Again Entangled And Overcome

"For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning."  II Peter 2:20.  The world pollutes the soul.  Jesus Christ is the avenue out of this pollution.  We escape from this polluted world when Jesus Christ becomes our Savior and Lord.  Jesus provides cleansing from the sins of the world.  Jesus becomes our Lord and Savior through our knowledge of Him which is given to us in the Bible.  The Bible teaches us to put Christ on in baptism which washes away our sins.  We acknowledge Jesus as Lord by our confession of Him as the Son of God.  However, the world does not cease to call and entice us to return.  The world can entangle us and overcome us again.  We can return to our former life of sin.  We can become entangled again in the sins of our past.  We can go backward instead of forward.  To be overcome by sin is to cease from right living and holy conversation.  This state is worse than before we had escaped.  To return is worse than the beginning.  It will not be so easy to escape again.  Once we have escaped the pollutions of the world, we must take care and be diligent that we do not go back.  We must take extreme care that Jesus always from henceforth remains our Savior and Lord.