Crucial sobering Scriptures, imho.
Thx.
However, don’t most of us willfully sin . . . whether it’s an unfitting piece of pie, speeding on the highway, being resentful, . . . whatever.
We pray for deliverance; to Love God so much we only want to please Him in all things . . . yet we still carry this carcass of flesh around . . . as Paul spoke . . . doing what I wouldn’t and not doing what I would do . . .
Sigh.
Or if resisting the outward expression of the sin, at least wishing it for an intelligible moment.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together. - Romans 8:14-17
Ditto for nations:
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. - Psalms 2:1-5