The soul that sinneth, it shall die...Ezekiel 18:20
All unrighteousness is sin. Whatever is not right is wrong. Sin brings reproach, it erodes honour, it terminates dignity, it cuts down, it brings low!
At the root of every evil is sin; because before sin came, there was no evil. At the root of every disease is sin. At the root of every frustration is sin.
Sin is a spiritual heart disease! And you know that heart disease is the shortest cut to death -
The soul that sinneth it shall die.
The wages of sin is death. It kills joy, finances, the Family, peace in the home, the business, etc. That is, you'll be living as a dead man!
Because the Bible says, He that lives in worldly pleasure is dead while he yet liveth - a walking corpse!
The sting of death is sin...
1 Corinthians 15:56
When sin stings, it results in death when not treated on time. If you have a snake bite and it's not treated, you're ready for the grave, because it carries a deadly venom. That's exactly what sin does to the saint. It doesn't matter to the sinner, because he's already dead.
Colossians 2:13 says:
And you, being dead in your sins...
The dead can't die anymore, because he's already a dead man, that's his nature. You will not be slain by the traps of sin!
Listen to me, sin will bring such damnations, so as to set fear in the hearts of men. May you not be the specimen that will be used to make others learn a lesson!
The nature of sin is three dimensional:
1. It is deceptive (Hebrew. 3:13)
2. It offers temporal pleasure (Hebrew. 11:25)
3. It is destructive! (Proverbs. 11:3)
You will not be destroyed!
Sin is not a friend of anybody. It is a hideous enemy. It's out with subtlety to disappoint destiny. Stop it before it stops you! Kill it before it kills you.
Friends, sin is sin, no matter who commits it! Every unrighteousness is sin. Whatever the
Bible marks wrong is sin.
Sin is not a friend, it is an enemy! Sin is not a lifter, it is a destroyer! Sin is not a promoter, it is a demoter!
Sin does not give people beauty, it makes men ugly!
Listen to this, sin does not require any definition! Whatever is not right is wrong.
Sin is a reproach to any people. Any people means no matter your grade, no matter your category or cadre in life.
Today, I see the horror of sin destroyed in your life!
Now, let's look at some of the horrors of sin, the devastating consequences of sin.
1. SHAME
Sin is a barrier to honour in anybody's life - white or black, literate or illiterate, young or old. No matter who you are, sin will never allow you to see honour.
Wherever sin reigns, shame reigns. Wherever sin reigns, reproach reigns. Wherever sin reigns, men have no future!
You remember when the first man Adam sinned in the garden of Eden? He was stripped naked! God called out to Adam, Adam, where art thou?
Hear Adam's response in Genesis 3:10:
...I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was NAKED; and I hid myself.
There it is! Sin will strip any man naked of all honour, dignity and glory!
You will not be stripped naked! Adam fell from grace to grass! He became a labourer where he had once been a king. Friends, sin must die, for your glory to rise!
I want you to know that there is no honour or glory awaiting the crooked. No! He won't get there.
Because Proverbs 28:13 warns that:
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper...
Look at this:
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.
2 Thessalonians 2:7
That is, if you don't stop iniquity, it will stop you. If you don't break it, it will break you. If you don't destroy it, it will destroy you!
No one will see glory nor experience honour, as long as he celebrates sin. Integrity is the father of dignity.
Sin will bring shame anytime. The pay day of sin is sure. The earlier you resign from sin, the better!
Sin transfers honour from the original owner to another person.
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth.
Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed.
Proverb s 5:7-11
Sin is sin, no matter the colouration! You don't talk of honour where sin reigns. No! Until we get an answer to sin, we will never experience lasting honour.
When the first man, Adam, sinned, he became a struggler, a beggar! He was hiding in holes! Sin stripped him naked! It's time to return.
Isaiah 59:8 says:
The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
Crookedness is a barrier to honour, let it go! If you don't destroy corruption, you will see corruption!
When sin is enthroned, shame is inevitable. When sin has its way, honour is lost by the victim.
At the root of every shame is sin. Sin has never clothed anybody; rather, it strips the gorgeously dressed naked.
