The Law of Gravity
IllustrationAnalogy★★★★YOU DON’T have to like the law of gravity, but it is in your best interest to respect it. You don’t have to prefer it, but it’s not going to change for you.
It is a law of nature. It is a divine law, not a negotiated law. You may say, “Gravity, you are not going to tell me what to do. It’s my thing and I’m going to do what I want to do.
You are not my boss, Gravity! You are not my instructor! I’m my own man and I’m going to do what I want to do! “In fact, Gravity, just to let you know how I feel about you, I’m going to rebel.
I’m going to get up on the top of this church building and I am going to despise you. I’m going to jump. What do you think about that?” The law of gravity won’t stop you.
The law of gravity won’t hold you back. You can jump and, for a moment, a short moment, it may appear like you have outwitted and outsmarted gravity. It may appear like you have had the last word, but a few seconds later as we sweep you up off the pavement, it will become abundantly clear that you have adjusted to gravity; gravity did not adjust to you.
Sin has consequences.
The point
Just as gravity is an unchangeable law, sin has inevitable consequences regardless of our rebellion against this law.