Obedience
Obedience to the Word of God is not only how we mature in the faith and become more like Christ, it also keeps us from unnecessary suffering the consequences of poor life choices. Without the Holy Spirit to guide and restrain, it's easy to run headlong into the pain and suffering disobedience can bring. Satan was able to convince Eve that God's commandment not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was meant not to protect, but to withhold something far better than what she already possesed. She believed the lie that says
The Consequence of Light
John 3:16 has to be the most often quoted verse in the Bible. It's the foundation of our Christian faith. God so loved us that he gave his only begotten son to pay the price for our sin. A price we could never repay. If you read verses 16 and 17 only, one may believe that act alone universally saved us all, and nothing is required of us. That's not how it works. As you continue to read you will discover the "consequence" of light coming into the world. Men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were
The Many
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it." (Matthew 7:13-14) “Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in