Adam was clothed in the glory of God, until sin stripped him naked and shame took over. He said, ...because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Sin is the father of shame, while integrity is the father of dignity. You can make your choice. Everyone that gets married to sin ends up giving birth to children of shame.
Every affair with sin ends a man in shame. Sin is a reproach to any people. It is the fastest lane to shame!
Please understand this:
...the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
2 Timothy 2:19
If you don't depart from iniquity, you'll be humiliated. If you continue to meddle with sin, you will die in shame!
Listen to me, something is happening! God is going to beautify the holy and He's going to shamify the sinner. God is going to exalt the righteous, and He's going to bring reproach to the sinner!
2. DESTRUCTION
The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.
Proverbs 11:3
Do you know that behind every trouble of man, at the root of every calamity, is sin? Before sin came, there was no calamity, there was no sickness, no accidents. Before sin came, man was absolutely secure, divine presence was his covering.
He was heavenly, gorgeously dressed! It was sin that robbed him of all glory, and he started wearing leaves for clothing! As soon as sin came, all manner of calamities followed, because:
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed...
Proverbs 13:13
If there's a but around your life now, it must go; otherwise it will send you packing, just like sin sent Adam packing out of the garden of Eden (Genesis. 3:21).
Friends, sin is a destroyer!
Samson was the strength of Israel in the Old Testament, but Satan trapped him! He became a toy for the heathen. He killed more people at his death, but he also died! A mighty treasure turned to a toy overnight.
Sin is a silent killer! It's a destroyer. See how it destroyed the destiny of Samson (Judges 16). It will not destroy your own destiny! When you see strength, watch out! Satan is out to humiliate it.
Everything dies at the hand of sin, because the sting of death is sin.
Somebody else died, and on his deathbed, he confessed to impropriety of one million naira, which he claimed to have returned. But he died of a horrible disease!
The sting of death is sin !
Watch out friends! God is setting up specimens of destruction. Don't be numbered among them!
The soul that sinneth, it shall die...
God has shown us the path of righteousness so we can destroy the mystery of sin. Let's walk in that path. Enough is enough!
Jesus said to Satan in Luke 4:12:
...Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Not everyone that left Egypt arrived Canaan.
They did not die a natural death as it were. They died a death of judgement. Not everyone who is born again will arrive Canaan. So let's watch it! It was called the Church in the wilderness.
Many died there, they never saw the land. Why? They continued still in sin. They provoked Him to anger, and they were destroyed by the destroyer
1 Corinthians.10:10!
You will not be destroyed!
3. SICKNESS! DISEASE! AFFLICTION!
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Proverbs 14:30
Every disease has its root in sin. There was no sickness before sin came, no ailment, no cancer.
God made provisions for everything in the garden of Eden, but not for healing. Because man was not created to be sick. But by one man sin came, and sin brought death, and everything that leads to death, including leukaemia, cancer, AIDS, name it!
Jesus said to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee , is the same thing as saying arise and be healed (Matthew 9:6), because both sin and sickness have the same root. Every disease is a curse. A curse is as a result of sin
Deuteronomy.28:15-68.
Any sickness - call it fever, chest pain, bad sight, deafness, whatever - the Bible calls them curses. No other theological or medical explanation will be stronger than what the Bible has to say. Sin is at the root of every disease, and until righteousness takes over, sickness continues!
4. ABSENCE OF PEACE
When Israel departed from God and began to do whatever they wanted to, the Bible says that peace departed.
Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law...And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. And nation was destroyed by nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
2 Chronicles 15:3,5,6
And then the prophet came and began to announce a new order. Just like I'm announcing a new order this hour.
Job 22:21-23 says:
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
When Asa heard the words of the Prophet Oded, he took steps:
...he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin...and renewed the altar of the Lord...And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin...And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul.
2 Chronicles 15:8-9,12
And consequently, verses 15 and 19 tell us:
...the Lord gave them rest round about.And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.
I want you to believe God for every seed of the wicked one in you to be destroyed, so that the glory of God in your life can emerge, and the world can see the hand of the Lord upon you.
Before sin finishes you, finish it and enter into your liberty right now!
Prophet Akinwale Michael Ojo,
Christ Apostolic Church,
Orisun-Iye,
Omu-Aran Kwara State.
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