WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS FALLS: LIKE A NEEDLE IN THE COMPASS HE MAY FALL.

WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS FALLS: LIKE A NEEDLE IN THE COMPASS HE MAY FALL.

‘For though the righteous man falls seven times; he rises again’. Proverb 24:16

In the course of a believer’s journey, in his walk with Christ, there is a slide in his faith, such a moment, might be when in his weakness he falls into sin by yielding his member to it. ‘Therefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed less he falls’ I cor10v12. In our previous text when we discuss on falling from grace, we made known that the primary reason that could make a believer to fall from grace, is divided heart. A situation when the heart of the believer is divided between Christ and the world; a time when he now consider striking a balance between the faith and the world. At such a moment he falls. But could that means he is lost forever? Does God cast him out or is he still a child of God? If so how does God deal with him? These are the things we will discuss at length as the Holy Spirit leads us.

Below are the points to consider in this text:

1.     The believer does not commit sins: to be committed to a course is to deliberately and continuously delight in the course. From this definition a believer, do not commit sin, why, the seed of God is in him, for he cannot continue in sin because he is born of God. ‘no one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him, he cannot go on sinning, because he have been born of God’ 1 John 3v9.

2.     He may fall into sin: ‘my dear children, these write me unto you, that you sin not. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins’ 1 john 2:1-2. It is then clear that the believer need not to sin; hence it is not necessary for him to commit known or deliberate sin. ‘These things write I unto you, that you sin not’. In other word it is not the nature of a believer to sin. However occasion can lead a believer ‘… any man sin..’ even though sin is neither the nature of a believer, but he may fall. (A believer is like the needle of a compass. The needle always points to the north, but it is possible for something to detract it and for a moment, it may point in another direction, but inevitably it will swing back and point again north).however the believer need not remain in the mule for there is an Advocate, the Lord Jesus Christ who is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, hence he can be forgiven. Halleluiah.

3.     God will judge but not cast him away:  2 Samuel 7:13-15 ‘I will be his father and he shall be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him and with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. But my love will never be taken away from him’. God is our father, ever merciful, who judges righteously. Just as a father do not cast his son away but punishes him so God will not cast us away but show mercy even though HE judges iniquities.

4.     There is broken fellowship, but through confession it can be restores: 1 John 1:9. Now ‘if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgiven us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness’. The moment a believer sin against God, fellowship is broke, no longer in communion as sin come between him and the Lord. At that instance peace and Joy is eluded, simply because he is now living in disobedience. However this fellowship can be restore ‘when we confess our sins to Him’ He been faithful will forgive. ‘And the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sins. 1 John 1:7.

Finally, there is no other way to escape chastisement except by immediately confessing your sin, being forgiven and getting with God.

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