“No Trespassing!” A sign like this in front of your path should make you stop. “Is there danger? What are the consequences if I keep going? Will I get hurt or will somebody fine me?” These are questions you might consider before proceeding and would probably prompt you to turn away.
In the Bible God gives us many “No Trespassing” signs. Many of these are for our good and protection.
For example God says, “DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY. Don’t go there. Don’t cross that line! Love your wife and protect your marriage.”
Or “DO NOT STEAL. Don’t go there. Don’t cross that line. Love your neighbor and protect his or her goods.”
Our inherent sinful nature prompts us to question the sign. “Should I really not cross the line? Will it really hurt me? It looks good over there. I can see short term pleasure! I can see worldly gain!” So often we ignore God’s signs and we cross the line.
Besides the earthly consequences, unfortunately there are also severe spiritual fines for trespassing God’s moral law – including ultimately, eternal death in hell.
Colossians 2:13 tells us, “And you, being dead in your trespasses… He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses.”
When God raised his Son Jesus Christ from the dead on Easter Sunday, he demonstrated that he had forgiven all trespasses. His innocent Son Jesus (who had never crossed the line) had made the trespasses of others his own. He died on the cross with our trespasses and paid the fine for them with his own blood.
Believe in Jesus! Trust his message! It is what gives you spiritual life and allows you one day to cross the line that God wants you to cross – into his Heaven.
“And you, being dead in your trespasses… He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses.”
Colossians 2:13