8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. 8:35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: [but] the Son abideth ever. 8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
JOHN 8:34-36 FILL IN THE BLANK. DOG COLLARS ARE FOR_____. DOGS THAT'S RIGHT , OR IN ONE CASE, A NOT-SO-BRIGHT NEPHEW. MY FRIEND'S NEPHEW DECIDED IT WOULD BE FUN TO PUT HIS DOG COLLAR AROUND HIS OWN NECK. IT WASN'T JUST ANY DOG COLLAR, IT WAS THE KIND THAT GIVES THE DOG A LITTLE SHOCK WHEN HE'S BARKING TOO LOUD. DOESN'T SOUND LIKE SOMETHING THEY SHOULD NOT BE SELLING,BUT THIS GUY OWNED ONEL YOU WANT TO GUESS THE REST? WITH OUT THINKING HE YELLED SOMETHING TO SOMEONE ACROSS THE YARD,WHICH TRIGGERED A SHOCKING REACTION FROM THE COLLAR, WHICH MADE THE YOUNG MAN SCREAM IN PAIN, WHICH GAVE HIM ANOTHER SHOCK, WHICH CAUSED HIM TO SHOUT "OW!" AGAIN. WHICH CAUSED -WELL, YOU GET THE IDEA.
A BAD CHOICE! PAIN AS A RESULT! DOING SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU'RE HURTING , AND CAUSING EVEN MORE PAIN -COMPOUNDING PAIN! THAT IS A CYCLE YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW MAY BE TRAPPED IN RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S HARD TO BREAK OUT OF THAT CYCLE. IT MAY BE HARD, BUT IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
A LOT OF OUR BAD CHOICES WOULD COME UNDER THE BIBLE HEADING OF "SIN"-DOING SOMETHING IN OUR LIFE OUR WAY INSTEAD OF GOD'S WAY. MAYBE IT LOOKED LIKE FUN. MAYBE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WOULD HELP YOU MEET A NEED, OR GET AHEAD, OR GET OUT OF A JAM. OR IT COULD BE YOU WERE JUST CURIOUS.
SOMEONE HAS WISELY POINTED OUT THAT SIN ALWAYS TAKES YOU FARTHER THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT YOU'D GO ,IT KEEPS YOU LONGER THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT YOU'D STAY, AND IT COST YOU MORE THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT YOU'D PAY. WE REALLY DO BECOME SLAVES TO OUR SINNING; WHETHER IT;S A PATTERN OF LYING, OF LUSTING, OF LOSING IT WHEN WE'RE ANGRY, OF LIVING FOR OURSELVES. AND THERE;S NO FREEDOM UNTIL YOU FIRST ADMIT YOU'RE HOOKED; YOUR'RE POWERLESS TO STOP THE SINNING AND THE COMPOUNDING PAIN THAT'S COMING FROM IT. WE CAN ONLY FIND THIS FREEDOM IN CHRIST.
BY RUSS KESSLER, VOICE OF VICTORY PRISON MINISTRY, HARRINGTON, DE. |
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