Based on 1 Corinthians 6:12-14 (New King James Version)
“All things are lawful for me, but all things are not helpful. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. Foods for the stomach and the stomach for foods, but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.”
We can see many things in this passage, things that help us determine how we should live while we are in this temporary body, because God is greatly interested in what we do with our lives, with our bodies. There is a very important link between what we do with our lives and whether what we do will be found acceptable to God to let us inherit His kingdom or enter eternal life, (because things are not as simple as many prefer to believe). What we decide to do, both the intention of the heart and our actions action will determine where we will spend eternity. Therefore, it is necessary to take these things into account, for our own good.
The first issue is that the Word of God in Its fullness is the complete counsel of God to man. In other words, the Word is for our benefit, and not for God's. There is nothing that affects God. God and His kingdom, everything that belongs to Him is immovable and eternal. For example, if a person decides to hate God and dismiss what He says, it does not change the reality that God will continue to be God. Therefore, if a person does not want to obey God, they simply harm themselves and God remains unharmed. So, if a person wants what is good for themselves, logic or their own reasoning should lead them to think that it is convenient for them to seek God, and to obey Him.
The next thing we will see is this matter that we have the power to do anything we want to do, because we have free will, but that not everything is convenient. And what's more, we should be careful and not let ourselves be dominated by anything. Adopting faith in Christ does not mean that we will be perfect right away. We still must deal with our sin, with what dwells within our being. But the big difference that should be in our lives as believers is that there should never be the practice of sin. When we practice sin, that is where a person is allowing themselves to be dominated, and that is a very serious problem. Such is the problem that if a person, regardless of the faith they profess to have, does not come to master that evil in the Lord, they will not be able to enter the kingdom of God. The Word says this: “Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19-21. Who is the one who inherits? A son. So, if the Word says that a person will not inherit the kingdom of God if they practice sin, what It is saying is that no matter if they are a child of God, if they allow themselves to be dominated by sin again, they will not enter the kingdom of God. God is love, but He is also Holy. And He forgives, but with the condition that we leave sin behind, step by step, day by day, seeking to do His will, and not let ourselves be dominated again by the same thing that caused our downfall to begin with. The Word says this: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7.
There is something that we must always keep in mind, especially as believers in Christ, and that is that we are created beings. God created us for Himself. When we were lost in our sins, we were totally apart from the purpose of our existence, and of course, whatever is useless is discarded. Hell is an eternal dump basically. But God decided to give us the opportunity so that our purpose of existing could be possible again through the cross of Christ, so that we could return to our original purpose. This says the Word: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:8-10. The predestination that so many confuse is that each one of us was made and created for God and to fulfill His will. And He gives each being the opportunity through the Lord Jesus Christ to return to that original plan, under free will. So, a person decides whether or not to go back to that original plan or not through Jesus Christ.
And this is a related matter that we must always keep in mind, that as the created beings that we are, we were made to serve. And if a person does not serve God, then they serve Satan and sin, even though they think they are serving themselves. That is our reality. You serve someone, whether you want to believe it or not, and there are only two sides, two options: God or the devil. There is no in-between. So, it can also be determined that you belong to whom you decide to serve. If you serve God, you belong to God. But, if you serve the flesh and sin, you belong to that, and ultimately you belong to the devil. This is what the Word says about it: “And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved).” Ephesians 2:1-5.
And now it can be understood that the real reason behind inventing the so-called theory of evolution is so man can justify their rebellion and pride, to feel that they owe nothing to anyone and to do as they please. And much of humanity prefers to believe that it came from a cosmic accident, and from primates than to think that they owe everything to the Holy Being who created them, Who continues to allow them to exist (because if we breathe and our hearts beat, it is because God allows it), and that it depends on Him and on His truth whether a person lives forever or dies in hell forever. When a person does not obey God, they adopt this same feeling, and they finally condemn themselves to belong to Satan, no matter what faith they profess to have (because God will judge us by the intention of our hearts and by our deeds, and not by what we say). This is what the Lord himself said: “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.” Matthew 7:21. So then, who do you serve? Do serve God or the devil? Lord bless! John