How many of you have ever wished you never hear a swear or profane word? How many of you are still fighting the battle of using profanity and curse words? If I could have one thing given or granted to me by God, I would ask that every single curse or profane word I ever heard in my life would become unknow to me and that my ears would never hear them
again; nor the spew forth from my mouth. I grew up in an environment where the favorite household word was GD. (I am sure everyone know what that stands for.) Then when I was in the Army I heard what I thought was
every curse wor known to man; but I was wrong! That didn’t happen until my second marriage. My ex was a sailor and if there was a curse word I hadn’t heard before, I heard it then!
I was still a "Baby Christian" and trying very hard to become what the Lord called me to be. Avoiding using profanity or swearing is very, very difficult when you have been raised in that environment and then end up
in a situation albeit marriage or something where you are subjected to the daily and consistant use of fowl words and profanity. For me it has been a life long battle and even though I have gotten better at it and
do not do it like I used to...I still have that problem. It rears it’s ugly head when I am upset or very frustrated and it seems to come out of nowhere. When I realize what I have done and how much I have just hurt the Lord, I start to cry and I feel so ashamed. I love Him too much to hurt him...yet, I seem to ...no matter how unintentional it maybe. I ask
for forgiveness and strength to keep on fighting against this. The Lord will forgive me and I will go on trying to avoid it.
One day He said to me, "Mary,You are in human flesh and it is weak. I know how hard you are trying and I know your heart. I will fogive you. You are right to feel ashamed, but once you are fogiven...do not carry
that guilt around with you. There is no more guilt." I said,"But Lord I have hurt you and your Father and I never want to do that! I am so ashamed and saddened when I realize what I have done. Is there not some
way to help me avoid this sort of outburst as much as I can? What about these thoughts of fowl and profane words that seem to pop into my head out of nowhere? How do I deal with that?" Jesus replied and said,
"Consider this, The world is my house. It isn’t a building such as a home or even a church or synagogue..it is the world. Now I ask you, would you curse, swear or use profanity in my house? I cried,"Never Lord! Never!" Then He said, but you do. The world is my house. If you think of it in that way...it will help you to be more alert and not say
those things." Then I said, "Lord, What about those that pop into my head out oF nowhere?" He answered and said, "When that happens think of me or of a bible verse and say it over and over again until that thought
goes away." Then I am reminded of something in Psalms 141:1-10
"Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. Set a watch, O
LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. Let the righteous smite
me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. When their judges are overthrown in stony
places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape."
When we ask the Lord to set a watch over our mouths and the doors of our lips to guard us against saying that which is evil and profane, we are seeking His help and strength in overcoming that which is not righteous and holy in His sight. It is an uphill battle for those of us who live or have lived and grew up in an environment where that was all you hear
or have heard. let me tell you something at this point. Just because you became a Christian and/or have been one for quite some time... those bad habits or things that you heard that were profane and ungodly..do not just instantaneously disappear. Some do, while others take a while to overcome and still others become a constant battle and reminder of just
how much that we are sinners that have been saved by the Grace of God, through His Son’s death on calvary and His shed blood that paid the price for it all. There isn’t one saved sould on this planet from clergy
to the common man that is totally sin-free. By that, I mean that there is no one person that can remain sin-free. We all have a bad habit(s) or have a weaknesses that are a constant thorns in our sides. Try as we may
to overcome them all, we never will. If we did, we wouldn’t be here. We would be with the Father in Heaven as Jesus is. Now there was a sinless and perfect Man !
