Bad Checks

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If I wrote you a check for $1 million, the minute you took it to the bank, the check would bounce. If I wrote you a check for $1 million, I’d have given you something that I didn’t have. I’d have promised you something I didn’t have.
Let’s look at the book of 2 Peter. In chapter 2, Peter is discussing false prophets and false teachers doing this very same thing. These false teachers were writing checks they couldn’t cash.

“While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.” (2 Peter 2:19)

In today’s world, we see many things that aren’t good. We see people engaging in all kinds of sin. As Christians, we know that sin is wrong because we believe in God and His Word. The world would have us to believe that God is not real; that there are no restrictions on our lives. They would have us to believe that we are in complete control and can decide for ourselves whatever we want to do and how we want to live. They say that a world without God is a world with freedom.
Friends, I’m here to tell you, they are writing a check they can’t cash. They can’t offer you freedom. If you took their check to the bank, it would bounce right away. Freedom is not theirs to give. Only God can give you freedom, the freedom from sin.

In this life, we are all slaves. God has given us the choice of what we are slaves to. In this life, you can either be a slave of sin or a slave of Christ. What choice are you going to make?