To sin is to self harm. The cost is greater than the pleasure, though the deception in that moment is to believe it probably won't cost you what it actually does.

We love sin, but it doesn't love us back. As you saw, it brings death.

 

"For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23

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"Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow." James 1:17

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So, if we want something that is forbidden by God, it is not the good thing we think it is 

because he IS the giver of good things!

 

If it's not from him, therefore, it's not good. It's bait.

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Rest on this promise from Psalm 84:11: