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ey, did somebody step on your blouse?” Bethany asked Sue-Ann. Sue-Ann smiled and let Bethany examine the blouse she kept in her backpack as a spare. “That is not a shoe print. It’s the print of an iron!” Sue-Ann replied. “My Mom accidentally left the hot iron on the blouse for too long!” While the dirt of a shoe print can be washed off, the scorch mark of a hot iron is almost impossible to remove. Likewise, sin is a mark that is almost impossible to remove from our hearts. Sin is disobeying God and not trusting Him. We are all stained by the permanent mark of sin. We can try to cover up our sin (“I’m a good person. See how many good things I do?”), pretend it’s not there (“There’s no sin in me. I’m just tired and stressed, that’s all!”), or try to forget about it
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Pra yer by focusing on happy things (“Just relax! Let’s have fun!”) However, the scorch mark of sin remains. In Jeremiah 2:22, God said through the prophet Jeremiah to His people: “Although you wash yourself with soap and use an abundance of cleansing powder, the stain of your guilt is still before me.”
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But, don’t despair. God has provided us with a guaranteed way of removing sin, now and forever. It is the only way to remove sin: He sent His Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins on the cross. Jesus is God’s solution to removing sin. And it is 100 percent effective, no exceptions. To remove the stain of sin, don’t cover it up. Don’t pretend it’s not there. Don’t forget about it. Invite Jesus to be Lord and Savior of your life.—RW
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