Posts Tagged ‘Sin in Your Heart’
The Bible Instructs Us to “Receive the Word in Spite of Filthiness and the Remnants of Wickedness” (James 1:21). It Is Impossible to Listen to God’s Word and Keep Sin in Your Heart at the Same Time
The psalmist acknowledged a vital aspect of spiritual growth when he remarked, “I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Thy word” (Ps. 119:101). Peter said the same thing when he said, “Put aside all malice, all trickery, all hypocrisy, all envy, and all slander. Like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in terms of salvation” (1 Pet. 2:1-2). In the same way, James told us to give up sin and accept the Word (James 1:21). James and Peter were not talking to people who don’t believe, because without Christ, people can’t give up sin or listen to God’s Word. But as Christians, we are known by our ability to do both, and we must keep our lives clean by confessing our sins, turning…
