Sin - Acts 3

Acts 3: 19"Therefore repent and return, so that your sins maybe wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord."

Sin is like dung, as long as it's present, it always attracts flies. You can try to get rid of the flies, but if the dung is still there, the flies will return sooner or later. The most thorough way to get rid of the flies is to clean up the dung completely. If it's not cleansed completely, it might look clean enough, but the flies will still smell them and come back. That's why so many people try deliverance and found it didn't work. As the flies might be out for a while, but sin is still there, or the roots of the sin is still there, so after a while the flies came back again.

This morning I heard a preaching from Lisa Bevere. She was talking about how she was struggling with her problem of anger. Once she threw a plate at John Bevere which he missed it and the plate broke the window. Another time she nearly pushed her 2 yr old son into the wall. And once she was in her rage and John had to lock her in the garage. She had blamed her temper for all kinds of reasons, her parents, ancestors,witches praying against them, hormone, abusive past,etc. and she could always find enough reasons to justify her anger.She'd play up like once a month, although she was then a pastor's wife. Until one day the Holy Spirit convicted her that she had to take full responsibility for her sin, not to blame anyone else. And as soon as she stopped justifying and confessed and renounced, she was free. And she has been free for 15 years