DCLM Higher Everyday 18 May 2023 — The Willful Sinner’s Woes
DCLM Higher Everyday 18 May 2023 Devotional by Pastor W. F. Kumuyi — The Willful Sinner’s Woes
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Topic:The Willful Sinner’s Woes
Text: Hebrews 10:23-29
23Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
24And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
26For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
28He that despised Moses’ law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
Key Verse: “For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins” (Hebrews 10:26).
Message
Sin can be classified into two broad categories: sins of carelessness and sins of presumption. The first is that in which Satan blinds the sinners’ mind and deceives them to do evil. A presumptuous sin is that in which the sinner willfully disobeys God in defiance of the Holy Spirit’s express warning.
That was the sin of Cain who proceeded to the bigger sin of murdering his brother even after God had rebuked him for anger. It was the sin of Korah and his mates who flatly refused Moses’ extended hand of fellowship in their rebellion. Judas willfully refused Christ’s warning but decided to see his betrayal plan through to its end. All those rebels came under severe divine judgment.
There are youths today who do whatever they will without thinking of what God thinks. Invariably, self-will is choosing to ignore God’s will. Are you one of such? Hardening your heart against God is like bashing your head against an iron pillar; the result is pain and misery. The remedy is to repent and return to Christ in humility before it is too late.
Quote: The result is pain and misery
Challenge: Who can harden himself against God and prosper?
Prayer for today: Oh God, take my will and make it Yours, in Jesus’ name.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
