Today’s devotion comes from Romans 6:20-23.
“For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death. But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:20-23.
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Whatever pleasures of sin there are, they are temporary, even “passing” as stated in the following Scripture which honors Moses for rejecting “the passing pleasures of sin”.
“By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.” Hebrews 11-24-26.
And, the pleasures of sin are not just passing, today’s Scripture states that “the outcome of those things is death.”
“Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death.” Verse 21.
“3 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey
And smoother than oil is her speech;
4 But in the end she is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two-edged sword.
5 Her feet go down to death,
Her steps take hold of Sheol.” Proverbs 5:3-5.
“But she who gives herself to wanton pleasure is dead even while she lives.” 1 Timothy 5:6.
“And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.” Ephesians 2:1-3.
“Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death.” James 1:15.
“For the wages of sin is death, …” Verse 23.
But, there is hope!
“But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),” Ephesians 2:4-5.
“… but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Verse 23.
“But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life.” Verse 22.
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