Friday October 13th, 2023
« As a dog returns to his own vomit, So a fool repeats their folly »
4 For how can those who abandon their faith be brought back to repent again? They were once in God’s light; they tasted heaven’s gift and received their share of the Holy Spirit;
5 they knew from experience that God’s word is good, and they had felt the powers of the coming age.
6 And then they abandoned their faith! It is impossible to bring them back to repent again, because they are again crucifying the Son of God and exposing him to public shame.
7 God blesses the soil which drinks in the rain that often falls on it and which grows plants that are useful to those for whom it is cultivated.
8 But if it grows thorns and weeds, it is worth nothing; it is in danger of being cursed by God and will be destroyed by fire.
In Genesis 13, Abraham gave Lot the opportunity of choosing where he would settle.
As soon as Lot made his choice, Abraham chose another place to settle in, so as to avoid their men fighting.
The Bible says that Lot chose to settle in Sodom because it looked very attractive, like the land of Egypt.
Note that Egypt was very well known for all kinds of sins in those days.
By Genesis 14, Lot had gotten into trouble; because he was living in Sodom, he got captured along with the Sodomites when there was a battle.
Abraham heard that his nephew had been captured, so he went after the army and rescued him.
In Genesis 19, when God sent angels to Sodom, who did the angels meet at the gate? Lot.
If you made a wrong choice before and God rescued you, is it not foolishness to go back to that same mistake?
Some people say you can backslide as many times as you want, after all, the prodigal son was received by his father when he returned.
How many times did the prodigal son leave the house?
He left only once.
Thus, if you think that the story of the prodigal son is an excuse for falling into sin again and again, you are deceiving yourself.
My prayer is that if you have made any wrong choice, the Almighty God will correct you today and give you the grace never to repeat your mistakes.
Lot went back to Sodom and eventually lost everything.
The following Scriptures tell us the end of Lot’s children who are the Moabites and Ammonites:
« “Moab will be destroyed from being a nation (people) because he has become arrogant and magnified himself against the LORD ” »
Jeremiah 48:42 AMB
« “That is why the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will sound the battle cry against Rabbah, where the people of Ammon live. It will become a pile of rubble. Its villages will be burned down. Then Israel will take possession of its inheritance, says the LORD ” »
Jeremiah 49:2 GWT
Proverbs 29:1 GNT says the one who get more stubborn every time they are corrected, one day they will fall and be crushed to never recover.
Be careful.
If you have fallen before and God has corrected and delivered you, don’t make that mistake again.
Application: Don’t return to your vomit.
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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