INTRODUCTION

So many in the world continue to sin thinking that there are no additional consequences for adding sin to sin. The scriptures seem to indicate something quite different. At one point, the people of God came to the prophet Samuel in great fear because they had "added unto all [their] sins this evil, to ask . . . a king" (1 Samuel 12:19And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.
See All...). At another time, the heads of the children of Ephraim stood up and said, "whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass" (2 Chronicles 28:13And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel.
See All...). It is imperative that men be sober minded concerning sin. Even if a man is saved, he should not continue in sin that grace may abound (Romans 6:1-2 [1] What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? [2] God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
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DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS

• (For smaller children) John the Baptist had reproved king Herod for many evils, including the taking of his brother's wife. Herod added to his sins by putting John in prison and having him beheaded (Luke 3:18-20 [18] And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people. [19] But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, [20] Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
  See All...; Matthew 14:10And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
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• Are you daily adding sin to sin? Are you unwilling to consider God’s disgust for sin? Are you unaware that men will give account for the things done in this body (2 Corinthians 5:10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
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• How does it show a lack of wisdom when an individual decides that it is a light matter to continue to add new sins to those already present in the heart?

PRAYER NEEDS

• Ask the Lord to give you a distaste for sin.
• Ask God to show you the nature of your own heart.

HYMN

At Calvary

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