Driving to the dealership for an oil change, I noticed streets
signs posted. It's not like the street
signs haven’t been there, it's that today I paid attention to the drive and noticed the signs, the sights long the way. It got me thinking. We obey rules on a daily basis. With no signs, there's chaos, confusion and lawlessness. Although there’s signs, we often times ignore them and other times we become complacent to them. We even try to see how far we can go to get around them. We move about
our busy day with our minds filled with so many other things that we ignoring the streets signs that cause grief to the
driver, hurt to others and grieve families. Adhering to the signs helps us avoid consequences. In the same way, many Christians suffer outcomes
by disobeying God’s Word. God gives His Word to his people to avoid suffering
and consequences. Look at below list and
write down what would happen if not obeyed:
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Abstain from sexual immorality (1 Thes 4:3); pregnancy, disease
(sometimes death: AIDS), heartache.
·
Fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and
body in hell (Matt 10:28); pride, self-sufficiency, hell bound.
·
Forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly
Father will forgive you (Matt 6:14) if not, unforgiveness, anger, rage, revenge.
·
Walk by faith, not by sight (2 Cor 5:7); Failure, Self-Sufficiency, Disappoint
God (Heb 11:6)
What I listed is just a few. Take God’s word and for every Command
and Precept there is a consequence. Take the time to weigh your options. Just like streets signs disobeying can (worst outcome)
lead to jail, disobeying God’s word can lead to (worst outcome) hell. Don’t ignore the signs.
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