passionate or overmastering desire or craving. Many people battle with
lust. Sometimes the lust is in the sexual way, sometimes people lust for
food, money, vacations, jobs, education. Many of these are not "bad" in
themselves, but when they over power you and God is put on the side, there
is a problem. Eve fell because she "saw", *Gen 3:6 So when the woman saw
that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a
tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also
gave to her husband with her, and he ate.* Sometimes our sin takes other
people down a bad road as well. Charles Spurgeon wrote, "O my dear hearers,
do ask yourselves whether you have sorrowed for sin because it is sin
against God; for any hypocrite is sorry for sin which injures himself, or
which may damage his reputation among men; but the essential thing is to be
sorry because the evil is a wrong done to God." Brethren, we must remember
that our God never said that He would supply all of our wants. * Phil 4:19
And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by
Christ Jesus. I read, "Sin - It takes you where you don't want to go. It
keeps you longer than you want to stay. It cost you more than you want to
pay. May we remember, *Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the
gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.*
Douglas
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