The Oath

I just finished this really great book by Frank Peretti. At first, I was really wary in reading it since I made the mistake and read The House by him (this was before I realized there was a movie). Ok, first of all, I would not recommend reading it. If I had to sum it all up with one word it would be "stupid". And disturbing! Anyway, so I'm reading The Oath and it took me a couple days considering its almost 600 pages long. But all in all, it had an awesome message to it. Unlike The House, Peretti didn't seem afraid to actually make God the main point in the book. The whole message to it was basically this - we all have a monster inside of us; it's called sin. When we let sin take control of us, we are owned by sin. We don't control it. It controls us. It can deceive us to believe we are in control of our lives. But in reality, we are slaves of sin. Like the black slime that infested the hearts of the people of Hyde River that went from one person to another, sin is contagious. When we allow the dragon of sin to live in us, the only result will be, in the end, death. Is there any hope? Yes! With the power of God dwelling inside of us, we can stand up to the dragon. And that dragon will run so fast with its giant scaly tail between it's legs, it will be a blur! Sin can be dangerous and deadly, but compared to the power of God, it's a helpless little lizard.