Daily Living Word Devotionals

The Tragic Way of Sin

…..and be sure your sin will find you out

- (Numbers 32:23)

Shall we have the slightest inclination of the deceptively destructive way of sin than shall we certainly do all in our strength to avoid travelling on its, though enticing but poisonous, path that has no other destination but in death; recorded in the bible is a tragic story in this direction.

After committing the sin of adultery, a woman fled her marital home to stay with her father in another land. But, her husband, having forgiven her, went to seek and bring her back home. On their way back to Israel however, darkness fast approaching, they decided to pass the night in the city of Gilead where they found lodging with an aged local resident.

However, they were suddenly awoken at night by tumultuous noise outside; the perverted demands of some perverted men of the city. As things would turn out, the runaway wife ended up being abused by the evil men of the city from the dark of night till the light of day; time by which she was left hanging on to life by a thread.

She died shortly afterward.  The sin of adultery that she had previously indulged in came back multiplied to hunt and destroy her in a very violent end (Judges 19)

Such is the way of sin; it always returns, in the form of a several headed beast, for its perpetrators; hence the admonition to flee its alluring temptations (2 Timothy 2:22)

Prayer

I thank You Lord for I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me in the Name of Jesus.

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