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“Innocence Leading to Sin”

Do you realize that you can be minding your own business when just like that, your innocence can lead you to sin? How can this happen to you? How can this happen to a believer in Christ – a sitting in church every Sunday saint? Very easily.

i.e., You’re sitting at home. Your phone rings. A friend is calling, inviting you to the Giants vs the Dodgers game on Sunday. Without hesitation you agree to go, free tickets and all. In your mind you rationalize that you are a good church attendee. You go to church every Sunday. You pay your tithes. Therefore, you innocently think that you can reward yourself with just one afternoon of baseball. You rationalize that you can miss church just this once.

Well, well! You have just been caught up in an agent of deception. Pastor Brice has been teaching on the agents of deception: the world – the flesh – the Devil.

The Devil in this situation is urging you to go. Your flesh is telling you to reward yourself with a good time. It’s the Giants and the Dodgers. It will be an awesome game. And it is free! However! Yes, there is a, however.

“Everything that looks good, feels good, smells good, is not necessarily good.” – Pastor Brice

By agreeing to go to the Giants game in place of going to church on Sunday is a sin. Woah! Just like that, your innocent self will be committing a sin. How did this happen? You’ve allowed an acquaintance from the minor league to entice you over to his side of the field. (Yes, I’m using the word, acquaintance, instead of friend, because you are no longer a friend of the world. You have separated yourself from the world. You have come out from among them.)

Pastor Victor S. Brice – “Some people are not in your league. You’re in the major league, quit putting people from the minor league in your league.”

Also, if you agree to go to the game instead of to church, you will have been caught up in the world, the wants of your flesh, and the schemes of the Devil. As we all know, these things are not from the Father.

“For everything in the world – the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life – comes not from the Father but from the world.” – 1 John 2:16 (NIV).

 I said all the above to say this: Your innocence will lead you to sin. Beware of your surroundings – your friends – your acquaintances – get your head out of the cloud. Satan is waiting to sneak up on you and he will devour you. Stay alert! Remain diligent in Word – in Worship – in Prayer!

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Solomon Temple Ministries International ~ Blogger ~ Othella Hill-Jordan