We live in a world of alluring advertisements that promise success, more materialism,
and so-called freedoms...but freedom from what??
Anyone who has had the veil of deception lifted from their heart through Salvation in the cross of the
Lord Jesus Christ, now knows that Satan is in the business of "placement".
He places one temptation in front of you, and another temptation in front of you with the alluring deception
that whatever he offers will make your life better, if only you will buy it.
Many well meaning people have fallen for these traps and quickly discovered that the price they paid to purchase
the temptation for their pleasure costed much more that they bargained for.
The deceptive element is that the pleasure is free, it just takes a choice, instead of money to purchase.
The price you pay for a few simple episodes of sin is greater that you could ever anticipate.
The heart that buys even a portion of the lies of sins empty promises will reap the negative effects of the
ultimate consequence that yielding to sins temptation produces.
Sinning against God will sap the life right out of you. You may have had an episode in your life of just being complacent.,
and you feel like you are out of touch with God and out of touch with the person you know you should become.
This is part of the downward spiral that happens to the heart when you decide to put your devotion to God on the back burner,
only to realize that the flame was quickly snuffed out by the attitude of your heart that wanted the temporary pleasure of sin
rather than the peace that God promises to the one who overcomes the flesh and the world.
The account of Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, yielding to the snake to buy the lie that the forbidden fruit would
make them like God , activated the displeasure of God and resulted in man becoming a fallen race.
The sin in this world  that we still deal with is a direct result of someome who bought a lie with just one decision.
Wasn't that the motivating factor that got Satan booted out of heaven, that he wanted to be like God?
I spoke in some detail about this event in a previous blog entry entitled "Where did deception begin?"
Satan did succeed with his sales pitch in the garden of Eden, but God's plan of Redemption for a fallen race
defeated the work that the devil accomplished, by two people that just happened to make a wrong choice.
Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ on the cross, we have been purchased by His own blood.
God made a decision to purchase what was lost through the fall of man. Our little mind cannot grasp this kind of love
the Father has. You can know His love, though in part,  by responding to His call upon your heart to Salvation
 through the plan that He has already established for you to believe and follow.
God is deserving of our total devotion, and His purpose and pleasure should be the focus of our attention.
The results of a God directed life have far greater results than the big negative consequences that the heart experiences
by some sins that Satan makes you think are so small.
Be careful what lie you buy, it could cost you your life.