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What is your selling price? What is the price that you're willing to put your salvation on the line for?

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I went through some pretty rough stuff on Trumpets, I think, that happened in the past,  (that I read to you) - in various prisons in Romania, and I also tied that in with some of the prophecies of the future that I think is going to befall our nation - and so forth.  But today I want to concentrate on now…what about right now?  What's going on in your life?  What is your selling price?  There's an old saying that goes something like: "Everything is negotiable, and everyone has their price."  What's your price?  What are you willing to sell out for?  Judas sold out for thirty shekels of silver, which is approximately $20.60 worth of silver, and he bought the blood of the Son of God.  What's your selling price?  What would you be willing to sell your salvation for?  Is it the work – an extra half an hour, just thirty minutes on the Sabbath so you can keep your job?  Is it to be able to have that next cigarette, or that next drink?  Is it to be able to look at that next pornographic picture, and hopefully that will be the most beautiful girl you've ever seen in your entire life?  What is the price that you're willing to put your salvation on the line for?  And to sell out for?  A million dollars and a trip around the world?  Or perhaps just a few pennies.

I read about a man, and you've read it also, that was willing to sell an entire kingdom for a bowl of beans.  In:

Genesis 25:29   Now Jacob cooked a stew; and Esau came in from the field, and he was weary.

He was worn out; he was exhausted.  He was tired, he was hungry.  I'll even give in; to maybe he was on the verge of starvation.  And in:

Verse 30:  And Esau said unto Jacob, "Please feed me with that red stew, for I am weary."  Therefore his name was called Edom.

Verse 31:  But Jacob said, (brotherly love – they were twins) "Sell me your birthright as of this day."

Verse 32:  And Esau said, "Look, I am about to die; so what is this birthright to me?"

"Man, it doesn't seem real right now – it doesn't seem like something that's really, you know, worth me dying over."  And then in:

Verse 33:  Then Jacob said, "Swear to me as of this day."  And he swore to him, and he sold his birthright to Jacob. 

Verse 34:  And Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils; then he ate and drank, and he arose, and went his way.  Thus Esau despised his birthright. 

He took it for granted; he sold out.  He was willing to sell a future kingdom for a bowl of beans, or a bowl of soup.  Sold out for literally pennies; he threw away a kingdom for one meal, because he was hungry – starving to death.  But he was willing to throw it all down the drain for one little meal from his twin brother.  What's your selling price?  In Hebrews 12:14 it says:

Hebrews 12:14  Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:

Verse 15:  Looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled;

Verse 16:  Lest there be any fornicator or profane person like Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birthright.

Verse 17:  For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place for repentance, though he sought it diligently with tears. 

If you take your inheritance that God has for you for granted, and you sell out, it may very well come to the point where it's too late to repent.  What's your price?  Are you selling out for a price to be able to vent your anger, and frustration, and temper? What sin separates you from God?  Is it worth selling your salvation for?  Ted, today, talked about choices, whether to choose righteousness, or whether to choose sin.

I saw a movie where a prisoner only had six months left on his sentence to serve, but a guard, for many years, had been picking on him, and especially those last few months – picking on him, persecuting him, and pushing him around - and suddenly this prisoner had taken all that he could stand, and he turned around, and as he turned he brought his fist all the way up and he hit the guard and knocked him to the floor.  Fifteen years were added to this sentence.  Another prisoner came up to him and asked him, and said, "Was it worth it?"  And he replied, "It was worth every second of it."  Now that's stupid – stupid, that he was willing to sell out fifteen years of his life to be able to take one act of vengeance. 

What about you and your temper?  What do you sell out for?  Is it worth losing eternal life - not just fifteen years?  Eternal life?  What is it worth losing the kingdom of God and son-ship in God's family, and living forever – eternal life?  What is that worth to you?  Christ draws some pretty straight lines between righteousness and sin.  In John 8:34:

John 8:34  Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, that whosoever commits sin is a slave of sin.

