A man of God looking forward to heaven. Are you sure?
Are you a man of God? Do you strive to be a man that honors God? Do you look forward to spending eternity in a sinless, holy place? Of course you do, we all do. Really? Are you sure? Why would you want to spend forever without your favorite vices, without those things that you just can’t or won’t do without? Without that ...... fill in the blank. We are admonished in Hebrews 12:1 "lay aside every encumbrance, and the sin which so easily entangles us."
The verse didn't say the sin that really has to work hard to trick us, setting us up with an elaborate trap. No. It said the sin which "so easily entangles us." Ever played with a Slinky and got it all tangled or cast a rod and reel and got it all jacked up or been flying a kite, let the kite yank too hard from your hand the and roll of string goes skittering across the grass and gets all messed up? Those things are all easy to do. In fact you have to be careful to NOT let it happen. Sin is easy. Sin is normal. Sin is natural.
Laying aside that encumbrance – that willful behavior, action, thought that directly opposes God’s will- is what we must do. I think part of the laying aside process ties in with the concept from Psalm 1:1 "Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers." Guys, don’t make yourself so available to sin. Sinful ideas, desires, choices are going to find you. Don’t make it so easy. Remember sin is the natural mode of our bodies. Seeking God is not natural but it is what we are called to do.
There are many ideas wound in this that I want to discuss some more.
Take care, be encouraged and lead,
Philip
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