Are you a sinner?

Do you find this question confronting? If so, why do you find it confronting? Perhaps it is because you don't want to be labelled a sinner. Perhaps you consider that you lead a good life, stay out of trouble and try to do good to others. Or perhaps you instinctively feel deep down that you may be held accountable for your sins. You are not alone; people generally don't like the thought of being classified as a sinner.

 Collins Concise Dictionary defines the word sin as:

1a. Transgression of God's known will or any principle or law regarded as embodying this.

1b. The condition of estrangement from God arising from such transgression.

2. Any serious offence, as against a religious or moral principle.

3. Any offence against a principle or standard.

 We know when we do wrong! Our conscience convicts us that we are doing wrong. Romans 3:23 tells us, "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."  This is an interesting situation because we all have sinned. We have all sinned - all of us! Nobody can point the finger at anybody else; because we are all under the same condemnation.

 What is the outcome of this predicament? Let's see what Romans 6:23 tells us about the situation. "For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." The penalty for sinning is death! Death came into the world when Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden. They eventually died as a result of their sins - otherwise they would still be alive on Planet Earth today! Adam passed on his sinful nature down through his offspring; right down until the present day. Why do people die? It is the penalty for sinning.

 Try as you may you can't get around the fact that you are a sinner. However God has not left us in a hopeless situation. What did Romans 6:23 inform us? "...the gift of God is eternal life."

 Let's look at some verses in John chapter 3.

"(16) For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life

(17) For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

(18) He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."

 In Romans 6:23 we learned that Jesus Christ is God and that He gives us the gift of eternal life. In John chapter 3 we find out that Jesus Christ the Son of God was sent by the Triune God to save people in this world we live in. If you truly believe in the Lord Jesus Christ you are no longer condemned as a sinner; but you now have the gift of eternal life.

 Are you a sinner in need of a Saviour? The Lord Jesus Christ is the Saviour. 1 Timothy 1:15 reveals "...that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners..." Trust in Him, believe that He can save you and He will save you.

 What if I choose not to believe that I am a sinner and that I don't need any salvation? Let's see what Hebrews 9:27 tells us. "...it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment"

 Revelation  20:11-15  gives us a very clear picture of what happens to a person who dies still in their sins.

 "(11) Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them.

(12) And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.

(13) The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.

(14)Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
(15) And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire."

 I'm sure that the Lake of Fire is not the place that you want to spend eternity in. You don't have to, if you choose the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour.

 

Jon Peasey

Words of Life blog www.jrpeasey.blogspot.com

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[All Scriptures quoted are from the New King James version; unless otherwise noted. Words enclosed in [ ] are inserted for clarity. Words in bold type emphasise a point. You may notice some verses are quoted with ... at the beginning, ending or elsewhere in a verse. Only the relevant part or parts of the verse, that relate directly to the current subject matter is quoted.]

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