Many people quote a portion of the above verse! "The Lord knows those who are His" and most believe themselves to be His! If you ask, they will claim they are His and are heaven bound! They never pay attention to the rest of the verse - "depart from Iniquity!" They think since they go to church and sometimes read a daily devotional and say an occasional prayer asking God to "do something" that they have "departed from iniquity!"
“But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.” Luke 13:27 KJV
The above verse pretty much clears up what God thinks about that!
But what is iniquity?
in·iq·ui·ty
iˈnikwədē/
noun
- immoral or grossly unfair behavior."a den of iniquity"
synonyms: wickedness, sinfulness, immorality, impropriety;
Iniquity is sin.
Sin is what separates us from God! Sin is unforgiveness, bitterness, resentment, worry, unbelief, fear, anger; not just the biggies like murder or stealing.
We boast about when we get to heaven and see God we are going to ask Him such 'n such; believing with all of our hearts we will stand before Him blameless (living in fear and unforgiveness like we do), because we said a few words at the altar when we were young and our denomination teaches us that we are the "Righteousness of Christ!"
Have you departed from iniquity?
Have you even tried?
Do you start your day, asking for help to put away the sins that have you captured? Are you praying, "change me Lord!" "Cleanse me!" Or are you just praying for the blessings on you and your family?
Are you holding on to your sinful life as hard as you can, thinking you are holding onto God? God wants you to turn loose! Let go of the things that are weighing you down! Are your knuckles white from fear? Let go of your pride!
You want a move of God in your life?
Pray: "God You do to me, whatever it takes, to get me and my family where You want us! Whatever it takes LORD!"
I surrender! I let go!"
Even so - MARANATHA!
From 11/3/14
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