We will never be totally sin-free ! Why? Because we are in the Flesh and as long as we are in the Flesh, try as we may, we will still sin. We may not want to, we may try not to, and wish we didn’t; but the fact remains that as long as we are in the flesh will will be tempted, we will fall and we will on occassion yield to that sin. Now, I know the next question is: So what is the point of being saved if we still sin? The point is that as life goes on and you who are truly saved by the Blood of the Lamb, have the power and the strength to fight and overome it most of the time. The Lord will forgive you when you fall, as long as you keep on fighting the good fight and trying not to sin. Remember in Romans 3:23 it says, "For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God." As long as we are in the Flesh we will be tempted, we will fall,
we will make mistakes, but it is by the Grace of God and His Forgiveness that we are redeemed. It is a life-long battle and will only end when we are in the Kingdom of God, albeit by the Rapture or by His calling you home.
Whether you are a "saved" sinner or an "Unsaved Sinner" God loves you! He wants to forgive you and for the unsaved sinner..He wants to redeem you and save your soul from eternal damnation. The hardest thing you
have to to is realize that you are a sinner and that you do not have to "clean up your act" before seeking His pardon and mercy and Redemption. He will take you just as you are..right here and right now. For those of us who have accepted Jesus into our hearts and lives, fighting the temptations of sin is an on-going battle. we must always fight against sin and when we fail and fall, seek God’s forgiveness and pardon.."He is faithful and just to forgive". What He will not tolerate and continue to forgive is the "deliberate sin". That is, a sin by a Christian or "so-called christian" that goes to church on the Sabbath and asks for His forgiveness, then turns around on Monday Morning or five minutes after receiving forgiveness, deliberately goes out and sins the same sins over and over again until the next Sabbath day. God will only be
patient and forgive so much until His patience runs out and He stops forgiving the "deliberate sinner". God will forgive - forever the repentant sinner and those who are redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb
that are trying not to sin and overcome their sin.
Another sin that is totally unforgivable is the sin of "Blaspheming the Holy Spirit? First, let us understand what Blasphemy is. Too often the understanding of blasphemy is misunderstood and people are not seeing or understanding what Blaspheming the Holy Spirit is. Blasphemy in the Webster’s dictionary is defined as: "(1) to speak in impiously or
irreverantly of god (or sacred things); utter impieties (2) to speak evil, slander or abuse. In the bible, it also means to speak against the Holy Spirit. When we look at Matthew 12:31, Jesus tells us , " Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost (Spirit)shall not be forgiven
unto men." We are told this again in Mark 3:29. Look at Ephesians 4:30: "And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption." Another meaning to the word Blasphemy is this: "To have known God, the father. His son, Jesus Christ and The Holy Spirit; yet to walk away and deny them...especially the Holy Spirit." The Holy Spirit dwells within us (John 14:17;Romans 8:9;I Cor. 3:16,6:19;II Timothy 1:14 and I John 2:27) once we are saved and born of the water and the spirit (John 3:5-7).To blaspheme the Holy Spirit in any way, unfortunately and sadly comes with a very high price.
I remind all of you - we are not infallible to sin, we can deny it, cover it up or ignore it as sin, but the fact still remains that we still sin, because we are in the flesh. But the gift of Mercy and grace to those who have been redeemed is that we will be forgiven when we fall, as long as (and this bears repeating) we fight against sin and we are trying to avoid sin. When you look in Matthew 12:5, even Jesus tells how the priests of the temple profane the sabbath. So you see not even clergy, much as we would like to believe, are not exempt for temptation or falling into it or sin-free. Anyone who tells you that they do not commit any form of sin is a liar. If they were so sin-free, they
wouldn’t be HERE! Once we accept the fact that even though we are saved and that we are still on the battleground against sin as long as we are in the flesh; when we fall, we need only to ask for His forgiveness and it will be given to us. Remember the deliberate sin will not always be forgiven and God’s patience will RUN OUT!
Finally, look at Ecclesiastes 7:16-20
"Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ? Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? It is good that
thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all. Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not."
"There is no just man upon the earth". That means exactly what I have been telling you. We may be redeemed in the Blood of the Lamb but no one is sin-free all their lives. they are in human flesh and are subjected to the fallacies of being so. do not believe anyone who say they are sinless; for they are liars and know not the truth.
