It is my belief that nothing can separate us from the love of Christ. (Romans 8:38-39) The key is “nothing in all creation.” I am part of creation; therefore I cannot separate myself from His love. It’s about His hold on me, not my hold on Him.
If I have asked Him to forgive me of sin and to live in me; then He will show me the sin in my life and lead me to overcome this with His help. He sees our weakness and understands it fully. This is why He works to fulfill both sides (His and mine) of the covenant, as He did with Abraham, whose faith is what we also faith, having been grafted into Abraham’s faith.
When the Holy Spirit comes into our lives He moves into our dark room of sin. To us, this dark room has many sins laying around that we cannot see, but are constantly tripping over. When the Holy Spirit moves in, His light starts in one corner and begins to reveal the sin in that corner. Although the whole room is lit – He only starts to clear one sin at a time.
Man has the tendency of seeing other people’s sin more clearly than his own. Jesus taught us that we cannot take the speck out of someone else’s eye if we have a plank in our own. This is why we judge ourselves first with the Holy Spirit, and pray for others.
If God wants us to talk to someone about their sin, He will make it happen. Sin has consequences, and for those who belong to the Lord yet continue in a sinful lifestyle, no matter what it is, they can expect 1 Corinthians 3 to happen:
“Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly – mere infants in Christ. I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly – because there is jealousy and quarreling among you. Are you not acting like mere humans?” (3:1-3)
“For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, sliver, costly stones, wood hay or stray, their work will be shown for what it is, because the DAY will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss ut yet will be saved – even though only one escaping through the flames.” (11-15)