BLINDED TO OUR SINS!

 

Sunday, September 4, 2022

 

BLINDED TO OUR SINS!

 

2 Cor 4:4

4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

 

2 Peter 3:5

5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

 

Prov 30:20

20 Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.

 

          Why do so many “Christians” seem to be blinded to their own sin? Jesus pointed out that we are quick to notice the splinter in the eye of our neighbor but completely oblivious to the huge piece of lumber protruding from our own (Luke 6:41-42). The three verses above may give us a clue to this kind of blindness.

 

          First, Satan is a master at deception! While Second Corinthians 4:4 refers to the blindness of the unsaved, I think believers also are susceptible to Satan’s blinding tactics. There is a fog covering our eyes and our minds that we can’t “see” our own sin. We excuse ourselves and call our sin by some other name. In doing this we eliminate the possibility of forgiveness and restoration. Until we see our sin for what it is our heart will never be properly changed. Until we see our sin as very sinful, we will never be moved to repentance.

 

          Second, there is a willingness to cooperate with Satan in transforming our sin into something else. When Satan offers us another name for sin, we gladly and eagerly take it. Cheating and swindling becomes shrewd business practices and is quickly transformed from something bad into something good. Everyone wants to be a shrewd businessman but nobody wants to be a cheat! Satan gladly helps us whitewash our sins.

 

          Third, in the case of the adulterous woman in Proverbs 30:20, there is simply a denial of wrongdoing. Caught with a cookie near the cookie jar, we simply deny that we have stolen it. We pretend to be shocked that anyone would accuse us of such a thing while chewing and wiping our mouth. Our cry is: “I have done no wickedness!”

 

          The result of Satan’s tactics, and our cooperation with them, is a weakened soul. Our involvement in Christian ministry begins to fail and we wonder why! John says that we have deceived ourselves and the truth is not in us (1 John 1:8). Solomon gave us the simple solution in the verse below.

 

Prov 28:13

13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

 

Dear Lord, although it may be painful, open my eyes to my own sin. Let me repent and forsake them that I may have mercy. AMEN