"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever." (I Peter 1:23)
It's funny, but when I think about the effect of wickedness, this is the picture that comes to mind. While it is strange to think about something most of us have heard associated with communism applied to corruption in this world, it is true when you think about it. Just like a 'little white lie' blows up into something far more malicious, sins start as something small. This is why Jesus tells us that even thinking about adultery is like actually committing it. It starts with something as simple as a thought that you think no one knows about, and then goes onto doing something secret, until something really bad has taken place (murder, adultery, pedophelia, you name it). We continue to climb fences away from our good shepherd Jesus, convinced that we are able to handle the wolves outside of them. Thankfully, Jesus is everywhere we go, and we can "come boldly to the throne of grace to find help in time of need." (Hebrews 4:16)
I need to be closer to God in seeing how his wrath and Justice are as Perfect as His love. All the people that don't believe that hell exists have lost sight of how heaven could still remain if God lowered his standards. We all know that bad apples can ruing the whole bunch, and sin works in the same way. If God allowed sinners into His kingdom, then angels could become corrupted, and forgive me if this comes across as blasphemous (I am not trying to make this biblical, it's only conjecture!), but also have the potential to corrupt God. Fortunately He would never allow such a thing, which is why He is the true meaning of justice. Before I try and go off in some other tangent, my point is simple: we should relish the boundaries that God has given us, because corruption is everywhere in this place and we were not designed to handle it. The most sickening, dreadful, and unbearable thought is if Jesus crossed a single one of those fences and gave in to the enemy. Our salvation would be non-existent and all our hope crumpled into ash. Samson thought he had the power to overcome anything, and his 'boundary-crossing' led to his death. For the sake of God's incorruptibility, and the sake of our salvation, let us be humble in our restrictions, and trust that God has put up fences for our own good.
It's funny, but when I think about the effect of wickedness, this is the picture that comes to mind. While it is strange to think about something most of us have heard associated with communism applied to corruption in this world, it is true when you think about it. Just like a 'little white lie' blows up into something far more malicious, sins start as something small. This is why Jesus tells us that even thinking about adultery is like actually committing it. It starts with something as simple as a thought that you think no one knows about, and then goes onto doing something secret, until something really bad has taken place (murder, adultery, pedophelia, you name it). We continue to climb fences away from our good shepherd Jesus, convinced that we are able to handle the wolves outside of them. Thankfully, Jesus is everywhere we go, and we can "come boldly to the throne of grace to find help in time of need." (Hebrews 4:16)
I need to be closer to God in seeing how his wrath and Justice are as Perfect as His love. All the people that don't believe that hell exists have lost sight of how heaven could still remain if God lowered his standards. We all know that bad apples can ruing the whole bunch, and sin works in the same way. If God allowed sinners into His kingdom, then angels could become corrupted, and forgive me if this comes across as blasphemous (I am not trying to make this biblical, it's only conjecture!), but also have the potential to corrupt God. Fortunately He would never allow such a thing, which is why He is the true meaning of justice. Before I try and go off in some other tangent, my point is simple: we should relish the boundaries that God has given us, because corruption is everywhere in this place and we were not designed to handle it. The most sickening, dreadful, and unbearable thought is if Jesus crossed a single one of those fences and gave in to the enemy. Our salvation would be non-existent and all our hope crumpled into ash. Samson thought he had the power to overcome anything, and his 'boundary-crossing' led to his death. For the sake of God's incorruptibility, and the sake of our salvation, let us be humble in our restrictions, and trust that God has put up fences for our own good.
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