This picture post says something that appears to be true and LORD knows I would like it to be true but it isn’t.
“Everyone makes mistakes in life, but that doesn’t mean they have to pay for them the rest of their lives…”
Oh how I pray that was true.
We have become so accustomed to calling a sin a mistake that we have diminished the fear and relevant consequences of sin whereas it is something that we can easily explain and dismiss as being human without any significant and lasting discomforts, inconveniences or cost. The world acts as if Offending God and disobeying His Eternal Moral Commandments is not a Big Deal anymore.
King David wouldn’t agree with that.
The truth of the matter is that there are mistakes (Sins) in life that can cost you your life, your children’s lives, your peace and your calling, your anointing and your soul.
King David slept with another man’s wife and compounded the sin by having the man killed. As a result, the sword (death, war, contention, strife and turmoil) was never to leave his house. (2 Samuel 12:10) His first born son – the child of his infidelity – died in infancy. And YHVH would not permit King David to build or to see the construction of the LORD’S Holy Sanctuary (Temple). However, in showing sincere repentance, David never stopped working in preparation for the time that The LORD’S Temple would be built by another. David truly “REPENTED!” And in contrition, repentance, obedience and Trust, David became the apple of GOD’s eye.
Because of a mistake, David suffered the remainder of his life, And his sin was generational and reached beyond himself and spread to his children who also suffered. (Read the story of David in 1 Samuel 16-31; 2 Samuel 1-24; 1 Kings 1:1-2:11; 1 Chronicles 11-29)
But David isn’t the only one who suffered his entire life for a “mistake” that he made. Those who made the mistake of having premarital sex with an AIDS infected partner and contracted HIV/AIDS or herpes will have to live out the remainder of their lives with the virus. And those who made the mistake of driving drunk and killing or maiming someone will have to live with that mistake for the rest of their lives and the person that they killed or maimed cannot be restored. These are just a few of the life changing mistakes that people make.
It is never a good thing to presume upon the Grace of ALMIGHTY YHVH. (Romans 2:3-5)
If you know something is wrong or offensive to GOD, then don’t do it. We should have more reverence for GOD than we have desire for the things and pleasures of this world and of the flesh. Fear (Reverence) of GOD and Obedience to His Holy Commands will save us a world of hurt and pain and suffering.
And if you do sin (make a conscious mistake), REPENT immediately and beg GOD for mercy. And in your contrition, don’t try to justify your mistakes or minimize your sins by saying that you are only human. But work hard and faithfully and constantly ALL of your life for the KINGDOM of GOD, demonstrating your sincere REPENTANCE. And perhaps YHVH may smile upon you and you may become the apple of HIS eye. Amen.
And as for the second part of this picture post that says:
“Sometimes good people make bad choices. It doesn’t mean they are bad. It means they are human.”
This too is misleading and a deception of Satan. On the surface it sounds good and harmless and true but at its core is death, hell and grave – the wages of sin.
Being human is not an excuse or reason nor is it justification for making mistakes (willful and conscious Sin). The wages of sin (willful and conscious mistakes) is Death.
We need to take our mistakes more seriously!
There aren’t really any “good people” in the world. To assume that we are good and that we would automatically do good naturally and by choice is human arrogance.
The Scriptures indicate that all human beings are born into sin and shaped by iniquity. (Psalm 51 and 1 John 1:8) It is in our “human nature” to sin and to love sinning. And if GOD doesn’t draw us to Himself, we would be unable to come to Him on our own.
Therefore the whole picture post is a very well crafted human sentiment that we all wish were true but we now know that it isn’t.
It should read:
“Everyone sins and the wages of sin is death. But the gift of God is eternal life in Christ. To be human is to fail in sin. To be in Christ is to be perfected in holiness. (1 John 3:6-9)
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