TRUTH or Consequences?

The truth hurts or so the old saying goes, but the real truth is that it does bring consequences with it, Now I am going to give you the meaning from an on-line dictionary for the word consequence because I have a reader whose blogger name happens to be "coffee" who will only do it if I don't. So here is what I found for consequence, 1. A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event".

2. The outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual; "that result is of no consequence".

The truth had severe consequences for John the Baptist...he lost his head...literally.

He pointed out the fact to a guy named Herod that he was doing evil in God's sight because he was living with his brother's wife and this revelation infuriated the wife and she tricked old Herod into executing John. The conviction of sin brings with it consequences, no matter who it is. You see John had been called from the time of his birth and even before that while he was still in his mother's womb to be a preacher of righteousness and he was afraid of no one. Including the king, or whatever he was.

Later on however Herod was attacked by an army of worms and eaten alive. The consequences of sin in this case. If he had listened to John and repented then it would have been entirely a different story, a different outcome or consequence.

The Bible says that the wages of sin is death--that is the consequence of sin and it is the truth. We have a choice and if we make the right choice(the other part of that Bible verse I quoted from Romans says "the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord)As I was saying , we have a choice, and if we accept Jesus as our Savior as the verse suggests, then our choice will have the right consequence...eternal life. By the way, John the Baptist is awaiting resurrection morning when his glorified body will be reunited with his spirit and soul and he will be caught up first to meet the Lord in the air..."and so shall we ever be with the Lord." To that I say...Hallelujah!

cont'd later