Verse 35:  " And a slave does not abide in the house forever, (in other words, if we are sinning, then we are considered a slave to sin, because it's something that we can't seem to overcome – it's something that overcomes us, and we become its slave; and He says a slave does not abide in the house forever…we won't be in God's kingdom forever) but a son – now that is an overcomer…he said, he does abide forever.

Verse 36:   Therefore if the Son (talking about Himself – Jesus Christ) makes you free, you shall be free indeed." 

Because truly, as He says in:

Romans 4:8  "Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputes no sin." 

So many people are willing to sell out so cheaply…you might be surprised how little money for so many people to sell out to sin.  Too often, they don't even try to resist sin, but rather go looking for it; they don't try to overcome it.  Christ was offered the world, but He wouldn't take it; He would not give in, and He would not sell out to Satan the Devil.  I believe there's a lot more to the temptation of Jesus Christ than meets the eye.  In Matthew 4:1, let's look at some temptations that Christ went through, and learn the approach of Satan the Devil, and how he does tempt us.

Matthew 4:1  Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Verse 2:  And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, (without food; without water – without any type of sustenance whatsoever) afterwards He was hungry.

I guess that has to be one of the most understatements in the entire Bible!  I cannot imagine forty days and forty nights!  Well, I think in our health condition that our degeneracy is in today that would be completely and totally impossible.  You might could live…I don't know, forty days without food, but you certainly could not without water.  So it says:  afterwards He was hungry.  So he was in a quote, "weakened condition" – just like we saw with Esau…and yet Esau was willing to sell out for a bowl of beans.

Verse 3:  Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

Now again, we cannot imagine…maybe on the Day of Atonement you can begin to think about thirty-nine more days of that…but you can't imagine how good, nice hot oven-fresh bread, and the smell of it…and how good that would taste.  And so here, Satan says: "Why don't you make some bread here"…you know, You can do this: turn these stones into bread. 

Verse 4:  But He answered and said, " It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds forth from the mouth of God."'

I don't know how long Esau went without food…I don't know how hungry he was, but like I said, let's give him credit that he virtually was dying, and yet he was willing to sell out for a bowl of beans – for a pot of stew.  Christ went without food or water or anything to drink or eat for forty days and forty nights.  He was definitely on the verge of death, but even facing death, Christ was not willing to sell out.

The second temptation we find in Verse 5:

Verse 5:  Then the devil took Him up into the holy city and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple,

Verse 6:   And said unto Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down.  For it is written: ‘He shall give His angels charge over you,' and ‘In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone.'''  So, Satan tried to deceive Christ with truth; he told Him what the Scriptures say, and he tried to deceive Christ with the truth. 
Verse 7:  Jesus said unto him, "It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"

So, Christ basically told him that:  "If I would slip, if I would fall…if I would fall from here, absolutely angels would come down – they would swoop me up and they would protect me; if I jump, I'm a dead duck – because I would be tempting My Holy Father."
Here Satan appealed once more to Christ's vanity:  "If you be the Son…" "Wait a minute now – what do you mean if I am the Son of God; I am the Son of God."  Christ didn't do that.  Satan tried to appeal to Christ's vanity.  I've seen some, even many that sell out for vanity; that they sell out for the praise and the admiration of others.  Satan tempted Christ to flaunt His vanity, but the problem was, Christ wasn't vain; He was motivated by the humility, the great power of God's Holy Spirit so He would not sell out. 

Then we read about the third temptation in Verse 8:

Verse 8:  Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory,

All the vast riches and all of these buildings, and all of these things that they had…the gold and the silver and the women and the men, and everything, and he showed Him all of this –

Verse 9:  And he said unto Him, "All of these things will I give You if You will fall down and worship me."

Verse 10:   Then Jesus said to him, "Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.'"

Verse 11:  Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.

One of the very reasons why Jesus Christ came to this earth was to qualify to be the ruler over the entire whole world.  Here Satan offered Jesus the world; he offered Him the riches, he offered Him the wealth, the prestige, the power, the might and the majesty –but Christ would not give in for that price.  Christ knew that he would have to go through horrible…horrible, unimaginable suffering and trials and tests, and here Satan was offering it to Him on a silver platter – no suffering, no trials, no tests, no horror…that here you can have ruler-ship over this world, if you will bow down and worship me.  And it can all be done without any suffering, without any pain, without any agony – but Christ would not sell out. 

