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Hey guys,

Thanks for continuing to check out Give Attention to Reading. We got all of February 29-March 2 filmed, but were having technical difficulties getting them from the camera to the computer to YouTube to the blog. We think we have it all worked out. Thanks for being patient with us.

For my e-mail subscribers, that means you’ll get four or five posts all in one e-mail. Sorry about that. I hope they are helpful.

Edwin (and Ethan)

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Hello and welcome to giveattentiontoreading.com, where you can get your daily dose of the Great Physician’s medicine. Today’s reading comes from Romans chapters 15 and 16. I’d like to give attention to Romans 16:19.

For your obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, but I want you to be wise as to what is good and innocent as to what is evil.

I’ve heard preachers joke and even I have joked sometimes talking about doing “sin research.” We’ll talk about going down to the beach or going out to a bar and say, “Well, we’ve got to know what’s going on so we can preach against it.” And I guess that’s okay as long as we keep it as a joke.

The problem is that sin research is very detrimental to lots of Christians. Sadly, many Christians keep turning back to their sins. And it’s as if they’re doing research.  They’re becoming wise as to what is evil. They’re becoming experienced as to what is evil.

I’ve heard another group talk about research. It’s those who are in addiction recovery. But they talk about it with sadness. They talk about a fallen brother or sister who’s gone back into their addiction, saying that they’re doing research. That is, they’re researching to find out if their sin or addiction is going to help them this time when it’s never helped them before. But what they all know is that the one conclusion is it will never help. One of two things will happen. They’ll either figure it out and try to get out of their addiction again. Or their addiction will kill them.

And that’s the way it is with sin. When we do sin research, we’re either going to find out that it doesn’t help us, and then we’re going to have an even harder time turning back to Jesus and overcoming. Or our sins will kill us.

And so, Paul says, don’t research sin. Don’t be wise when it comes to what is evil. Be innocent. Be inexperienced. Don’t try to find out what that does. Instead, be wise as to what is good.

So, today, I want to research what is good. I want to experience what is good. I want to pursue what is good. I want to be in God’s Word and follow what it says and research and prove what is good and acceptable and perfect, the will of God. I don’t want to research sin. That’s where death is.

How about you?

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