BBD 05.26.10 The Cost of Sin (Classic 2002)

#1 · May 26, 2010, 4:10 pm

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05.26.10

The Cost of Sin

I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live. - Deuteronomy 31:19.

The West Coast port shutdown (2002) is continuing in the United States with twenty-nine ports now shutdown from Seattle to San Diego. The ships are backing up in the ports with nowhere to go with their cargo. Those ships will be unable to leave to pick up and deliver more cargo. On shore things are quickly growing into a crisis situation. Factory after factory is facing shutdown as they run out of materials needed for their products. Some companies are considering using planes to fly in materials but of course this will be much more expensive and raise the cost of goods. The economic consequences of the shutdown are spreading with the result of rising prices and shortages of goods. Employees too are being idled on a wider and wider scale as the shutdown continues resulting in substantial loss of income and further slowing the economy.

The fact is that spiritually some people do choose the path of death and cursing. That path at first does not seem so bad much like the port shutdown but as time moves along more and more negative consequences are seen. When someone begins to use illegal substances, there may not be any immediate consequences. However, because of the addictive nature of the substances more and more money is required to use them. That money is taken away from where it normally would be used. The person who chooses this path begins to be late in making payments and then is unable to make payments. Often jobs are lost and then material possessions are used up and many times people end up on the street.

For the substance abuser, relationships begin to deteriorate as their decision-making abilities are impaired by the harmful effects of the substances and often psychological abnormalities arise. Eventually, marriages break apart, children are taken away, and many end up in prison or their lives come to an end through an overdose or poor health, which resulted from their use of the illegal substances.

The same deterioration is seen with other sinful activities, although it may not be as dramatic. Having an affair, for example, is going down the wrong path, the path of cursing and death. Every area of your life is affected, and usually it is like the port shutdown with a stagnation and slowdown that result in an eventual meltdown.

We do have set before us on a continual basis two choices. We can choose life or we can choose death. With each decision, we ought to ask ourselves whether the result of that decision leads to more life, or if it will lead to a deadening in our life.

The real cost of sin is always more than we really want to pay. If you have been going down the path of cursing and death, turn around! Stop choosing death and begin choosing life. Begin today!

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Posted by: wrather <wrather@...>

Visit the Burning Bush websites:

http://www.theburningbush.net
http://www.theburningbush.org

The Burning Bush websites have received visits from more than 170 countries. Celebrating 11 years online since January 31, 1998. Since June 8, 1998 the Burning Bush Devotional has been spreading the truth of Gods Word to more than 11,000 subscribers across the world.

Please join the Burning Bush Prayer Group. The group began in 1998 and is made up of over 300 prayer warriors. Send prayer requests and receive prayer requests. To join send an email to: bbpg-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

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

The Burning Bush Devotional
Welcome to the 534 new subscribers since January 1, 2010!!
There were 1367 new subscribers during 2009!!
(A Devotional Classic from 2002)

05.26.10

The Cost of Sin

I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live. - Deuteronomy 31:19.

The West Coast port shutdown (2002) is continuing in the United States with twenty-nine ports now shutdown from Seattle to San Diego. The ships are backing up in the ports with nowhere to go with their cargo. Those ships will be unable to leave to pick up and deliver more cargo. On shore things are quickly growing into a crisis situation. Factory after factory is facing shutdown as they run out of materials needed for their products. Some companies are considering using planes to fly in materials but of course this will be much more expensive and raise the cost of goods. The economic consequences of the shutdown are spreading with the result of rising prices and shortages of goods. Employees too are being idled on a wider and wider scale as the shutdown continues resulting in substantial loss of income and further slowing the economy.

The fact is that spiritually some people do choose the path of death and cursing. That path at first does not seem so bad much like the port shutdown but as time moves along more and more negative consequences are seen. When someone begins to use illegal substances, there may not be any immediate consequences. However, because of the addictive nature of the substances more and more money is required to use them. That money is taken away from where it normally would be used. The person who chooses this path begins to be late in making payments and then is unable to make payments. Often jobs are lost and then material possessions are used up and many times people end up on the street.

For the substance abuser, relationships begin to deteriorate as their decision-making abilities are impaired by the harmful effects of the substances and often psychological abnormalities arise. Eventually, marriages break apart, children are taken away, and many end up in prison or their lives come to an end through an overdose or poor health, which resulted from their use of the illegal substances.

The same deterioration is seen with other sinful activities, although it may not be as dramatic. Having an affair, for example, is going down the wrong path, the path of cursing and death. Every area of your life is affected, and usually it is like the port shutdown with a stagnation and slowdown that result in an eventual meltdown.

We do have set before us on a continual basis two choices. We can choose life or we can choose death. With each decision, we ought to ask ourselves whether the result of that decision leads to more life, or if it will lead to a deadening in our life.

The real cost of sin is always more than we really want to pay. If you have been going down the path of cursing and death, turn around! Stop choosing death and begin choosing life. Begin today!

Copyright © 2002 - 2010. Ed Wrather. Permission is given for use of the devotionals on a non-profit basis with source credited. 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.

Prayer Requests: Many prayer needs are posted at the Burning Bush website on the Prayer Request page. You can also post your prayer requests there and they will be forwarded to the Burning Bush Prayer Group (Of course, I am always in need of prayer - please pray for me.).

If you are not my friend on facebook or myspace you can be, just add me. The devotionals are posted in my blogs on those two social networks and you can leave comments, feedback about them there. There are other social networks designed just for Christians, however, this is an outreach project to reach those who may not know the Lord or may have wandered away. You can help me reach out to them.

If you enjoy the devotional please recommend it to your friends. They may subscribe by sending a blank email to burningbushhtml-subscribe@welovegod.org

Two videos of my sermons are posted on Godtube at: http://www.godtube.com/Wrather

You can listen to services at my son, Clark Wrather's church (First Baptist Church of Broken Bow, Oklahoma) live on Sunday mornings at 10:55am CST http://www.kkbifm.com/

There is a complete devotional archive at the old Burning Bush website. Here is the URL: http://www.theburningbush.org/33.html.

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