We actually get quite of an insight into some of the major ways that Satan operates on our minds.  In II Corinthians 2:11 it just says a very simple statement:

II Corinthians 2:11  Lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices. 

And we definitely are to be aware of Satan's devices, of how he operates, how he tempts us, that we should know his motives, so that we can guard against him when he does attack us. We find in the Book of Job that Satan works through trials, and tests, and discouragement; that he tries to wear down the people of God.  And we're exhorted, as a result, not to grow weary in well doing.  That we're not to grow discouraged, and we're not to let Satan get a foothold because of our trials and tests and things that we go through. 

But with Christ, Satan used a different approach.  He used bribery and he used vanity to try to get to him.  Satan used the philosophy that everybody…like the old saying…has their price.  But with Christ, he could not find a " price", quote, unquote.  Satan believes that everyone can be bought – it's just a matter of what price.  Do you have your price…what are you willing to sell out for?  Does Satan have your number – what does he bribe you with?  Does he bribe you with sex?  Does he bribe you with vanity?  What does he bribe you with – money, discouragement?  What is your weakness?  What price does Satan offer you to get you to give in to sin?  And when you battle sin, when you battle Satan the devil, who wins?  Who comes out on top?  Who is the stronger?  What is your "spiritual closet" like?  Is there still in there problems that remain, year after year, after year?  What's in there that still haunts you, year after year, or month after month?  How many cobwebs do we have tucked away in that spiritual closet?  How many skeletons are in that closet that we try to keep tucked away and hide from everyone?  What causes you to sin so easily?

The Bible talks about the sin that does so easily beset us – the New King James Version says the sin that does so easily ensnare us…that we're going to see in just a moment.  But, what causes you to give in and sell out?  Is it for the price of a few beans?  You are offered the universe, eternal life, son-ship into the family of God, to be married to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, to receive and inherit an entire kingdom.  What's that worth to you?  Is that worth that next cigarette?  Is it worth that bowl of beans…is it worth the vanity, is it worth sex?  Is it a simple matter of Satan getting to us by getting us discouragement, and getting us to be despondent?  Is it anger; is it a root of bitterness?  Is it a lack of love and then selfishness?  What sin does so easily ensnare us, that seemingly has us trapped, and we can't seem to find a way to get out of it, and wind up back in that sin again, at virtually the drop of a hat. 
Hebrews 12:1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, - and I mentioned that that word actually means martyr, on the Feast of Trumpets.  So here we're surrounded by all these martyrs, both living and dead – let us lay aside every weight, (every burden, everything that weights us down, and that slows us down, and bogs us down) and the sin which so easily ensnares us, (or besets us), and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. 

Verse 2:  looking unto Jesus, the author and the finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

He wouldn't sell out – no matter what price, no matter what the cost; He was not willing to sell out.

Verse 3:  For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls,

Verse 4:  You have not yet resisted to bloodshed, striving against sin.

We haven't faced a sin, and sat there or run from it, to the point that we are so intense that you will not sin, that literally blood begins to pop out on your forehead (I've forgotten the medical term for that, but where it's such intensity that the capillaries on your forehead just break and blood begins to run down your face).

Verse 5:  And have you forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: "My son, do not despise the chastening (the trials, the tests – many times the spanking; perhaps sometimes, the beating) of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;

Verse 6:  For whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives."   

Life many times is hard; it can be tough, it can be cruel.  We can have all kinds of problems…probably Satan's greatest tool against God's people that he uses is the tool of discouragement.  So many times people throw in the towel; they get discouraged, they get despondent, and they get ready to give up and sell out, because they're discouraged – and they are willing to give up the kingdom of God and think that there is no future in their life - because of something so trivial as discouragement.  You say, "Well losing a mate, losing a loved one, is not trivial" – and no it's not…it's certainly not trivial.  But if you want to see them again, if you want to be able to be with them again, if you want to be with your daughter or your son, or your wife, or your brother or husband or whatever, then you make sure that you make it into the family of God so that you can be there when they are resurrected, and you will be able to be with them.  You'll be able to hug them and love them and be with them, and teach them and guide them and direct them.  You have to do everything you can to cleave to the hope of the resurrection and to the kingdom of God.  Some get their feelings hurt and are ready to throw in the towel, as a result of hurt feelings. 

