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Wrecks on the Road of Life — Part 5
Thankfully, for a Christian, we are never beyond repair — no matter how battered and smashed our life may become. A vehicle may be a total write-off, but for the one who knows Christ, there is always restoration. King David sinned, and had made moral wreck in his life. You can read about this failure in 2 Samuel 11, God having recorded it for us by divine inspiration as a warning. But David could later affirm: “He restoreth my soul.” (Psalm 23:3).
However, there may be many dents and scrapes that we will have to carry the rest of our lives. David was happily and fully restored to the Lord in his soul. You can read Psalm 51, which is his prayer of repentance after his sin is brought before him by Nathan the prophet. In the government of God, Scripture states, “The sword shall never depart from thine house” (2 Samuel 12:10). Yes, sin often has consequences that remain with us for the rest of our lives! It is not a question of our eternal salvation, thankfully. That is eternally secure in Christ Jesus. But the Bible plainly and faithfully tells us, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap” (Galatians 6:7).
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