Next Steps: Conviction and Repentance

Next Steps: Conviction and Repentance

Jesus Christ can save you from all sin.  He has the power to take the broken and make it whole, to take the lost and present them found, to heal the hurt, right the wrong, bring life from death, and change the sinner to a saint.  Your conversion from sinner to saint begins with conviction.  Conviction is not complicated, it is a realization that you have disobeyed God and stand condemned before Him.  This realization (while not pleasant) is actually God’s grace working in your life, because you now realize that you are lost and you can now make a change.  You see, being lost is bad, but being lost and not knowing you are lost is far worse.  When you realize that you are a sinner and not where you ought to be, it is an element of God’s grace to you.  He is calling you to himself.

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Next Steps: What Is Sin?

Next Steps: What Is Sin?

We came into this world as little babies and within every one of us is carnal sin or the “want-to” sin.  Knowing this will help us understand the next step; committed sin.  In my opinion, committed sin is like an 18 wheeler Mack truck in your blind spot.  It is so obvious when you finally turn your head, but until you do, no matter how large or dangerous it is; it will be totally blind to you.  This is committed sin, well really, this is all sin. 

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