READ:
ROMANS 1:18-32
Whatever
you do in life amounts to some kind of sowing or other. If you show mercy to
others, you have just sown something that you will reap in due season. Likewise
if you do evil. No action goes without a
complementary reaction. Usually, because there is no immediate harvest of
wrongdoings, many become complacent. Ecclesiastes 8:11 says: “Because the
sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of
the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.”
Surprisingly, many believers fall into the same trap. They argue that being in a time of grace, God will not punish evil on the spot as he did in the Old Testament. They erroneously believe they will only be punished after death. So they continue their evils, having in mind to repent shortly before they die, so as to escape the judgement. What deception!
In the New Testament, Jesus who betrayed his master took his life suddenly.
Ananaias and Sapphira, who lied to Peter, both fell down dead. Elymas became blind while trying to hinder the Gospel. Today many believers are suffering for the sins they have committed. They have brought roadblocks to their progress, and sometimes even after several prayers and intercession by many a man of God, the situation does not change.
A certain brother once collected money from another brother and promised to buy him a particular car. He was a car dealer. Some years later he had not fulfilled his promise and kept using delay tactics. Then one day, he planned to leave for good. After obtaining a visa and other travelling documents, he decided to meet a man of God at a conference to pray with him for the success of his trip. He planned to sneak out without informing the brother he owned. But at that conference , he suddenly became dumb. When he eventually met the man of God, his secret plot was exposed, he wept and openly confessed and on promising to make restitution, his tongue was loosed. Every act you indulge in will bring some consequence sooner or later. Stop planting evil seeds. Sow what is right.
Surprisingly, many believers fall into the same trap. They argue that being in a time of grace, God will not punish evil on the spot as he did in the Old Testament. They erroneously believe they will only be punished after death. So they continue their evils, having in mind to repent shortly before they die, so as to escape the judgement. What deception!
In the New Testament, Jesus who betrayed his master took his life suddenly.
Ananaias and Sapphira, who lied to Peter, both fell down dead. Elymas became blind while trying to hinder the Gospel. Today many believers are suffering for the sins they have committed. They have brought roadblocks to their progress, and sometimes even after several prayers and intercession by many a man of God, the situation does not change.
A certain brother once collected money from another brother and promised to buy him a particular car. He was a car dealer. Some years later he had not fulfilled his promise and kept using delay tactics. Then one day, he planned to leave for good. After obtaining a visa and other travelling documents, he decided to meet a man of God at a conference to pray with him for the success of his trip. He planned to sneak out without informing the brother he owned. But at that conference , he suddenly became dumb. When he eventually met the man of God, his secret plot was exposed, he wept and openly confessed and on promising to make restitution, his tongue was loosed. Every act you indulge in will bring some consequence sooner or later. Stop planting evil seeds. Sow what is right.
MEMORIZE:
GALATIANS 6:7 -Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows,
that he will also reap.
