BIBLE IN A YEAR: Zech 7-10
SIN SHUTS DOORS
MEMORIZE: "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy" (Proverbs 28:13)
READ: Matthew 9:1-7
“And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee” (Matthew 9:2). One major hindrance to open doors is sin. If you have reached the point of believing that you have become so special to God that even when you sin, it cannot affect you, you have already been trapped in Satan’s pit of deception. The daughter of a prominent world evangelist was thinking of marriage. For fear of certain prophecies that went ahead of her, she and the brother agreed to have a child before the wedding. They fornicated and she became pregnant. Getting close to her delivery, the spirit of death hung over her. It took God’s mercy to survive that delivery.
Even after the delivery, the spirit of death still loomed over her. One day, as a man of God met her and tried to make her realize that she and the brother had violated God’s Word by their premarital sex, and therefore needed to repent, she strongly disagreed. Then she told the man of God that it was not a mistake but a deliberate step to outsmart their enemies. But when the man of God further tried to convince her from the Word of God, that sin is sin irrespective of who committed it, she said, God has a way He deals with some of His special children. She meant she was above the law of God. She could sin and yet remain a saint.
“Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered” (Proverbs 11:21). Every sin has its pay: every sinner must receive the wages of his or her sin (Romans 6:23). The above lady was about to reap the wages of fornication - death but for the mercy of God. The above scripture says even if partners to a sin use the promise of God on agreement prayers stated in Matthew 18:18-20 to ask that the consequence of their sin be overlooked or cancelled, it will be a prayer in futility! The more special you are to God, the farther away from sin you should be. As special as David was, God never spared him of the repercussion of his sins. He suffered and his family too. Because of him, the sword is still devouring lives in Israel. You are not above God’s law! If you want open doors, recognize that you are a sinner, confess all known sins to God, resolve never to return to the sins, and commit your life to God. Read the Word of God daily and prayerfully put it into practice. Any unconfessed sin can keep the door to your breakthrough shut. Sin brought sickness to the paralytic in today’s reading. Sin is still responsible for most sicknesses today.
ACTIONPOINT: The man who allows his wife or daughter to wear clothes that show they are 'for sale' is out to sell them. Such a fellow should not complain after they are 'sold'
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