Thoughts from within - Narrow Path?

Posted by Tomi O on Friday, June 22, 2012 with 4 comments

I flipped through the pages for my bible to the passage i heard as the bible reading for the service which reads

1 John 3:7-9
Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.

Did you also get the eye-opening reaction it got after reading this?

My ever over-active mind just slapped me with ''So madame you are of the devil'' as i'm trying to convince myself that 'm not i asked myself

What Can be qualified as sin gaan?
I don't steal, lie, fornicate, commit adultry, kill but ofcourse i still know i'm far from righteous.

Still having my inner sober reflection when the pastor comes up and gives the answer to my question.

Sin is disobedience of Gods word.

Okay i knew that but the question was did i know God's word?

The word in Romans 1: 29-32
Clearly states what God loathe

wickedness, evil, greed, greed, envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice, gossips, slanders, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, boastful, those that invent ways of doing evil, those that disobey their parents, senslessness, faithlessness

Also in colossians 3: 5-9
We have Anger, Rage, Malice, Slander, Filthy Language, Sexual Impurities, Lust, Evil desire, greed.

And Just like me, alot of us have forgotten that Sin isn't just about Stealing or killing there are alot more ''little'' words that we fail to obey.

I read here( joeyeparker.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/strive-for-perfection/ ) about perfection, trying to erase in our minds the notion we have that nobody can be perfect, that only makes us give up, however in as much as we are not perfect we should acknowledge our imperfect state and strive for perfection, that way we would always want to be better versions of ourselves.

Correlation you might ask..

Yes, when we stop acting all ''righteous'' and acknowledge that we are falling for little sins as unforgiveness, greed, anger etc.. Then we would be able to sit up, repent, stop being of the devil and move on to the narrow path.