There Is A Price To Pay For Sinning

All of us realize the problem of sin; we realize the dangers of sin. But sometimes we forget that sin really causes damages and wrecks a person’s life.

Recently a lady came to my house to promote and sell a vacuum cleaner. She demonstrated the power of the vacuum cleaner. She sucked from the floor, from the bed, from the pillow, and she showed on a black cloth, the amount of dust, the amount of dirt, and the amount of dust mites and excreta of the dust mites on the cloth.

Well, that was impressive. But how much does it cost? She quoted a four-figure sum. My eyes almost dropped out. So expensive, for a sucking machine! But then she immediately said, “You don’t have to worry too much, you don’t have to fork out too much cash. It will be very well taken care of if you go by the installment plan.”

This reminds me of how we live in a world surrounded by ease and convenience. It is easy for us to buy something now with a zero dollar down payment. Everything can be paid by installments.

But in the midst of all this ease and convenience there is something that we tend to forget. We forget that  the bill will come someday and you will have to pay someday.

David probably felt that day that he could have a fling with Bath-sheba. He could have a wonderful time of indulgence and never really have to pay for his sins. But 2 Samuel 11 tells us that he would have to pay, big time. In fact, the bill came to be so huge that he could never have expected the ravages that the sin would bring upon his life. It became a defining moment in the life of David.

From the sermon: Lust At First Sight