Emanna for 12/10/2019
The Consequences of Sin (1)
Bible Verses
John 10:28 And I give to them eternal life, and they shall by no means perish forever, and no one shall snatch them out of My hand. John 5:14 After these things Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, Behold, you have become well; sin no more so that nothing worse happens to you. Words of Ministry
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Will a saved person who has fallen accidentally into sin
still perish? No! The Lord said, "And I give to them eternal
life, and they shall by no means perish forever, and no one
shall snatch them out of My hand" (John 10:28). In other
words, once a person is saved, he is saved forever. "They
shall by no means perish forever." Nothing can be surer than
this!
Does this therefore mean that after a person is saved, it
does not matter whether he sins? No! If a person sins after
he is saved, there will be two terrible consequences. First,
he will suffer in this life. After a person has repented and
confessed to the Lord, God will forgive him and the blood
will cleanse him. With some sins, however, there are further
consequences that one must face. Although Jehovah removed
David's sin of taking Uriah's wife, the sword never departed
from his house forever (2 Sam. 12:9-13). Brothers and
sisters, sin is like a venomous serpent; it is not an amusing
plaything. If you are bitten by it, you will suffer.
Second, if a Christian sins and does not deal with it
properly in this age, he will have to deal with it in the
coming age. When the Lord comes again, "He will repay each
man according to his doings" (Matt. 16:27). Paul said, "For
we must all be manifested before the judgment seat of Christ,
that each one may receive the things done through the body
according to what he has practiced, whether good or bad" (2
Cor. 5:10).
[Continued tomorrow]
Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from Watchman Nee, Messages for Building Up New Believers, p.322. Both are published by Living Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA.