Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - Buy Now, Pay Later - #8332

Friday, August 7, 2009

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You know, credit cards can be a little self-deceiving. You walk into a store with a hundred dollars, you charge some things you want, and you walk out of the store with the same hundred dollars you walked in with. It feels like you didn’t spend a thing. Oh, but as many have learned the hard way, the bill will come…with interest.

I’m Ron Hutchcraft, and it’s the illusion of getting something without it really costing that is the ace Satan plays to seduce us into choices we’d never fall for otherwise. Just look at how he brought down our original parents, Adam and Eve. The devil had his work cut out for him. I mean, God has given Adam and Eve this wonderful world to live in, with only one limitation. They could eat from every tree but the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God said if they did, they would surely die. The devil simply convinces Eve that “you will not surely die” (Genesis 3:4 ). In short, “forget about tomorrow, Eve.”

Most of our sinning is rooted in believing that “forget the future” lie; the temptation that may be pulling on you right now. That’s the pitch; forget about what it will do to your reputation, forget what it will do to your self-respect, your treasured relationships, the people you love, people’s trust in you, your closeness to Jesus. Those things may not seem very important when you really want that thing that’s wrong, but they will be important. The future will come, the calculator is always running, the bill will come – with interest. Like the song says, “Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow!”

To help you make life choices with no regrets, that will help you make the impact you want with the rest of your life, I would encourage you to check out our website today. It’s ALifeThatMatters.org.

This radio program references: Genesis 3:4