Don’t go back to the world!
Scripture reading for November 16th: 2nd Peter 2
Key Scriptures for over-comers: 2nd Peter 2:20-22 “If the have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then to turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.””
Peter warned believers against entanglement in the world that was being promoted by some false teachers working in the church to deceive. By going back to the world, those who had been saved and knew Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior could place themselves in a worse situation than they were before salvation. Willful sin after knowing truth is a dangerous thing. The deception of assuming salvation and living in known sin leaves no room for repentance! Their state is worse than when they were ignorant.
Observations for over-comers: If we return to our old way of life before salvation we place our eternal souls in grave danger! “(There are) . .those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth”. (Proverbs 30:12)
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