Isaiah 44:22  - I have swept away your sins like a cloud. I have scattered your offenses like the morning mist. Oh, return to me, for I have paid the price to set you free. "

Sin has caused us all to fall short at some time in our lives. Not one of us can say we haven’t sinned because we are human, we make mistakes and fall to sin. You reading this have sinned, I writing this blog have sinned, and even the person you least expect has most likely sinned. Romans 3:23 – For everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard. There is not one perfect person. Romans 3:10 – As the scriptures say, “No one is righteous- not even one.

Sometimes we fall so far into sin and end up paying a cost we never wanted to pay and find out that the cost is much higher then we ever thought. Never did we think the walk back to Christ would be so difficult.

We look and it seems there’s no way out, it looks completely dark, and then it just begins to feel like it is just easier to stay in the sin. You find yourself so deep in this lie of the enemy, this sin that now you feel like your climbing and climbing and getting nowhere, you feel like your trying to run back to God and you realize your still in the sin, you try to hide and hide but the sin still finds you and you end up staying. Why stay, when God provides a way out.

1 Corinthians 10:13 – The temptations in your life are no different from what others expereince. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptations to be more that you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.

It’s hard to get out because satan will stay steady in your ear reminding you over and over of your sin. Satan calls you by your sin but God call you by name. Isaiah 43:1- But now, O Jacob, listen to the Lord who created you, O Isreal, the one who formed you says, “Don’t be afraid, for I have ransomed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.

The strategy, the scheme of the enemys is the hope that you will begin to believe the lie and allow that sin to define you. This world we live in today is so broken that everywhere we turn, everywhere we look, sin is there and the enemy will use it all to steal, kill, and destory. John 10:10 – The thief’s purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purposes is to give the a rich and satisfying life,

Sin is missing the target that God has for us.

Sin is breaking His laws

Sin is what is separating you from God.

Sin is death!

I want you to know, that even covered in sin God is still waiting , and watching for you to come to or return to Him. The enemy will try to stop you by calling you alcoholic, addict, adulterer, thief, liar, and so much more BUT GOD calls you HIS. He came to set you free! He came to redeem you! Ephesians 1: 7 – In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, accordign to the riches of His grace

Redemption is paying the price to purchase something; paying a ransom.

Through redemption we are forgiven when we ask and so your sin, my sin – PAID FOR!

Sin blinds you and separates you from God in such a way that it is incredibly hard for you to see how much He loves you. I can’t give a comparison of what His love looks like because that love is true and pure that it is even a greater love than that of the love a parent would have for their child. So if you’re a parent and you know you love your child to no end, can you imagine how great the love God has for us is? I don’t have to remind you that He gave his only son to die for us. John 3:16 – “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

His love is true!

His love is real!

His love is unlimited!

So stand up and stand tall with confidence and faith that your sins are forgiven when you ask.

YOU ARE REDEEMED!