What will Satan use to separate you from God?  What is he using right now in your life to try to separate you from God?  Romans 8:31 is very, very encouraging, but it really does take away, I'll quote, "excuses", end-quote. 

Romans 8:31  What then are we to say about these things?  If God is for us, who (or Imight add what) is against us?

Verse 32:  He who did not withhold even His own Son, and gave up all for us, will He not with Him also give us everything else?  

If God was willing to give up His Son to die for you, do you not think that God loves you -  and that nothing can separate you? 

Verse 33:  Who will bring any charge against God's elect?  It is God who justifies.

Verse 34:  Who is to condemn?  It is Christ Jesus who died – yes, who was raised, and who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us.

Verse 35:  Who will separate us from the love of Christ?  Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? - Is it trials and tests…is it discouragement…what is it? 
Verse 36:  As it is written:  "For Your sake we are being killed all the day long; and we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

That's no fun when you go through it – I talked about that on the Feast of Trumpets.  Now he said in:

Verse 37:  Yet all of these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.

Verse 38:  For I am convinced that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor rumors, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,

Verse 39:  nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

So God tells us that nothing…nothing…absolutely the grand total of absolutely nothing can separate us from the love of God – no trials, no tests, no trauma…nothing, except one thing - and that is you - no physical thing.  Going through what I read on Trumpets - he said, "this is not going to separate you from God."  There's only one thing that separates you, and that is your sins, before God.  So, nothing can separate us unless we allow it.  What's going to cause you to quit?  How is Satan working on you to sell out, to be separated truly from the love of God?  Everything, as Ted said earlier, everything in life is a choice; God says choose life.  Abraham (Abram at the time) gave Lot a choice, as we read in Genesis 13:10. 

Genesis 13:10  And Lot lifted up his eyes and beheld all the plains of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere - I mean, it was beautiful, you know – he said well watered everywhere - (before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) even as the gates of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you come into Zoar.

Verse 11:  And Lot chose him all of the plains of Jordan, and Lot journeyed east.  And they separated themselves one from another.

They were having a dispute between their herdsmen, and their servants, and so they thought, "Well nephew, you need to choose whichever you want and I'll take the opposite."

Verse 12:  So Abraham dwelt in the land of Canaan and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

Verse 13:  But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord – exceedingly.

Lot sold out – he went for the glamorous life.  He chose the plains and he moved right into the heart of Sodom.  Lot wanted the fast life; he wanted to be where the action was.  He wanted the hot life, so to speak.  And his choice would have cost him his life, and the life of his wife, and the life of his two daughters, if God had not intervened for him, because of his Uncle Abraham's sake.  They would have died in Sodom because he wanted the "party-hardy" city.  He wanted the city that was filled with tinsel; he wanted the city that was filled with neon.  What's the fast life worth to you?  Is it worth eternal life - worth the kingdom of God?  Is the neon, is the tinsel, glowing and calling out your name?  Is the life of adultery, is the life of decadence worth the price – is it worth the cost? 

Solomon was the wisest man, at that time, on earth.  We read in the New Testament, there's even a greater than Solomon, but Solomon, we'll say then, is the second wisest person that ever lived on the face of the earth.  In I Kings 11, we read Solomon had some very serious and major problems later in life, because he allowed sex, he allowed women, to get to him.

I Kings 11:1  King Solomon loved many foreign women, among the daughters of Pharaoh:  Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, and Sidonians and Hittite women -

He had every shape, size, color that you could imagine; he had a thousand wives.  It would take him three years, if he had one a day, to get around to all of them!  And so, we find then that:

Verse 2:  from the nations concerning which the Lord had said to the Israelites, "You shall not enter into marriage with them; neither shall they be with you.  For they will surely incline your heart unto follow their gods."  Solomon clung to these in love.

