The strength of sin is The Law!

Sin-missing the mark, or in laymen’s terms, doing anything against God’s will or laws. Sin has become such an obsession today that unfortunately it has taken center-stage in our walk as Christians. It has actually taken the place of the very thing that should be our focus, which is showing THE LOVE OF GOD!

Since we have such a fixation on sin or the thought of it, and we try so hard not to engage in it, why is it that we still do it? I mean don’t we love the Lord enough not to do something He has told us not to do? Of course we do! The reason why Christians such as you and I still sin against God despite the very fact that we love Him with every bit of our being is because we are so focused on not doing it.

The Bible tells us in 1 Corinthians 15:56, “…the strength of sin is the law.” What does this mean? It means the more you try to obey the laws of God the more strength you are giving to sin itself! That’s right! The more you focus on sin and not doing it (or obeying the Laws of Moses, which is not all-inclusive of just The Ten Commandments; more on that in a later blog), the more strength you give to it!

So what is the key to not sinning in life? The key is to stop focusing on not sinning. Stop thinking about it and focus on Christ. I once heard a preacher say it this way, if I tell you to not think about a juicy cheeseburger right now; what is the one thing you are going to do? You are going to think about it, right? You may not want to think about it because I have told you not to do it, but human nature desires to do the very thing we are told not to do!

The same goes with God and sinning. He tells us not to do it, but our human nature will desire and in most cases do just what we aren’t supposed to be doing. OH BUT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! What did He do because He loves us so much? He gave us an intercessor to take the place of the punishment for our sins. God knew we couldn’t keep the laws which He gave to Moses in the beginning, so according to 1 Corinthians 15: 57, He gave us, “Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!” He gave us a way of escape; that all we have to do is confess with our mouths and believe in our hearts that Jesus Christ is Lord and we longer are seen as sinners, but as sons and daughters! Yes, we still sin, but God no longer looks at us or our sin. He only sees our intercessor Jesus Christ! THANK YOU JESUS!

So the key to not sinning is not really to stop, because as long as you have breath in your body you will sin. But the key to not sinning in your heart and mind is to stop focusing on it, stop giving life to it, FOCUS ON CHRIST and not on sin! If you fall or if you sin, which you more than likely have already done since you woke up this morning; don’t place your focus on the sin, place it on THE CHRIST WHO HAS FORGIVEN YOU AND PAID THE PRICE for that sin!

Place your focus on God’s LOVE, GRACE AND MERCY for you, and watch any and all thoughts of sin begin to dissipate in your life!

Forever In His Grace,

Toinette Neube