The Lord's Prisoner (part II)

By Odon Bulamba (summary only)

TWO PRISONS: THE DEVIL’S AND GOD’S

Most people today are in the devil’s prison. This includes ¾ of Christians: they have one foot in Christianity and one foot in the world and through their actions we know in which one they are. But YOU Christians what are you doing there? There is no room for you there! Your place is in the Lord’s prison and not in the devil’s prison.

Those in the devil’s prison obey him without discussion.
- Oscar, time to drink beer. Let’s get drunk!
- Yes, that’s right. I am thirsty, time to have a break, enough studying. Let’s go.
No discussion. But imagine God saying to Oscar:
- Oscar, stop drinking.
- I can’t bear 2 days without drinking. It’s not possible.
He will check right and left and if no one is around he will say to himself,
- Let me just have one glass, only one for today.
And after one glass, he will take another one.
So you will see that we easily respect the devil’s commands, but not what God asks us to do.

The Bible tells us not to lie. And a situation comes up:
- Ah, to keep this, I must lie. God will understand because this is a tough situation. God will understand.
And the person lies. But ask the same person to come back and confess their lie, there will be a problem.

In His prison, God gets tough with us, He will push, urge you to confess.

I remember the story of a murderer, somewhere. After the crime, his life turned ugly, tough and deep in his heart, his conscience was urging him to confess. He went to God and cried before God and God told him this crime hadn’t been done against Him:
- Go and tell the person you have murdered.
- How can I go and tell someone from that family? It’s impossible.
And he was in a problem. When he killed, it was not difficult; he had just done it for money but now, confessing was impossible.
It’s like lighting a match to burn a house, it just takes 1 minute to start the fire, but putting it out when the whole house is on fire is a serious problem. Although men know that confessing a crime is like paying something dear, they still do the wrong thing. And God calls it pride. We do know God’s laws, He has told us clearly what to do and what not to do and because we are His prisoners we must respect all His laws.

What is this prisoner who will say no to the prison’s rules?
What is this prisoner who will say even though I was condemned I reject my condemnation?
What is this prisoner who will be stubborn to resist the law?
So why don’t we respect the Law God gave us?