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Turn From Godless Living
And
Sinful Pleasures
Scripture
12 And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom, righteousness, and devotion to God,
14 He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds.
Observation
Sinful
pleasures! You know it and I know it. We know that there is pleasure in those
sinful things that we are tempted to do. So why not do them if they are
pleasurable?
Here
is why!
I
will explain with this short story: On Saturday Kathy and I are going out to
the beach for a week to be with our extended family. It is an unofficial family
reunion!
We
have been doing this for over 20 years. It is a great tradition! We are
grateful to our two daughters and other family members for helping us with most
of the cost of this week at the beach. We couldn’t have gone without their
help.
While
we are out at the beach I always fish for Walter! (Actually I gave him a break
last year and I didn’t take my kayak but this year I am back.)
I
have been fishing for that giant fish all of these years and I haven’t caught
him yet.
But
this year I plan to catch him. I have caught a 5-foot shark in my kayak and cut
him loose when I got him reeled in but he was nowhere near the size of famous
mythical Walter!
How
do I plan on catching him?
I
plan to put bait out there that he cannot refuse or resist. I plan on enticing
him and tempting him to take the bait. Hidden inside that delicious looking
bait is a razor sharp hook waiting for him!
You
and I are being enticed just like that every day with sinful pleasures. Satan
dangles the bait in front of us and he knows our weaknesses. He knows just
where to tempt us. Inside that temptation, inside that sinful pleasure is a
razor sharp hook
When
we yield to his temptation, when we begin to enjoy the sinful pleasure that he
places before us he then sets the hook. Some of us are hooked right now and
even though the sin is not as pleasurable as it once was we can’t break free.
He has us hooked. We are addicted.
Jesus
Christ gave His life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to
make us His very own.
Don’t
be a fool! Every sinful pleasure comes with its own special razor sharp hook!
How
foolish Walter will be if he looks at that bait and takes it, but oh how even
more foolish you and I are if we take the bait!
Application
I
will stay in God’s Word so I don’t sin against Him. I will watch out for Satan
and his schemes because he is a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. How
about you? Psalm 119:9&11, 1 Peter 5:8
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, thank You for Your goodness. Thank You for rescuing me from my old
sinful life. Help me to live a godly life. Help me to live my life in a way
that pleases You. Thank You for allowing us this week at the beach with our
family. Bless those that helped us be able to go!
I
pray for each and every family member. Help each one of them to see and
understand that You are real, that You love them and that You have a special
plan for their lives. I pray that You soften and that You open their hearts so
that all of our family and extended family can accept and receive Jesus Christ
as their Lord and Savior. And if You let me hook Walter please don’t let him
carry me out to sea!
Daily Bible Reading: Amos 7,8,9; Psalms 104; Titus 2
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