The Reality of Sin

This has been so strong in my mind lately. Just the other day while going through a morning devotion I all of a sudden had this thought. It was an overwhelming, pressing, feeling of fear and hopelessness. Have you ever had that feeling? Maybe when you received devastating news, or got caught in doing something terrible (and you hope that nobody will ever find out about it)? It's a crippling feeling of panic, fear, your heart starts to pound and you feel alone. The other morning I realized that this is what the eternal feeling will be for so many. Many will someday stand before God with their sins not paid for because they rejected or did not believe in the ONLY one who could pay for their sins - the Lord Jesus Christ. It will be a devastating and conscious isolation from God, in eternal torment & darkness, without hope - FOR ALL ETERNITY. Man in general thinks very lightly of the reality of sin and who they are sinning against. The bible is clear that ALL sin will be punished by a Just and Holy God. It's not just the bad sins (as one would like to think). People say well, I never killed anyone (so I'm really not that bad) but, have you ever told a lie, used the Lord's name in vain, or looked at someone with lust (yes, everyone has broken one or more of the commandments).
Ephesians 2:1-3 says And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.

But, here is the good news Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ by grace you have been saved). Yes, it is God's grace that offers us eternal life with Him through faith in Christ the ONLY one who satisfied the wrath of God on the cross. All sin will be paid for, it's just a matter of WHO will pay for it? Will it be Christ or you (in rejecting him).

Below is a very short trailer from a past Resolved conference (this particular year was on the subject of sin). Tim and I watched one of the sessions last night and were truly blessed by it - please watch it if you get a chance.

I thank God for His word and gift of salvation through Christ my Lord. I am reminded to READ MY BIBLE! So, I can know the truth and not what the world generally believes when they take sin so lightly (which will be devastating in end).




You can see all the sessions at the Resolved website http://www.resolved.org/