Ezra 9:6
"And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my
face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased
over our head, and our trespass is grown
up unto the heavens."
When the heart has been made black with sin, grace makes the face red with blushing. " I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God:" (Ezra 9:6). There are several things about sin that cause shame: Sin makes us guilty: Adam never blushed in the time of innocence, but when he had deflowered his soul by sin, then he was ashamed. Sin has tainted our blood. We are guilty against the Crown of Heaven.
In sin there is unthankfulness: We have sinned against God when He has given us no cause. Whenever has God wearied us, unless His mercies have wearied us? And to abuse the kindness of so good a God. "God I Ask For Mercy For All Believers Today.
Sin puts Christ to Shame: Should we not be ashamed? The Jews arrayed Him in purple; they put a reed in His hand, spat in His face, and in His greatest agonies reviled Him. Here was the shame of the cross. He was the Lamb of God. Our sins put Christ to shame, and shall they not put us to Shame?
My Friends, Be assured, the more we are ashamed of sin now, the less we shall be ashamed at Christ's coming. If the sins of the godly be mentioned at the day of judgment, it will not be to shame them, but to magnify the riches of God's grace in pardoning them. Indeed, the wicked shall be ashamed at the last day. They shall sneak and hang down their heads, but the saints shall then be as without spot. "That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish," (Eph. 5:27)
Amen!
Reading: Devotional Scripture
Ref: HG SB
In sin there is unthankfulness: We have sinned against God when He has given us no cause. Whenever has God wearied us, unless His mercies have wearied us? And to abuse the kindness of so good a God. "God I Ask For Mercy For All Believers Today.
Sin puts Christ to Shame: Should we not be ashamed? The Jews arrayed Him in purple; they put a reed in His hand, spat in His face, and in His greatest agonies reviled Him. Here was the shame of the cross. He was the Lamb of God. Our sins put Christ to shame, and shall they not put us to Shame?
My Friends, Be assured, the more we are ashamed of sin now, the less we shall be ashamed at Christ's coming. If the sins of the godly be mentioned at the day of judgment, it will not be to shame them, but to magnify the riches of God's grace in pardoning them. Indeed, the wicked shall be ashamed at the last day. They shall sneak and hang down their heads, but the saints shall then be as without spot. "That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish," (Eph. 5:27)
Amen!
Reading: Devotional Scripture
Ref: HG SB
May God Bless You
And Your Family
Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.
The Cross Life Ministry
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