things happen. things that shouldn't.
when they do.. i fall and my knees and cry out.. God. i'm imperfect.
I'm still a sinner..
there are times when a sin leads to more sin because the first sin dosn't allow us to come to terms with the fact that Jesus is more than able to forgive them.
I believe there are two ways of looking at sin.
One is.. if u can't beat it.. just do it..
the other one is.. i know i can't do it.. but Jesus already died for my sins hence my only option is to come back to Jesus's feet and ask Him to forgive us and take us back into His arms.
Of all the lies in the world.. i believe the one that almost everyone is deceived most by.. is the fact that they aren't that sinful.. that they are ok.
Some may say.. i do good deeds. others say.. i've been leading a good and moral life. Hence i should go to heaven.
however.. when we examine these statements.. we have to realize this.. who has the ultimate right to say what is good or bad? when we look at the world.. we realize firstly that.. what u think is good may not be what i think is good. so who are you to say that my life is sinful?
What right do Christians have to say that others have sinned and that others need God? Well.. they don't. but they only say that all have sinned because of what is said in the bible.
Now.. the problem most people have with Christianity is this.. Christianity perhaps out of all the other religions, is the only religion which has a firm stand on what is right and wrong and what u need to do to go to heaven. The bible more than any other religion states clearly in black and white the laws that almost every successful country's law is based on.. The basic human rights, how to decide penalties for certain crimes.. The bible is perhaps the most instructive book on what is right and what is wrong. And it is the most definitive religion about how we can go to heaven and what we need to go to heaven because the God who wrote these laws is a just God. How can a just God not tell people plainly and simply what needs to be done to go to Heaven? To quote an example from Andy Stanley.
Imagine a classroom scenario and the teacher is in front of the class.. enters the class.. and says "good morning.. next week we will have a test. U either pass or fail. That's all. class dismissed."
imagine how bewildered these poor children will be. They don't know what to study for.. they dont' know how to prepare for this test.. how can they pass if they do not know what they are being tested about??
but virtually every religion other than Christianity has absurd rules and criteria for getting to heaven. Rules that only benefit a certain group in the society while excluding the lower social castes. Jesus is a just God. Because He makes it so clear and so simple that the way to heaven is through Him. To believe in Jesus and what He has done on the cross for our sins.
Not one is righteous.
Not one is without sin.
Yet.. in God's eyes.. only the sinless can enter heaven..
not one sin can God tolerate in heaven.
Hence.. by default all of us have no right to be in heaven.. unless this heaven is something we imagine.. where any tom dick or harry can simply go into heaven. What an unjust heaven that would be.
No one can fully comprehend the extent of our sin and the extent of God's mercy to the human race. It is a mystery that only God chooses to reveal. But not many are even interested to know this mystery of the sinister nature of sin. how it slowly erases all hint of Godliness in us.
Only one perfect can die for someone imperfect..
God.. give me more insight. i need more mercy.
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