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Date Posted: 10:25:56 06/24/00 Sat
Author: Haw
Subject: Reconciling Yourself to the Fact of Sin

Reconciling Yourself to the Fact of Sin

"This is your hour, and the power of darkness" (Luke 22:53).

Not being reconciled to the fact of sin -- not recognizing it and refusing to
deal with it -- produces all the disasters in life.

You may talk about the lofty virtues of human nature, but there is something
in human nature that will mockingly laugh in the face of
every principle you have.

If you refuse to agree with the fact that there
is wickedness and selfishness,
something downright hateful and wrong,
in human beings, when it attacks your life, instead of reconciling yourself
to it,
you will compromise with it and say that
it is of no use to battle against it.

Have you taken this "hour,
and the power of darkness" into account,
or do you have a view of yourself which
includes no recognition of sin whatsoever?

In your human relationships and friendships, have you reconciled yourself to
the fact of sin? If not, just around the next corner you will find yourself
trapped and you will compromise with it. But if you will reconcile yourself
to the fact of sin, you will realize the danger immediately and say, "Yes, I
see what this sin would mean."

The recognition of sin does not destroy the basis of friendship -- it simply
establishes a mutual respect for the fact that the basis of sinful life is
disastrous.
Always beware of any assessment of life which does not recognize the fact
that there is sin.

Jesus Christ never trusted human nature,
yet He was never cynical nor suspicious, because He had absolute trust in what
He could do for human nature.

The pure man or woman is the one who is shielded from harm, not the innocent
person. The so-called innocent man or woman
is never safe.
Men and women have no business
trying to be innocent;
God demands that they be pure and virtuous. Innocence is the characteristic
of a child.
Any person is deserving of blame if he is unwilling to reconcile himself to
the fact of sin.

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