We have searched out the source of morality. We have found it. We now anxiously wait to learn how we measure up to it.
The answer is, we all fail.
According to Jesus, anyone who is angry at a brother or
sister is subject to judgment similar to a murderer. Anyone who offers a minor insult to a brother
or sister is in danger of hell. Any man
who looks at a woman lustfully is guilty of adultery. If anyone is not better than the spiritual
teachers, he will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven. (Matthew 5)
None of us measures up to the moral law, and this is why
most of us do not like to think about morality.
According to the Bible, we all have sinned and fallen short of God’s
standard (Romans 3:23). The penalty for
our sin is death (Romans 6:23). Why did
we ever start down this path in search of morality? If we are condemned to death, at least let us
go through life in the peace of ignorance.
The same God who orchestrated a way for us to know His moral
law, is the same God whom we have disobeyed by breaking his moral law. Yet there is hope. He has also provided a way for us to be
forgiven for our sins. That is why Jesus
came. He came to forgive us of our sins.
Yet that was not the only reason he came. John 1:12-13 reads, “Yet to all who did
receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become
children of God. Children born not of
natural descent, nor of human decision nor a husband’s will, but born of God.”
Jesus not only grants us forgiveness of sins. He also grants us adoption as children of
God. If you believe in Jesus, you are a
child of God. Your heavenly Father is
King of the Universe. That makes you a
prince or princess. You are royalty.
If you do not believe, why not? You have been offered not only redemption,
but unlimited access to God (whom you can now call “Father”). The fear of approaching the Lawgiver is
gone. You have been forgiven and offered
more than you ever could have dreamed.
Why would you turn that away?
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