If the dead are not raised,‘Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.’ Do not be deceived:‘Bad company ruins good morals.’ Come to a sober and right mind, and sin no more; for some people have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
1 Corinthians 15:33-34
For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overpowered, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment that was passed on to them.
2 Peter 2:20-21
The deepest longing of our souls is communion with God, and what a joy we have in being able to draw so near to God through Jesus Christ! We get to be at one with our creator, with love and life itself. As if this weren't enough, God has even given us rules by which to live so that we can be at peace and harmony with ourselves and with one another.
How sad, then when we (including me) turn against the way of life he has given us. When we turn against God's commands and way of life, we turn our backs to God, acting as though or pretending as though God doesn't exist. By purposefully forgetting the way of life God has given us, we deny the existence of God, and we deny ourselves of the deepest longing of our souls.
