After God had revealed to Israel the punishment that would befall them if they failed to obey His commandments, He expected them to be obedient. However, Israel refused to obey the Lord. They soon forgot the word of God and descended further into idolatry. Be warned, and avoid the deadly and devastating consequence of sin and backsliding. The Lord has no pleasure in the death of the wicked, so live as one that can be called home at any time.

The Almighty God is a just God and He weighs the actions and motives of men in the balance of divine justice. When king Belshazzar was weighed by the Lord, he was found wanting. The Lord sees your ways and counts your steps. Even the secret thoughts of your heart are very loud in His ears: He hears and sees your every imagination. Examine yourself and repent so that you will not be condemned.

Sin deceives; therefore, it is needful to remind ourselves daily about the warnings in the Scriptures and remain watchful. We cannot afford to be careless with our Christian life because many in the past and in contemporary times have been and are still being deceived out of the straight and narrow way. Be not deceived: the wages of sin is death and whatsoever a man sows that shall he also reap. A little sin has the power to damn your soul in hell.

How do you see other people? There will be no passion for evangelism until you are able to see men as human beings and not as trees. Another touch from the Lord is needed to enable you see men through the eyes of Christ as never dying souls. When Jesus saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion and He raised a prayer request for more labourers to be sent into the field of souls - Matthew 9:36.

We have a merciful and just God who always warns us to deliver us from impending dangers. But because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. Many take the longsuffering nature of God for granted. It is not the will of God for anyone to perish in their sin. He wants all men to come to repentance that they might have eternal life.