Proverbs 1:31: Where this all is going . . .

[Wisdom says:] “therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.”
-Proverbs 1:31

Paganism is not necessarily worshipping a volcano or tree nymphs. It certainly can include that, but that’s not the whole of it. Paganism is any time you worship something that is created rather than the Creator.

It can be money; it can be women; it can be a nice car; it can be television; it can be the environment; it can be donuts; it can be a singer; it can be your job. Whatever is most important in your life, that is your god. Whatever you sacrifice your time, money, and energy for, that is your god.

I tell you this because I need to tell you where your sin is leading. When you do not have the true God as your Savior and Lord, your sin turns into an idol, whether it be lust, pride, greed, or whatever. Whatever that sin is, it becomes your religion. Is it lust for you? The hot woman will be your idol. Greed? Money will be your idol.

I tell you this because it is something you need to recognize. It is not something to be put off until later, because it may get to the point where you are too far gone to make a difference.

Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
-Romans 1:22-25

Eventually, God is going to give you up to the lie, and you won’t even notice. You’ll be so absorbed in the creation that you will lose sight of the Creator. You won’t even realize that you are missing out on something incredible.

In doing this, you are earning Hell. We have all sinned and deserve death, and in this sin you will be swallowed by it. You will get exactly what you deserve.

We were all on this road! Don’t think I’m picking on you, because we were all there at one time or another. We were so focused on this earth that God’s Son had to come here as a man to save us. Yet still were we so absorbed in ourselves that we killed Him for the effort.

And still He is willing to take us back. Repent of those old ways. Because of the Cross, Christ is able to take your place in death and give you life. He will give you a new way, free from the bondage of sin. He can take you off the road you are on. Repent of that sin and ask Him for His forgiveness. Ask Him for His Spirit to guide you. With His help, sin will have no more hold on you.