Friends,
What a morning! What a blessing to be in God’s house! I looked at Genesis 3 where Adam and Eve and the serpent are judged, cursed, and cast out of the Garden of Eden. In our own lives and faith, we are either moving away from God through our sin (going) or we are growing closer to Him through our maturing faith (coming). My 3 points:
- Are you going? Are you living in sin absent a relationship with Jesus Christ? Just as Adam and Eve through their disobedience were driven out (and away) from God, so too we are moving away from Him when we persist in our sinful disobedience.
- Are you coming? Are you a believer, having truly repented and been baptized into a community of faith? 2 Peter 3.18 tells us to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our lives should be lived in the constant pursuit of knowing Christ and growing in Christ each and every day.
- If you are coming, if you are a believer, how are you influencing others? Does your life and witness cause them to move closer to faith in God (coming) or are you driving them away (going)? Too often we get comfortable, thinking that we are saved and have little left to do. That in itself is wrong, but how much worse to consider that because of our negative or hypocritical example of faith we might keep others from coming into the saving grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ?
Scriptures Referenced:
- Genesis 3.8-24
- Isaiah 59.2
- Matthew 7.13-14
- Luke 17.1-3
- Romans 5.18-19, 6.23, 10.9-10, 12.17
- 1 Corinthians 10.31-32
- 2 Corinthians 5.16-21
- Ephesians 2.1-2
- Hebrews 6.4-12
- Revelations 21.25
Your thoughts?
