Don't Be Fooled
The world is full of unwise ones who ignore warnings about dangers yet unseen. Of all warnings in the world, Bible warnings are the most necessary. Certain essential and unalterable lessons are taught concerning the hazards of being fooled.
DON'T BE FOOLED ABOUT GOD. Paul wrote, "Be not deceived, God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth; that shall he also reap" (Galatians 6:7). A person cannot turn their nose up at God, ignore Him, slight Him, and expect to approach the judgment day unafraid.
DON'T BE FOOLED ABOUT LIFE. "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap" You can't talk cream and live skim milk. Are you living a godly life? God's call for purity is "come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord..." (2 Corinthians 6:17). We must live "soberly, righteously and godly in this present world" (Titus 2:11, 12). Light and darkness were meant to be separate. Is your manner of living trying to blend the two? The wise will sow the seeds of a pure life and shall reap life everlasting.
DON'T BE FOOLED ABOUT SIN. The world says sin isn't sin any more. Drunkards are simply people making adjustments of life; liars are "verbal extroverts"; and adultery is viewed as an "affair." But God's words say all drunkards, liars and adulterers are going to hell (Galatians 5:19-21; Revelation 21:8) - except the repent. Sin is transgression of the law (1 John 3:4); a neglect to do the right (James 4:17). Don't be fooled! Poison is still poison even if the label reads "sugar".
DON'T BE FOOLED ABOUT SALVATION. Some say you can't get it; others, forget it! The Bible says the way of salvation has been delivered unto men (Titus 2:11, 12) and men must repent and be baptized (Acts 2:38; 1 Peter 3:21) and then live faithfully until death in the service of God (Revelation 2:10).
Those who care not for God, mind not how they live, repent not of sin, cannot be saved. Don't be fooled!
From Our Archives, 1995
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