THERAPIES TO COME OUT OF SIN

DAY TWO TALK THREE OF TWO

BR. FRITZ MASCARENHAS

The bad news is that we are all infected by sin the Good News is that Jesus came to set us free from slavery to sin.

Once we recognize sin and we desire to come out of it, we are blessed. 

THERAPIES TO COME OUT OF SIN

THE EUCHARIST

The first most powerful means to come out of sin, which God has given us, is the Eucharist.  It is the highest form of pray.  It is in the celebration of the Holy Mass that the grace of our baptism comes alive.

Preparation begins even before we come to church for Holy Mass by being conscious of the specific areas in which we need healing. Sin manifests itself in different areas in our life, we are all guilty of slander, a loose tongue, gossip, lust anger, impatience and so we come to Jesus in the Eucharist to help us overcome these sins.

At the start of the Holy Mass Mother Church reminds us that we are sinners so we pray the I Confess, next comes Lord have Mercy, at the Consecration we are reminded that the sacrifice is offered for the forgiveness of sin .  We then have the Lord's prayer after which the priest prays Deliver us, Lord, we pray, from every evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.   This is the time when we bring all our troubles to Jesus trusting Him to save us and help us.  In the Eucharist, we become one with the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus.

Three times Mother Church points us to the Lamb of God as we pray,

Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world: grant us peace.

When we approach the banquet table, we must look at Jesus, He has come precisely to take away our sins and so let us ask His help to come out of sin.

Next, we pray, the prayer of the Centurion, "Lord I am not worthy that you should come under my roof say but the word and I my soul shall be healed." Next, the priest prays inaudibly – Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, by the will of the Father and the work of the Holy Spirit your death brought life to the world. By your holy body and blood free me from all my sins and from every evil. Keep me faithful to your teaching and never let me be parted from you.

What is the work of the Holy Spirit?  It is to do the will of the Father.  This is what the baptism of the Holy Spirit is all about.  What did baptism at the river Jordan do for Jesus? Acts 10:38 gives us the answer,"You know how God anointed Jesus the Naza­rean with Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all who were under the devil’s power, because God was with him;" The Holy Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness and eventually to the Cross. We too must yield to the Spirit so He can take complete control of our lives.

There must be a time of silence after we receive Jesus in Holy Communion. These are sacred moments when we commune with Jesus and give Him praise and thanks for the Gift of Himself. It is also a time when we ask for and receive grace and strength to overcome sinful habits and receive healing.

LOVED OUT OF SIN

John 15:9-12

9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; remain in my love. 10 You will remain in my love if you keep my commandments, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.

11 I have told you all this, that my own joy may be in you and your joy may be complete. 12 This is my commandment: love one another as I have loved you.

When I bring my sins to Jesus, I must believe in faith that He has taken them away and thank Him.  I must desire to come out of my sin.  Sin kills.  Jesus released the power of forgiveness from the Cross making it possible for me to forgive as well.

  

Mark 11:20-26

In verses 20-22 we see that Jesus and the disciples are walking along the road and the disciples see the fig tree Jesus had cursed was withered to its roots and Peter says, "Master, Look! The fig tree you cursed has withered." Jesus replies, “Have faith in God. 23 Truly, I say to you, if you say to this mountain: ‘Get up and throw yourself into the sea,’ and have no doubt in your heart but be­­lieve that what you say will hap­­­­pen, it will be done for you. But there is a condition to this assurance which is crucial as we see in verses 24-26 24 There­­­fore, I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it shall be done for you. 25 And when you stand to pray, forgive whatever you may hold against anyone, 26 so that your heavenly Father may also forgive your sins.”

Therefore, the first thing to remember when we come before Jesus in prayer is to make sure we are in a right relationship with everyone.  Answer to prayer is conditional to our forgiving anyone who has anything against us. We are created to love and when we hold unforgiveness and resentment in our heart, we suffer and we block the channels of grace to our heart. We must make a conscious decision to forgive.

John 15:9

9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; remain in my love.

Jesus loves us He died to take away sin. He longs to free us from the slavery of sin. I do not struggle with sin but bring my sins to him believing in faith that I have been forgiven I must thank Him.  Jesus has gone through the greatest injustice and suffering intensely on the Cross He said Father forgive them they don't know what they do, in this way He released the power that enables me to forgive as well. 

 LOOKING UNTO JESUS

NUMBERS 21:4-9

4 From Mount Hor they set out by the Red Sea road to go around the land of Edom. The people were  discouraged  by  the  journey  5 and began to com­plain against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is neither bread nor water here and we are disgusted with this tasteless manna.”

6 Yahweh then sent fiery serpents against them. They bit the people and many of the Israelites died. 7 Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, speaking against Yahweh and against you. Plead with Yahweh to take the serpents away.”

Moses pleaded for the people 8 and Yahweh said to him, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a standard; whoever has been bitten and then looks at it shall live.”

9 So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a standard. Whenever a man was bitten, he looked towards the bronze serpent and he lived.

When the Israelites grumbled in the desert God sent fiery serpents to bite them and many Israelites died.  They then begged Moses to pray to God on their behalf. God told him to make a bronze serpent and raise it up.  All those who looked at it the poison would drain from them and they would live.  This is a prefiguration of the Cross.

JOHN 3:14

14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

The Son of Man will be lifted up death gave way to life on the Cross.

JOHN 1:29

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him and said, “There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.

Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.

HEBREWS 12:1-2

1 What a cloud of innume­r­able witnesses surround us! So let us be rid of every en­cum­brance, and especially of sin, to persevere in running the race marked out before us. 2 Let us look to Jesus the found­er of our faith, who will bring it to completion. For the sake of the joy reserved for him, he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and then sat at the right of the throne of God.

All of us have sins that cling closely to us.  Let us lay aside these sins and run to Jesus.  Sin is an obstacle that keeps us from living a life of grace this is why we must desire to rid ourselves of it.

Let us look at the sin that troubles us, name it and command it to leave.  We must resolve not to sin again.  We are running a race and Jesus is at the finish line we must keep our gaze fixed on Him.  We can come out of sin by fixing our gaze on the Cross the poison of sin will drain from us, and strengthened by Him we must thank Him for healing us and giving us life.  

CONFESS JESUS IS LORD

ROM 10:9-10

9 You are saved if you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart you believe that God raised him from the dead. 10 By believing from the heart, you obtain true righteousness; by confessing the faith with your lips you are saved.

When we confess with our lips and believe in our heart that Jesus is Lord, we are saved.  Jesus has triumphed over the world the flesh and the devil.  When I say Jesus is Lord I must believe that He is saving us from our sins.

ROM 5:10

10 Once enemies, we have been reconciled with God through the death of his Son; with much more reason now we may be saved through his life.

Jesus died for us while we were still enemies of God but now through grace the victory He won continues to remain in us.  His triumph, his glorious victory is always available to us provided we desire it.   How much more now that we are reconciled to the Father through Jesus and the Cross we are saved by His life.  We must continually tap into the life of Christ.

MATTHEW 1:21

21 and now she will bear a son. You shall call him ‘Jesus’ for he will save his people from their sins.”

Let us be confident that each time we call on the Name of Jesus He will save us from our sins.