READ:
ROMANS 6:11-18
Today many
people are addicted to all kinds of things: drugs, music, drinking, television,
newspapers, jewellery, video games, the internet, education. Whatever you are
addicted to determines where your times, financial resources, and efforts in
life will be channelled. Some of the things we are addicted to are good. Some
are bad. Others are in-between. Behind every addiction, there are spirits
propelling the addicted person on; and where you are addicted to something, it
can also affect several other things in your life. For instance, a man who is
addicted to pools betting or gambling would feel compelled by demons to
continue to spend his earnings in the same way. In the process, his family
starves and he cannot live comfortably. Even when he realises the negative
consequences of his habit for his family, he may not be able to disengage,
because the demons will tell him he may hit the jackpot the next time.
“Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?” (Romans 6:16). A child that is addicted to television or video games can be sure his academic and domestic duties will suffer. A jewellery addict may soon find her decorations a ‘god’ to her. She will feel incomplete without bedecking herself. Whatever you are addicted to can determine your future, both here and in the eternity.
Anyone addicted to sin will reap death as eternal wages (Romans 6:23). And right here on earth the person will suffer. For instance, a smoker will get cancer of the lungs and other smoke-related diseases. A fornicator, apart from unwanted pregnancy, may contact HIV/AIDS and die prematurely; a drug addict could become insane or live in abject poverty. What are you addicted to? How is that addiction affecting you today? Are you addicted to sleep, pleasure or food? These can render poor and useless to the kingdom of God. Break those addictions today through repentance, obedience and yield totally to the Lord and his Word.
“Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?” (Romans 6:16). A child that is addicted to television or video games can be sure his academic and domestic duties will suffer. A jewellery addict may soon find her decorations a ‘god’ to her. She will feel incomplete without bedecking herself. Whatever you are addicted to can determine your future, both here and in the eternity.
Anyone addicted to sin will reap death as eternal wages (Romans 6:23). And right here on earth the person will suffer. For instance, a smoker will get cancer of the lungs and other smoke-related diseases. A fornicator, apart from unwanted pregnancy, may contact HIV/AIDS and die prematurely; a drug addict could become insane or live in abject poverty. What are you addicted to? How is that addiction affecting you today? Are you addicted to sleep, pleasure or food? These can render poor and useless to the kingdom of God. Break those addictions today through repentance, obedience and yield totally to the Lord and his Word.
MEMORIZE:
ROMANS 6:16 –Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey,
his servants you are to whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience
to righteousness?
