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...if I don't stick that hot coal in my pocket.
“Doing this would hurt someone else, but not me. I can do this much without getting hurt. I’m not dumb; I know what I’m doing.”

Sin has its consequences and they are always inescapable for everyone.

“Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?” (Proverbs 6:27).

Sometimes it is so easy to answer, “Yes.”

If I were to pull a glowing coal from a barbecue grill and drop it in my pocket, how can I expect no burning?!

Let me always see all sin that way, because that’s the way it is.

Adultery, covetousness, unkindness, speeding, lying, pride, contentiousness, rebellion, selfishness — on and on I could go. They are all burning coals!

Can the world see Jesus when they look at my life?
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2 Corinthians 4

God shined in my heart, driving away the darkness and bringing me into fellowship with Him.

Now that Gospel light must shine from me.

“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost” (2 Corinthians 4:3).

How often do those who need it most miss the Gospel light . . . because it is so well hidden in my life?

“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels” (2 Corinthians 4:7).

[God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light (Psalm 118:27)]
God has shown us light!

The light of the Gospel is the treasure. The earthen vessel is my body. I must allow that light to shine!

“The life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body” (2 Corinthians 4:10).

“That the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh” (2 Corinthians 4:11).

“Can the world see Jesus when they look at your life?”

If not, who loses?