Frank was an electrician who worked in a large store. Often his boss asked him to change the focus of the ceiling lights so they would shine directly on a certain display of merchandise they were anxious to sell.
Frank had often done that work before. Sometimes he turned off the supply of electricity before he rearranged the lights. Sometimes he didn’t bother to turn it off. That particular night he thought, I’m not going to turn off the power. It takes so much extra time to do it that way, and I’ve never had any problems when I’ve left the power on. So he climbed up the ladder and began to readjust the lights.
To his horror, he felt the electrical power begin to surge through his arms. Its force paralyzed them, and he couldn’t get away from it. He knew the only way he could free himself was to jump to the floor. He also knew he could hurt himself badly when he fell, but it was better than being electrocuted, so he threw himself to the floor. One of his legs was badly broken, but he was alive!
Have you ever felt the power of sin surging through your mind? Perhaps it was urging you to tell a lie or to take something that didn’t belong to you. Or have you ever thought about saying something hateful to someone and then following through with that stinging remark? What about doing something that looks good, but you are only doing it so people will think you are a caring person and not because you really love or care for the person you are doing it for? All these self-serving acts are the power of SIN!
King Solomon wrote in Proverbs 5:22,22His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. (Proverbs 5:22) “His own iniquities [entrap] the wicked [man], and he shall be [caught] with the cords of his sins.” There is no way we can free ourselves from those cords of sin except by turning to Christ Jesus the Saviour for cleansing from our sins. He is the only One who can break those cords. His arms were stretched out in love to you on Calvary’s cross, and He is calling you right now to come to Him for that soul cleansing. He assures you that “him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out” (John 6:3737All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37)). “The blood of Jesus Christ [God’s] Son [cleanses] us from all sin” (1 John 1:77The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. (John 1:7)).