Do you ever get taken in by the promised rewards of sin? I do. Here’s how it usually works for me:
Does that sound familiar? I think we all recognize that pattern, don’t we? Do you want to break it? We can do so with the help of Genesis 3:6-8. The first sin began with exactly the same pattern.
SIN PROMISES A GREAT TASTE (6)
Eve listened to sin’s plusses, thought about its plusses, desired its plusses, and acted upon its plusses. What plusses did sin attract her with?
That sounds very attractive. That’s a lot of plusses, isn’t it? Why shouldn't I have a taste? What could possibly be wrong with satisfaction, happiness, and progress?
SIN PRODUCES A BITTER POISON (7-8)
I once asked a server in a restaurant, “What’s your speciality?” “Our Calamari is amazing!” she beamed. I actually didn’t know what that was, but didn’t want to admit it, and therefore responded, “Great, I’ll have the Calamari then.”
It looked quite nice when it arrived, sort of like pasta. Then I put it in my mouth. The initial taste was fine but then I tried to bite into what I thought was pasta. It had a disgusting rubbery type of texture. I couldn’t even get my teeth through it.
What on earth was this? I looked it up on Google – Squid! Yuk!! I couldn’t get it out of my mouth fast enough. I found it hard to eat anything after that.
I was so looking forward to my meal, but it couldn’t have been more disappointing or disgusting. Sin is like that. It promises a great taste but produces a bitter poison. Look at what happened to Adam and Eve.
That’s an even worse taste and texture than Calamari isn’t it.
Sin promises a great taste but always produces a bitter poison. It promises satisfaction but produces shame, it promises happiness but produces fear, it promises progress but produces retreat.
Believe that sin is never a positive but always a negative. It’s always a poison and never a slap-up meal.
There’s only one person we can truly rely on and that’s Jesus. In the Gospel he promises satisfaction, happiness, and progress. And he always keeps his promises.
Do you ever get taken in by the promised rewards of sin? I do. Here’s how it usually works for me:
Does that sound familiar? I think we all recognize that pattern, don’t we? Do you want to break it? We can do so with the help of Genesis 3:6-8. The first sin began with exactly the same pattern.
SIN PROMISES A GREAT TASTE (6)
Eve listened to sin’s plusses, thought about its plusses, desired its plusses, and acted upon its plusses. What plusses did sin attract her with?
That sounds very attractive. That’s a lot of plusses, isn’t it? Why shouldn't I have a taste? What could possibly be wrong with satisfaction, happiness, and progress?
SIN PRODUCES A BITTER POISON (7-8)
I once asked a server in a restaurant, “What’s your speciality?” “Our Calamari is amazing!” she beamed. I actually didn’t know what that was, but didn’t want to admit it, and therefore responded, “Great, I’ll have the Calamari then.”
It looked quite nice when it arrived, sort of like pasta. Then I put it in my mouth. The initial taste was fine but then I tried to bite into what I thought was pasta. It had a disgusting rubbery type of texture. I couldn’t even get my teeth through it.
What on earth was this? I looked it up on Google – Squid! Yuk!! I couldn’t get it out of my mouth fast enough. I found it hard to eat anything after that.
I was so looking forward to my meal, but it couldn’t have been more disappointing or disgusting. Sin is like that. It promises a great taste but produces a bitter poison. Look at what happened to Adam and Eve.
That’s an even worse taste and texture than Calamari isn’t it.
Sin promises a great taste but always produces a bitter poison. It promises satisfaction but produces shame, it promises happiness but produces fear, it promises progress but produces retreat.
Believe that sin is never a positive but always a negative. It’s always a poison and never a slap-up meal.
There’s only one person we can truly rely on and that’s Jesus. In the Gospel he promises satisfaction, happiness, and progress. And he always keeps his promises.