Continuing on from my last post.
What sin has done is to make us enemies of God. God’s creation – angels, man and the whole universe – was created in perfection – it was holy as God is holy. The moment we sin we declare war on God and the moment we declare war on God we have become His enemy.
Many people convince themselves they are not so bad (see a previous post) and therefore do not deserve the kind of judgement described in the Bible. But the Bible also tells us that if you break even the least law you are guilty of breaking the whole. Like a strong chain used to life a massive weight, if one link breaks the weight falls. In that case we say that the chain broke even if only one link failed.
Brave sinner who sins in the face of God. You have total freedom now but there will come a day when God will say of you, “enough” and you will find yourself at death’s door and when you pass through that door, God’s messengers will be there to greet you. There will be no bravado there, no freedom, no doing as you please. You will be taken and imprisoned to await God’s judgement.
The only hope is here, in this life. Jesus came to break down the wall of hostility between God and man. Because of Christ, God will forgive man’s sin and deal with sin in the sinner’s life. The Christian continues to sin but as he follows Christ as one of His disciples, God helps us to deal with the sinful nature.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son so that whoever believes (trusts) in Him shall have eternal life (life from God).
