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Since June 8^th 1998, this is
the 1833^rd

The Burning Bush Devotional

19 January 2022

Sin’s
Wages

for all have sinned and
fall short of the glory of God…. – Romans 3:23 NKJV.

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed?
For the end of those things is death. But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of
God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift
of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. – Romans 6:20-23 NKJV.

The long arm
of the law has finally caught up with 30-year-old Jorge Navarro. Jorge was the
head teller at the URW Federal Community Credit Union and he used his position to
enable him to embezzle $617,000 from his employer. He was successful in getting
away with it for a couple of years in part because he replaced the money with
counterfeit bills. That allowed him to have time to take off with it all. He
did send a text a day or two after he took off to the CEO of the credit union saying
that he had taken the money.

Jorge apparently
used the money to set up a cocaine and marijuana trafficking operation. He was
arrested after reports of gunfire from his neighbors and police found blood,
guns, cocaine, marijuana, money counting machines and $74,000 in cash. Jorge
claimed he had been robbed of $200,000. No word as to where the embezzled money
went. He has been charged with counterfeiting and embezzlement.

Jorge was
charged with one count of embezzlement and one count of counterfeiting along
with possession of firearms during commission of a felony. He has pleaded
guilty to those charges. Criminal penalties for counterfeiting can be as much
as 25 years in prison and $250,000 in fines, but the penalties can be enhanced
with fines being doubled. Criminal penalties for embezzlement can be 10 years
in prison and fines as much as the embezzled amount. (CBS17 Durhan NC 12.20.21;
U.S. Attorney’s Office News Release; News and Observer 12.20.21 and various
other news venues.)

Just as there
are criminal penalties for our bad deeds here on Planet Earth there are spiritual
penalties for doing bad things in violation of the spiritual laws God has given
to us. In Romans 6:23 we are
told of one of those spiritual penalties as it is plainly stated: “For the wages of sin is death
….” The ultimate penalty for sin
is to spend eternity in hell. We are told about this in Revelation 20:11-15, Then I saw a great white throne
and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled
away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small
and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And
another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And
the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were
written in the books.

The sea gave up the dead
who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in
them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.

Then Death and Hades were
cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

And anyone not found
written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. Those are some really high wages!

The truth is that as Romans 3:23 states we have all sinned and the only perfect person
who ever lived was Jesus Christ, God’s Son, who was tempted at all points
without sin (Hebrews 4:15) and became the perfect sacrifice for our sins. Thank God
that the second part of Hebrews 6:23 can become our testimony if we receive
Jesus Christ as our Savior “…but the gift
of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 6:23 sets before us two ways of living and dying. We can
reject Jesus as our Savior and live and die for the things of this world suffering
the second death that we are told about in Revelation 20:15. Or, we can live for Jesus now and forever by
receiving Him as our Savior. Jesus says in John 3:16, “For God so
loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting
life.” Jesus also says in Revelation 3:20, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting
life.” And we are told in 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

If you haven’t already done so, what better time than now to pray and
invite Jesus into your heart and life asking Him to forgive you of your sins,
the bad things you have done. You can pray a prayer similar to this one: Dear Lord Jesus, I believe you died on the cross for my sins
and rose again on the third day. Please forgive me for the sins, the bad things
I have done, I want to change and be like You. Please help me to change, be my
Lord and my Master and my Savior. In your Name, Lord Jesus, I ask You to come
into my heart and save me.

Just saying the words will not save you, you will only be saved if you
truly mean what you say in your heart. Romans 10:13 says, “For ‘whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’”

Copyright © 1998 - 2022. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan.
May they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Alan Medders; Georgia Bronnert; Caleb
Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his
wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Jennifer Burge; Kinsey W; Addison; JoJo, Bailey and
Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Brandy and
Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had a stroke;
Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins;
Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; Sarah Anderson; Beverly J; Larayne
S. and Shonda Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be healed
and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us through
this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. Having back surgery in a few weeks. 03.18.18
I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Elk City,
Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to [email protected]

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Posted by: theburningbushdevotional <theburningbushdevotional@...>

Since June 8^th 1998, this is
the 1833^rd

The Burning Bush Devotional

19 January 2022

Sin’s
Wages

for all have sinned and
fall short of the glory of God…. – Romans 3:23 NKJV.

For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. What fruit did you have then in the things of which you are now ashamed?
For the end of those things is death. But now having been set free from sin, and having become slaves of
God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end, everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift
of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. – Romans 6:20-23 NKJV.

The long arm
of the law has finally caught up with 30-year-old Jorge Navarro. Jorge was the
head teller at the URW Federal Community Credit Union and he used his position to
enable him to embezzle $617,000 from his employer. He was successful in getting
away with it for a couple of years in part because he replaced the money with
counterfeit bills. That allowed him to have time to take off with it all. He
did send a text a day or two after he took off to the CEO of the credit union saying
that he had taken the money.

Jorge apparently
used the money to set up a cocaine and marijuana trafficking operation. He was
arrested after reports of gunfire from his neighbors and police found blood,
guns, cocaine, marijuana, money counting machines and $74,000 in cash. Jorge
claimed he had been robbed of $200,000. No word as to where the embezzled money
went. He has been charged with counterfeiting and embezzlement.

