Why do the people of our church always end
most prayers with a plea for the forgiveness of their sins, even the ones they
don’t remember? I wonder if the Holy Spirit revealed to them that they were
sinning? Let’s try an experiment.
Let’s not ask for forgiveness anymore,
unless the Holy Spirit convicts us. I know some of our backgrounds will call
that heresy, but the Holy Spirit is able to reveal to us when we blow it and in
our spirit we will agree with Him, thank Him, and get on with the business of
living. If the Holy Spirit hasn’t prompted us, then God hasn’t prompted us.
(John 16:8-15.)
Some of you are thinking, “Well surely I’ve
done something wrong.” I say if you have then the Holy Spirit will bring it to
your attention. And your Advocate has already interceded on your behalf. (I
John 2:1, not I John 1:9.) It is forgiven. What you’ve done wrong has already
been dealt with. Agree with Him that you are forgiven.
However, because many believers haven’t
experienced consummate ongoing forgiveness (living in a state of forgiveness),
all they are hearing is “surely you’ve done something wrong.” We think it’s
humble to talk about being sinners. Oswald Chambers says we start with this
false humility of calling ourselves sinners, this pious humbleness, in order to
make ourselves sound good to the ears of men is near blasphemy to ears of God.
Do you see the fallacy of continually calling yourself a sinner?
You say, “It is arrogant to the ears of men
to say I’m righteous. I can’t say I’m righteous. I can’t say it.”
Well, we had better decide with whom we are
going to agree. Because if we do not agree with God we are never going to get
out of the sin trap.
- Dan Stone
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