When it comes to sin, all men are introverts. Guilt, shame and fear, as Gordon Dalby so eloquently points out in his book, Healing the Masculine Soul, keep us chained behind our private door. We can’t get out to do the good God wants us to do because, like Cain, sin is right there pouncing on us every time we step past the threshold.
But God in His mercy and grace has provided a way out of our bondage to sin. That way out is to enter into a covenant relationship with Him through faith in His Son, Jesus Christ. He died on the cross for our sin to provide a way for us to be reconciled to a holy God and to give us the power to overcome sin in our lives. This is what Jesus meant when he said, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but by me.”
Coming clean with God means we acknowledge that we are sinners and put our faith in Christ as the one who paid the penalty for our sin. God’s promise to us is that “whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Then and only then do we have the power to do the amazing good God wants us to do.
If you have never placed your faith in Christ, God’s invitation to you is to receive His free gift by faith right now.
This post first appeared in NewCommandment.org.
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