Sin’s lifeless grip.  How it strangles, suffocates, devours, corrupts, putrefies and poisons.  There is no new net net gain from sin, it produces nothing.  It is an energy depletion mechanism with entropy its intention, winding down the universe by turning all forms of energy to festering dust.  How can one interpret sexual immorality, greed, jealousy, murder, gluttony, envy, disrespect and quest for power in a positive framework?  Great societies have tried only to find themselves destroyed by the impact of testing, brought to their knees through the corrupting and devouring influences that define sin’s nature.

God is love and sin being the absence of God contains nothing of loves grandness.  Sin separates man from God and in that isolation man finds himself possessing all that is lifeless, poisonous and dark for without God their is no life.  Sin promises pleasure but delivers crushing agony in an endless pursuit of neurotic stimulus, each time further dampening synaptic potential.  There are no returns on time, effort, energy, heart and spirit invested in sin there is only consumption of energy and assets.  Any gains are misleading as they eventually produce acidic tendencies with greater capacity to consume.  There is only loss through sin.

Conversely, there is only gain through Christ.  Life everlasting, abundant life, wisdom, love, relationship, peace, patience and security.  But be cautious because of the deceptive principles surrounding the pursuit of sin this world will attempt to convince you that Christianity carries the cost of all that sin has brought you.  We have already established that there is no net gain from sin so the only loss you experiencing through becoming born again into the Kingdom is the loss of loss.  This is a challenging concept but one that when reviewed seems laughable yet tragic.

Separation from God even if it brings the emperor’s ransom is worthless.  From an investment standpoint any logical man must choose Christ.  From an emotional perspective if there is no gain of love, security or peace through pursuit of sin then my feelings all point to a relationship with God through Christ as the only heart centered option.  As both logic and emotion point toward God as the obvious decision what other sources may I consider?

Pursuit of Spirit only leads in two directions, toward God or away from God into profitless spirituality.  Again we are confronted with the same logical conundrum, logically if all that is not God returns only loss, then the choice of anything but God is illogical by definition.  But God’s Word makes it plain that every man knows the truth that is God.  Whether arguments depend on logic, emotion, spirituality or any other combination of variables is irrelevant for the Truth of God is known by all.  In this truth lies freedom, blessing and eternity.  There is no other path but Christ.  Praise You Lord, take from me any sinful pursuits.  Wash me clean Lord so that I may pursue YOU unimpeded by corrupting influences of thinking, emotion or spirit.  Amen.