Choices

Josh.24:15

                God has given each one of us a free will. You make all of your own choices. Each choice may be affected by different circumstances, but you make all of your own choices. If you are a born again, child of God, you have made the choice to accept Jesus Christ as your savior; you and no one else. You choose good and refuse evil, and some time you choose evil and refuse good, but it is always your choice.

Well, there is our example, go and sin no more! I wish it was that easy, don’t you? Why do we make bad choices? There are a multitude of reasons we could explore in your Bible, but let’s just look at one area for now. No Fear of God, [Rom.3:10-18] [Prov.1:29] You may not choose the fear of the Lord because you hate knowledge.

  • [Prov.5:11-13] This description is not just for the strange woman, but for all sin, [Rom.6:23], the wages of sin is death.
  • [John 14:15] If ye love me, keep my commandments. If you choose not to do the things that the Bible says to do, then you hate knowledge and don’t love the Lord.
  • There is no middle ground, [Prov.13:13] Despise his words or fear them
  • Remember that we are here to please Him, not men.
  • [Col.3:22-25] Don’t be a men pleaser, fear God.
  • Do you make all of your choices based on pleasing God and fearing him?
  • [2Tim.1:7] Beware of the “spirit of fear”, it is not from God!
    • You will give away your power, and quench the Spirit of God [1The.5:19] that supplies your power, [Acts 1:8] This “spirit of fear” seems to always show up when you are weak, but thank God that He is ready to supply strength at that very time! [2Cor.12:9-10]
    • You will misplace your love, [Col.3:2] it directs your love to the wrong things
    • You will not have a sound mind, [1Cor.2:16] we have the mind of Christ, take full advantage of his ways, they are perfect,[Ps.16:30]
  • You will give away your power, and quench the Spirit of God [1The.5:19] that supplies your power, [Acts 1:8] This “spirit of fear” seems to always show up when you are weak, but thank God that He is ready to supply strength at that very time! [2Cor.12:9-10]
  • You will misplace your love, [Col.3:2] it directs your love to the wrong things
  • You will not have a sound mind, [1Cor.2:16] we have the mind of Christ, take full advantage of his ways, they are perfect,[Ps.16:30]