God said don't do it – they'll mess you up; it will ruin your life.  Solomon said, "Oh, I'm smarter than that – I can get away with it."
Verse 3:  Among his wives were seven hundred princesses, and three hundred concubines;

I bet our minds couldn't even begin to fathom the beauty of the sum total of all of these women that he had – he had the finest on the face of the earth; had his choice.  Having that many wives and concubines though, honestly does make you question his wisdom, doesn't it?  Wow!  And notice in here he says – continuing in Verse 3:  and his wives turned away his heart.

Verse 4:  For when Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods; and his heart was not true to the Lord his God, as was the heart of his father David.

Verse 5:  For Solomon followed Astarte (or Ishtar) the goddess of the Sidonians, and Milcom, the abomination of the Ammonites.

It was Milcom to whom they offered child sacrifices – infant sacrifices. 

Verse 6:  So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he did not completely follow the Lord, as his father David had done. 

Verse 7:  Then Solomon even went so far as to build a high place for Chemosh, which again, was one of those that where they sacrificed their infants to the abomination of Moaband for Molech, and he was also child sacrifice; the abomination of the Ammonites – and on the mountain east of Jerusalem.

Verse 8:  And he did the same for all of his foreign wives, who offered incense and sacrificed to their gods. 

Verse 9:  The Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice.

So, he was without excuse; there was no question as to whether or not God existed – God appeared unto him twice - and yet he allowed sex, he allowed lust; he allowed his wives to pull him away from God.  Then the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice,

Verse 10:  and had commanded him concerning this matter, - he wasn't ignorant of it – God commanded him not to do this – that he should not follow other gods; but he did not observe what the Lord commanded. 

Verse 11:  Therefore the Lord said unto Solomon, "Since this has been your mind, and you have not kept My covenant and My statues, that I have commanded you, I surely will tear the kingdom from you and give it to your servant." 

Is your lust worth losing the kingdom of God over?  Do we want God to have to tear Hiskingdom from us?  Is truly a "few moments of pleasure" – quote, unquote - worth selling outyour future for; worth selling out the kingdom of God?  Solomon became so liberal that apparently he could not distinguish between various gods, nor could he distinguish between various churches and various religions.  I sometimes wonder that many of us have the same problem.  Is your pet doctrine worth losing salvation over? What would you sell the kingdom of God for?  What is it worth to you?  In Psalms 6:4: 

Psalms 6:4  Return, Oh Lord, deliver me!  Oh, save me for your mercies' sake!  For in death there is no remembrance of You; in the grave, who will give You thanks?

Clarkes Commentary says this about Psalms 6:4:  "Return, Oh Lord" - and it says:  "Once I had the light of Your countenance; by sin I have forfeited this.  I have provoked You to depart, Oh Lord; return.  It is an awful thing to be obligated to say:  ‘Return, Oh Lord.'  For this is supposedly backsliding, and yet what a mercy it is that a backslider may return to God, with expectation that God will return to him.  In other words, if truly we do repent, and if we return to God, then God will return to us!"  In Proverbs 14:14:

Proverbs 14:14  The backslider in heart will be filled with his own ways, but a good man will be satisfied from above.

In other words that's where we get our kicks; that's where we get our joy; that's where we get our happiness - is from God!

Again, Clarkes Commentary has this to say about backsliders - it says:  "The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways."  "Number one:  Who was the backslider?  Well, first of all, the man who once walked in the ways of religion, but now has withdrawn from them; Number two:  The man who once fought manfully against the world, the devil and the flesh, but has now retreated from the battle, or even joined the enemy.  Number three:  The man who once belonged to the congregation of the saints, but now is removed from them, and has sat down in the synagogue of Satan, who drinks down iniquity with greediness, and who gives cheerful way, to the vent of his own nature, and he delights in fulfilling the lust of the flesh and of the mind.  Who loves sin - as before he loved godliness.  What are his own ways:  Folly, sin, disappointment and death, with the apprehension of the wrath of God and the sharp twanging of a guilty conscience?  What is implied in being filled with his own ways: having his soul saturated with folly, sin and disappointment."

