Enos 1

(February 17, 2015)

                Preaching destruction has a unique power to keep people from sin, but it is somewhat less-effective in many ways.  When you preach destruction as a consequence of sin, you keep someone’s focus solely on themselves – they are thinking about not wanting to be destroyed.  While focused in that way, they are not focused on the glory of God or love for their fellow men.  It is a useful tool if it is the only thing keeping us (or others) from sinning, but only to allow us to remain worthy of the Spirit so that we can be taught the better and more important reasons for obedience.  Sadly, we often get ourselves mired in this worldview and never progress beyond it.