2012-03-23T12:35:38-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/consequences/ http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-silent-killer-6574 2012-03-23T12:35:38-05:00 Have you been neglecting your time with Jesus? You can't see it, but you're being steadily weakened and eroded by what you're not doing. You just can't afford another day away. There have been too many already. The alternative is that one day you'll be closed; you'll cave in. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/turn-around-don-t-drown-6365 2011-06-03T11:23:13-05:00 Are you driving very close to the edge of the flood...flirting with those famous last words, "I can handle it"? No, you can't. Listen to these words from Genesis. Take it, if necessary, as a personal warning, "Sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it" (Genesis 4:7). Turn around. Don't drown. Please. http://truewoman.com/?id=1630 2011-03-03T11:34:10-05:00 Like the character Demi Moore played in “The Scarlet Letter,” it felt like there was a huge sign on my forehead that identified my sin. It seemed like all of heaven was in suspense . . . waiting to see if this would be the conviction that finally stuck, that actually bore fruit. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/the-delete-button-you-can-t-reach-6253 2011-01-03T17:01:06-05:00 The awful harvest for your sin was taken by Jesus on the cross, so you could make the greatest trade in the world - eternal death for eternal life. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/no-such-thing-as-getting-away-with-it-6086 2010-05-10T17:03:57-05:00 There's really no such thing as "secret sin." If God knows, it's no secret. If God knows, you're caught. And you can be sure God knows, and He loves you too much to let you ultimately get away with rebellion against Him, with things that eat away your soul that slowly destroy you. And the best time to turn around is right now, because the bill is getting higher every day. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/a-child-in-your-inbox-6003 2010-01-13T12:12:25-05:00 It might be a good day to check your inbox. There might be a boy in your inbox or a girl in your inbox, desperately needing your priority attention. And you know, no matter what else you have to do, you just don't have anything more important to do than give them the attention that they need. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-hindrances/snake-handlers-2861 2009-09-14T14:06:37-05:00 Sin always kills. It kills your self-respect, your reputation, your relationships, your body, peoples trust in you, your closeness to God. You're not going to get away with it. God says, "Be sure that your sin will find you out." http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-relationships/a-child-in-your-inbox-5748 2009-09-09T15:53:31-05:00 God is so serious about our relationship with our children that He even makes it a qualifying standard for anyone who wants to be a spiritual leader. http://hutchcraft.com/a-word-with-you/your-most-important-relationship/declaring-bankruptcy-finding-hope-5705 2009-09-09T11:20:04-05:00 There's only one road to that spiritual rescue: declaring your spiritual bankruptcy. Admitting there's nothing you can do to pay the debt for the sinning you've done. And that means the surrender of all of our religious pride, of any hope we've been putting in our religion, our church, our Christianness. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2024:48-51&version=NIV 2009-08-25T10:32:52-05:00 Our actions have consequences. In this parable, those who grow tired of waiting for God's return and who return to their wicked ways will pay the price for their disobedience when God ultimately returns.