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All of humanity is guilty of committing sin against God. Which one of us is not guilty of at least one of these; evil, covetousness, malice, envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness, gossip, slander, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, foolish, faithless, heartless, and ruthless. We not only do them but approve of those who do. We also know that God has decreed that those who practice such things deserve to die.
So will doing some good stuff set all this aside? Hitler employed, fed, and educated millions of Germans. Should God set aside his guilt for the Holocaust because more people benefited than were harmed? All reasonable people can see this is ridiculous.
The Lord Jesus Christ was once asked this question, “What must we do, to being doing the works of God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” John 6:28-29 Jesus Christ is that one as is proven by His resurrection from the dead.
Do you want to be justified before God? This is all that is required of you, come to Him as a sinner and confess you sins to Him if you do “He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1John 1:9 So how do you believe in Him? It is quite simple. In Romans 10:9 we are told that “if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” Oh, the simplicity of Christ!
Paul said in 2Cor 5:20-21, “We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. For our sake He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.”
Will you be righteous before other people? Chance are no, you won’t. That is not the point. We know that all of us are going to die. When we do, is it humanity or God that will be important? Whether we believe in God or not, we are guilty and no amount of denial or rationalizing will excuse us.
There are no contradictions in the Bible. All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Only God can fix the problem.
2007-05-26
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