Stopped and resumed!

 

At times we claim to have morally changed and keep up our virtues until we find an opportunity that coaxes us to make a mistake. People stop doing bad things when they feel guilty and resume when there is a better opportunity. What were the habits you gave up because it affected your emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being? In truth, each person struggles with some bad habits which over a period of time have become a lifestyle, and we live with it irrespective of all the repercussions. Alluring opportunities are enticing and enslaving. People at some point wish they could get rid of it after it becomes a pain and affects them in all possible manner. I am referring to the area of right and wrong, which is not just a matter of bad behaviour we picked up, but it is more than that. Bible refers to it as 'sin'. Sin, is not just a theological jargon but an act, which hurts God and quickly affects our human soul deeply.

We are living in a time where the matter of right and wrong is just an event for many and we are taught to manage it well or sometimes buy us out of the situation. But guilt and suffering are not that easy to manage because the roots spread deep in us enslaving us to captivity.  Many choose to give up sin and live a life of freedom while others adjust and live with it. Therapies, meditations and motivation are only temporary solution. Sin deplores people in all possible manner. The Bible States that "the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.". The first thing that affects a person is the conscience and people continue to engage more and more in the sinful behaviours. Bible states, "how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works so that we can serve the living God?" God has ensured a way through Jesus to sanitize our conscience and transform us to be humanly sane, worshipping a living God.

True repentance is not the result of therapies but asking God to rescue us from the state of helplessness. Opportunities to commit mistakes would continue to come in a newer form and literally take you captive. Only true repentance can give you the power to live a victorious life, a life with enrichment and values. You can reach out to the Saviour and invite Him in your life.

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