GOD’S WORD FOR OCTOBER 16

We are reading from a daily devotional  called “Running To Win” written by Erwin Lutzer  and the late, great D.L. Moody.   Erwin Lutzer is a light in our day as D.L. Moody was in his.  Besides his many ministries, and many books, Pastor Lutzer was Senior Pastor at Moody Church in Chicago for 36 years and now serves as Pastor Emeritus there.  He is  Chancelor and a former professor at Moody Bible Institute, where he taught Theology and Ministry, and now has numerous radio teachings.

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CALCULATE THE COST OF HIDDEN SIN

Good sense wins favor, but the way of the treacherous is their ruin. Proverbs 13:15

D.L. MOODY

Do you mean to say that God is a hard master? That it is a hard thing to serve God, that Satan is an easy master, and that it is easier to serve him than God? If I read my Bible right, I read that the way of transgressors is hard. It is the devil who is the hard master. If you doubt it, young man, look at the convict in the prison, right in the bloom of manhood, right in the prime of life. He has been there for ten years and must remain for ten years more—twenty years taken out of his life; and when he comes out of that miserable cell, he comes out a branded felon! Do you think that man will tell you that the way of the transgressor has been easy?

Go ask the poor drunkard, the man who is bound hand and foot, the slave of the infernal cup, who is hastening onward to a drunkard’s hell. Ask him if he has found the way of the transgressor easy. “Easy?” he will cry, “The way of the transgressor is hard and gets harder every day!” Go ask the libertine and the worldling. Go ask the gambler and the blasphemer; take the most faithful follower of the devil and put the questions to him; with one voice they will all tell you their service has been hard.

ERWIN LUTZER

A flat tire is often the result of a long-term microscopic failure. Just so, sin is never static; so-called “small compromises and sins” soon grow in our lives until we are overwhelmed and enslaved. If the conviction of sin does not lead us to repentance, the hiding of sin continues. Achan, you might remember, disobeyed God and hid some spoils from the battle in his tent for himself. Joshua said to him, “Give glory to the LORD…do not hide [what you have done] from me” (Joshua 7:19). Achan’s sin was found out and the consequences were severe.

What sin are you hiding in your tent that smells foul? Sin always demands more, and it costs us dearly.

PRAYER

Father, grant me the grace to be convicted of my sin, even the hidden, cuddled, rationalized, seemingly satisfying sin. Have your way in me

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Proverbs 28:13

“Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”

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Romans 3:23

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

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James 4:17

“If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.” –

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1 John 1:8

“If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.”

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Galatians 6:7

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.”

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Romans 6:23

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

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Proverbs 14:12

“There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end, it leads to death.”

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John 3:36

“Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.”

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