Luke 4:18,19
18"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed,
Christ saw this as his mission- to open the eyes of the physical and spiritual blind, and to set the spiritually bound free.
Today two fellows are visibly paying the price for their sin. To not learn from this would be a shame.
Adultery is a chain that binds us, and keeps us in the prison of sin. It is, by all accounts, addicting and enslaving.
Today Tiger Woods gave up golf to try to repair a broken marriage. Today Sanford admits he lost a great wife because of his moral failures. Yet when he came back from Argentina he called his lover his "soul-mate."
Adultery may seem so delicious. Pornography may seem to tantalize us. They are epidemic plagues upon our culture right now. We think we can do these things without any harm to ourselves. But if the greatest golfer gives up golf, and a potential presidential candidate lost his bid because of such things, what can we say- there is no harm? This is a lesson for all of us.
The good news is that Tiger and Sanford can be forgiven. We can too. We do not need to be stuck in our sin. Christ sets us free from our addictions and bad habits, and gives us a true second chance.
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