- Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- Revelation 16:12-16 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings from the East. Then I saw three evil spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet. They are spirits of demons performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them for the battle on the great day of God Almighty. “Behold, I come like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps his clothes with him, so that he may not go naked and be shamefully exposed.” Then they gathered the kings together to the place that in Hebrew is called Armageddon.
Hallelujah! I bless you to be filled abundantly with the love of the eternal God, the peace of the Holy Son, and the fiery love, inspiration, movement, and working of the Holy Spirit. You can’t tell skin and dirt apart either by looking at them with your eyes or touching them.
You can tell once you pour ‘water’ on your body, let [the dirt] get saturated, and scrub it off. From that time on, dirt can no longer stay attached to the skin. Skin will never roll off like dirt. The quality of skin and the quality of dirt are different. ‘Sins’ are like dirt on the body. You cannot tell it is sin if you look at it without thinking. But when you wash it away with the water of the Word, then the sins will come out. If you keep listening to ‘the Word’ and wash with ‘the water of the Word,’ you can tell 100% whether it is sin, righteousness or a part of daily life.
If you fail to discern sin, you will consider it a part of your daily life. Therefore, you will like it and sin by continually doing it. Ultimately, you will be unable to repent of it and will live with sin continually attached to you. ‘Sin’ has to be washed off in order for you to become clean. Dirt that is generated from the accumulation of your body’s waste cannot stay attached to your skin. Excrement too- it cannot exist together with your body either.
You have to scrub away the dirt and throw away the excrement by washing yourself clean. Otherwise [your body] is dirty and therefore, ‘disease’ will come. You must surely throw away whatever should be thrown away. That’s the way sin is. You must make sure to throw it away by repenting.
If you don’t, as a result of that, you can get sick with ‘a disease of faith,’ from that point on, you will not hear the Word properly and since you cannot hear the Word, you will become distant from God, the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Son Lord and since you have sin, you will pay the price for that sin. Sins you committed cause terrible harm to you. But if you keep living just thinking that sin is a part of daily life or righteousness, then your spirit will head toward destruction along with your soul. Being lazy, lacking mercy, saying things recklessly without knowing, getting angry and blowing up, hating, talking badly about people behind their back, not saving lives, lying, and being greedy are all ‘sins.’ Drinking or smoking is also a ‘sin.’ If it isn’t ‘sin’ to drink or smoke, people would drink with abandon, exhibit drunk behavior before God, and smoke profusely. Drinking or smoking is ‘sinning’ against your own body and it is also ‘sinning’ against your family and people around you because it harms them. God absolutely does not drink nor smoke. God’s people too – if they drink or smoke, it is not normal. God does not ask, “How much drinking or smoking have you done?” He simply asks, “Did you do it or not do it?”
Not doing deeds of righteousness is ‘sin.’ Not praying is ‘sin.’ Praying but praying superficial prayers is also ‘sin.’ Not living a life of thanksgiving is ‘sin.’ Receiving grace but not paying back for the grace is ‘sin.’ Not knowing God, the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Son Lord correctly is ‘sin.’ Why? If you don’t know God, the Holy Spirit, the Holy Son Lord correctly, you will go against their hearts and thus, you will ultimately end up committing ‘sins.’
Not keeping promises is ‘sin.’ Not keeping time is also ‘sin.’ Not using the predawn hours valuably but using it in self-centered ways and your life running in self-centered ways is ‘sin.’ If you don’t interpret the Bible correctly but deliver it anyway you want, then it becomes ‘sin,’ and therefore, you must definitely take responsibility for that. Making a promise to God being determined to do something but not doing it because it is hard is ‘sin.’
Not being peaceful and harmonious is ‘sin.’ Not loving God, the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Son Lord and your brothers with all your heart, will, and life is ‘sin.’ Not driving out Satan is ‘sin.’ It is because you will ultimately get dragged away by Satan and commit ‘sins.’ Not glorifying God is ‘sin.’ Being different from God’s thoughts is ‘sin.’ It is because you will end up ‘sinning’ because your thoughts are different from God’s thoughts. Doing things by yourself alone without discussing with the church is ‘sin.’
You have to always converse with people and resolve whatever is misunderstood and knotted up, and always be peaceful and harmonious while discussing with people. Doing things without checking first is ‘sin.’ Not doing something even though the Holy Spirit gave you inspiration is ‘sin.’ Failing to be fair to people who are working diligently is ‘sin.’
Your heart toward the Lord changing is ‘sin.’ Not working hard is ‘sin.’ Feeling left out and uncared for is ‘sin.’ It is because feeling left out and uncared for is ‘the door Satan enters through.’ Taking the Word lightly, treating the Lord lightly, and not taking action in the name of the Lord are ‘sin.’ Knowing what is good but not doing it is ‘sin.’
‘Repentance’ is something truly good. If there is something dirty and you throw it away, it feels so clean, right? Through ‘repentance’ you will become clean, through ‘repentance’ you will escape judgment, through ‘repentance’ you will come to life again, and through ‘repentance’ you will gain a new life. If you repent, you will become a righteous person. If you repent, Satan will not cruelly drag you around.
When you have sin, you cannot communicate with God, the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Son Lord. But if you repent, you will communicate with Them right away. Between lovers, between parents and children – what is as great as saying “I love you” is acknowledging and confessing wrongs saying “I am sorry” at each time. ‘Words of repentance’ such as- “I didn’t know. I misunderstood. I am sorry for hurting your heart.” – make the fire of ‘harmony and love’ burn even more. The same is true before God, the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Son Lord.
Even if they are your brothers’ sins and even if they are your nation’s sins, if you repent on their behalf, [God] will forgive them. Just as if you wash your neighbor’s clothes, their clothes become clean, if you repent for your brother’s sins for them, they will be excluded from judgment. Just how great the power of repentance is, what great history happens through repentance, how much more you catch the fire of love, how much more you realize and raise your level through repentance, and how many problems get solved through repentance – you will realize only if you really repent.
All of you must get out of ‘sin’ by ‘repenting every day.’ I bless you to achieve a true history of repentance and movement of repentance in your daily life, in church and thus to fulfill a history in which the river of grace overflows and does not dry up.