Our culture puts a high value on our “right” to make choices which often means our “right” to define good and evil according to our individual standards.
God gives us a choice: “choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve” (Joshua 24:15), but he's not “pro-choice” regarding anything that is a choice between right and wrong.
We have this choice: choose to follow Him and live in the light or choose not to follow Him and live in darkness. God values right choices, and He warns against harmful, dangerous, and evil choices.
Many in the world live out Proverbs 14:12: “There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.”
Many in the world live out Proverbs 14:12: “There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death.”
Sin separates us from God (Isaiah 59:2), causing our prayers to hit the wall (Psalm 66:18). Sin leads to self-deception (James 1:22-23), and eventually leads to a seared conscience (1 Timothy 4:2).
God gives us the same advice He gave Cain about choices:
“If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.” Genesis 4:7
God's commands protect our hearts and souls.
Our culture loves choice. God loves truth and He also loves us!
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For a short Bible study on this devotion, check out Bite Size Bible Study and see what advice God gave to Cain.
The right to make choices - despite their acceptance to God's will - seems to be a dominating topic today. Lots of "line blurring" between what God wants and what we want. Messages like yours are what is needed in times like this!
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