Power over Our Hearts

We are wretch, awful people. Sometimes, it is necessary for us to view ourselves in this light, because it helps us avoid pride. This attitude helps us come before God in humility. After all, James 4:6 says, "But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: 'God opposes the proud but show favor to the humble.'" There is benefit in being humble.

However, there are times when we feel overwhelmed by our sin. We know what we should be doing, we know how we should be acting, and we are not living up to the standard that Christ has set before us. We become burdened by our sin, and we allow that burden to taint how we view ourselves. Instead of living humbly under the freedom banner of Christ, we become disgusted with ourselves and hide in the filth of our sin while increasing the mounds of self-pity around us. Nonetheless, we can still turn to our almighty God, who is capable of lifting us out of any pit of sin or self-pity. J.C. Philpot say, "When we feel the power of sin, the tyranny of our vile lusts and passions, and what our nature is capable of it left to its own will and way - how sweet and suitable is the promise, ' You will again have compassion on us; You will subdue our iniquities and hurl all our sins into the depths of the sea!' Micah 7:19."

Our sin has been conquered once and for all by Christ. Regardless of how our hearts feel, or how our hearts condemn us (1 John 3:20), Christ has hurled every last sin we have committed, as well as the ones we will commit far from us. So says our Almighty God.

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