Warning

A small error makes a big difference. Check this out. If you started walking on a straight path toward a destination and were one degree off course when you started, after one hundred yards, you would end up 5.2 feet from your destination. Not that big of a deal, right? However, in that same scenario, you’d be off by 92.2 feet after a mile. If you were driving in a straight line from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., and started just one degree off, you’d miss the nation’s capital by 42.6 miles. One more…in a rocket going to the moon, one degree off at blastoff would cause you to miss the moon by 4,169 miles. A small error makes a big difference. We see that in the first temptation.

Think before you speak. That simple exercise is going to keep you from a lot of sin and regret.

Ask God to check your heart. Ask him to show you anything you are doing that you have rationalized as right.

Remember it is better to be obedient on the front end than to deal with the consequence of sin - even forgiven sin – on the back end.

When God opens our mouths with His message, we cannot be silent. We must share the truth God gives us so that people will know that He alone is the LORD.

Today’s passage issues a strong warning. Sin always brings consequences.