“Leave them; they are blind guides.
If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.”
Jesus is
referring to the religious leaders of the day who spoke of righteousness yet
walked in sin. He called them blind guides
because their sin had blocked their vision and led them into dangerous areas…
what about you?... Has your spiritual vision led you into, or out of sin?
We love to
talk about grace, but what about repentance and obedience?
If you encourage
repentance to someone controlled by sin, they will not only disagree with you,
they won’t even understand what your saying.
They are slaves to sin…it’s not that they don’t agree…they don’t see it.
They are blind to their own condition.
Sin is
darkness. It disguises itself as freedom
as it slips the chains of slavery onto its prisoner… if you doubt that look
around.
We are
surrounded by people publicly celebrating their liberty, while privately living
the hellish torment of addiction and despair. Openly professing freedom, while
secretly living in bondage.
Suggesting
repentance of sin may be offensive to some, but it is the only redemption
available to those living in chains. Preaching
repentance, is preaching grace.
Grace is
what brings light to your darkness - it is what breaks the chains of sin and
allows you to walk away.
Don’t just
talk about grace, use it … How foolish would it be to sit locked in a dungeon
with the key in your pocket? ... Use grace to leave your dark prison cell and
walk in the light of forgiveness and freedom.
God’s
grace is not just to make you feel better…it is to clear your vision, change
your life, and set you free.
“Sin is to the mind; what Fog is to the highway” - Charles
Stanley
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