Reconciled.

2Co 5:17  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 

2Co 5:18  And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 

2Co 5:19  To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

The Ministry of Reconciliation.

God was in Christ.

God in Christ reconciled the world to Himself.

God did not impute our trespasses to us.

God committed to us the word of reconciliation.

To be reconciled to God, could we ask for anything else more important in this life? Seriously. To remain unreconciled to God is to keep ourselves from our CREATOR, a CREATOR who CREATE us not to torture us, but to love us! 

Our Creator did not want us turn away from Him but He wouldn’t force us to be His and He still won't force us to be His.

If people want a God who forces their will then they don’t understand God at all.

With the ability to choose the choice was made. Leave God, turn our backs on God. And God could have ended it all there, but He didn’t. The LOVE of God was to show us mercy, to offer us reconciliation. God would take us back again, but ONLY if we want that, not everyone wants that, not everyone believes.

The Bible offers proof in its pages-- prophecies coming to pass with unerring accuracies. We are in a unique position today to be able to look back and see so much prophecy unfold into histories truths. However, while we are in this unique position we are also living in the most dangerous time in history. The closer to the Lord's return and our full reconciliation realized, the more the enemy deceives and tempts trying His best so that He will- as predicted- deceive ALL but the very elect. Who are the very elect? Those who seek the narrow way in a world of broad paths. The narrow way- the love of our SAVIOR, accepting His sacrifice, living for Him and His will, His way.

Please Father, please we would be reconciled to You, through our Savior, Jesus Christ our Lord! Please.

Thank you!!!!!!!

Be Merciful to Me A Sinner!

Luk 18:9  And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 

Luk 18:10  Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 

Luk 18:11  The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 

Luk 18:12  I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 

Luk 18:13  And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 

Luk 18:14  I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 

Luk 16:15  And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. 

Pro 30:12  There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 

Rom 10:2  For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. 

Rom 10:3  For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 

Rom 10:4  For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. 

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The parable our Lord gave revealed the truth of people who boast of their own goodness, their upstanding position, their righteousness, their good works, the belief that they are in a good place. Truthfully, our righteousness are filthy rags. All the good works we do mean nothing if they are not to the glory of God. We need the mercy of God always! If we start to believe we are good in and of ourselves without the glory of God, then we are believing in our ability to have our own righteousness. If we believe we can have our own righteousness then our comprehension of the truth, that our goodness is completely dependent upon our God, is lost. Do we WANT to be good outside of God? Do we want to have righteousness of our own? If we do, then why? What would we do with our own righteousness independent of our God? Doesn't the belief in our own righteousness lead to pride? And pride leads to our downfall.  We need to give God all the glory for all goodness, and we need to thank the Lord for all things, because we need to trust that HE will work all things together for our good.

We need to be as the sinner because we are the sinner and we need to ask for mercy, not boast of the good we believe we've done.

Let all our righteousness belong to God, because it is God's righteousness that matters. If our righteousness belongs to us, it is filthy, corrupted by our vanity, our pride, our sin.

Please Father, please bless us, keep us in YOU and YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS all through the mercy of our LORD and SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST!

God With God.

Heb 1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 

Heb 1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds

God the Father spoke in times past to people by the prophets. God used prophets- giving them the words to speak that He wanted them to hear.  However, while still using prophets, God also spoke to the people by HIS SON in the recent history of Paul. God appointed His Son HEIR of ALL things, for it was the appointed heir who made the worlds with Him.

Think about this for a few moments- God- before Jesus became flesh and was called the Son of God, was with Him at the very beginning making the worlds! Jesus in the flesh was appointed heir of all things- He would inherit everything. The God who was with God - both in spirit - creating the worlds, would become God in the flesh- declared the Son of God, heir of all things.

Heb 1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 

Jesus- embodied the BRIGHTNESS of the glory of God the Father.

Jesus- was the express IMAGE of His God the Father's person.

Jesus- upheld all things by the Word of the Father God's Power.

Jesus- by himself purge our sins. Jesus could do nothing without the Father God, and the Father God gave consent to the plan of salvation- however the Father God did not, and could not die in the flesh upon the cross- only the declared Son of God could.

Jesus- sat down at the right hand of God the Father in heaven- after He allowed Himself to be crucified in order to save mankind. They were reunited in Heaven, the Father God with God in the flesh, the two at the beginning, the two in creation, the two throughout all - from everlasting to everlasting.

Heb 1:4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 

Jesus- was made better than the angels.

Jesus- inherited a more excellent name than the angels.

Heb 1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? 

God never said to the angels- thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee, I will be to him a Father and he shall be to me a Son. God with God -  Psa 110:1  A Psalm of David. The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. 

Mat 22:42  Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. 

Mat 22:43  He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, 

Mat 22:44  The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? 

Mat 22:45  If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? 

God declared the Son, LORD said to Lord.

Psa_2:7  I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

A decree was made.

