READ: JOHN
12:1-8
An erroneous
view is in the air. Many people opine that, as long as their faults appear
insignificant, there is no risk of missing heaven. Great fallacy! Historic
plane crashes, boat mishaps, train accidents and automobile accidents have been
caused by what appeared insignificant. If you good reader of the Bible you
would have discovered that Bible characters lost great opportunities or
privileges through seemingly insignificant mistakes. If you indulge in petty
sins you will soon be shocked to discover that it has snowballed into a
full-blown deadly sin. Today, let us examine how pretty sins ruined two Bible
characters. Moses was raised up by God to lead Israel to the Promised Land.
However, he allowed anger to cast a dark cloud on his bright sky. The children
of Israel vexed him because they needed water. At the time Moses got to the
presence of God, he was still angry because of what the children of Israel said
against him. God told Moses to take his rod and speak to the rock for water to
come out. Because he was still angry, he did not get the instruction correctly.
Sometime, before this time, God had provided water when Moses struck a rock
once. Moses thought it was the same process. He struck the rock twice and water
came out. This event prevented Moses from getting to the Promised Land. God is
merciful, no doubt. However, at times, when you fall, there may be no
restoration. This is why you should flee from sin. Some people believe that it
is not possible to live a holy life. If you are not totally holy, you will not
make heaven. In the name of Jesus, I will make heaven. Let us learn a lesson
from the example of Judas. His own fault was the love of money. He could not
have hated Jesus but Satan was aware that Judas loved money; hence he used what
he loved against him. Judas was the treasurer. This means he must have been
trusted. However, he started pilfering from the treasury. This graduated to the
betrayal of Jesus Christ. He was not even able to spend the money that led to
the betrayal. When Peter was talking about Judas after his death, he said
something useful for anybody who loves money to take note of. This is in Acts
1:17 and 20: “” If your fault is the love of money, by the time Satan uses his
joker card on you, your mansion in heaven would have been given to someone
else. Your name can be deleted from the book of life if you are not careful.
The names of Ananias and Sapphira were once written in the book of life but
they have been deleted. May the Lord keep you far from what will cause your
name to be deleted from the Book of Life.
MEMORIZE:
1 TIMOTHY 6:10 –For the love of money is
a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in
their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
