Death of Your Eternal Life.

 Killing Your Eternal Life.

2Ti 2:25  …those that oppose themselves

Opposing ourselves. Do you oppose yourself?  You might instantly say no, you might think you are all about loving yourself, but if you've dismissed eternal life, if you've dismissed God, if you've dismissed Jesus Christ, then you've missed salvation and ultimately you are your own enemy, you've dismissed your eternal life. 

Throwing away eternal life, who in their right mind would do such a thing?! If you were approached on the street by a stranger who offered you eternal life at no cost to you, you'd dismiss them instantly, right? They would have to be a looney. But let's suspend reality for a moment. Let's imagine this is a real thing, the person is the real deal. They hold out a card and tell you to just say the words on the card out loud seven times and poof, you have eternal life.

Would you do it? Would you want eternal life? Why wouldn't you? That's a good question isn't it? They are all good questions. 

But because eternal life is not found in a magical, mystical way. Because eternal life isn't given in an instant with you disappearing and going off and living happily ever after in that very moment, a lot of people simply dismiss it entirely.

Satan would have us believe we are very wise, very smart- smarter than the deceived fools who believe in a Creator, and a Redeemer.  Satan loves listening to men and women go on and on about how they don't believe, he revels in that kind of talk. Satan takes great pleasure in the millions of enlightened people who have believed his urging towards not believing in God or Jesus. Of course, those same enlightened people don't believe in him either and that is just fine with him. Satan could care less if you believe in him, he just doesn't want you believing in God and Jesus.

Are you against yourself? We've all heard about being our own worst enemies and you know what, it's often true. We can be our own worst enemies and the thing is, it can happen without our even recognizing it. How awful it is when we are so deceived we don't even know that we are mortally, eternally wounded. 

We oppose ourselves. We endanger our eternal life, why?

2Ti 2:25  In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; 

2Ti 2:26  And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. 

Please God, peradventure and give repentance to those who oppose themselves and are caught in the snare of the devil, captive by him. Please.

Thank you, Father, thank you.

All through Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, now and forever.  Amen.