"Then the LORD said to Samuel: 'Behold, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears will tingle. In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity that he knows, because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them.' "
I Samuel 3:11-13
We usually think of sin as an overt action that we know is wrong. But it is also sin to neglect doing what we know is right. "To him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin" (James 4:17). Eli KNEW that he should correct his sons, yet he did not do it and was held accountable for it. What a horrible predicament. Is there any hope? How can I ever be clean before God? David cried out, "Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from my secret faults" (Psalm 19:12). I have only one confidence: that the blood of Christ cleanses me from all sin (I John 1:7).
Today's Thought: It is sin to neglect doing what I know is right.
Have a cleansed day. Love you.
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