The real uncertainty that people struggle with is,
"What will an all-knowing, all-present, all-powerful God do with me?
What does a god like that expect from me?"
Well, God isn't just all of those things.
He's holy.
King David continues to write in Psalm 139:
Kinda odd, isn't it, to hear a Christian talking about hating?
How could someone who knows God's love for him possibly talk about hating?
Well, when we realize that sin is rebellion against God,
when we realize that sin is separation from God,
when we realize that sin destroys souls,
when we realize that Jesus paid the price on the cross for those sins with his own life,
maybe the better question is,
"How can we not hate sin?"
Some of you are moms and dads, sons and daughters, grandmas and grandpas,
Some of you spend your days as mechanics or accountants.
Some of you are enjoying retirement.
You are married and unmarried, male and female, young and old.
But no matter who you are, you don't have to wonder what God's will is for your life in this coming year.
Hate the sin of your past.
Hate the way that it's rebellion against God
and the pain that it's brought into people's lives.
Hate that sin and as much as you try to hate it as much as God does,
never, never, never, forget what God did about it.
Never forget that Jesus paid the price for those sins on the cross.
Never forget that Jesus has freed you from those sins,
freed you from the guilt.
Never forget that with Jesus, and because of Jesus,
you can now overcome those sins.
Never forget that because of Jesus you can call out to God in prayer,
knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt, that he doesn't see any sin in you,
anymore.
Then you'll have certain comfort in uncertain days.
Let's pray:
Heavenly Father, you are holy.
When my sins frighten me, show me again that you hated your son, Jesus, in my place.
And since he died for me, now you only love me.
Give me the comfort of knowing that since Christ took away my sins,
when you search me, you find nothing offensive in me.
Give me the comfort that at the end of my days you will take me to life everlasting in heaven.
Trusting in your holiness I pray,
Amen.
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