Evil that good may come Week 8, 2015

“If you had an opportunity, would you cheat again?” The internationally known former athlete was asked. He said he would if he were faced with exactly the same circumstances. What were his reasons? He indicated that as a result of his 7 straight “victories” a lot of profit came to the sports business, and so much money was raised for cancer sufferers. “Now we wouldn’t want to change that would we?” he said; as though it were impossible for help to arise from other sources for the people. But he wished he had been nicer to people, more gentle. When will people realise sin does not bear the fruit of the Spirit, that meekness and deceit cannot cohabit. The sinful self wants what is against the Spirit, and the Spirit wants what is against the sinful self. They are always fighting against each other, so that you don't do what you really want to do Gal 5:17 (ERV). You cannot reveal the secret of your strength to Delilah, and still have strength to fight the Philistines when you awake from her laps. But that is beside the point.

It is Satan’s hook to chain men to sin by telling them “Think of the good that will come from this small sin.” Think of all the good you could do if you were the one in charge, so election rigging is a “necessary evil”. Think of all the help you could render humanity by this money, so sell your soul? Would any such thing be an acceptable sacrifice? For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him Rom 12:1(BBE). I once heard it said “Of course I know right from wrong, I just don’t know the right wrong to do!” there can never be a right wrong, never. You might as well say, "Let's do something evil, so that something good will come of it!" Some people even claim that we are saying this. But God is fair and will judge them as well Rom 3:8 (CEV).

Such thinking is simply lack of faith. You believe righteousness can protect you no longer, so a little sin, a little lie is needed. Or is it that God is really not in charge anymore, so you need to “help” Him by doing something wrong. “You don’t understand Pastor; the consequences would be too great to bear. I know it is not right but which is worse-a little lie or my family thrown out to the streets? I am not harming anyone.” Is that not the argument of the harlot? What difference is there between you? “What if something drastic happens while I wait? What if I die, or worse still, my beloved suffers and dies? Will I not be to blame?” I never knew you had the power of life and death in your hands. Jairus’ daughter died while waiting for Jesus to come. So did Lazarus; the rest is history. But whatever happens know  God will make it good. Through faith women received their dead relatives raised back to life. Others, refusing to accept freedom, died under torture in order to be raised to a better life Heb 11:35(GNB). Incalculable harm is done by such reasoning, such compromise. Remember a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough. You will surely be enslaved and filled with regret.