Devotion - January 12, 2011

"Some godless people have sneaked in among us and are saying, "God treats us much better than we deserve, and so it is all right to be immoral." They even deny that we must obey Jesus Christ as our only Master and Lord. But long ago the Scriptures warned that these godless people were doomed."

Jude 1:4

immoral [ɪˈmɒrəl]

adj

1. transgressing accepted moral rules; corrupt

2. sexually dissolute; profligate or promiscuous

3. unscrupulous or unethical immoral trading

4. tending to corrupt or resulting from corruption an immoral film immoral earnings

immorally  adv

(http://www.thefreedictionary.com/immoral)

Jude 1:4 shows the nature of God. God is full of grace and kindness. He saved us through sacrifice of His Son, even though we do not deserve it. And still, we can experience His grace and kindness today. Sometimes we fall to sin, yet always God is ready to forgive us. But is it really all right to sin?

Before, we tend to do immoral things, without effort. I remember what my cell leader said to us: "In order for you to defeat evil, you have to do good. In order for evil to win, you have to do evil, or do NOTHING.". Human nature is to be sinful, that's why we sin, even without thinking about it. When we were still children, we are not taught to sin, yet we learned how to lie, steal, say curses or bad words, and a lot of different kinds of sin. But after we accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we had our eyes opened about sin, and that we should not continue living in sin. As the verse says, there are godless people who have sneaked in among us. As genuine Christians, we should be aware of this. We should know who's real and who's not. And as real Christians, we should say NO to sin. If we really are true, we should pursue righteousness, and holiness, even if it is really really really hard. This is one resolution I've made, to do hard things for God. Therefore we should not let immorality take place in our lives, and let us be aware that immorality for us Christians is defined as anything against God's rules. We should be radical in pursuing morality, especially in our generation where it is not given much importance.

Yes, I surely will fall to sin in the future, but God knows that, that's why He is ready to forgive me (1 John 1:9) and I know He has already forgiven my past, present, and future sins.Now, I commit myself to say no to sin, and pursue a life that pleases God. I hope you do too.