Just like the quote says, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away,” sin also keeps the great doctor (God) away from us. Reading the Genesis account, we all remember how Adam and Eve fell into the devil’s temptation. To recall the incident, God in Genesis 2:16 told Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge. However, unfortunately, they were tempted by the devil in Genesis 3:1-5 and eventually ate the fruit from the tree that God forbade. The eating of that fruit kept them away from God, and the closeness of their relationship was broken.
However, let us thank God and remind ourselves
that God provided a way to mend the broken relationship with humanity by
sending Jesus Christ, our Lord, and Savior. We are saved not because of our deeds but because of Christ’s work on the CROSS. There is nothing to boast about in ourselves but only in Christ alone.
David says, “my sin is always before me” (Psalm
51:3), and we cannot deny that we often sin against our God. If we say
we do not sin, we are liars (1 John 1:8) and fall short of God’s grace.
However, whenever we fall into sin, let us say like Micah, “Because I have
sinned against him, I will bear the LORD’s wrath, until he pleads my case and
upholds my cause. He will bring me out into the light; I will see his
righteousness” (Micah 7:9) and let us hold a latch of Christ.
As true believers in Christ, let us not take sin lightly because it keeps us away from the great doctor, our God. Nevertheless, let us also remind ourselves that we have a mediator, Jesus Christ, who pleads when we repent from our sins.
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