One of the frustrating things for my father and I (while baling hay) was when the hay baler would not tie the bales. The hay would be scooped up loose by the baler, and instead of being a perfect tied square bale, it would come through as loose hay again.
Talk about frustrating!
Our text relates well to what is happening in the church today. We no longer want to tie ourselves to the truth. Instead we would rather follow our own desires. We are becoming more permissive, and compromising all the time. Apostasy is now here. We prefer to fill our stomachs, instead of our hearts, with the truth from God's Word. We choose to allow the sins that Paul mentions in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 to be apart of the Christian experience. To put it bluntly: This is treason to Jesus Christ.
It's time to get back to the Bible, and tie ourselves to the truth of God's Word. Instead of avoiding it, or trying to change it, to fit out desires and pursuits; It's time to allow it to change us, and help us, to be the people God wants us to be.
If we tie ourselves to the things of the world, we will perish with them. But if we tie ourselves to the Word of life (The Bible) we will be blessed for all eternity. GP
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