After he confessed a sin in which he had been caught, the student seated across my desk, shrugged his shoulders, and with a sigh, exclaimed, \u201cOh well, God has forgiven me!\u201d\u00a0 While I could not disagree with him, in regard to the possibility of God\u2019s forgiveness, I could assure him that, even though forgiven, he must now live with the consequences of the sin. \u00a0I have a Bible Reading Group on Facebook with a little over three hundred members.\u00a0 We read one chapter in the Bible per week and comment with our thoughts, sometimes with our questions.\u00a0 (BTW, if you are interested in more information about the group, send me a private message on Facebook.) In the later part of this month, we are reading Hosea. In fact, we just read Hosea 3, a very short chapter of only five verses.\u00a0 Yet in those five verses sin and punishment is presented. \u00a0In his book entitled, \u201cStudies in Hosea,\u201d Dr. K. Owen White, for many years Pastor of First Baptist Church in Houston, wrote, \u201cTo enjoy sin\u2019s pleasures, is to know its penalties also.\u201d \u00a0Do not take sin lightly.\u00a0 Whereas God stands ready and willing to forgive, the aftereffects are devastating, sometimes to the point of deadly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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