As I write this I am convinced that we are living in the cdays of the great apostasy. In the Scripture we are instructed that prior to the manifestation of the antichrist that there would be a great falling away. I personally know of several people that I never thought would turn away from God turn away from the truth and become involved in moral compromise(”Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. 3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; ” 2Th 2:1-3)

The Anatomy of Moral Failure.
Moral failure is never a sudden thing. It always begin with subtle compromises that are dismissed as things of little significance. It begins with things like taking a second look, laughing at something dirty or simply getting too close to the wrong crowd, or giving credibility to ungodly counsel. As the temptations of the world and it’s deceptions begin it’s pull then the next thing is to trust in the flesh. This might take the form of a virtuous young lady who is drawing close to the world thinking she is a big enough girl to handle these temptation or perhaps a young man believing he is strong enough to handle it or a mature person thinking that he or she is devout enough to handle the temptations. If someone as strong as Samson fell and if someone as smart as Solomon could be fooled by sin’s deceptions and if someone so devout as to be a man after God’s own heart like David could be overcome by temptation we are utterly naive to believe that we can manage or master sin through our own power. Either we fight sin or it masters us.

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