What
If You Got to Call the Shots?
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Title:
What If You Got to Call the Shots?
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Date: 12/15/2002
Keywords:
"heaven”
“hell” “measure”
“punishment” “reward” “standard"
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strong in the face of sexual temptation.
Passage:
Mark 4:24-25*
24. And He was saying to
them, “Take care what you listen to. By your
standard of measure it will be measured to you; and
more will be given you besides.
25. “For whoever has, to
him more shall be given; and whoever does not have,
even what he has shall be taken away from
him.”
Questions
1. Are you responsible for
what you believe, even if you haven’t given it
much thought?
2. When you judge others, are
you harder on them than you are on yourself? According
to verse 24, what would be the problem if this is the
case?
Practical
help
At first, you might think
it’s a good thing that you will be measured by
your own standard, but think again. The first part of
Romans 6:23 makes it clear that the wages of sin is
death. This means that, if you can remember one thing
you have done wrong in your life, you have just
condemned yourself.
If the Bible is true and you
have been created by God, is it not reasonable to
think that He is in control of your life and death,
and can at any time have you to stand before Him to
explain your decisions and actions in life? You
don’t have to understand how He will be able to
give you life after death for the same reason you
don’t have to understand how it is you are living
right now.
Fortunately, Romans 6:23 goes on
to say, “But the free gift of God is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.” And in Acts 16:31,
Paul tells a very frightened man, “Believe in the
Lord Jesus, and you will be saved….” If you
trust these words and commit your life to Jesus as
your Savior, then today’s passage in Mark is good
news indeed. For the believer, your standard is Jesus
instead of your performance. He is your sin-bearing
substitute. And if you have Jesus as your Lord, then
verse 25 tells you in addition that there is a whole
lot more good coming your way.
Don’t be fooled thinking
that porn is fulfilling or lasting. Come to the end of
your life and even what little enjoyment it has
brought you will also be taken away. It’s a dead
end so turn around and go back to the One who loved
you enough to die for you.
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*"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD
BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation
1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977,
1995. Used by permission."
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