The Power of Sin

(John 3:19) “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil."

If God decided that enough was enough and He said stop would it not end? Of course it would! I believe all would agree to this truth! God is sovereign and He will work out His plan, regardless of whatever opposition may come His way. How amazing the insight God has to all past and present events. This must equip a righteous God to work out His ingenious plan with precision. However imagine this power and the ability to see into the future in the wrong hands. Exactly what Satan strives for, but we know what his end will be, for the Word clearly spells that out; “and the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.” (Revelation 20:10) 

Let us mull over this thought for a little while; the devil and his angels ruling the universe, the thought is blasphemous, nevertheless what would that mean? It would mean sin would have free reign, law and order would be governed by the laws of sin. Everyone for self, dog eat dog, the Wild West would have been a tea party. How fortunate we are to have a God who has the character He has, remember He has no beginning, He has no end, He is who He is and there are no other God’s beside him. But there could have been! Not really, but let us just envisage it so that we can appreciate our Heavenly Father and give him due benevolence. How great is this God, look what He has done for mankind, did He not send His only begotten Son to live on earth and pay the price for Sin. Of course He did! He is a great God, full of love, grace and mercy. Praise His name all you people, sing songs of acclimation and exalt the Holy One, for He is worthy. Satan on the other hand beguiled Eve in the Garden of Eden, he gave her half truths. She ate and she knew she was naked, her eyes had been opened to the knowledge of good and evil, she knew right from wrong as her conscience had now found life. Yet with it all death was imminent and she was no longer an individual that would live for eternity but her body was already now in the process of death, it had begun to die! Now with this knowledge and her misguided understanding there was also another tree in the garden, the tree of life. They were allowed to eat from that tree, but if they had eaten from it then sin would have lived forever. But thankfully God placed cherubim’s in the garden to protect the tree and did not permit anyone to eat from it. Sin always has a lure that will satisfy for a season but its end will always be the same, death! It can never be quenched. The bible teachers us this, yet I am able through my own experience to second this truth. We want and soon desire becomes greed if not kept in check. We lust and soon we are governed by it. That is the fruit of sin, it will and can never change, and will always be in opposition to God’s will. And yet with sin very much alive God through wisdom formed the world, how amazing is that statement! We see sin and tragedy all around us and often the thought of “why” flashes though our puny brains. In wisdom God has formed the universe. It is at times like these, when I am thinking along these lines that a verse like this really excites me; “but, as it is written, "What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him" (1Cortinthians 2:9)

So even my imagination is unable to visualize what God has in store for all his chosen. I think I can envisage, but I can’t, my brain is incapable of processing that information, the reward of heaven is too great to fathom. What a mind blowing thought, I love reflections like these! No wonder Paul makes bold statement after been caught up into the third heaven like; “I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” He is motivated by our reward, the Lord Jesus, God the Father, God the Holy Ghost and heaven with all its trimmings. What a day that will be, even so come Lord Jesus!

How powerful is sin, it is so powerful that nothing outside of the Lord has the power to break its shackles. It governs relentlessly and has an agenda to destroy. It has a strong backbone which is almost unbreakable and it has a deceitful king who is known as father of lies, the devil. Why would anyone choose sin over the Lord Jesus? The bible tells us why; “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. “(John 3:19-20) 

We see the power of sin and how it is able to beguile, people will chose to be evil rather than repenting and exposing their sin so that they can find forgiveness from an ever loving God. So those people who profess to be kind in their character but reject the Lord Jesus (the light) are all evil and have a hidden agenda. You say that proclamation is a little harsh Tyrone, that is not my hypothesis, but the Word of God declares it, in fact these were the word of the Lord Jesus.

May many sinners repent and believe on the Lord Jesus while it is yet daytime, for the night is coming and then it will be too late.

Signing off

Tyrone

PS I will have to make a big decisions today on what direction I will need to take re my ongoing saga, may the Lord Jesus come out victorious, please pray that His will may be done... thank you.