Posted on 04/11/2021 12:51:16 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death” (Proverbs 11:19 KJV).
Here is an “as” and “so” thing. You play with the seven-headed viper and you are going to get bit. You fool with the devil and you are going to get caught. “Be sure your sin will find you out” (Numbers 32:23). People say, “Well, I think I can get away it, I know how to handle it.” They are crazy to think that. They can’t handle it—it will take them over. The strongest men, the wisest men . . . did you know that the in less than seven years after Solomon wrote his books that he went completely into apostasy and was fulling around with things that destroyed him—idols, women, and possessions—we got out of fellowship with God. He wrote this Book of Proverbs and then forsook it all for the flesh. You can put it down, if a man pursues evil, he is looking for trouble.
“The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.”
On one of the busiest streets of the city of Paris stands a building famous for its beauty. Over the magnificent doorway you may read these words: “Nothing to pay.” The admission is free, the entertainment within is alluring, and hundreds of young men pass through the portals, the rank and file of them taking their first or last step to Hell.
All sin is dearly bought, for it has Hell back of it. It blights the life, wrecks the character, and blasts the fondest hopes of the soul. And when that awful day comes, and situation is gone and character lost and the hearts of loved ones broken and you are cast a stranded wreck on the shores of time, you will cry out in terror, “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me?” and there will be no deliverance. You will be more degraded then but not more guilty than now, for the chiefest of sins is the sin of unbelief, and that was the cause of your downfall. “There is no difference.” God pity you.
“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death” (Revelation 21:8 KJV).
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Turmoil is the constant situation when not honestly seeking Gods path , I can attest to this personally. Only by seeking his grace and reading / listening to his word will peace find you and this is ONLY because of his love. Glory to you God.
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