2 Tim 2:15 "Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth."
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THE SINS OF OMISSION AND COMMISSION
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13
James 4:17
John 9:41
“…If ye were blind,
ye should have no sin…”
THE SINS OF OMISSION AND COMMISSION
As a Christian, you know what God wants you to do. When you disobey Him, you have sinned against Him.
When you do not do the good you know should be done: The Psalmist says that the Word of God is “a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path” (Ps 119:105). The Bible guides every believer to do God’s will in his life. Notably, the Ten Commandments given to man are clear instructions on how we must live each day. When we fail to do it, we sin by omission. Jesus says, “And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes” (Luke 12:47).
When you do the evil you know should not be done: What is sin? The Westminster Larger Catechism says, “Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, any law of God, given as a rule to the reasonable creature.” Read also 1 John 3:4 and 8. When we do what God forbids, we sin by commission.
Sin is sin, whether by omission or commission. Therefore, let us be careful to be rightly informed by continually reading and studying God’s Word. Ignorance excuses no one! We have so many opportunities to know and understand God’s Word in this age. Do not waste your time on social media. Read spiritual media for your soul to be fed and to grow. And pray to be faithful in obeying His Word. The omission of a known duty is a sin. The commission of a known sin is a transgression.
Dear reader, hear the Psalmist cry, “Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly” (Ps 119:4-8).
THOUGHT: I must always be obedient to God.
PRAYER: Father, forgive my sins of omission and commission. Help me to live to please Thee only.