When an act of sin remains unresolved, it causes a nagging sense in the heart that doesn't go away. ... unresolved junk will remind us of itself on a regular basis. We'll never have to search for it. But like plaque, cholesterol, or unanswered e-mail, unresolved sin builds up. Eventually we have so much junk in our lives that we're convinced God can barely tolerate us. ...
This process of unresolved sin play out in every person, including those who don't follow Christ. The only real difference between them and Christ followers is the hope of a solution. But when we refuse, deny, or misplace God's provision for that hope, we lay ourselves open to an endless variety of counterfeits peddling a promise of relief: We start trusting techniques, conscience-numbing medication, pop psychology, spiritual fads, and a hundred other nicely packaged weasels. Whenever we sin and don't resolve that sin, either because we don't know how or choose not to, we release an inevitable force that drains our confidence in who we really are.
The next thing we know ...
Here the authors list a number of masks we put on to deal with this painful situation in our lives. As I thought about these it seemed to me that not only do we wrongly deal with unresolved sin on a personal level but also on a religious organization level. The more I read of the new liberals, the more convinced that they are ill-equipped to deal with the real cure for sin. They redefine God as "love". They follow systems that are not new (e.g., universalism, Buddhism, etc.) but simply relabeled.
We need to come to God. The real God of the Bible who is Love, Just, Sovereign, Righteous, etc. There is no cure short of Him.
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