Sadly, like Judas, many people come to the realization that they have sinned, but their judgment has become so altered that the choices they make can even lead to their demise (See also Psalms 69:18-28 Psalms 109:1-20). It is evident from the Scriptures that the choices Judas made even before he betrayed the Lord reflected his depraved thinking that was based on his own desires at the expense of others. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.” And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. Matthew 27:3-5 “Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. Sadly, we too often wonder why God is not blessing us, yet do not consider that perhaps we too are running with the wrong crowd and our children are growing up to be just like us. What is painfully obvious is that the poor choices and behaviors soon results in a loss of blessings from God. Many times I hear parents explain their child’s poor decisions and behaviors on them “getting in with the wrong crowd.” While this is certainly the case in how most of these children went off the right track, most of the time we soon discover that their child has become the wrong crowd. The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.” For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. Proverbs 3:31-33 “Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. However, despite their statement of commitment to the Lord, they later chose to do exactly what they said they would not do (See also Judges 1-2:15). He challenged them to make a choice of who they were going to serve. Joshua led the Israelites into the promised land, but took a moment to point out to them the God had delivered them many times even when they did not deserve it. Sometimes we make bad choices and suffer the consequences, yet many of these times, God blesses us and delivers us from those choices. Joshua 24:15 “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” (See key verses Romans 15:4 and Romans 15:13-14). In Romans 15:1-21, the Apostle Paul wrote that the things that were written in the past were written for our learning so that through patience and comfort of the Scriptures, we might have hope in Christ so that we are able to teach others as well. Second, God tells us that what was written in the Bible serves as examples for our learning. The first thing to consider is that God has given us the Bible as a manual for everything we experience in life so that as we get older we gain wisdom that results in our salvation (2 Timothy 3:14-17). What does the Bible say about learning from our choices? The following are five examples of choices and consequences that we can learn from. Most often, it is the consequences that lead us to think this way, but one thing is certain, we can learn from our choices by the consequences we experience. Likewise, if we are honest and given the opportunity, we would have made different choices somewhere in our life. No matter who we are, all of us have made choices in our lives that have had consequences: some good, some not so good.
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