Facing the Facts of the Bible

Adam and Eve, for one bite of fruit when they were not even hungry, brought sin, suffering, shame and death upon themselves and the human race (Gen. 3).

Lot’s wife revealing her longing for the things that pertain to earth, took one look back and became a pillar of salt (Gen. 19).

Achan, for a garment of gold he could not wear and for silver and gold he could not spend, paid with all his possessions, his family and his life (Josh. 7).

Samson, for the caress of a hypocritical woman, lost his will, his strength, his liberty, his eyes, and finally his life (Jgs. 15).

David, to enjoy another man’s wife, handed to posterity a tale of adultery, shame, and tears, boldly written across its face (2 Sam. 11-12).

Ahab, coveting another’s vineyard, permitted his wife to have its owner killed (1 Kgs. 21).

Judas, for thirty pieces of silver which he had no occasion or conscience to use, took his own life in shame and despair (Mt. 27).

Demas, loving the transient world more than a permanent future, forsook Paul and provoked the wrath of heaven (2 Tim. 4:10).

The Christian who seeks first anything above the kingdom of heaven will lose his soul forever (Mt. 6:16f).