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Shaun,

 SB> Aye, father, I am trying! But they entice me so much!

  The thing is, all of us have a sin nature...even after we have done "the
one thing God requires"...to believe on The One He Has Sent (John 6:29,
John 14:6, Acts 4:12, Acts 16:31). But, as Christian Artist Amy Grant
(she's now married to Vince Gill) noted years ago "we still wake up in
the morning with body odor and bad breath". Never mind the call of
nature...which you can't leave to the answering machine.

 SB> I must read that part of the Good Book again, because I am not certain
 SB> that's the correct phase....However, this is very good advice right now
 SB> in my life!

 SB> Especially on FidoNet!

  Admittedly, it's tempting to "do the wrong thing"...but in the long run,
it's bad for you. I watched a sermon on a local church website last night
(I'm praying about joining their fellowship), about "How Long Can You Hide 
Your Sin??". The scriptures note that "Your sin will surely find you out"...
and besides, God knows the motives, words, thoughts, and deeds, as well as 
the perpetrator. In other words, you can't fool Him, and on Judgment Day, 
there will be "no question of guilt"...never mind that not even Perry Mason
will be able to help them.

  The context for it was what King David did...committing adultery with
Bathsheba, getting her pregnant. So, he had her husband, Uriah, sent off
to the hottest part of the battle line, where he'd be killed. David
thought that "he had gotten away with it", but God saw it all...and sent
the prophet Nathan to "let the cat out of the bag". He told David a story
about a pitiless rich man. When David said angrily "That man deserves to
die!!", Nathan thundered "YOU ARE THAT MAN!!".

  David did repent and confess his sin, but he lost the child that he
got out of wedlock, and his family and life were destroyed...not to
mention that his kingdom was taken away from him. What a price to pay
to enjoy "the pleasures of sin for a season".

  Admittedly, we don't like to hear about stuff like this, as it hurts
our pride. But, pride was the first sin in the universe...and that's what
caused Lucifer (originally the covering cherub) to deceive one third of
the angelic realm in launching a coup-de-tat against The Lord Of Hosts.
He and the fallen angels (demons) were cast out of Heaven forever. He
hates our guts, and wants us all destroyed...whether they're Christians,
Jews, or Gentiles. Our pride won't do any of us a bit of good in Hell...
and if we had gotten what we deserved, we would've been stamped out of
existence long ago.

Daryl

... Life is fragile...handle with prayer.
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