FAITH CAPSULE: Be exact in the word of God, fear God to avoid sin.
Romans 3
The evidence of having the fear of God is encased in exact obedience to the word of God. Obey the word of God. A failure not to obey the word of God is also the evidence of lack of fear of God. Disobedience is a route of sin and a ground for evil to pursue sinner. Proverb 13:21 buttressed, “Evil pursues sinners…” Are you listening to the word of God to obey exactly and attend to God so as not to become a victim of the evil one?
Eve could not obey God’s word exactly as a result, evil pursued Eve.
Eve could not escape the route of sin when she let her door open to the evil one. Eve sinned when she lied by adding to the word of God. God gave His command to man, “…Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”(Genesis 2:16-17) When the evil one approached Eve about eating from every tree, Eve responded, “…we may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘you shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”(Genesis 3:2-3) God did not say “nor shall you touch it” it was Eve that added to the word of God. Adding to what God did not say is telling a lie and all that it does is give liberty to be pursued by the evil one. Perceptibly, Eve did not know the word of God enough but added to the word of God. With God, there is no excuse for sin but only repentance or face judgment from God.
Are you adding lies to your testimony with the mind of glorifying God not knowing it is sin? Telling lie is a disobedience to the word of God. Disregard the attempt of adding lies of word to glorify God for what He does not do. Romans 3:7 buttressed, “For if the truth of God has increased through my lie to His glory, why am I also still judged as a sinner?”A godly person must be a God fearing man. Without the fear of God man is bound to be vulnerable to walking into the route of temptation. A failure to ward off temptation is to accommodate sin.
In this wicked world, taking the word of God earnestly will result to taking God serious. Be serious in the word of God and the fear of God shall be a garment for man’s deliverance and preservation. Fear God and live life to the glory of God.
Prayer for today: Ask from God to put His fear in your heart so that you will not depart from Him.