Is it more important for someone to be convicted of their sin or come to know the love of Jesus?
In a Sunday morning Bible study with the senior high, when talking about homosexuals, it would seem that most in the room figured it was more important for them to be convicted of their sin. Is that the right choice? What Scripture supports your thoughts?
Thursday, January 31, 2008
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Some of us wear our sins on our shirt sleeve (i.e. homosexuals, convicted criminals, smokers, homeless, drunks, prostitutes, etc.) and some of us cover our sins with fancy cars, nice cloths, and "respectable" jobs but one thing remains the same - we are ALL sinners and ragamuffins incapable of coming to Christ, incapable of rescuing ourselves from our sinful self. We are all living in sin as long as we are on this earth in the flesh. If you think you are pure and perfect and living your life without sin then you need to start being more truthful with yourself.
To be convicted of your sin is to know the love of Christ and vice versa. If you know the love of Christ, you have been convicted. Christ came to heal the sick (Luke) and Christ came for all the backsliders (Romans 7) Christ came that we might know love and live and walk in love. To live and walk in love is to live and walk convicted...Don't forget - you need Jesus too! There is no sin too great, no "lifestyle" too imperfect, no fault too dividing to separate us from the love of Christ (Romans 8).
Romans, Luke, and the contemporary novel Ragamuffin Gospel all address this very well.
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