- The Deceitfuness of Sin…
Hebrews 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
In 1982, “ABC Evening News” reported on an unusual work of modern art–a chair affixed to a shotgun. It was to be viewed by sitting in the chair and looking directly into the gun barrel. The gun was loaded and set on a timer to fire at an undetermined moment within the next hundred years. The amazing thing was that people waited in lines to sit and stare into the shell’s path! They all knew the gun could go off at point-blank range at any moment, but they were gambling that the fatal blast wouldn’t happen during their minute in the chair. Yes, it was foolhardy, yet many people who wouldn’t dream of sitting in that chair live a lifetime gambling that they can get away with sin. Foolishly they ignore the risk until the inevitable self-destruction.
Notice in our text that first the heart is hardened. It becomes insensitive to sin. There are many avenues that are effective in desensatizing the Christian. Social media, Hollywood, music, and wrong acquaintances can all be tools of the enemy to use against God’s people. God hates sin. Jesus died to deliver us from sin. We are exhorted in scripture to be not deceived, for God is not mocked. The seeds of sin will produce a harvest! It has been said and worthy of repeating, “Sin will take you farther than you want to go, sin will keep you longer than you want to stay, and sin will cost you far more than you want to pay.” Please don’t be deceived by sin, there is a Savior who is able and willing to deliver! His name is Jesus! Oh, what a Savior! Amen. Pastor