- Ben Stewart
- 4 days ago
- 2 min read
Title: Our soul is thirsty for truth and many are drunk on sin.
Text: Deut 29:19-20, “And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.”
In Deut 28 and 29, Moses lays out the punishment of serving other gods to their own hurt, and the blessings of being faithful. In the New Testament we have no such curses, but we are told that one can be delivered to satan for the destruction of the flesh (1 Cor 5:5, 1 Tim 1:20). As long as we are in Christ and faithful, we can ask anything according to Christ’s will and it will be granted (1 John 3:22). When a real Christian is delivered to satan, he has committed a willful sin and there remains no more sacrifice for sin (Heb 10:26), leaving God to remove His protection and satan to destroy the flesh.
When a person has as in the old testament served other gods, they to would be cursed also. Many of us Christians are adding drunkeness to thirst. Meaning our souls are thirsty for truth and God, but when we reach for forbidden fruit and do not let go, then we would rather be drunk on sin rather than obedient unto the truth. People in this condition often “fake it until you make it”, but God says we must acknowledge the truth of our sins (2 Tim 2:25-26). If we do not let go of our sins then we will become drunk on our sins rather than being thirsty for the cure, remedy, and required prescription to deal with our sins the way Jesus and His apostles instruct us. We go around pretending, we have done no wrong and that we are right with Jesus.
Father we want to only sit at Jesus’ table and we renounce all other sources we have tangled in causing sin, please forgive us and we forgive those that have sinned against us knowing that blessed are the merciful for they will receive mercy. In Jesus name may it be so.
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