Most people believe that rules are there to keep them from having fun, from living life to the fullest. The rules given us by God are in order to achieve the opposite. They are all there to help us live life to the fullest, to keep us from expending our God-given time on things that do not matter ultimately to our purpose here on earth. Rules keep us from hurting ourselves, from pain and heartache. From having your soul half-scorched to death to such an extent that any sort of healing seems impossible.
It may often seem like you have gotten away with it but those consequences eventually do catch up and then you pay, threefold, thirtyfold, a hundredfold even! It may not be the next day or the next month; it may be five years down the line. You will be haunted by it until you've understood the lesson in the ordeal. It will follow you until you turn it over to God and allow Him to change those parts of you that led you into those situations.
Yes, we have been saved by Grace and our sins have been forgiven but that is not a free pass to keep committing more sins. Especially ones you know are extremely wrong. Giving in to your fleshly desires does eventually destroy you and those around you. This couldn't be truer. I always thought it was an exaggeration, meant to instil caution or fear in people. I now understand that it is not the case; I feel like I am dying because of things I have knowingly done.
Let Him in, let go of your issues with authority - believe that He has the best in store for you.
It may often seem like you have gotten away with it but those consequences eventually do catch up and then you pay, threefold, thirtyfold, a hundredfold even! It may not be the next day or the next month; it may be five years down the line. You will be haunted by it until you've understood the lesson in the ordeal. It will follow you until you turn it over to God and allow Him to change those parts of you that led you into those situations.
Yes, we have been saved by Grace and our sins have been forgiven but that is not a free pass to keep committing more sins. Especially ones you know are extremely wrong. Giving in to your fleshly desires does eventually destroy you and those around you. This couldn't be truer. I always thought it was an exaggeration, meant to instil caution or fear in people. I now understand that it is not the case; I feel like I am dying because of things I have knowingly done.
Let Him in, let go of your issues with authority - believe that He has the best in store for you.