Just an off the wall thought- if I have a son, I have no need to declare a decree that he is my son- he IS my son. If I adopt-  take one that isn't my son- I would have to declare a decree that he is my son, right? It's more understandable isn't it? I'm not saying God adopted Jesus, not in the sense we know it, but God with God and one declares the decree that one is their Son, the Son is now begotten.  In adoption though- one does become a son by that decree, yes? Before adoption that child is another couple's son.  Before the declared decree -God was with God. It truly is a lot to think about, or leave to the mysteries of God that we are not able to yet comprehend, the secret things that belong to Him.

Jesus

1Ti 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Jesus- a God.

Isa 9:6  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called …The mighty God…

His name shall be called… the mighty God.

Mat 1:23  Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. 

Emmanuel…God with us.

Joh 1:1  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

Joh 1:2  The same was in the beginning with God. 

Joh 1:14  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. 

The Word was God. The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.

Act 20:28  Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 

Feed the church of God- which HE hath purchased with HIS OWN BLOOD.

Justified in the Spirit-

Mat 3:16  And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him

Joh 1:32  And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. 

Joh 1:33  And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

Joh 15:26  But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me

Act 2:32  This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 

Act 2:33  Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. 

Act 2:34  For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 

Act 2:35  Until I make thy foes thy footstool. 

Act 2:36  Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. 

Rom 1:3  Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; 

Rom 1:4  And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: 

1Jn 5:6  This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. 

1Jn 5:7  For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 

1Jn 5:8  And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 

Seen of angels-

Mat 4:11  Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. 

Luk 2:10  And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. 

Luk 2:11  For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 

Luk 2:12  And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 

Luk 2:13  And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, 

Luk 2:14  Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. 

Act 1:10  And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 

Act 1:11  Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. 

1Pe 1:12  Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. 

Preached unto the Gentiles--

Luk 2:32  A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. 

Act 10:34  Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons

Act 13:46  Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. 

Act 13:47  For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. 

Act 13:48  And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. 

Rom 10:12  For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. 

Rom 10:18  But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. 

Gal 2:8  (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) 

Eph 3:5  Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; 

Eph 3:6  That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 

Eph 3:7  Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. 

Eph 3:8  Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ

Col 1:27  To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory

Believed on in the world--

Act 14:27  And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles. 

Col 1:6  Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth

Col 1:23  If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister

Rev 7:9  After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands

Received up into glory--

Mar 16:19  So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

Luk 24:51  And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. 

Joh 6:62  What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? 

Joh 13:3  Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God

Joh 16:28  I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

Joh 17:5  And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

Act 1:1  The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 

Act 1:2  Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: 

Act 1:3  To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: 

Act 1:4  And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 

Act 1:5  For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 

The Ascension

Act 1:6  When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 

Act 1:7  And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. 

Act 1:8  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. 

Act 1:9  And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. 

Eph 4:8  Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 

Eph 4:9  (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 

Eph 4:10  He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) 

Heb 1:3  Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high

Heb 8:1  Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens

Heb 12:2  Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

1Pe 3:22  Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. 

To Love Is To Forgive.

Mat 6:14  For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 

Mat 6:15  But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 

Why won't God, our heavenly Father forgive us our sins if we don't forgive others their sins?

Because forgiveness is unconditional love, and if we don't have love we have nothing.

1Co 13:13  And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.  KJV

1Co 13:13  But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.  RV

1Co 13:2  And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.  RV

We need faith, hope, and love and the greatest is LOVE.

We can have the gift of prophecy, we can know all mysteries, we can have all knowledge, we can have fait to remove mountains-  but without LOVE we are NOTHING.

Our faith must be in the LOVE of our Savior- Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ the living definition of forgiveness.

We need to believe in Jesus Christ and that means having faith in our Savior and ALL He is. If our faith is simply in Jesus saving us we are lost, because it's so much more than that. We need to have faith in Jesus saving ALL who are lost, forgiving ALL who come to Him seeking forgiveness!  Jesus did not refuse forgiveness to any seeking forgiveness.

Why won't we be forgiven if we don't forgive? Because forgiving is love, forgiving is having faith in our Savior, a true faith that accepts forgiveness offered not only to us but to all. If we cannot love others, we cannot love our Savior.

Let us forgive, let us love, let us believe, all through Jesus Christ our LORD and SAVIOR, now and forever!!!!!!!

Forgiveness, An Undeserved Gift.

Rom 6:14  For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 

Rom 6:15  What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. 

Rom 6:16  Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? 

Rom 6:17  But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. 

Rom 6:18  Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. 

Rom 6:19  I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. 

Rom 6:20  For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. 

Rom 6:21  What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. 

Rom 6:22  But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 

Rom 6:23  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

The wages of sin will always be death, whose death is what matters.

The death for sin will either be on us or Christ.  Christ already died, but His death was for those who choose to accept His sacrifice. He died to save us from our sins. If we ask for forgiveness for our sins- in truth- not in some haphazard, flippant, by rote manner, we will be forgiven and if we are forgiven the wages for our sins have been paid. If we do NOT accept Christ's sacrifice then the wages of sin will be paid by us, and the wages for all sin is death- eternal death.

