MY FRIENDS, CAN WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE BLACK, WHITE AND GREY AREAS OF OUR LIVES?

MY FRIENDS, CAN WE DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE BLACK, WHITE AND GREY AREAS OF OUR LIVES?

The journey is long. In addition, along the way there are many land-mines. In regards to our Salvation land-mines would be our “socially acceptable sins” which are those hidden sins beneath the surface of our lives that we feel are acceptable in the sight of God because they do not spell out, thus says the Lord. Case in point, God never said it was illegal to stream pirated movies from Netflix, Hula or other Prime video establishments. A free app is even “available for our Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari browser’s.

This app will allow users to play and stream just about any video format “smoothly and with stunning quality.” Now my friends, how could that be a sin, the one who created the free app for our convenience should be held accountable to God in that day of His judgement, not you or I. Remember It’s free, with only a simple download. In addition, I want try and explain what makes that simple download a sin because God has given us all the power of discernment.

But what I will try and explain is why it is important to “recognize that Christ [second coming] is near, right at the door.” Matt. 24:33 (ESV) and there will be no grey areas when it comes to sin because all sin is an abomination to God even our “socially acceptable sins.” Christ Himself says “If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.” Matt. 5:29 (NKJV)

My friends, that text warns us if we have to steal in-order to watch something with our eyes then we may need to pluck our eyes out rather than “our whole body to be cast into hell.” But the question we must ask ourselves. Would it not be better than going through the process of gouging one’s eyes out to just have a personal relationship with Christ? Because without that personal relationship with Him it really doesn’t matter whether we gouge our eyes out.

Or cut our hands or legs off. Or cut our sexual organs off, because none of these extreme measures will matter if there is no personal relationship with Christ, which is the only thing that will last. We have come to a very serious time in prophecy right here before the second coming of Christ. “And events in our world today call upon every follower of Christ to be totally in earnest in our relationship with God. [And] to strengthen this relationship and satisfy our emotional and spiritual needs, we must learn the power of prayer.” (E.G. White, Prayer, p 1)

And along with that power we must study God’s word with “intensity of spirit and enthusiasm,” while allowing God’s Spirit to guide us in all truth and understanding as it relates to our best friend our Savior and our advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ. Advocate meaning one who pleads for or in behalf of you and I. while at the same time guiding us on this journey, a journey that will take us from this world and beyond.

Beyond being throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity where “sin shall not rise up the second time.” Consistent with this, our friend, Jesus Christ also needs us to tell the world; “To all who will receive [him as a friend, and who will] believed in his name, [He will] give the right to become children of God [and heirs to His kingdom and joint heirs with Him] John 1:12-13 (ESV) Oh what a friend we have in Jesus!!!!