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"Victor F. Antoine" |
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29 Jun 2005 07:03:43 PM |
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Daily Devotion- Why Not sin now and Repent Later |
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DAILY DEVOTIONAL WEDNESDAY JUNE 29, 2005
(Romans 6:1-18)
***DAY THREE of our 7 days of prayer and fasting as the Liveprayer
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program goes up on satellite and into 5 additional markets Monday, July 4th.
Thank you for those who are making this sacrifice in preparation for all God
is going to do in millions of lives.
Why not sin and just ask God to forgive you afterwards? Why not live
however you want and simply accept Christ right before you die? These are
two questions I get asked often from both Christians and non-Christians.
Many non-Christians are looking for an "angle" with God. Those Christians
see people living this way and think it is unfair, especially when they are
living a life of obedience to God. Today I want to look at the answers to
these questions to help the non-Christian realize that you can't play games
with God, and for the Christian to understand that God's grace is available
to everyone.
Why not sin and just ask God to forgive you afterwards? Sadly, this is a
far too common mindset, especially among Christians. They are faced with
the opportunity to sin and the knowledge that God will forgive them actually
motivates them to give in to sin. Of course, satan is there encouraging
this perverted thought process, telling the person to, "go ahead and sin,
you know God will forgive you." Some look at the promise of God's
forgiveness as a license TO sin.
First of all, will God forgive you? Absolutely. God is not a liar and if
you repent and ask Him to, He will forgive you. But listen to me carefully.
God knows your heart! Never forget that consequences ALWAYS follow sin,
just like blessings ALWAYS follow obedience. Will God forgive you if you
repent and are serious? Yes. However, that does not stop whatever
consequences there may be from your sin. As I share with you often, sin
costs. It costs much more than you ever expected to pay. So yes, God will
forgive you when ask Him, but what you are doing by sinning is opening up
your life to whatever consequences there may be from your sin.
Why not live however you want and simply accept Christ right before you die?
This is what I call "salvation roulette." Can a person live their life in
complete rebellion to God and His word, and then right before they die
accept Christ and be saved and spend eternity in Heaven? ABSOLUTELY! That
thief on the cross lived his life without Christ and it was with his last
breaths that he came to know Jesus. Some may think this is a great plan.
Live your life however you want and in those last moments accept Christ and
God's free gift of everlasting life with Him. Only one problem. You may
never get that chance!
How many people die instantly in a car accident or some other accident? How
many people die of a heart attack or suffer some other health issue where
they are incapacitated? People die daily as victims of crime, in natural
disasters, in every way imaginable. Those people never had the opportunity
to accept Christ in their last breath and if they were living their lives
apart from Him, are separated from God their Creator for all eternity. No
my friend, you are playing with your eternal soul when you take on the
mindset that you will simply live your life your way and right before you
die accept Jesus.
Now many people who love the Lord and do their very best to follow Him each
day, get enraged when they see people living a life of debauchery and in
their last moments accept Jesus. They feel like they have been "cheated" in
some way. This is exactly what happened to the brother of the Prodigal Son.
He became infuriated with his father that his brother, who chose to live in
complete rebellion to his father, was given royal treatment when he returned
home. He felt like he got cheated, like it wasn't fair.
First, never forget, NONE of us are worthy of God's love or His promise of
everlasting life. NONE OF US! We are all saved by faith and GOD'S GRACE,
His unmerited favor that we did nothing to earn. As I stated earlier,
consequences follow sin and blessings follow obedience. The person that
lived their life apart from God has had to suffer the consequences of their
rebellion throughout their life. Without the Lord they never knew the
peace, the joy, the abundance that this life offers. Their rebellion kept
them from fully achieving God's plan and purpose for their life. Sadly,
their rebellion throughout their life kept them from knowing the fullness of
God's love.
The person who does follow the Lord throughout their life has enjoyed God's
blessings, even in the midst of the trials and tribulations we all face in
this world. That person has lived knowing God's love as well as His peace,
His joy, and enjoyed the abundant life Christ spoke of. The person who
follows Christ in their life also has the blessing of allowing God to use
their life for His plan and purpose. Never forget, serving and glorifying
the Lord is our purpose in this life. I can assure you that a person who
follows Christ throughout their life enjoys a full and rich journey that
those without Christ will never know.
I love you and care about you so much. So many people are deceived by satan
into thinking that they can simply sin against God and than go ask Him to
forgive them. The fact is, they can. What satan conveniently forgets to
tell you is that you now have to pay a price for that sin. Oh yes, God WILL
forgive you, but that does not stop you from having to deal with the
consequences of your sin. You can't sin and not pay a price and often that
price is so much greater than you ever imagined it would be.
The other lie of satan so many buy into is that you can live your life
however you want and at the last moment, accept Jesus and God's free gift of
everlasting life. The fact is, you can. However, you are playing games
with your everlasting soul since you may never have the opportunity to
confess Christ as your Savior and you will die in your sin and be lost for
all eternity. That is why the Bible proclaims that "today is the day of
salvation." Even if you do have the opportunity to accept Christ at the
very end, you have sadly forfeited the peace, the joy, and abundance this
life can offer by not having Christ in your life earlier. In essence, your
life has been wasted.
I will be praying for you today. Praying that you will not fall for either
of these lies of satan. Satan wants to destroy you, God wants you to have
the very best. Destruction comes when you listen to and follow satan,
blessings come when you listen to and follow Jesus. Jesus said, "if you
love me you will obey me." We prove our live for Christ through our
obedience, through faithfully serving and following Him each day. Instead
of looking for ways to sin, to live in rebellion to God, look for ways to
serve Him and bring glory to His name in how you live your live each day.
In His love and service,
Your friend and brother in Christ,
Bill Keller
If I can help you in any way you can contact me through my personal email at
bkeller@liveprayer.com
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or be cast into everlasting darkness forever separated from God your
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