Blessings in the Mighty Name of Yeshua Hamashiach!
Proverbs 29:6 – “In the transgression [sin; rebellion] of an evil [wicked; bad] man there is a snare [trap; hook; noose] : but the righteous [just; lawful] doth sing [shout for joy] and rejoice [glad; joyful; merry].”
I learned yesterday from Brother Glenn that the House of Representatives passed a bill automatically registering men from age 18 to 26 for the draft. This would not happen if there is no potential for war. Are we ready?
Let’s be honest: The world we live in paints sin with a brush giving the impression the party will go on forever; however, the reality is sin desensitizes, blinds and in the end demands full payment. Preachers used to warn their congregations—“There is a pay day, someday”. Every transgression comes with the same promise, “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). That promise is like a two-edged sword including not only physical but also spiritual death—eternal separation from God and the judgment of hell for eternity (Revelation 20:12-15).
I have observed a third, immediate element of sin’s snare: Sin kills dreams and dreams kill aspirations. Consumable vices like drugs and alcohol erode one’s quality of life, abbreviates the life span, and devastates potential. Adultery kills a marriage and destroys a family. Lies and deceit entrap a man and ruin his testimony. Rebellion ensnares the teenager, drawing him down a path of self-destruction that robs him of a bright future. Saints, sin is to a man’s soul what cancer is to his body if ignored—a sentence of death.
The righteous are not haunted by regrets or enslaved by the consequences of sin. They rejoice in the assurance of God’s forgiveness, mercy, and grace (1 John 1:9).
Shalom
Pastor Williams