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The Bible describes sin as the deadly enemy of all mankind. The chaotic and confused condition of our world proves this basic biblical truth. Yet most of humankind remains solidly in denial. Our human nature has a powerful compulsion to sin.
But to receive God's gift of eternal life, we must completely forsake sin in our attitudes and intents. Transgressing His great spiritual law is like playing with fire, and we trifle with it at our peril. The Bible clearly states that "the wages of sin is death" (Romans 6:23).
True repentance is the fundamental first step on our way out of sin-putting us firmly on the road to eternal life. Our puny human efforts are, however, far from enough.
Without God's help and support, we simply cannot accomplish this difficult task-freely admitting with shame and regret that we have been totally wrong in our defiance of His great spiritual law and that we seriously intend to mend our ways.
The apostle Paul challenged Christians in Rome with this crucial question: "Do you despise the riches of His [God's] goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?" (Romans 2:4, emphasis added throughout). Indeed, God must grant us repentance (see Acts 11:18; 2 Timothy 2:25).
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