47 Days of Justice 2024 - Day 11: Sin sears the conscience.

“So the next morning David wrote a letter to Joab and gave it to Uriah to deliver. The letter instructed Joab, “Station Uriah on the front lines where the battle is fiercest. Then pull back so that he will be killed.” So Joab assigned Uriah to a spot close to the city wall where he knew the enemy’s strongest men were fighting. And when the enemy soldiers came out of the city to fight, Uriah the Hittite was killed along with several other Israelite soldiers.”

‭‭2 Samuel‬ ‭11:14-17‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Many times, when a person crosses a line (in terms of heading in a direction of evil), they—as we have discussed—believe they know how to come back; they’ll reverse course before they “go too far.” Or, feeling they must do this evil thing, they tell themselves it will be a one-off event; they’ll go back to living right, after the deed is done.

But just as a person pursuing a direction in the woods, when drawn aside to look at something interesting, and then there’s something interesting past that, and something past that, finds themselves hopelessly lost, so also is the one who deviates from the path of righteousness.

You see, evil is self-perpetuating. In other words, every step you take into the darkness of sin, makes it easier to make another step into that darkness. As such, it becomes easier and easier to sin, until you are where you never thought you’d be: LOST.

“But the [Holy] Spirit explicitly and unmistakably declares that in later times some will turn away from the faith, paying attention instead to deceitful and seductive spirits and doctrines of demons, [misled] by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared as with a branding iron [leaving them incapable of ethical functioning],”

‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭4:1-2‬ ‭AMP‬‬

One of the main features of the Last Days before the coming of Jesus Christ is the “falling away,” the Great Apostasy.

Now, I believe that the falling away has already begun. But it did not happen overnight. Indeed, in many churches, there was first a “gradual“ moving away from the word of God (to be “more relevant”), from holiness (to be more “realistic”), and from righteous living (to keep people in the pews).

Jesus spoke of this time:

“And many will turn away from me and betray and hate each other. And many false prophets will appear and will deceive many people. Sin will be rampant everywhere, and the love of many will grow cold.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24:10-12‬ ‭NLT‬‬

My friend, we are there.

That spring day, King David, when first casting his eyes toward Bathsheba, never imagined where this would lead. But now, having entered into temptation, he is seemingly past the point of no return. Now he is doing the unthinkable: He is sending righteous Uriah back into battle, carrying his own death warrant, in his own hands.

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!

#resolveforhim