Sin Is Death

Good Morning!! How easily we seem to forget the consequences of sin. We're often tempted to violate God's law, in order to receive some new promised gratification. And it's not like we don't know that God's law is for our own protection. But James shines the light into the future, and reminds us that the end of every sin is death.

Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.—James 1:15 (KJV)

Have you been holding a grudge against another person, refusing to forgive them for some offense or injury? No matter how right or justified you may have made yourself out to be in your own mind,...Sin, when it is finished, brings froth death. Are you tempted to put your service to the Lord on hold in order to accept a much-desired promotion? The pay, the prestige may feel exciting, but,...Sin, when it is finished, brings forth death. Are you flirting with a person other than your spouse, or committing mental adultery repeatedly in the privacy of your imagination? The pleasure of a forbidden relationship may seem tantalizing, but,...Sin, when it is finished, brings forth death. It's no accident, no wonder, then that James' next words are simply, "Do not err, my beloved brethren." (16). If sin is truly so serious, so dangerous, so deadly,...why would we so easily toy with it,...or toy with it at all?

Sin may bring you pleasure. Sin may bring you wealth. Sin may even bring you a certain degree of satisfaction,...but ultimately sin will only bring you death. 

Lord save us from ourselves,...and the sins that tempt us. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.

"If we're really a part of the Kingdom of God, then it ought to make a difference in how we choose to live."