The wages of sin is death. "Yeah Right"

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

How serious do we take sin? As followers of Christ we know we have escaped the ultimate death which is Hell, but do we still view sin as something that will destroy us? Reading about Samson today, (Judges 16) it is evident that Samson thought he had total control over his sin. I think we start believing the lie, just like Samson, that a few sins does not effect our lives that much or even at all. We allow things to slip into our lives and we do see them as problem areas anymore, but just who we are. Samson made a lot of bad choices along the way until he woke up one day and realized he did not have the power he once possessed.

Judges 16:20 She said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he awoke from his sleep and said, "I will go out as at other times and shake myself free." But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.

Samson thought that one more time he could just shake himself free from his sin only to find out that now he was controlled by it. When you do not take sin seriously it will cost you. No matter how small of a sin you think it is. Of course we know that Jesus died for all sins so they had to be paid by death on the cross. I know that Jesus did not say, "I do not need to pay for that sin, it is just a little one, and really no big deal."

Galatians 6:-8 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Do you really believe your sin will destroy you? Are you like Samson who thought he could continue to sin with no consequences? Think of people you know whose lives were destroyed by sin. Do not judge them, because we all have the capability of making the wrong choices and winding up where we did not intend to be. The good news is we do not have to sin and if we did we have been forgiven. If you have committed your life to Christ then you have the power of God living inside of you, empowering you to live for Him.

Colossians 2:12 12having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.

We have been given the same power to us, through Christ living in us, that it took to raise Jesus from the dead. Say no to sin, because as a believer in Christ you can.