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today's church service is all about. Does God

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like sin? So today's main scripture is Proverbs

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6 verse 16 through 19. And this is taken from

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the New King James Version. It says, Hands that

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shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked

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plans, feet that are swift in running to evil,

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a false witness who speaks lies, and one who

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sows discord among brethren. So yes, God detests

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sin. As a follower of Christ, if God detests

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sin, we should detest it too, because light and

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darkness cannot co -mingle, nor can it coexist.

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Since we have the life of Christ in us, we should

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walk in accordance to that light. Jesus has made

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it very clear that God loves us but not the sin

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in our lives because he is holy and sin is not.

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Our second scripture is 1 John 3 verse 4 through

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6 and this is taken from the ESV version. Everyone

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who makes a practice of sinning also practices

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lawlessness. Sin is lawlessness. You know that

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He appeared in order to take away sins, and in

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Him there is no sin. No one who abides in Him

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keeps on sinning. No one who keeps on sinning

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has either seen or known Him. So when we practice

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sin, we are making a conscious decision to turn

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away from God. In Christ, we have aligned ourselves

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with Jesus because our allegiance is to Him,

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not the world. But if we choose sin, then we

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won't have any peace because it is not of God.

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And we have to remember this. God hates the sin,

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yet loves the sinner. So we can always come to

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him and repent. Our third scripture is Isaiah

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59 verse 2, and this is taken from the ESV version.

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It says, but your iniquities have made a separation

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between you and your God, and your sins have

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hidden his face from you so that he does not

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hear. Now this scripture is talking to the followers

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of Christ who are practicing sin. We lose the

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peace of God as well. Through Jesus Christ, we

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will have the power of the Holy Spirit to make

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a 180 and follow Christ. So, our points today

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are one, our walk. We have to make a deliberate

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decision to walk in the accordance of Christ

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to be upright in the likeness of Christ. Number

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two, our allegiance. We have to determine whether

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we are for Christ wholeheartedly. Number three,

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condone. God won't condone our sin because God

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hates sin. We have to make a decision to love

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God and leave our sin. He won't do anything with

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us until we repent and turn away from our sins.

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So if you have a personal relationship with Jesus

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Christ, then this message will help you. But

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if you don't have a personal relationship with

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Jesus Christ, then I invite you to give your

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heart to the Lord today. To receive him into

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your heart, go to Romans 10, nine through 10.

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It says that if you confess with your mouth the

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Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God

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has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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For with the heart one believes onto righteousness

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and with the mouth confession is made onto salvation.

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If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are

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saved and now have eternal life with Jesus. You

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are saved from all your sins. Pass. present and

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future sins you may commit. This truth is not

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a free past to sin anytime. Instead, Jesus gives

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you power over all wrong choices and empowers

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you to spread the gospel to others. You are saved

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forever and your name is written in the book

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of life!