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Today is Wednesday July 21, 2010 and we are reading through the Bible in a year. Today's message comes from the reading of the Book of Proverbs, chapters 4-7. If you would like to read the chapters along with us here online you can Click Here to read them or copy & paste this link onto your browser: http://www.imfollowingjesus.com/bible-july-21
Today's Message: The Right Path
As Christians we can all give praise to Jesus for sacrificing His life to save us from all our sins. No matter what we have done, our debt is paid for by the blood He shed when He died to keep us from going to hell. Praise God! However, sin is sin and we all suffer the consequences for it. While we are able to sin by thought, actions, or words, perhaps the most detestable to God are sins committed upon our own bodies. “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God....Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.” - O Corinthians 6:9-11,18-20. Committing fornication with the body goes beyond sexual sins, it is any immoral act committed with the body and includes drunkenness, drug abuse, and homosexuality. We can thank God that we are forgiven of all our sins, but that does not give us the right to continue to live in sin. If we truly want all of God's blessings we need to make sure all sin is out of our lives. We can not eliminate it completely, but we can eliminate things we know we need to let go of and let God guide us down the right path.
It is inevitable that if a person gets around a sinful person that he will also begin committing sin as well. That is why it is important that we take the Word of God with us where ever we go. It may seem silly, but as long as we have God's Word with us we have the power to resist temptation. “Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.” - Proverbs 4:13-22. Sometimes we can not avoid being around sinful people, but we can take God with us also and He will keep us from stumbling into sin ourselves. We can not eliminate sin in our lives if we do not take God with us where ever we go. Don't believe me? I am a witness to that. I will tell you that most of my life I did not want to blend in with the world, I had jobs, but I was not one to hang out with the people I worked with, I did not smoke, drink, or party with them. Then I got a job that took me on the road with people who partied all the time. Eventually, I started hanging out with them and started drinking and going to the clubs with them. Shortly after, I met a man that turned my life completely upside down. I could have avoided a lot of mental pain and suffering by letting God guide me down His path and not the wicked path I stumbled upon, but it was all a blessing because is got me right with God.
All sin is selfishness in some form or another, but God sees others as an abomination to Him, “These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.” - Proverbs 6:16-19. Pride naturally comes first, for it precedes all other sins and consists essentially in sinful self-esteem which delights in fulfilling fleshly desires. Think about it, it is usually out of pride that one gets into trouble in the first place. When my so called friends were daring me to drink this awful and powerful drink it was my pride that said I can handle it and took that drink which made me sicker than a dog. It was pride that kept me hanging on to a man that was a womanizer. Pride literally destroys us and will keep on destroying us until we just let it go and seek help from God. It was only when I was at my worse and called upon God that He picked me up, dusted me off, and put me on the right path. I thank God every day for taking me out of the world. He will do the same for anyone who is falling apart over the guilt and shame of sin.
Jesus Said, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” - Matthew 8:28-30. When one walks down the path of sin no one can escape the consequences of sin, it will catch up to them no matter how crafty they are. However, one can turn their lives around simply by receiving Christ into their lives. He alone can save the worst sinner, “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:” - Ephesians 2:4-6. Praise God!
Enjoy the rest of your day/night and week.
God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina
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