Many years ago I was talking to one of my buddies
who was a relatively new believer, when in just shooting
the breeze he used a proverbial ’four-letter word’
to describe a problem at work, caught himself, looked embarrassed
and apologized and said, “Hey brother, I’m sorry.
I didn’t mean to say it that way.”
I surprised myself with my response, because I also was a
fairly new believer in Christ, but the Holy Spirit
gave me a response well beyond my spiritual maturity.
“Hey man, that’s OK. You know, one thing about
being in Christ is that as we become more like Him,
the sins in our life are like leaves on a tree in the
autumn...they fall off the tree one leaf at a time.”
In this life that is how it works...the sin-leaves of
our life will never be completely gone, but they will keep on falling
one-by-one as we are obedient in Christ and seek to be
conformed to His image (Philippians 3:10).
When we do - much like a tree at the end of fall -
our sins of the flesh will gradually fall away.
However because we are still in a sinful world, these
'sin-leaves' will never be completely gone - much
like leaves that stubbornly refuse to fall from
a tree after winter sets in.
The good news is there is a new spring coming in heaven when
we will all be both free from sin and new leaves of purity
will spring forth from us in a vibrance that will last
forever! Until then Christian, Let The Sin-Leaves of Your Life FALL!
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