In Joshua's admonition to the people, it is clear that without sanctification we will not be helped by the Lord. We live among a people of unclean lips, who harm us and insist on making us sin. Many times, such errors take shape within us. The prophet Isaiah realized this when he saw the glory of the Lord and thought he would die (Isaiah 6:1-5). Never allow the mistakes of others to influence you.

The fear of the prophet Isaiah before God made him exclaim: So I said: “Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts” - (Isaiah 6:5). This is how we should live, in order not to despair. Understand: those who constantly invite others to sin are used to lead a saint away from true faith.

An example of this distancing from God is when, for instance, a Christian couple rents pornographic films, even knowing that this material comes from Hell. The marriage begins to be destroyed when husband and wife watch films carefully prepared for this purpose. Now, the biblical guidance is: “Be holy...” (1 Peter 1:16), and those who spend time examining how lost the world is practice the iniquities they have allowed to enter their hearts. Watch out so you don't fall!

The couple that opens up to so-called "new experiences" comes to the conclusion that they no longer love each other. In fact, they are in delusion, far from the presence of God. Now, those who remain in communion with the Lord value a life without blemish, free from such "inspirations," which are nothing but traps of Satan (1 Thessalonians 4:1-5). Never let yourself be bought by the devil; he will never honor a single one of his promises, because he is evil (John 8:44).

Many do not receive the blessings of Heaven because they are lost due to the offers placed before them by the devil. Those who were rushed and left home to live a forbidden passion no longer know what to lament, because their entire life has been disordered. Thus, when they remember how happy they were in the church and at home, they lament having let the enemy destroy their happiness. Go back home!

Reading the parable of the prodigal son, recorded in the Gospel of Luke, will make you examine yourself and return to the place you should never have left. In his failed life, after running out of money and not finding a job, that young man remembered how happy he had been: But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!’  (Luke 15:17). Get up and go back home. There's still time!

The message from Joshua is current and addressed to you. What is the reason to surrender to the enemy when your heart asks you to return to where the Most High has put you? As long as your love has not ended, start anew in Jesus. Tomorrow, the Lord will perform wonders in your life. God is giving you a new opportunity. Take it now!

In Christ, with love,

R. R. Soares