Getting Better; or Getting Worse?
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Facebook, November 17, 2009
By Bud Powell
2Ti 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse
and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
Pr 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and
more unto the perfect day.
People do not stay the same. Either death is working in them, or life. If they
do not believe in Christ, then death works in them. They do not stay the same.
As the years roll on, men become more like the gods they trust. There is less
restrain on evil lusts and desires; the tongue is loosed to more and more
blasphemy; the heart burns with anger and hatred, and they finally fall into
hell, weeping and gnashing their teeth in anger and hatred. There is no
repentance in hell; it is a bottomless pit of uncontrolled hatred, wrath,
bitterness, and unconcealed fury against God and all He made, where the worm
does not die nor is the fire quenched. The ungodly are like the chaff which the
wind blows away; fit only to be burned, and that forever.
By being born again, the godly have the principle of life within them, so that
they will never perish. Because it is Christ who works in them and guarantees
their salvation, He will continue His work unto the day of judgment. Phil. 2:3
and Phil. 1:6. The godly will see the end of their faith: the salvation of
their souls and conformity to the image of Jesus Christ. 1John 3:1-3; John
10:27; Rom. 8:29
This power that works in the godly is the Holy Spirit. Romans 8:14-15. He does
not perfect them at once for part of their pilgrimage is to fight sin and the
devil and thereby show that the One who works in them is greater than He that
is in the world. 1John 4:4. The victory that overcomes the world is their
faith, the work of the Holy Spirit: 1Jo 5:4 "For whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even
our faith."
