sin and forgiveness Posted by poolboyjames on September 8, 2010 at 9:14 PM comments (0)so i was at church not too long ago and i heard a message about grace but to me it was beginning to sound weird so i'm going to talk about grace and what it means
ok we all have sinned and fallen short of God's righteousness and therefore His acceptance.. but God sent his son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins so that Jesus who is sinless would take the punishment for us so we are saved by grace.. aka God's mercy.. aka God's provision.. His sacrifice of His son Jesus ok so with all that said i want to explain what grace is like in today's standards to me its like this: say u got into debt somehow.. say u owe a loan shark $200,000 they are going to break both of your arms and legs if u don't pay them soon.. but u work at mcdonalds so u have no money to pay on the loan u got urself into this mess and u know rightfully u deserve to have all of your limbs broken HOWEVER... say a rich person hears ur story, has pity on you.. and comes along and pays your debt for you you now owe nothing because the rich person paid the debt for you NOW.. onto sin and forgiveness since this rich person just paid your $200,000 debt.. it would be stupid of you to call the loan shark the next day and get another loan wouldn't it? ^that's what its like when we go back to our sinful ways... its like a slap in the face to the one who paid your debt.. like yeah i know i just cost u $200,000 but since ur so rich i'll just waste more of ur money... NO.. the rich person had mercy on you.. u thank them and STOP doing what got u in bondage in the first place! since the rich person paid ur $200,000 debt.. it would be really stupid to go and beat someone up over the fact that they owe u $20 wouldn't it? ^that's what its like when u refuse to forgive someone.. because God sent His only Son to die on the cross for you.. He paid a huge cost for your salvation.. He paid a huge cost so that He could forgive and accept you.. so when u don't forgive someone for an offense, you are being selfish and again, its like a slap in the face to the one who paid your debt so this is why we should always avoid our past life of sin and commit to righteousness after being saved.. and also why we should always forgive others after being saved i wanted to explain that because some people don't seem to understand these concepts like some people say "go ahead and sin, God'll forgive you" ..but that's not really a full picture of what is going on when u do such a thing
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
JaimsHere are my 2010 blogs. I can honestly say I like looking back over these, so check them out. They're teh hotness. Archives
December 2010
|