Whoso Diggeth A Pit

The Sad Results

I go back to my opening remarks about my son watching the coyote cartoon. He’d never seen the roadrunner being chased by the coyote. They don’t show those cartoons much any more. But I’ve seen them all. But my son sitting there watching what was happening was doubled over in laughter. How that the stick of dynamite meant for the tasty bird ended up exploding in his own face. My son could hardly take a breath when the rock that was meant for the roadrunner hit the coyote square on the head. Oh, the sad result is that their demise was of their own making. Their own hands dug their grave. Their own sweat formed their destruction. Is any one laughing? Oh I think the devil will be laughing. 2 Corinthians 4:3-4 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. All the while the devil has been whispering, “Oh have another shovel full! Dig a little deeper. Oh push that stone up the hill. You can do it. I know you can. Just think positive and you will make it.” But when the sudden reality hits, the stone falls, the pit is filled, he laughs and laughs, “Ah you fool! You fell in your own trap.” Don’t be a fool! The end to the story of sin and the story of works is always a sad is always a sad one. This leads us to our final thought. In this text we have seen the Character of the Verse and the Climax of the verse…

The Cancellation Of the Verse

I pray at this point that you realize that you are digging a pit of sin that will be your own grave. I hope that you realize that the weight of good works is too heavy to bear a it will over come your strength and crush you. If you are at that point, you may be asking, “What do I do? I’ve already started digging my own pit I’ve already started trying to push that stone into place. What do I do now? How do I cancel this verse so that I can avoid these sudden and sad results?” First you need to:

Realize that the Pit Has Already Been Filled

I told you earlier to stop digging. But to simply stop digging is not enough. Something has to be done with that pit. That pit must be removed. If must be filled. You weren’t digging your trap for God in a corner where God could not see you! Remember what I said about the word pit. Often times it is translated grave. Someone has to fill your grave.

Oh I remember the night when I realized what I was doing. I’d been digging my own grave of sin. There I was standing over my own pit, “What am I going to do?” Then I called upon the name of the Lord Jesus. I embraced the death of Jesus, the good news of Jesus. How that Christ died for my sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried in a grave for my sins. I ought to have fallen in my own grave, but I came to Jesus and asked him to forgive me of my sins and fill my pit! Not only must you Realize that the Pit Has Already Been Filled but also…