I think that's an interesting description given by Adam Clarke about a back slider; about one who knew the truth, and one who returns to the evil ways that he came from.  God says, once we set our hands to the plow, if once we know God's truth, and then we turn from it, it's like the dog has turned again to his own vomit; and the sow that was washed from the wallowing in the mire.  And God says that we're not to do that; that absolutely, once the blood of Jesus Christ cleans us, and purifies us, and cleans us up - then we are not to go back to anything like that. 

Would you be willing to miss the kingdom of God to have your own way?  Throughout the years we've had major divisions in God's Church, because of individuals who wanted, quote, "Their own way." How many times do we disappoint God by having to have it:  "My way"?  God does not own a "Burger King" franchise - their motto is:  "Have it Your Way!"  Well, God doesn't approach us that way; He says: "Do it My way!"  And it is totally, completely, different!

Here we are today, every single one of us realize that, just as Romans says, that we have fallen short of the glory of God; that every single one of us are sinners – we have weaknesses; we have faults; we have problems.  Some have stolen from their tithes; some, again, have various sins and problems and weaknesses that they struggle with, on a year to year type of basis.  But what ifwhat if… they say if is the biggest little word in the English language.  What if you quit your sin?  What if you forsake your weakness?  What if you turn from the problem that you have?  I think so many people, so often, continue with their sins and their problems because they already feel condemned, and they think, "Well, I've already sinned; I have this problem, I've had this problem for a number of years – I know God is sick of me, God is fed up with me, and I don't think God will have anything to do with me."  And so they continue to live after the flesh, because they feel like there is no hope – there is no way out…that God will not forgive them.  In Isaiah 1:15:

Isaiah 1:15  When you spread out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not hear.  Your hands are full of blood.

Probably some of us sitting here today feel that way, that God will not have anything to do with us, that God's fed up with us, that God is finished with us, that God is through with us – and we have no hope.  I hope there's not anyone here, but I'm honestly afraid that there are far, far too many.  Verse 16 gives the solution – a very simple solution:

Verse 16:  "Wash yourselves and make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings before Me and before My eyes.  Cease to do evil,  

Verse 17:  Learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor, defend the fatherless, plead for the widow. 

Verse 18:  "Come now, and let us reason together," saith the Lord. - He says, you repent, you turn from it, you're no longer a slave to it – you use God's Spirit and you overcome it…He says, "Let's sit down; we'll reason this together. Let's talk like a father and a son; let's talk like brothers, together"… Saith the Lord, "Though your sins are like scarlet (just literally blood red) they shall be as white as snow; - that God is willing to purify; that God is willing to cleanse; that God is willing to rebuke and throw away our sins…and though they are red like crimson, yet they shall be as wool.

Verse 19:  And if you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;

Verse 20:  But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword"; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

Just as Ted mentioned today, you have a choice - we can choose our sins; we can sell out for mere pennies; we can die…or we can choose to repent, and put sin out of our lives;  and as a result, inherit eternal life, or into the very family of Almighty God.  Is the price of sin really, honestly, worth it?  Satan is looking for you to sell out – Satan believes you have a price.  And I guarantee you, that Satan is going to haggle, that he is going to try to find your price…do not sell out at any price.    

Comments

  • John Hopkin
    I imagine if Esau had not sold his birthright he would have been mighty shocked to find out God had given it to the usurper anyway. Sometimes I wonder if, for all my sacrifice and turning away from the world, that I too am being set up for a major disappointment once the Kingdom is re-established on earth.
  • Tulisile
    Amen! Praise God for his great mercies. The guilt and shame was heart wrenching when i read this, as i remembered my filthy past when i used to b a backslider. I thank God everyday for rescuing me from the pits and darkness of filth again...
  • JodyBob
    Awesome Sermon
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