Dangerous

In his book Essentials of the Christian Faith, theologian R. C. Sproul wrote about a time when a young man asked, “Are you saved?” Sproul answered, “Saved from what?” Sproul wrote, “The man was taken aback by my question. He obviously hadn’t thought much about the meaning of the question he was asking people.”

“All things are full of weariness,” says Solomon. I heard one speaker describe this as the “same ole, same ole” disease. You get up every morning in the same ole bed next to your same ole husband or same ole wife, brush your same ole teeth, and put on the same ole clothes. You eat the same ole breakfast, get in the same ole car,

Jesus lived with zeal and passion. He entered the temple area and “drove out” all who had turned worship into a money-making scam.

Maybe your blind spot is the neglect of a particular spiritual discipline.

If you are not careful, success will produce pride, and pride always comes before a fall.

In the midst of your battle, cry out to God. Let him know that you are in a dangerous place.

Each part of temptation is dangerous enough. Don’t let them add up to sin.

Success can lock you into pride and pride always sits on the top of a very slippery slope.

Ask God to check your heart. Examine your sexual temptations that lead to the sins of lust, pornography, and adultery. Examine your materialistic tendencies that lead to the sins of greed and avarice. Examine your areas of personal pride that always go before a fall. Each part of the temptation is dangerous enough.