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When a True Christian sins, what happens? 1. His Fellowship with God is severed. David, when backslidden, mourned, “Day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer” (Psalm 32:4). As clouds hide the sun for days, so sin comes between the soul and God. 2. The Joy of salvation is lost. One loses all relish for spiritual things: the heart is empty. David, in this condition, confessed, “My sin is ever before me” and “Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free Spirit” (Psalm 51:3, 12). 3. Power for service is lost. The Holy Spirit’s power is essential for any real witness for Christ. It cannot be faked. David prayed, “Thou desirest truth in the inward parts” and “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalm 51:6, 10). 4. The Christian invites divine chastisement. Hebrews 12:6-7 – “Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth…What son is he whom the father chasteneth not?” Psalm 89:32-33 – “I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless, my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.” 5. There is loss of reward. (Read 1 Corinthians 3:11-15.) Out of Fellowship means out of Service – out of service means that one is failing to lay up treasures in heaven. He is building of “wood, hay, and stubble” which cannot endure the test of the rewarding day (1 Corinthians 3:12-15). Many will be chagrined in that day by suffering Loss of Reward. Take the Way Back Now. Psalm 32:5; 1 John 1:9 (Keith Brooks).
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After the fall came sin. Sin leads to guilt. Guilt leads to fear. Yet if you are in Christ Jesus, all your sin and guilt has been taken away. You are forgiven, accepted and loved by the Father. With God fully on your side, you have nothing to fear. Worship God by enjoying the freedom He secured for you in Christ.
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    • Bible – chinese – 新标点和合本 诗篇 137

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    诗篇 137
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    以色列人被掳的哀歌
    1 我们曾在巴比伦的河边坐下，
    一追想锡安就哭了。
    2 我们把琴挂在那里的柳树上；
    3 因为在那里，掳掠我们的要我们唱歌，
    抢夺我们的要我们作乐，说：
    给我们唱一首锡安歌吧！
     
    4 我们怎能在外邦唱耶和华的歌呢？
    5  耶路撒冷啊，我若忘记你，
    情愿我的右手忘记技巧！
    6 我若不记念你，
    若不看耶路撒冷过于我所最喜乐的，
    情愿我的舌头贴于上膛！
     
    7  耶路撒冷遭难的日子，
    以东人说：拆毁！拆毁！
    直拆到根基！
    耶和华啊，求你记念这仇！
    8 将要被灭的巴比伦城啊+，
    报复你像你待我们的，那人便为有福！
    9 拿你的婴孩摔在磐石上的，
    那人便为有福！

    + 137:8 城：原文是女子

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