Crossroads – The Sin – The Blood

The road we were traveling on was rough and needed repair. The surroundings were twilight with a sinister atmosphere. There were no other cars on the road. To the right of us was an ocean. I couldn’t see to the left. Suddenly, a huge tire came rolling past us, it was the size of a semi-truck. I could see the tire was old and worn out. There were bulges and tears as it rolled along down the bumpy road. It must have traveled many miles. Then it stopped and a man got out. He was dark skinned. His face was bloody and scarred. His hair was matted, and his clothes were worn-out and dirty. He looked as if he had been through a war zone. We got out of our car, and he simply stared at us. He said he was on his way to find his woman, whom he described was as lost as he looked. His voice was coarse as he struggled to breathe to tell us these words. He said, “My daddy always said that there were two things always in the room, sin and blood!” I told him, “You have a choice.”

Then I woke up.

I laid there for quite some time thinking about what he said. “Sin and Blood are always in the room.”

I thought about life. When we’re young we have our whole lives ahead of us and the choices we make reveal the different roads we have taken. Choosing sin, takes us down a broken, shattered, dark road. It is almost impossible to get off that road. When we choose to sin, our lives are full of pain, torment, hate, loss, sickness, betrayal, and regret, it’s misery. We not only hurt ourselves, but we hurt everyone around us. There is only one way off that road.

There was a man who shed his Blood known as the Son of God! People think that choosing the blood seems harder, not as fun and it seems that not a lot of people make that choice.

“Seems!”

Testimony after testimony of those who have chosen the blood talk about how their lives were changed for the better. They tell about unspeakable joy even in the worst heartache. There is peace that goes beyond understanding in chaos. Love, true love is expressed in a multitude of ways that lasts. It doesn’t fade. It’s not fake and the ones who chose the blood do not abandon you or judge you. There is Hope for a better tomorrow. Forgiveness is a constant. Because the blood paves a narrow road where Jesus walked and told us that nothing can pluck us from His Mighty Hand. We have an inheritance with the King of kings and Lord of lords.

It’s a choice.

The thing is, when the transgressor chooses sin, they are tormented and broken all their lives. When they die, they take all of that hurt and pain and torment with them into eternity. There is then, No Escape!

But if the transgressor chooses the blood of Jesus by faith, they will be washed and live, lives in freedom. Knowing that when they die, they take all of that Joy, Peace, Love, Hope, and Forgiveness into eternity with them.

God has an enemy and anyone who choses God, will also have the same enemy. He deceives you and wants you to think that sin will bring you happiness and fun and fortune, fame and a wonderful life, but it’s a façade. It’s a hook, an anchor that keeps you on a treadmill of deception and betrayal and death.

Once he deceives you there is only one thing that can deliver you, redeem you. It’s the Blood of Jesus. Only he can save you from that enemy! Rescue only comes through the blood! The Holy Spirit draws the hearts of people to the light of truth, the way and the life! There is no other way! When you’re in darkness you can’t see how truly dark it is…but a tiny spark of light given by the Light of the World, Jesus, is all it takes to draw you into that light! The choice is yours! All you have to do is give him your heart. Ask him by faith to come into your life, forgive you of your sins and then live for Him!

Sin or Blood; which will you choose?

I believe I had that dream so that I would share this message with you! Make the right choice while you still can.

Don’t wait!

Do it now!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill February 20, 2024

John 3:16-17 King James Version – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Matthew 26:28 New International Version – This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

 1 Peter 4:8 Amplified Bible, Classic Edition – Above all things have intense and unfailing love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins [forgives and disregards the offenses of others].

Matthew 7:13-14 New International Version – The Narrow and Wide Gates – “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.