The One Thing That Separates Us
THERE is but one thing which can separate us from God, and that is selfishness, or cherished sin. “But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you.” Isa. 59: 2. These are cherished iniquities, sins that we put in the place of God, between us and God, so that we cannot see the Divine Image. When we choose God instead of self and sin, it matters not how great sinners we are, God will banish the sin, and the light of his countenance will shine away the darkness; but if one little sin is cherished in the heart, it will shut God out; for it puts us on the side of that sin. We choose the sin first and God second; and God cannot be minister to sin; he will not therefore come into the heart which cherishes it; for sin cherished breeds unbelief (Heb. 3: 12), or what is the same thing, selfishness breeds unbelief (John 5: 44). Doubt, or unbelief, is therefore a sure sign of cherished sin, or selfishness. Do you desire clear faith, reader? Put away the sin, renounce self.