" VENGEANCE....NEVER! "

Come on in an and stay awhile, this week we will be looking into a very serious subject " VENGEANCE. " This is an avenue that we should never traverse. Unfortunately vengeance started way back during the days of Adam and Eve. Their disobedience brought sin into the Human Race. They may have thought their sin - eating a piece of fruit - wasn't very bad, but notice how quickly their sinful nature developed in their children. Simply disobedience quickly degenerated into outright murder. Adam and Eve acted only against God, but Cain acted against both God and Man. A small sin has a way of growing out of control. Let God help you with your " Little " sins before they turn into tragedies. Cain was severely punished for this murder. God judges all sins and punishes appropriately, but not simply out of anger or Vengeance. Rather, God's punishment is meant to correct us and restore our fellowship with him. When you're corrected, don't resent it. Instead renew your fellowship with God. Our Lord and God is a Consuming Fire. Why because he is Morally Perfect, he hates sin and cannot accept those who practice it. Moses' sin kept him from entering the the Promised Land, and no Sacrifice could remove that judgment. Sin kept us from entering God's presence, but Jesus Christ paid the tariff for our sin and removed God's judgment forever by his death. Trusting in Jesus Christ will save you from God's anger and will allow you to begin a Personal Relationship with a verse of scripture: " YOU SHALL NOT TAKE VENGEANCE, NOR BEAR ANY GRUDGE AGAINST THE SONS OF YOUR PEOPLE, BUT YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF; i AM THE LORD " (Leviticus 19:18). Until Next Time... Jim,