2 Timothy 2:24-26 English Standard Version

24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, 25 correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, 26 and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, after being captured by him to do his will.

Snares are set to capture things that are free. Our opponents were born in sin just as we were and the devil does not set snares for them. Sin is a snare for those who have chosen to place their faith in Christ.

“I keep stepping in it!”

Does that sound familiar? Repetitive sin is a problem because if you see the trap and step in it anyway, then sin isn’t the problem. Our allegiance is the problem.

There is a vast difference between the sin of ignorance and wilful sin.

Hebrews 10:26-27 English Standard Version

26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.

Keep it up and you’re gonna get burnt.

Revelation 3:19 Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.

Zealous Christianity is an attitude of always being on the right side. The zealous do not wilfully sin. Yes we sin, but not for the sake of pleasure.

A bad proverb is the swimmer. 

The swimmer who wades in a pool is safe, but one who challenges the depths may drown.

I said it was bad, but you get the idea. Fear can be a good thing if it is godly fear.

Don’t test His love. Bathe in it.

And this; A spring needs no bucket, it just flows.