Sin In This World

Scripture Reading: 2 Timothy 3: 13-17

Focus Verse: 1 Peter 5:9 "Take a firm stand against him, and be strong in your faith.  Remember that your Christian brothers and sisters all over the world are going through the same kind of suffering you are.

There is sin in this world.  We can expect that evil people and false teachers in this world will increase.  They will work hard to deceive others and won't even realized that they, themselves are deceived.  If you are in sin today, and giving excuses, you are deceiving yourself.  How do you keep from being swayed from the truth?  We have God's Word to keep us on track.  It is inspired by God and trustworthy.  So we should apply it to our lives.  We don't study the Bible just to gain knowledge, but to guide our lives to live more like Christ. 

We can live a different kind of life from the world.  1 John 3:8 says, "When people keep on sinning, it shows they belong to the Devil, who has been sinning since the beginning.  But the Son of God came to destroy these works of the Devil."  Jesus can not only forgive your sin, but He can help you turn away from your sin as you walk with Him. 

We live in this world of sin, but we don't have to participate in the sin of this world. 

~Bobby Johnson
Interlocking Ministries