Scripture Lessons

4-26 Sin: It is alive; it is relentless. Genesis 4:6 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you furious? And why do you look despondent? 7 If you do what is right, won’t you be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. Its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.” Sin comes from within your flesh or nature, and also from outside. If you were to slow down the advance of sin upon your spirit, you would sense a pressure coming either from within your nature or from outside. It begins as a spark that quickly ignites and rises upward as it gains ground within your spirit. The more acceptance it receives, the faster it bursts into flame and advances. Sin is a living force, just as My Love is a Living force. My Love desires you. Sin also desires you. My Love wants to consume you. Sin also wants to eat you alive. Sin eats literal flesh. It eats the mind and the soul. Its appetite is never satisfied. It is relentless. It is alive. It is a being that, when allowed, masters you and eats you. It lives off you in the manner of parasites. A parasite cannot live without a breathing host. The irony is the sin or parasite must have a host to remain alive, but yet it literally eats its source of life. Think of anger. There is a trigger or spark from your selfish flesh or from outside you. It jumps into a flame in a second. You feel it climb upward as your flesh-thoughts give it acceptance. Your thoughts, which give sin permission, also give it authority to rule over your spirit. Now your spirit is locked in a prison, while the anger has freedom to roam your mind, emotions, and body. It continues to grow as it literally feeds on you, eating you alive. After a while, it calms down like a ravenous man calms down after eating a full meal. It still rules you, so it will become hungry and feed on you again. It will also open the door for more sin entities on the outside to join it. Together they feed on you and reproduce. What began as anger, then increased to include jealousy, pride, greed, lust, manipulation, and impatience. You are not helpless against sin. You have authority to rule over it. First, recognize what is happening. Identify the enemy in your flesh and invading from without. Ask Holy Spirit’s help. Then use your will to refuse to cooperate. Do not excuse it or give it permission to be within you. Then look to Me for help. I will remind you of your power that I gave you to bind darkness and cast it out. I gave you the key of authority. Use it.