“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”– Gal. 6:10
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote, ” Every man shall one day be seated at a table of consequences”. That is true, but to some degree he already is there. Sin has its own built in consequences. In other words, sin itself produces suffering before judgement day ever arrives. We see this clearly in Rom. 1:21-32. It will be worse in the day of judgement but it isn’t good at the present.
When people rebel against God and refuse to repent God gives them up to uncleanness, vile affection, and a reprobate mind. He allows them to walk in their own counsel and wallow in their corruption, and that is painful–more painful than pleasurable. At first glance it might seem like a dream come true that God would allow them to be wed to their ways, pursue their plans, and persist in their pleasure, but eventually that dream becomes a nightmare! Such sinners are consumed by their own lust. They do as they please, but they are never pleased. Sin never brings satisfaction. Sinners stuff themselves on what they crave, but are never full. They are forever hungry– a taste of hell on earth.
Hell is a place of unsatisfied desires. The rich man in hell, pictured in Luke 16:24, craved a drop of water, but never received it. Even so, it is said of Christ rejectors in eternity, “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he that is filthy let him be filthy still“(Rev. 22:11). Picture how awful that will be–to crave what you desire most and not able to get it. Thank God there is a remedy for sin, a source of satisfaction—“And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.“(John 6:35).- HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