Do we deserve to be saved from eternal death? No. There no deserving involved. If we wait until we feel as if we deserve to be saved we will never be saved, never. You never deserve forgiveness, it is a gift. Even when we forgive someone, it is a gift we are giving them. When we are in need of being forgiven and someone forgives us, they've given us a gift.  Forgiveness, even when we think someone should forgive us for something we may have done- perhaps our offense was committed unwittingly, through ignorance, or forgetfulness- so we may truly want forgiveness for our unintentional slight against someone, but that does not mean we deserve it. For whatever reason we've sinned, or slighted someone no matter the cause we've committed the act and the action has consequences and the consequences remain and have to be endured by the offended party. How often have we cried out the words- "I didn't mean it!"  In anguish we may wail our remorse. Still- we do NOT deserve forgiveness. We can't EARN forgiveness though a lot of people think they can. We can make restitution for our wrongs in any number of ways, and yes, that helps, but that restitution is not a payment for forgiveness. Forgiveness is a gift given from the heart, not forced from the heart, not bought from the heart.

We do not deserve forgiveness here and now from others, and we do not deserve forgiveness from God. We are blessed with the gift of forgiveness. 

We are told to forgive others- even our enemies, and we will be forgiven.

Mat 6:12  And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

Mat 6:14  For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 

Mat 6:15  But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 

We forgive, we give this gift to others who do not deserve it, and shouldn't have to work to deserve it, and our Heavenly Father forgives us - who do not deserve it, and cannot buy it, or work for it in any way. Forgiveness by its very nature is not work- in fact if we forgive simply to be forgiven without any heart-truth forgiveness being involved, then it's not forgiveness at all.

What is forgiveness exactly- more on this tomorrow by the grace and mercy, the will of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, now and forever!!!!!!!

We fight sin because we love, not to be loved.

In various movies/books etc, we've all read tales about a person saving the life of someone and then that someone whose life was saved goes on to live their life in service to the person who saved them. Sometimes they do this until an opportunity arises for that indebted person to redeem themselves by saving the life of their savior, other times they simply remain in their servitude to their savior forever - until they die or their savior dies. 

I'm not sure how likely this is occur today in any circumstance, it seems unrealistic at best. Let's say I go to cross the street and a person pulls me out of the way of a car about to hit me. Do I drop everything and offer my servitude to the person? No. It's just not done.

Doctors save patients all the time- and their patients don't offer their life in turn to serve the doctor.

Why do you suppose people have done this though, it real life and in stories?

Because they are so grateful for the chance to live all because someone saved them. They would no longer be living if that person hadn't saved them and this to those people means their saved life belongs to that person. The gratitude is overwhelming. The realization they live because of another is overwhelming. 

We who are born again, live a new life, with a spiritual birth given to us by a Savior who DIED so we could get this chance.

Rom 6:11  Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

Rom 6:12  Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 

Rom 6:13  Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. 

Rom 6:14  For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. 

We are called to YIELD ourselves to God once we accept Him into our lives, and believe in His sacrifice for us. We are called to yield our members as instruments of righteousness to God. We are called to NOT let sin reign in us, not obeying sin's lusts.

We are given the GREATEST GIFT that exists- God's Love and from that love eternal life!  Jesus preached of eternal life knowing how precious this gift is for us, all of us!

Is this gift wrapped in a bow and set in a box as something we can pull out and touch, see? No.

This gift is a promise.  We've all given promises before, haven't we? We've given our word on something even as simple as telling someone we promise to be somewhere at a certain time. There is NOTHING to touch, nothing to see when we make such a promise, it's by our word only- it's a promise. God has given us a promise and God will NOT go back on His word. God will NOT break His promise.

The promises Jesus made are real!

We know that eternal life in the love of our Heavenly Father, our loving Savior, and the Holy Spirit is a gift we will receive, a gift we have received.  The promise is, that when we die we will sleep and when our Savior returns He will call us from the grave, or if we are still alive when He returns we will rise to meet Him in the air- changed, immortal. 

We are sin prone and engage in spiritual warfare against sin. We are sin fighters, not sin accepters, not sin users, not sin excusers. Where there is sin in our lives we have to war against it, spiritually, through the grace of our LORD.  If there is ANY sin in our lives striving to separate us from God we go to battle we don't let it reign in us. Even if we have to daily wrestle with the sin, we fight!  We don't give in and despair of ever being sinless, that is why we have a sinless Savior, He is sinless for us. We are to fight, not despair. We are to trust, not despair. We are to believe, not despair. Some days the battle will be so fierce despair will be right in front of us, but we cannot grasp it! We must hold fast!  Our fight against sin isn't to save us, we'll say that over and over again. Our fight against sin is because we are saved already.

If you are married then you'll fight for your loved one. You are already married, you aren't fighting to get married, you fight because you love them. When you have children you fight for them, you don't fight to get them you have them, they are yours and you love them!  God loves us! We love God! We fight sin because we love, not to be loved!

All through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, NOW and FOREVER!!!!!!!