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Have you ever heard someone say: “I might as well live it up. I’m going to hell anyway.” Sometimes it’s said jokingly. Sometimes defiantly. And sometimes it comes from a much deeper place: Hopelessness. Maybe someone knows he is living contrary to God’s Word but has decided change is impossible. Maybe he believes he has sinned too much. Gone too far. Made too many bad choices. Or perhaps that person is you. Jeremiah encountered people with a strikingly similar attitude. God called them to turn from their evil ways. Their response? “That is hopeless!” So they decided to keep going in the direction they were already headed. But was their situation really hopeless? Or had hopelessness itself become another excuse not to repent? That question matters because our hearts can deceive us in more than one way. They can tell us we are fine when we are not. But they can also tell us there is no hope when God is still calling us to turn to Him. Today we’ll look at whether anyone can truly go too far for God to forgive, what genuine repentance involves, and why hopelessness should never be allowed to have the final word. We’ll also see God’s faithfulness to those who continue following Him in an evil world, the danger of trusting our own hearts, and why giving and receiving encouragement matters so much.
Finishing well … it’s probably something we all desire. No one wants to fall flat on his or her face or bring shame to the name of Christ after serving Him well. And yet, if we read through the history of God’s children, we see numerous people who started out well but didn’t end so well. And it’s not just people we read about in the Bible. Hardly a month goes by that we don’t learn about someone who once followed Christ faithfully, led others to Christ, even pastors, sometimes well-known pastors, who have had a moral failure of some kind or who have walked away from Christ. It’s heartbreaking. What allows one person to finish well while another fails miserably? Find out what can make the difference.
Things happen in life. Sometimes we're sinned against. Someone hurts us. A friend betrays us. Other times, it's a temptation. Someone or something looks good to us. We think we're not getting something we need ... or want. Like Eve, we see something that's desirable. We may even believe God is withholding something good from us. How will we respond? We're at a point of decision. How will you handle your next point of decision, and what can help you make a better decision?
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