Monday, March 14, 2016

Lest Ye Fall

"Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall."  I Corinthians 10:12.  The writer has used the ancient Israelites to show the danger that confronts the child of God.  God's people were delivered from the bondage of Egypt, but because of their failure to follow God's law, they fell in the wilderness.  Because of God's displeasure with them, they "were overthrown in the wilderness." verse 5.  Even as God's delivered people, they committed very vile transgressions.  We are warned that we must not follow their example.  We are reminded that what happened to them can also happen to us.  Sin is an ever present danger.  Sin is a danger to the child of God just as much as it is to the sinner.  God's child can so sin that he can fall.  We are to be in constant vigilance lest we fall.  Those who ascend the pinnacle of grace can fall from that pinnacle.  They who are washed in the blood of the lamb can turn back from their walk with God.  They who enjoy the "seal of the Spirit" can "grieve the Spirit" and also "quench the Spirit."  This action can cause the child of God to fall.  The danger sign is given that we must "take heed." 

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