Bill was raised in church. Every service he was there because his parents were musicians with responsibility to be there. At an early age he asked the Lord into his heart, receiving salvation. But as he grew older he began to have a taste for things of this world, more than the things of God. Eventually he succumbed to temptation and stopped living for God and began living for parties, for worldly acceptance, for sex, and drugs. Good friends left and the evil friends moved in.
One day bill's mother discovered his lost condition and intervened in prayer. It was a long rough battle for his parents but eventually prayer overcame the enemy and Bill was saved. How easily are we distracted from the things of God by this perverse and lost generation. Misery loves company and therefore evil is always standing in the wings to swoop in at any opportunity. So remember your first love in Christ. Remember the clean feeling that comes with salvation. Guard against evil for it will surely come to distract and destroy you.
The Bible says: “For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God. As the Scriptures say, “People are like grass; their beauty is like a flower in the field. The grass withers and the flower fades. But the word of the Lord remains forever.” And that word is the Good News that was preached to you.“ (I Peter 1:23-25)
Remember the old rugged cross. Where your trophies at last You’ll lay down. And trade them one day for a crown.
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