Heard on Sunday

Great sermon on Sunday from Pastor Phil.  He said the following, which really resonated with me:  

"There is a freedom that enslaves us, and a slavery that can free us."

The "freedom" mentioned is, of course, sin.  The freedom to do whatever we want, regardless of God's law.  There's a whole lot of freedom there in this mortal world, but in the end, we're still talking death.  Talking further about sin, Phil mentioned several times that a journey of thousands of miles starts with one step at a time.  His point, was that sin is a road that we travel.  We don't just wake up one day and decide to sin.  There are little baby steps that we take that lead us to sin once.  Then more baby steps and we sin again and again and again.  Before long, we've created a habit, or maybe an addiction.  And all it took, was one little harmless sin.

I would like to direct your attention to Psalms 1.1-2, which says  

1 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.   2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night

.   Pastor Phil pointed out that there is a progression in verse one.  The man starts at a walk, but comes to a standstill and then takes a seat.  And the contrast is in the recommended activities in verse two.
 

Feel free to check out the sermon on the West Shore website (link over there --->).  It'll be up until Sunday morning.