Amos 3:7
“But always, first of all, I warn you through my servants the
prophets. I, the Sovereign LORD, have
now done this.”
God does not act in judgment without first
warning us. God makes it very clear why
He judges us. He has over and over again
made known to us the life we need to live before Him. He demands of us holy living. He clearly has told us what sin is and how we
need to avoid it. He makes a clear
distinction between sin and godly living.
He created us with the ability to choose between good and evil and right
from the beginning made it clear what was good and what was evil.
No one can claim innocence or injustice when it
comes to sin. God gave us His Word to
clearly show us the way to holy living.
He has told us about coming judgment on the world. Although most ignore God’s warnings and
warning signs, it is going to happen just as He proclaimed it would. Knowing that God does take sin seriously and
judges it ought to cause us to be careful how we live. All sin will be exposed by His holiness and
judged on Judgment Day.
In order to know what God says about sin and
judgment, we must dig deep into God’s Word.
A consistent reading of the Word exposes sin that is around us and in
us. We who have the Word at our disposal
will be held more accountable for our knowledge of our sin for all we have to
do is to open it up and read it. A
closed Bible does the soul no good. We
need to read what sin is under the law and under grace. We need to read about the consequences of
sin. We need to read about how God has
dealt with sin in the past, how He deals with it now, and how He will deal with
it in the future.
You are warned.
God judges sin and will have no mercy on those who insist on living in
it.
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