional partnerships, projects and many more. Everything that you do that ties you to an unbeliever that will affect your walk with Christ is forbidden. God has said that He will dwell in believers and walk among them. He shall be our God and we should be His people (verse 16).