Grace vs Confrontation

For I delight in the law of God in my inner being, but I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this death? (Romans 7:22-24)

Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice . . . Which is your reasonable service. Do NOT be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God . . . Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good. . . Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer. (Romans 12:1-2, 9-12)

It's the SIN I hate, not the sinner. I hate the desire to sin . . . Even within me! However, I must continue to call it SIN, not a cultural choice or something I HAVE to do. Sin is a choice. We weigh the odds and choose sin. I used to choose pornography. I used to choose drunkenness. I used to choose fornication. However, someone pointed out to me that this was SIN according to God's TRUTH and that I had a CHOICE to make. Choosing to accept God's TRUTHS is a decision I make. Choosing NOT to sin is a daily struggle and a process of the Holy Spirit working in and through me. 

If someone had not CHOSEN to confront my sin in love though, I will still be dead in SIN! I would be a nice guy on my way to an eternal hell. Yes, Jesus is full of grace, but if we allow our friends and others to continue in SIN without pointing it out in love, they too will die in their sin and face a wrathful JUDGE. I love my lying friends, my fornicating friends, my friends who are controlled by chemical substances, and yes, my friends who practice or condone a homosexual lifestyle. Yet my heart breaks for them because they believe that God condones their SIN. 

Jesus DIED and ROSE from the dead so we too could die to sin and rise to life in Him. Oh how I pray that others can be reached before it is too late. Life is short. Death is real. Eternity too is real. Lord please allow me to be like You and reach someone for the Kingdom today. I pray for receptive hearts and the courage to confront in love. Let me know when to stay and when to walk away. Let me not walk in my own wisdom or that of others, but in Your wisdom. Use me today and every day left in my life to please You Lord and to bring others to Your TRUTH!