Things I'm Scared To Death Of

#1 SIN- Why because it was sin that caused Adam to loose his Paradise, it was sin that got the wisest man that ever lived, Solomon,, it was sin that got the strongest man that ever lived, Samson,, it was sin that got the man that was walking close to God, David,, and you mark it down if sin can cause these men to fall it can get you and I too. You say not me preacher I’ll never give in too sin, well my friend then you better beware because the Bible says in 1 Cor. 10:12 " Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." Listen we take sin so lightly anymore, we don’t realize just how dangerous sin can be, no matter how small we think it may be to how big, sin is sin in God’s eyes. You see the devil has deceived us into thinking, well everybody else does it and God’s not chastening them so it must be alright, or how about it was just a little white lie, and because of this our hearts have become so insensitive to certain sins, but you know what makes sin so dangerous??

A. IT WILL LEAD YOU ON- you see it will bind you tighter than you want to be bound, it will keep you longer than you want to be kept, and it will take you farther than you want to go, you see once you start it just seems like you can never get out of it, ask David, ask Samson, ask Ananias and Sapphira, ask any one who has been caught in the trap

B. IT WILL SEPERATE YOU- from God Is. 59:1-2 "Behold the Lord’s hand is not shortened that he cannot save, neither his ear heavy that he cannot hear: but your Iniquities have seperated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear." my friend listen to me I believe the one thing that greives the heart of God the most is when one of his children falls into sin. but not only God I have seen sin divide families, husband and wives, parents from their children, I’ve seen it divide churches

C. IT WILL STEAL- 1st of all your Peace, read Ps 51 when David repented of the sin he committed he said in verse 8 "Make me to hear joy and gladness.." verse 12 "restore unto me the JOY of my salvation." you see David had lost that inner peace and joy that he had when he was walking with God. 2nd it will steal your POWER. When you talk to others either by your life or verbally you will not have the power of the Holy Spirit upon you to bring other unto a convicting state.

3rd it will steal your PERCEPTION, you don’t even realize that what your doing is wrong the backslidden person can’t see the condition he or she is in,

D. IT WILL SCARE YOU FOR LIFE- isn’t it funny how you can accomplish great things for God, and you make one mistake and all people will remember is that mistake, you see God forgets, but man don’t

E. IT WILL FIND YOU OUT- you see sin has a payday read Ex.32:23. But not only am I scared to death of sin but

#2 SELF- You see we are are greatest enemy, you see if I’m not careful I find myself wanting to do things that I’m not suppose to do, or go places that I’m not suppose to go, or reading things that I’m not suppose to be reading, you see it is a constant battle between the flesh and the spirit and the one I give into is the one that I have become a servant to, that why it is important that we fill OUR MINDS with the right stuff, read Matt 15:10-20 verses 18-19 sums it all up "But those things which proceed out of the mouthcome forth from the heart; and they defile the man, for out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false wittnesses,blasphemies.." Listen you look at what is on the t.v. any more is it any wonder that we have such a rebellious generation, remember it is the generation that the t.v. raised. What ever happen to the Family Alter, Bible reading and so on, the t.v. took its place and you see the result.... We need to focus not only our Minds, but howabout our EYES, lets face it they like to look upon sin, how about our Hands, you see the same hand that carries the Bible to Church can handle or touch things that it not suppose to.. How about our Feet, these same feet that bring us to church can take us to those forbidden places, if were not careful, How about our mouth. We need to realize that when we got saved we are no longer our own because we were bought with a price, therefore we need to glorify God.