{"id":12789,"date":"2026-08-10T15:08:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T15:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=12789"},"modified":"2026-08-10T15:08:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T15:08:04","slug":"sin-is-sin-before-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=12789","title":{"rendered":"SIN IS SIN BEFORE GOD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>FAITH CAPSULE: <\/strong>In life, there is no minute or massive sin; sin is sin with no excuse for living in sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>2 Samuel 12<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The mercy of God is attainable when one asks for forgiveness.<\/em><br \/>Having sin against the word of God will set sinner far from God.<br \/>No sin is hidden from God.<br \/>One who abides in sin will be exposed to the consequences of sin and iniquity.<br \/>Can you think of any way of sinning in your life while expecting God to visit your life?<br \/>With sin, no one can reach unto God.<br \/>Anyone who desires to reach God must be far from living a life of sin.<br \/>Evidently, one with a heart of repentance will not fail to reach God.<br \/>Sin sets one apart from God, but mercy belongs to God; He reverses the irreversible to give mercy.<br \/>With repentance, one who asks God for forgiveness will receive the mercy of God.<br \/>One with the experience of the mercy of God is the candidate for the glory of God and is bound not to be a victim of destruction.<br \/>Understand and know to repent for sin before God to gain His mercy.<br \/>With repentance, the mercy of God is available.<br \/>David sinned by having Uriah killed after he violated the wife of Uriah.<br \/>God sent Prophet Nathan to David for his sin.<br \/>Prophet Nathan asked David, why have you\u00a0despised the commandment of the\u00a0Lord, to do evil in His sight?\u00a0You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword; you have taken his wife\u00a0<em>to be<\/em>\u00a0your wife, and have killed him.<br \/>In <em><strong>2 Samuel 12:12,<\/strong><\/em> David was told, <em><strong>&#8220;For you did\u00a0it\u00a0secretly,\u00a0but I will do this thing before all Israel, before the sun.\u2019 \u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>In <em><strong>2 Samuel 12:13,<\/strong><\/em> David responded with repentance: <em><strong>&#8220;So David said to Nathan,\u00a0\u201cI have sinned against the\u00a0Lord. And Nathan said to David, \u201cThe\u00a0Lord\u00a0also has\u00a0put away your sin; you shall not die.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><br \/>It was the mercy of God in response to the repentance of David, not to die a sudden death.<br \/>In every repentance before God, there is the mercy of God that delivers.<br \/>Deliverance for David was the mercy of God.<br \/>Are you with understanding of God to know how to gain His mercy?<br \/>The Bible records,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cFor You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, and abundant in mercy to all those who call upon You\u201d (Psalm 86:5).<\/strong><\/em><br \/>God is good and merciful; no iota of evil can deny the mercy of God that is in place for one with the understanding of repentance that calls for the forgiveness of God.<br \/>For one with repentance and confession, forgiveness is a sure way to experience the mercy of God, as it is glaring in the pages of the Bible.\u00a0<br \/>The Bible encourages,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cHe who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy\u201d (Proverbs 28:13).<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<br \/>God is merciful, and God will respond with mercy for one who trusts and knows how to ask for forgiveness.<br \/>What is denying the mercy of God in your life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prayer for today: <\/strong>Pray that the spirit of sin shall not have place in you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FAITH CAPSULE: In life, there is no minute or massive sin; sin is sin with no excuse for living in sin. 2 Samuel 12 The mercy of God is attainable when one asks for forgiveness.Having sin against the word of God will set sinner far from God.No sin is hidden from God.One who abides in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/?p=12789\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SIN IS SIN BEFORE GOD<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12789"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12790,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12789\/revisions\/12790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faithprescription.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}