Man is Just a Vessel
When the Lord says, "the soul that sins shall surely die" we hear. But then we sit down, muse over the statement, and realize that God has created a boundary in our thoughts, actions, desires, and will. Rather than submit to authority out of love, we ask, "Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice?" Then we cast the thought away, and continue on. But again, the thought comes and shows us just how we could be free with no God to tell us what to do. We may cast it away again, again, and again. But soon, we start thinking, wait a minute, you who are speaking, you are already knowledgeable in this; show me how to be free. At this point, it is done, we are snared and our lovers walk away for us to chase them. We begin chasing after the high of the conversation, the thrill of the knowledge, we are in love, hardhearted, and chasing after our lovers. Who can stop one who is swallowed up and infatuated with love? We weary ourselves committing iniquity and cannot slee...