As stated in the last post, Satan comes only to kill, steal, and destroy (John 10:10). And the result of sin is death; whether you interpret that as literal, physical death, spiritual death, death or loss of opportunities, or material blessings, etc., what is clear is that we will suffer for our wrongdoing (Romans 6:23). That’s simply the appropriate response for a just God.
The common response of wrongdoing is attempting to conceal them (John 3 19-20). Our Accuser (Rev. 12:10) does not want us to gain from the restoration that results for a truly repentant believer. Repentance is God’s plan for restoring us. God says, ‘If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me…’ (Ps. 23:3; Jer. 15:19; Ez. 18:30-32; Nahum 2:2; 1 Pet. 5:10). To be clear, repenting isn’t merely admitting to God that you’ve done wrong, but it’s also turning away form sin and dedicating oneself to the amendment of one’s life (according to Merriam-Webster Online). God doesn’t merely offer an opportunity to repent, but commands it. And he is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins (1Jn. 1:9).
Spiritual laws guarantees blessings (Ps, 1:1; 2:12; 32:2; 33:12; 40:4; 41:1; 84:5; 89:5; 89:15; 94:12; 106:3; 112:1; 118:26; 119:1-2; 127:5; Pr. 3:13; 8:34; 28:20; 29:18; 31:28; Isa. 30:18; Mt. 5:3-11; Jn. 12:13; Ac. 20:35Jas. 1:12; Rev. 1:3; 22:7). We just need to trust that God will do what it says he will do in his word, and know and believe that ‘without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him’ (Heb. 11:6).
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