About Christ keeping us safe…
1 John 5:18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one
who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him. 19 We know
that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of
the evil one. (NIV)
We can see the truth. We can tell the truth. We can shout the truth. We can
live the truth each moment. What is this truth? The truth is, God and His love
protect us if we want His protection. God protects us from the devastation of
living in hell for eternity if we want His protection. As responsible adults,
God protects us from being victims of evil here on earth if we want His
protection. The truth is we are not beings without wills. We are beings capable
of making decisions. We are beings capable of choosing between right and wrong,
good and evil, God and Satan. The truth is, when we choose God, when we choose
right, when we choose the good, then we inherit God’s protection. In many
cases, most of the time, although it is hard to tell when we are suffering, our
decision to choose right, God, and the good, always produces good results for
us. Go to any crime ridden inner city neighborhood and you can see how choosing
crime brings its own terrible punishment. Go to any prison and you will see how
crime does not pay. At the end of the imprisoned sinner’s life, if the
imprisoned sinner has not repented, there is terrible punishment…a terrible
punishment for the sinner who does not believe until it is too late. Go to any
church fellowship hall and you can find an elderly person who lives in holy and
devout faith…a person who may be suffering in the body… but a person whose
spirit is winning. At the end of the elderly person’s life, there is a great
and precious prize…an eternity of wonderful surprises called Heaven.
