May 19, 2025

Just as God sees us through the lens of Jesus, He also considers the wicked clearly for who they are and what they’ve done. We will continue to reward, but they will go on to the horror of the afterlife. God will bring everything the wicked have done in darkness into the light. We have all experienced the deeds of darkness because of our commitment to Jesus. We are their target because we have something precious for them to steal that has nothing to do with money. If they can cause us to sin, they can sully our testimony to keep others from making Jesus their Savior. You have your salvation and are forgiven, but the unsaved don’t know that and will call you a hypocrite when they see you in church after you fall. That is why it is so vital that we continue to work toward sanctification; our reputation should be clean so our testimony about Jesus will be taken seriously. The more you immerse yourself in God’s word and make prayer an ongoing conversation with God, the less likely you will fall into sinful behavior. 

Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways. They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. Job 24:23-24