Hosea 3-5, Romans 6: 15-23, Romans 7: 1-6, Psalm 107: 33-43
Romans 6: 20-23 (ESV)
“For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to
righteousness. But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of
which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now that
you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you
get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. For the wages of sin is
death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Verses 20 and 21 from Romans 6 shows Paul asking us to look into
our future to see what we get if we continue to sin and forget how our faith in
Christ saved us and gave us a new life. If we continue to do the same things
over and over again and sin, does it lead us to a better life 20 to 30 years
down the road. Paul says NO, sin leads us to death. Now contrast this bleak
future with the future we are promised with faith in Jesus Christ. Faith in
Jesus Christ leads to eternal life with God when we die. We will live in paradise
with God when we die. We will not judged by our life of sin, because the grace
of Christ prepaid our sins before God.
I think Paul’s advice is also a great way to look at any habit
we want to break from rom in our life. We need to view each habit that we want
to eliminate from our life and ask ourselves to see what our life will be like
20 to 30 years into the future if we continue this habit. Does the habit lead
to us to have a long, fulfilling life filled with pleasure and fun? Or does the
habit lead to a future that is filled with problems of health, wealth, and
worry? If we don’t like the future we see with that habit, it may be enough
incentive to give up the habit for good and create new habits to create the
future that we do want. I know that I like the future I see with my continued
faith in Christ. I see a future that is free from worry and filled with
miracles from God.
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