Isa 5:18 Woe to those who draw iniquity
with cords of vanity, And sin as if with a cart rope; 19 That say, "Let
Him make speed and hasten His work, That we may see it; And let the counsel of
the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, That we may know it."
The third woe: This woe could be summed up this way: “Woe
to those who dabble in sin.” I think the best example of this woe can be found
in those who thought that it wouldn’t hurt to take one peek at a pornographic
website. ‘What can one little look hurt? I can stop viewing this at any time.”
And the sin that started out as a little tag-along piece
of string (a cord of vanity) then turns out to be as strong as a rope that
could pull a fully loaded cargo vessel. ( a cart rope.) It something in which
supernatural help is needed to break free.
Pornography is a great example but any sinful habit
will do. The gate is opened to full blown willful sinning when we first utter, “what
harm can this one little sin do?”
Then, even when the sin is full blown, and God, (out
of sheer mercy) withholds His judgment, we begin to think that our sins really
don’t matter. We think, “if this sin is so bad why doesn’t God step in and do
something about it.”
This is not just an individual thing. Entire nations
can fall into this trap whereby they keep testing the mercy and long-suffering
of God. “If this is so bad, why doesn’t the Holy One of Israel draw near and stop
us?”
And so we fly the gay pride flags and rush to embrace
their unholy cause in effect saying, “"Let Him make speed and hasten
His work, That we may see it; And let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel
draw near and come, That we may know it."
We forget the sobering truth found in 2Pe 3:3-12, “knowing
this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their
own lusts,
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and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers
fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of
creation." 5 For this they willfully forget: that by the word of God the
heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of water and in the water, 6 by
which the world that then existed perished, being flooded with water. 7 But the
heavens and the earth which are now preserved by the same word, are reserved
for fire until the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But,
beloved, do not forget this one thing, that with the Lord one day is as a
thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 9 The Lord is not slack
concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us,
not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 10
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens
will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent
heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. 11
Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons
ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, 12 looking for and hastening the
coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being
on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat?
God’s final judgment continues on hold, but that doesn’t
mean it doesn’t exist. It will happen! Knowing this don’t be bound up in the
cords of sin! Turn to the only One who can set you free. Turn to Jesus.
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