One of the greatest gifts that God has given humanity is Freedom of Choice. A lot of commentators refer to this gift as "free will". However, I would not totally concur with that assessment because your will is not actually free. You're free to choose your master, but someone is going to rule your will (Romans 6). We've just been given the Divine prerogative to choose. Therefore, I use the terminology, Freedom of Choice.
In the Garden of Eden, when God created Adam and Eve in a state of Innocence and placed them in Paradise, He gave them a Choice. They could choose to remain Obedient to Him and remain in Paradise forever; or they could choose to disobey God and eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and surely die (Genesis 2). They had a Choice.
In Deuteronomy chapter 30, Moses lays out to the children of Israel the Blessings and the Curses that will befall them if they either choose to obey God or choose to disobey God. The man of God urges them to choose life over death. Moses urges them to heed the word of the Law and to cleave to the Lord their God and to love Him with all of their heart, mind and soul. They had a choice.
Saints, no matter what's going on in your life today, you too have a Choice. You can choose to either serve God or not serve God. My prayer is that everyone reading this message has already made the choice to receive Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. It's the best choice you will ever make in your life. However, for those of us who are already believers and know Jesus Christ in the pardon of our sins, we have a choice to make as well.
When Joshua made the exhortation to the children of Israel to choose ye this day whom ye will serve (Joshua 24), he was making this declaration to the covenant people of God. We've got to make a choice saints. Are we going to remain with this lukewarm Christianity, or are we going to get on fire for the Kingdom of God? Are we going to maintain the status quo, or are we going to deny ourselves and bear our cross for the cause of Christ? Are we going to remain self-indulgent, or are we going to learn how to die daily that the life of Christ may be manifest in us? We have a choice today saints. Choose Ye this Day.
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