They promise freedom, but they themselves are slaves of sin and corruption. For you are a slave to whatever controls you. And when people escape from the wickedness of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and then get tangled up and enslaved by sin again, they are worse off than before.
(2 Peter 2:19-20 NLT)
There is no victory without purity, you want to overcome then you must let go of the weight that so easily besets you. Choose you this day whom you will serve, for no one can serve two masters. Those who try do not know the Word of God but there is a thin line between attempting to serve two masters and a genuine struggle between your flesh and your spirit. Dying to self is a daily exercise, you can have a great victory one day and be defeated the next but the key is the condition of your heart, do you love the things God loves and hate the things He hates or have you become indifferent and numb to sin?
Those who know what sin looks like only know because the Holy Spirit has revealed it to them and therefore have crossed a spiritual bridge (the cross of Jesus Christ). This bridge allows them to boldly come to the Heavenly Father and ask for His help but those who become numb to sin in their lives have effectively returned back to the land on the other side of that bridge and have forsook all that has been provided for them and in this way the master that they have chosen has been selected. The unseen trick is when the enemy causes this individual to believe all is the same as when they first came to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ and in that way they would have been better off not to ever have known the truth. Yes, this time their blindness will not be as easily removed but only through a deep cleansing self-inventory, a shaking off of the denial, and humbling themselves before Christ Jesus once more. You see great life change comes when we come face to face with desperation. Why do you think people have end of live revelations that cause them to turn from their wicked beliefs they held onto all their lives? Because they realize their own desperate situation and how they are about to cross over into the unknown but we don’t have to wait until then. Jesus told Thomas you believed because you have seen but how blessed are those who believe and haven’t seen! See John 20:29. Don’t wait choose this day who you will serve and live in God’s blessings today so that tomorrow you will have no regrets.
