I have come to realize over the years that sin is not as powerful as we think, it is more deceitful than powerful. In fact it is its deceitfulness that makes it powerful. Sin is first deceptive before is destructive.
If sin can open our eyes to show us how destructive it is, nobody will have anything to do with it. But the reason we do not see how destructive it is, is because it is very deceitful. Just like sugar is sweet but so many have forgotten that it also causes diabetes, pile and all the rest. You can be carried away by the sweetness of sugar and forget about the pain of diabetes. Sin show us the pleasure but we fail to see the pain. And it would have been better if the pleasure of sin were more than the pain but it is not. Instead the pains are more than the pleasure. Note that the pains used is plural while the pleasure used is singular.
I am sure that if that lady knew that she was going to be pregnant out of wedlock she wouldn’t have had that sex. I am certain that if that boy had known that he was going to contract Hiv/Aids he would have run for his dear life. Am also convinced that if that young man had an idea that he was going to be sentenced to life in prisonment, he wouldn’t have robbed that bank or murdered that person. But all these people didn’t see all that, all they saw was the money, the excitement, the pleasure and the mood change. That is how deceptive sin is.
So many people have lost their destiny to 5min pleasure. I am sure they preferred their destiny to the pleasure but because they didn’t know that they sold their birth right via the deception of sin, they gave in to it. Sin will never paint how bad it is, it will only paint those things you can benefit from it. Sin is a powerful communicator and a good marketer/sales man. It showed Eve how beautiful and sweet the apple will be, it will show you how pleasurable and heaven-on-earth that sex will be. It will show you how far that money can go, it will show you how exposed you will be, how much benefit, excitement and fun you will get, but it will never show you how you may die, how you may lose your womb, how addiction may catch up with you, how you are losing your identity and the rest.
But you know what? You have no excuse now, because you now know the deceitfulness of sin, you now know that it may be sweet now but regretful later. The ball is now in your court. Decide whether you want to play now to pay later or whether you want to enjoy pleasure now to suffer pain later or the other way round. The choice is yours!
