Red Letters Bring Your Stuff To Jesus 07/16/2017

Welcome

It’s amazing how fast and how easy we can accumulate stuff!

Have you ever had something, some stuff that has followed you over the years that you don’t even care about anymore?

Do you go through an emotional separation and mourning period as you get rid of your stuff?

Do you realize that sin does the same thing in our lives… it follows us? Let’s think about our sins. Not all of them, but “that one.” Your deepest darkest sin… right now. The one that makes you shutter. The one that “Only You and God will ever know about.” Why do we keep any of those sins, but even more so those deep dark sins? Is it because if people knew what they were, you would be treated like a leper? Like a leper we hide our sin away in the shadows and darkness. Matthew, Mark and Luke all record Jesus healing the leper. Tell me this guy does not have some stuff he is carrying! But he is tired of carrying it. Yet he seeks Jesus because he knows Jesus can take his stuff from him. Mark 1:40-45 When we come to Jesus, and ask Him to take our sins away… Jesus’ response to our repentance is always: “I am willing; be cleansed.” Jesus was moved with compassion then with the leper and He is still moved with compassion today with you! Jesus will cleanse you from your sin… your spiritual leprosy. Do you want to part with that sin today? Do you want to feel the liberation from bondage to that sin? Then come to Jesus, today! Repent of your sins, today! Confess them and allow Him to heal your spirit! Romans 8:31; Philippians 4:13; 1 Corinthians 15:57 Once we are cleansed, we need to take action and let our actions be a testimony for all to see. Will you come to Jesus this morning? Will you ask Him to cleanse you today? Will you drop your stuff at His feet today?