TRAPPED IN A SIN PT. 5: THE SIN OF THE FAMILY!

IN THIS MESSAGE WE WILL BEGIN TO LOOK INTO THE SIN OF THE FAMILY AND HOW WE MAY BE IGNORANTY BE SETTING OURSELVES, AS AMERICANS, UP TO BE TRAPPED IN THE SIN OF THE FAMILY, FOR WE KNOW THE PENALTY FOR BREAKING ONE OF OUR TRAFFIC LAWS IN AMERICA IS NOT BASED ON OUR GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT ON THE INFRACTION ITSELF AND THE PENALTY THEREOF WHICH MAY COME IN DEGREES. LIKEWISE THE PENALITIES FOR BREAKING GOD’S MORAL AND CIVIL ARE NOT BASED UPON OUR GOOD INTENTIONS BUT STRICTLY ACCORDING TO WHAT THE LAW ALLOWS, AND LIKEWISE GOD’S LAWS FOR THE FAMILY. WE AS AMERICAN CANNOT PLEAD IGNORANCE OF GOD’S LAWS OF THE FAMILY BUT ONLY MERCY: THUS, THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWING GOD’S LAW FOR THE FAMILY BEFORE WE GET MARRIED. HOWEVER IN SETTING UP OUR FAMILIES THERE IS BOTH A CIVIL AND SPIRITUAL FUNCTION OF THE LAW WE MUST BE COGNIZANT OF, THAT IS, IF WE PLEASE, BOTH THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL FUNCTION OF THE LAW MUST BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. FOR THE SPIRITUAL FUNCTION OF THE LAW WE WILL NOT ONLY BE LOOKING AT THE SCRIPTURES BUT INTO PILGRIM’S PROGRESS TO WITNESS ONE OF THE BEST ALLEGORICAL PRESENTATIONS OF THE SPIRITUAL FUNCTION OF LAW AND AS A RESULT ONE OF THE BEST PORTRAYALS OF THE EXPERIENCE OF WHAT A TRUE CONVERSION OF CHRIST EVER WRITTEN AND PORTRAYED IS LIKE. YOU WANT TO MISS IT!