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What if I never say yes to Jesus?

 
Posted by Elaine November 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM AEDT

In the bible, God says:

So God knows how to rescue the godly from evil trials. And he knows how to hold the feet of the wicked to the fire until Judgment Day.

God is especially incensed against these “teachers” who live by lust, addicted to a filthy existence. They despise interference from true authority, preferring to indulge in self-rule. Insolent egotists, they don’t hesitate to speak evil against the most splendid of creatures.

Even angels, their superiors in every way, wouldn’t think of throwing their weight around like that, trying to slander others before God.

These people are nothing but brute beasts, born in the wild, predators on the prowl. In the very act of bringing down others with their ignorant blasphemies, they themselves will be brought down, losers in the end.

Their evil will boomerang on them. They’re so despicable and addicted to pleasure that they indulge in wild parties, carousing in broad daylight.

They’re obsessed with adultery, compulsive in sin, seducing every vulnerable soul they come upon. Their specialty is greed, and they’re experts at it. Dead souls!

They’ve left the main road and are directionless, having taken the way of Balaam, son of Beor, the prophet who turned profiteer, a connoisseur of evil.

But Balaam was stopped in his wayward tracks: A dumb animal spoke in a human voice and prevented the prophet’s craziness.

There’s nothing to these people – they’re dried-up fountains, storm-scattered clouds, headed for a black hole in hell.

They are loudmouths, full of hot air, but still they’re dangerous. Men and women who have recently escaped from a deviant life are most susceptible to their brand of seduction.

They promise these newcomers freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption, for if they’re addicted to corruption – and they are – they’re enslaved.

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Calling the crowd to join his disciples, he said, “Anyone who intends to come with me has to let me lead. You’re not in the driver’s seat; I am. Don’t run from suffering; embrace it. Follow me and I’ll show you how. Self-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to saving yourself, your true self. What good would it do to get everything you want and lose you, the real you? What could you ever trade your soul for? Mark 8:36
If they’ve escaped from the slum of sin by experiencing our Master and Saviour, Jesus Christ, and then slid back into that same old life again, they’re worse than if they had never left.

Better not to have started out on the straight road to God than to start out and then turn back, repudiating the experience and the holy command. 2 Peter 2:9-21 MSG

Please share this message with those you love and help to bring light and hope to someone else’s world! 2015 Elaine Costin – Capturing Sunrise / Blog