iPhone or Android? iPad or Galaxy? Cable or Satellite? Apple or Windows? Wow! So many technology choices! We certainly are the most clever and smartest generation ever!
Or are we? In spite of the technology that we can buy, we may be one of the most uninformed generations when it comes to spirituality and morality. The Bible warns us over and over again about sin. Yet today many voices want you to believe that sin is an old fashioned idea. It has no place in our trendy, edgy world. But sin is real! Not only is it real, it wants to control our lives.
One of the lies of “modern thinking” that Satan uses is the idea that human passions cannot and should not be controlled. The general theme of modern media morality is “Go ahead and sin, but do it ‘safely.’”
One truth that we should have learned over the last couple of millennia is that what makes us human and civilized is the ability to control our passions. Examples abound. In many sporting competitions, one opponent will try to force the other into letting their emotions get the better of them. When this happens, tennis players, basketball players, hockey players, etc. make mistakes that lead to loosing points and games.
Likewise sales staff will push for a quick, poorly thought out decision based on an emotion and passion. Modern spiritual hucksters will try to manipulate our passions to hide the truth of God’s word.
Every parent knows that maturity is learning to control the emotional outbursts of childhood. Parents worry about teens that have mature bodies but are easily tempted by uncontrolled passion.
During this Pentecost season, we again thank God that sinful decisions made in a moment of passion were paid for by Christ on the cross. We also pray that the Holy Spirit would strengthen us so that we are not controlled by our sinful passions but seek to please God in all we say, do, or think.
Prayer: Lord, thank you for the forgiveness that I have in Jesus. Grant that I may grow in faith today to resist being controlled by sinful passions. Amen.
God’s richest blessings in Christ,
Pastor Philip Quardokus
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