“However what fruit have been you getting at the moment from the issues of which you at the moment are ashamed? For the top of these issues is demise. However now that you’ve been let out from sin and have turn out to be slaves of God, the fruit you get results in sanctification and its finish, everlasting life” (Romans 6:21,22).
IF WE COULD SEE OURSELVES AS GOD SEES US, WE WOULD PROBABLY BE SHOCKED AT HOW CONTRADICTORY OUR LIVES LOOK TO HIM. We are saying we need life, however a lot of what we do is inconsistent with that aim, it should be unhappy for our Creator to look at.
If we persist in sin, hell is the one place we will get to. The trail that leads away from God isn’t going to get us again residence to Him. However foolishly, that’s what we appear to imagine. We don’t wish to change paths, however by some means we suppose that the vacation spot of the trail would possibly change. But the legislation of trigger and impact applies to all of us. No particular exceptions are going to be made. And one definition of madness is, as we’ve been informed, “doing the identical factor over and over and anticipating completely different outcomes.”
Solomon noticed, “There’s a method that appears proper to a person, however its finish is the way in which to demise” (Proverbs 14:12). That’s the very level Paul made within the textual content above: “the finish of these issues is demise.” In different phrases, everlasting banishment from God will not be an arbitrary punishment — it’s the telos (a Greek phrase that means “aim” or “end result”) of our determination to refuse God’s rule. God will not be going to power us to like Him in eternity if it has been our determination to not love Him on this life. So it’s a very critical factor to refuse (and even procrastinate) reconciliation to God. And we’re not able to dictate to God what the phrases of our give up shall be. If He has chosen that it’s by means of Jesus Christ that He’ll save us, then refusing that plan can’t be something however disastrous.
As Robert Louis Stevenson famously stated, “Eventually everybody sits all the way down to a banquet of penalties.” Finally, there are solely two paths obtainable. Jesus endorsed us to watch out. “Enter by the slim gate. For the gate is large and the way in which is straightforward that results in destruction, and those that enter by it are many. For the gate is slim and the way in which is tough that results in life, and those that discover it are few” (Matthew 7:13,14). It’s time to clear up our contradictions. Let’s select the trail that goes the place we wish to find yourself.
“The way in which to Babylon won’t ever convey you to Jerusalem” (Outdated Saying).
Gary Henry – WordPoints.com + AreYouaChristian.com
