Journey To Faith

I can tell you more ways to get in, but Alistair has five more ways to keep you out of it. Here are points five through nine of "Why Good People Do Bad Things (Part B)"

5. They're deceived by the darkness. Job 24:15 talks of the men who wait for night to do their deeds. They avoid the light with the thoughts that their evil deeds will not be discovered in the dark.
6. They fail to guard against the appeal of sin. We tend to discount the real pleasures and temptations of sin. We need to determine ahead of time to avoid it; otherwise, when we're in the moment, the appeal will overcome us. Sin desires to have us.
7. They fail to recognize the power of sin's appeal. Not only does sin want to have us. It is powerful, prepared and predatory.
8. They fail to see beyond the immediate. There is always a come-on that offers immediate gratification but conceals the ultimate predicament. This is one of the biggest gotchas for me. My friends have always said that I fail to see the ultimate consequences of my action. Five minutes is miniscule compared to a lifetime, infinitesimally small compared to eternity.
9. They fail to see what's obvious.

Looks the message will continue on the last point. Stay tuned.

- Written on my blackberry at the library. Technology is cool ... me, not so much.

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# posted by Colin @ 3:00 PM