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This submerssion and emerssion symbolizes our consecration from death into eternal life. It is our resurrection from sin and death. During their journey, God provided them all with the same spiritual food and water which came from the Rock nike air huarache hyper punch baratas , a foreshadowing of Christ. Today we eat the same spiritual food which es from the Word of God. 1 Cor. 10:5,6 says that when those who fell away from the truth by lusting after their carnal desires perished. This still holds true today. Once we take hold of the truth, we are then held aountable to keep the truth and never tempt God by doubting Him. Once He makes a promise He is obligated to keep it and so are we! To doubt and fear is in itself a sin. Why? It's a lack of faith. Rom. 14:23 says that anything not done in faith is a sin. That's a pretty steep ausation. What do you doubt and fear in your life? These Israelites began to fall away and perish because of all the plaining and doubts they had. Even though God had just brought them through a sea, it still wasn't enough to get their trust in God. This consequently led to their demise, their spiritual death which seperated them from God. God is holy and righteous and therefore He cannot fellowship with ungodly behavior. (1 Cor. 10:10,11) When we fall away from the nourishment in the Word, we too bee malnutritioned and face temptation and the contempt of sinning. This is why Paul warns us that no man should be fooled into thinking that he is above being tempted nike air huarache qs love hate , even when you are strong in the Word. It's just human nature to be tempted by sin. This is not a sin in itself, it's only a sin when we give into the temptation. As a Christian the best defense to this is to know ahead of time how it will be handled. Adam and Eve established man's sinful nature and as a result we all have it. (Gen. 4) God spoke to Cain after his irreverential offering. Imagine, having God Himself speak to you about your behavior and you act like a spoiled child and tell Him to "talk to the hand"!!! This is disobedience in the biggest way. Cain disregarded God's worthiness by giving Him only what he felt like giving Him and not offering Him the best of what he had. We are selfish like that today in giving God what is left over. But since God is ruler over all, He demands that we give Him our firstfruits, the best of us, the best of whatever we have, it all belongs to Him. We wouldn't have any of it it weren't for Him anyway. But we are a selfish breed of people. Abel on the other hand honored God with his firstfruits. He made atonement for his sins by giving God the best with a right heart. God doesn't care about the amount nike huarache espańa , he looks at the motive in which we give, He looks at our hearts. God was pleased with Abel's offering, but Cain's on the other hand was an insult to Him. God came down and told him face to face that he had a choice to either do good or to give into the sin that would always be crouching at the door. God knew that after Adam and Eve's temptation, we would all be facing the same temptations but we have a choice to either open the door and let it in, or keep it locked and walk away. Temptation must be mastered. God said He would give us the strength to master it if we so choose. He will give us the strength to make the right decision because He promises to never leave us nor foresake us. This is wonderful news, but Cain chose not to heed the good news. Just like a spoiled child, he probably sat there with his arms crossed in disrespect. And we wonder where our children get this attitude today? Cain's bad attitude was a sin of self-righteousness nike air huarache baratas , pride and no regard for God's advice. Instead he deliberately turned around and murdered his brother out of his emotions. These emotions of anger, rage, and jealousy are all carnal which lead to an inevitable death. His heart was corrupted with sin, therefore miting a contemptable act of murder. He broke the first law of "Thou Shalt Not Kill", which God later made into one of the 10 Commandments for us to follow today. As a result of his disobedience, God cursed him with spiritual and eternal death, because Cain never atoned for his sin. In other words nike free flyknit chukka azul real , he reaped just what he sowed. 1 Jn. 3:12 tells us not to be like Cain who took his nature and motivation from the evil one. His motives were wicked and malicious while his brother's were righteous. Jude 1:11 says, "Woe" to those who run riotously in the way of Cain. He abandoned himself for the sake of his own gain. There is no way around God, we cannot continue to be stubborn and think that He won't deal with us. It's time we wake up and realize that we are "not all that and a bag of chips." We do have a choice, God gave us that freedom, but the consequences are also ours to bear. We can either resist the temptation or not. What's important is not to be fooled into thinking that we can do it on our own. No one can withstand the temptation of sin without God's help. He promises to be faithful to His Word and His passionate nature. He is very patient with us. We
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