Numbers 14:4 And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. 5 Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. 6 And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
If you don't feel bad about your wrong doing the likelihood of you doing it again is high. You need to feel bad about sin; you need to hate sin with a perfect hatred in order to be able to defeat him. How can you fight what you love? It is not possible, and that is the reason why you need to hate sin. PENANCE is to make a sinner hate his or her own sin. In a football match every player hates penalties against their team and they are very careful not to offend their opponent in a way that will make the referee issue a penalty against their team. That is exactly what Penance does, to stop us from offending God. There are so many things we do that God considers as an abomination unto Him and can bring delay to our destiny and calamities into our lives. Sin goes beyond adultery, fornication, lies, idolatry, stealing, murder, witchcraft and so on. Murmuring and complaining against God is a sin and God takes it very seriously. Disobeying divine instruction is a sin, and stubborness is a sin and one needs to repent from such things. 1 Samuel 15:23 (For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. 24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice). King Saul lost his throne because of rebellion and stubborness; I pray for you today, you will not lose your throne in Jesus name. This is so scary to know that if we reject Godś instruction, He also will reject us. PENANCE means punishing oneself for going against God's commandment. First, you need to turn from your evil way and tell God that you are sorry, and then ask for forgiveness with tears and a sober heart. The main objective of PENANCE is to put the fear of God in our heart and also to keep our conscience alive. Satan's target is to kill your conscience and when your conscience is dead, you will become his full time agent; God forbid; but with your conscience intact he will not be able to recruit you. Christ wants our conscience to be fully awake so that we can end our journey well. We need to be conscious of our sin because whenever we go against God's instruction; it creates a gap between us and Him and for us to go close to Him again; there is need for PENANCE. Moses all through their journey in the wilderness teaches the children of Israel about the importance of PENANCE and they continue to practise it. Friends, please do not be deceived that all is well when you sin and just say O God forgive me; your approach towards asking for that forgiveness counts a lot. Your state of mind; because God works with our heart not what we say. Your action counts a lot; what step did you take in asking for that forgiveness; that is where the issue of PENANCE comes in. Moses was not the one that rebelled against God but yet he fell on his face immediately and Joshua and Aaron rent their own clothes; and those that refuse to do the same perish in the wilderness (Number 14:1-45). When a Achan sin by stolen the accursed thing and cause problem in the camp; Joshua sensing that it can only be sinned that made them lost the battle the way they did; he did not wait neither was he claiming to be right he rent his cloth and lies in ashes; that is PENANCE and God reveal to him what the problem was (Joshua 7:1-11). It works and is still working today. Let us find time to study the relationship between Moses and God, no wonder God said he is the meekest man that ever lived. You lead by example; Mosese was an exemplary leader. People watch what you do and copy and not what you say per se. This topic was birthed when I was studying the book of Numbers. I was amazed the way Moses approached God when the people sin, not him but the people. Moses will tell them to afflict themselves and go into fasting and pleading for mercy and forgiveness. We should not be tired of doing so either. No matter how many times you fall, get up and go into PENANCE immediately. They kept falling and they kept fighting the sin until they possessed their possession; you will get there, in Jesus name. Friends, i don't know what is delaying you but with this little knowledge, i Pray that you will begin to make headway in your journey, in Jesus name. I don 't know who needs to reconnect with God today, please don´t keep Him waiting because His arms are open to receive you; quickly pray this salvation prayer below and be blessed, in Jesus name. The next topic will be on how to do the prayer and how to use Psalm 51 effectively. I believe you have been blessed with this message; please kindly like and also share so that others can benefit from it.
Lord Jesus, I come to you today, I am a sinner, and I cannot help myself, forgive me my sins, and cleanse me with your precious blood. Deliver me from sin and Satan to serve the living God. Lord Jesus, I accept you as my Lord and saviour. Now I know I am Born Again, Amen.
NENE ISAH,
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