Mercy Presupposes Sin

We are sinners, and we sin. There is nothing we can do to stop it. There is no pace we can hide where sin will not find us. If we were alone on a deserted island for forty years, we would still sin. We probably sinned today, we will probably sin tomorrow, and sin will come and haunt us for the rest of our lives. Sin is not something that we can ever totally purge from our earthly selves.

God knows that we are going to sin, and He knows what we will struggle with for the rest of our lives. We must be careful not to immerse ourselves with for the rest of our lives. We must be careful not to immerse ourselves in religion to try to become perfect and thus fall into the trap of legalism. This only leads to cycles of spiritual pride and self-condemnation. Nor should we fall into thinking that it does not matter if we sin since there is nothing that we can do about it and God will forgive us. This path only leads towards spiritual blindness and a lukewarm spiritual life, which God detests.

A.W.Pink states, "[One] issue of God's goodness is His mercy, which denotes the ready inclination of God to relieve the misery of fallen creatures. Thus 'mercy' presupposes sin." Sin is something that we need to confront head on, but only through the mercy and strength of God. God's strength allows us to battle sin and emerge in victory. It is God's mercy that restores us and gives us our hope for the future.

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