Whom Will You Choose?

Turning from our wicked ways is a condition to God forgiving our sins and healing the land. His word states, “If my people, which are called  by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land."

Wicked ways is equivalent to sin. “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned,” [Romans 5:12]. Sin is a result of the disobedience to God. “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat,” [Genesis 3:6]. God instructed Adam not to eat the particular fruit. God stated, “for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shall surely die,” [Genesis 2:17]. Thus, the birth of sin. The whole of mankind suffered because of the disobedience of Adam and Eve.  Because of Adam and Eve, “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God,” [Romans 3:23]. As God told Adam, “The   wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ our Lord,” [Romans 6:23].  

Jesus’ suffering and death redeemed our sins. “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]. Glory be to God for allowing his son to die that we may live. Jesus paid the ultimate price. Even though the price was paid, we must plead to the father, through his son, to seek forgiveness. God will forgive us, if we seek forgiveness. Sin is an enemy to the Christian. We obviously cannot serve God and quench our sinful thirst. The sin of our lives is an impediment to spiritual growth and development. Sin a heavy weight that prevents us from moving forward. God cannot use us when we are weighted by sin.  We are not productive Christians if we choose to live in sin and disobey God. “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places,”  [Ephesians 6:12].  Whom will you choose?