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Lesson 33 Hope of Israel Ministries BIBLE Correspondence Course 11




our sins cut us off from Him? Isaiah 59:1-2.
Whose fault is it that we are cut off from YEHO-
VAH God? Same verses. Yet will YEHOVAH
hear our prayers if we come to Him in the
RIGHT ATTITUDE? Verse 1.
COMMENT: YEHOVAH IS AL-
WAYS ABLE TO HEAR US! He is always
WILLING to hear us if we will come to Him for
forgiveness, and if we will TURN from our
sinful ways. But because some are ashamed to
come to YEHOVAH God, and because some
REFUSE TO ASK HIS FORGIVENESS, YE-
HOVAH DOES NOT HEAR THEM!
YEHOVAH doesn’t expect us to attain
perfection all at once. He knows we will commit
sins and will need to turn to Him for forgiveness.
What we must realize is that YEHOVAH
wants us to learn that our HUMAN NATURE
MUST BE CHANGED and that He alone offers
FORGIVENESS FOR SIN!
Buddhist monk praying to a dead pagan god that
Therefore He COMMANDS US to
cannot answer prayer!
PRAY! Pray for His forgiveness and the strength
of His holy spirit to overcome the evil propen-
YEHOVAH’s glorious Family?
sities of our carnal nature!
2. But will YEHOVAH God hear us if
YEHOVAH knows that without His
we are willing to confess to Him the sins we
SUPERNATURAL STRENGTH -- which He
commit daily? I John 1:9. And will He cleanse
supplies through His HOLY SPIRIT -- we
us from our unrighteousness -- our transgression
would constantly yield to the evil pulls of human
of His law? Same verse. Is that because He is
nature and be drawn down into sin.
faithful and just? Same verse.
And so the realization that we ARE
COMMENT: YEHOVAH is absolutely
SINFUL by nature is a fundamental reason we
just. He abides by His law. And YEHOVAH’s
should pray! We must pray to receive the
law exacts the death penalty. His judgment for
STRENGTH of YEHOVAH’s holy spirit to be
sinners is ETERNAL death! (Romans 6:23.)
able to OVERCOME OUR HUMAN NA-
But YEHOVAH has accepted the sacri-
TURE!
fice of Yeshua the Messiah in our stead to pay
for sin -- broken laws -- if we will REPENT of
Why Christians Need Forgiveness
our sins and have FAITH in the Messiah’s sacri-
fice for our sins.
1. Did the apostle John admit that all of
We are then no longer cut off from YE-
us -- including Christians -- still commit sins and
HOVAH God because of our sins, because the
come short of YEHOVAH’s glory? I John 1:8
Messiah was forsaken -- cut off from YEHO-
and Ecclesiastes 7:20 compared with Romans
VAH God -- FOR US (Matthew 27:46).
3:23. If we say that we do not sin, are we
3. Is YEHOVAH willing that anyone
DECEIVING ourselves? Same verses. Then
should die eternal death because of sin? II Peter
isn’t it plain we, of ourselves, cannot overcome
3:9. Doesn’t He want everyone to repent of sins
our evil nature and achieve membership in
The Power of Prayer!
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