ISAIAH 55:7 - "Learning How To Sin"

"Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord." (Obadiah 2-4) There is no glory in learning how to sin! No; Really; I mean it: 'There is no Glory being lived out in our lives when we are learning how to sin'. When we are learning how to get away with sin in our lives, and not being yielded fully to the power of God. Maybe I need to break it down a little for you to better understand? Learning: To learn; 'To be instructed in something new. A process of adaptability or orientation towards a new way or thing.' In other words: A process where we take those things that should not be a part of our life and then adapt them into our life in a way that creates as little negative effect as possible; or "Learning How To Sin". Herein is the problem with this little practice: When we do this in our walk in the Lord, we really are not walking with the Lord; we might think that we are; we may even be able to do things well enough to fool ourselves and others; but really, the Truth is that we are not in fellowship with God. Why is it that we are not in fellowship with Him? Because God is Holy and does not fellowship with evil, sin or darkness. I really don't think I can say it any clearer; but I do think I can say it more direct. When we adapt sin into our New Life In Christ, we are in a way, making the Gospel of non effect; we are taking the beautiful Gospel message of God's ultimate Salvation from sin, and then morphing it into something that best suits our needs. This is not going to stand, nor will God stand for it, and eventually He will take you out. It is really sad that so many of those that have been gifted by God and called into the ministry, have adapted sin and the ability to sin into their life as a Believer in Jesus Christ. Many that practice these things, believe that their little sin really isn't hurting anyone, and that it is something that is between them and God. Well, it is true that God does give us liberty, and that He does forgive us when we ask Him to; but what cost we pay for hearts of disobedience, that will be measured on judgement day. God has called us to a higher calling than to just serve ourselves as we serve Him; because when we do that, we really do not fully serve Him; and there is something that Jesus said regarding this: "Verily, Verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." (John 8:34-36) When we are living in sin, (which means that we sin willfully for those of you in Shasta Lake), then we are in danger of not being found worthy to live in the house; What House? His House; Why? Because sin does not dwell in His House, that's why!!! In the opening scripture is the story of God's judgement upon Edom; which were descendants of Esau; which was the son of Isaac and the twin brother of Jacob; which makes these heathen out to be descendants of Abraham; which means that they should have been blessed. They were puffed up with pride, and thinking that they were greater than they really were. They also believed that because they dwelt within the clefts of the rocks, that they were out of reach from being brought down. In fact, they were really proud of there mountain strongholds, which seemed to be invincible; but they would not stand against the Day of the Lord. So it is with those that have learned how to sin; as if they have learned a new language, and they can transverse from one dialect to another depending on how they are living in the moment. Just because you have at one time in your life received God's gift of salvation, does not mean that you can now live as you wish; you can not withstand the Day of the Lord. And then to be proud of it, as if you are really good at making it all work out; believing that what you are doing for the Lord will counter out what you do for your own pleasure; 'Dwelling in the clefts of The Rock'. "How are the things of Esau searched out! How are his hidden things sought up! (Obadiah 6)