Jorge was
charged with one count of embezzlement and one count of counterfeiting along
with possession of firearms during commission of a felony. He has pleaded
guilty to those charges. Criminal penalties for counterfeiting can be as much
as 25 years in prison and $250,000 in fines, but the penalties can be enhanced
with fines being doubled. Criminal penalties for embezzlement can be 10 years
in prison and fines as much as the embezzled amount. (CBS17 Durhan NC 12.20.21;
U.S. Attorney’s Office News Release; News and Observer 12.20.21 and various
other news venues.)

Just as there
are criminal penalties for our bad deeds here on Planet Earth there are spiritual
penalties for doing bad things in violation of the spiritual laws God has given
to us. In Romans 6:23 we are
told of one of those spiritual penalties as it is plainly stated: “For the wages of sin is death
….” The ultimate penalty for sin
is to spend eternity in hell. We are told about this in Revelation 20:11-15, Then I saw a great white throne
and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled
away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small
and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And
another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And
the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were
written in the books.

The sea gave up the dead
who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in
them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.

Then Death and Hades were
cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

And anyone not found
written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire. Those are some really high wages!

The truth is that as Romans 3:23 states we have all sinned and the only perfect person
who ever lived was Jesus Christ, God’s Son, who was tempted at all points
without sin (Hebrews 4:15) and became the perfect sacrifice for our sins. Thank God
that the second part of Hebrews 6:23 can become our testimony if we receive
Jesus Christ as our Savior “…but the gift
of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Romans 6:23 sets before us two ways of living and dying. We can
reject Jesus as our Savior and live and die for the things of this world suffering
the second death that we are told about in Revelation 20:15. Or, we can live for Jesus now and forever by
receiving Him as our Savior. Jesus says in John 3:16, “For God so
loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting
life.” Jesus also says in Revelation 3:20, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting
life.” And we are told in 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

If you haven’t already done so, what better time than now to pray and
invite Jesus into your heart and life asking Him to forgive you of your sins,
the bad things you have done. You can pray a prayer similar to this one: Dear Lord Jesus, I believe you died on the cross for my sins
and rose again on the third day. Please forgive me for the sins, the bad things
I have done, I want to change and be like You. Please help me to change, be my
Lord and my Master and my Savior. In your Name, Lord Jesus, I ask You to come
into my heart and save me.

Just saying the words will not save you, you will only be saved if you
truly mean what you say in your heart. Romans 10:13 says, “For ‘whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.’”

Copyright © 1998 - 2022. Ed
Wrather. The Burning Bush website has been online since January 31, 1998. On
June 8, 1998, the email version of the Burning Bush Devotional was first sent.
Ed Wrather began writing devotionals in the early 1990s. The distribution of
those first devotionals was primarily through the Burning Bush Newsletter sent
to prison facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

Visit the
Burning Bush website:

http://www.theburningbush.net

The Burning Bush websites are
celebrating 23 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the
Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of God's Word to subscribers
across the world. At one time there were 18,000 subscribers in more than 70
countries to the devotional but that has now shrunk to around 9,000.

You can leave comments/feedback
about the devotionals at http://www.theburningbush.net.

There is a translation tool on
theburningbush.net website in the top right-hand corner of all of the pages.

Check out the Scripture Index being constructed for the Devotionals at
the Burning Bush website. The Links are in about the middle of the home page.
Topics for each devotional are now being added to the Index.

Please pray for comfort and
peace for those who have lost loved ones in Afghanistan and healing for the
wounded. Please pray for the Americans and others left behind in Afghanistan.
May they all look to the Lord for help….

Please pray for God to touch and
bring about His will in these lives: Alan Medders; Georgia Bronnert; Caleb
Freeman; Pat S.; Buck & Barbara Wright; GWEN PRUET; James Perkins and his
wife; Vonnie; Evi Porter; Jennifer Burge; Kinsey W; Addison; JoJo, Bailey and
Nicky; Ralph and De Chapman; Hilary; Cody Stahlman; Patsy M.; Brandy and
Jadyn’s Dad; John W.; Patricia Rohman and Lisa Butler who has had a stroke;
Scott J.; Karla W.; Clayton T. and Sarah; Clark S.; Lana Bass; Matthew Collins;
Marjean C.; Bradley E.; Fern McVey; Nannie R.; Sarah Anderson; Beverly J; Larayne
S. and Shonda Hutson.

Please pray for the coronavirus
COVID19 pandemic to come to an end. Pray for treatments and a cure for the
virus to be rapidly found and deployed. Pray for all those afflicted to be healed
and for our leaders to have supernatural wisdom and ability to lead us through
this pandemic.

Please pray for an end to the
rioting, looting, wanton destruction, and the racial hatred in the USA and that
it will be replaced with peace and love. May God help the USA! Many prayer
needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You
can also post your prayer requests there (Of
course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me. Having back surgery in a few weeks. 03.18.18
I accepted the call to be the pastor of Fairview Baptist Church in Elk City,
Oklahoma. Please pray for me and for this church.).

You can contact Ed Wrather at
theburningbushdevotional@gmail.com

If you enjoy the devotional please
recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to [email protected]

There is a complete devotional
archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/DevotionalArchive.html.

Devotion vs Devotional: We do our
devotions, we read devotionals.

You can unsubscribe to the burningbushdevo devotional group by
sending a blank email to [email protected] and then respond
to the confirmation email.

You may subscribe to the html text group (Because of time
constraints the devotional is only being sent now in html format) by sending a
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sending a blank email to [email protected] and then respond
to the confirmation email. If the link does not work, copy and paste the link.

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