Letters to Pearl

1 John 1:7

Your “Culture” or Your Sin?

Are you willing to see your sin and hate it or only look at the sins of others? Are you willing to let go of offenses or cling to them while defending your rights? Are you loving the difficult ones without trying to change them or do you demand that they conform to you? Is your love conditional? Do you allow sin while telling yourself you are “working” on it and besides it is just your “culture” or do you hate all uncleanness and want no part? If you know and belong to Me then you will not want to fail this test. Come Home. 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test! 1 John 1:7, 9 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous, 9 Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. Matthew 7:2-3  2 For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?…

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Test Yourself

To know and Love someone is to be willing to die for them. Not just physical death but the pain-filled death of the self. This means changing from old life to new. This means changing your opinions, demands, lifestyle, and desires for the One you Love. Test yourself. Do you know and Love Me? John 3:16 For God so [greatly] loved and dearly prized the world, that He [even] gave His [One and] only begotten Son, so that whoever believes and trusts in Him [as Savior] shall not perish, but have eternal life. Romans 5:8 But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 1 John 1:7, 9 Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Christ is righteous, 9 Anyone born of God refuses to practice sin, because God’s seed abides in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. 2 Corinthians 13:5 Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

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