Hypocrisy (Part II)

Hypocrisy, like white lies, intentional lies, are part of the "Flesh" that stil resides in our body. Sgt Panda said it best: "Everyday, christians are at war with the Devil". The temptation of the Devil is real, but know that His tangible powers (e.g. to say make you drop dead at a snap of the thumb) are removed because the battle IS already won by Jesus Christ. All that remains in the Devil is just the ability to input lies & temptations into your heart. The Devil seeks to only condemmn you.

To counter the Devil's lies :believers, understand that we already have the righteouness of God through Christ's death & sacrifice on the cross; having the righteousness of God means we can stand tall before God now, today, tomorrow & forever. Sure, we may still sin daily, but appreciate that all of our punishments for our past, present and future sins have already been borne by Jesus on the cross. When you appreciate and understand that despite of all the sins you have done, Abba still forgives you and embraces you in his grace; do you seriously still have the heart to commit that particular sin? Would you not be so touched that there is now a fundamental change of heart in you to stop commiting that sin? Some "under the law" christian will counter that "Oh hence, you could go just go ahead and kill, rape, someone and still be forgiven right?"

To best answer you, i quote from my good friend Ms Lim MY.

"1) When you know that an innocent man died for you on the cross because of your sin, will you want to sin again? 2) If every sin we commit means another stripe on this innocent man's body, will you want to sin again? 3) in terms of analogy, its akin to when say your natural father canes your siblings for your wrongdoing, will you want to sin again? 4) When you truly believe that Jesus has come to this earth 2000 years ago to bear your sins, do you still want to sin?

This is the story of LOVE . The world began with and survives because of LOVE . And we LOVE him because He first LOVED us. The very fundamental of our life - LOVE, is Abba Father. What other "truths" are we seeking in this world? Isn't it all in vain when we choose to ignore the most fundamental of life? The Bible is nothing, but a book of LOVE."

Dear abba, i thank you for all the non hypocritical friends i have, and i also ask you to comfort the hearts of those friends whom i have been hypocritical to. My upmost apologies to them especially Xuefen. Im so sorry. Amen.