May Each of Us Live a Life of Godliness!

We ought to live a life of godliness because it is commanded in the divine Scriptures.  Righteous people will fall into sin but through holy godliness we repent and believe the gospel.  None are perfect people because we all have a sin nature.  However, some are small sinners and some are great sinners.  The best of us will fall into sin because of the elusive power of the sinful flesh and power of corruption in us.

We ought to walk worthy of the gospel.  It is godly when someone sins and repent toward God through the Cross!   We ought to live a godly life before God and the world and His people and the elect angels.  We ought to catch ourselves when we fall into sin by His Spirit and the conviction of His written Word!  If we miss sin it is covered under the blood of Christ the moment you first trusted Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, but we should not make a habit of missing sins to repent of.  Rather we ought to go before God and say, "Triune Jehovah, please reveal to me any sin I have committed and I will gladly repent and turn to Thee by Thy Spirit and Word in Thy good lovingkindnesses!"

We can only live a godly life if we learn to rest on God and His promises.  None of us practice the Christian life perfectly, but that does not excuse to sin.  We all have a remaining corruption for those who are truly born again.  We ought to repent of that remaining corruption and surrender to God through the practice of His Word.  If you have fallen into sin, it is not to late and you are never far away enough to be unreachable in God's point of view.  Turn and return to God.  Turn away from your sin to God.  I have heard that many Christian pastors struggle with sexual sin regarding pornography.  It is not the unforgivable sin.  Rather it is still wrong and we all need to embrace godliness.  If you have fallen into this particular sin, it also does not mean you are not a Christian.  However, pornography has its mark of condemnation and Christians ought to stay away from it.  I suggest to you that chastisement will come if you sin this particular sin.  However, it is surely not redemptive suffering but it is a suffering unto chastening that avails holiness in progressive sanctification!  Seek to make adjustments to prevent this transgression or any sin for that matter.  We might have to give up certain things that we love to be a godlier Christian.  It does not mean as a preacher of the Gospel that people think you are perfect or never sin.  Be encouraged that there is a divine Savior who takes away all sin.  No one understands like Jesus and no one forgives like Jesus!  I am aware of sin in my life that the Holy Spirit has awakened me to.  That means when I am aware of that sin, I repent and believe Jesus to forgive and cleanse me from that particular sin.  This is what godly Christians do!  If we sin and do not repent, we need to learn holy responsibility before God in the private access of our minds.

What do you do with your sin?  Also, what do you do with your profound guilt?  Are you redeeming the time or falling backwards with weak evidence that you walk by the Spirit?  Have you improved in your godly walk with our Lord Jesus but fall into some sin?  Do not worry, He will pardon you if you ask Him.  He has blotted out all our sin as far as the east is from the west through His shed blood at the Cross.  Remember Jesus is there for you if you fall into iniquity!  I suggest to you that I have experienced God's all-powerful grace that covers me and helps to fight against the evil of our sinful nature.  Do you feel that the Spirit is awakening you to your former, present and secret sins?  If you have taken steps backward because of the elusive power of hell, turn now to Jesus and He will forgive your sin freely.  Jesus will always forgive you when you contritely repent.  However, we ought to seek to live a life higher than this world of sin.  A life of godliness, holiness, uprightness and in all practical righteousness! With this comes a life of joy, a life of peace and a life of contentment.  Sin weakens our godly testimony, but if we repent we have gained the victory.  I suggest to you that if a brother or sister sins against you and repents, you also to forgive him.  But let us not make excuses for sin, but if you do Jesus will forgive you again!  However, lets not make provisions for the flesh because the Cross should empower and enable us to be more and more godly.  The power of godliness comes from the Cross.  Maybe you are in a difficult situation and do not know where to turn.  I suggest to you that you ought to trust Jesus in His perfect work at His Cross!  The power to forgive sins is in the Cross of our Deliverer and Friend Jesus Christ.  There may be a particular sin wherein you constantly struggle and cannot rule over it.  I suggest to you that you ought to remember God's grace and through His grace, love and self-control!  If you have a loving self-control as a fruit of the Spirit, it will conquer this "constant" sin that may emerge in your life.  I heard one Bible pastor say that there are some "constant" sins that we regularly repent of that might be with us until the moment of death.  I suggest to you that you always remember faith and repentance and contrite confession towards God through His agony at the Cross.  May all of us live in light of the Cross.

Grace and peace!