“But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more” Romans 5:20
Imagine a world corrupt with sin and ungoverned by the laws of God! This is where you live! And this condition is going to get worse not better!
Around 1500 years before Christ, God saw the problem of widespread lawlessness against His principles. God raised up Moses and gave him a series of laws for the Israelites to follow.
These laws came from the heart of God but unfortunately no one could comply with them. And the laws caused the people to fall under condemnation. The harder the Israelites tried to obey the laws the deeper the condemnation and the futility of failing God.
The perfect plan of God was to show mankind that all were born under sin and no one could be redeemed by good works or following the laws of God.
God alleviated this eternal problem through Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The love of God came into the world to forgive all sin, reconcile you to God, and allow you to live in His righteousness.
Look around today and you will see the pervasiveness of sin in the world and in your own life. The life of Jesus living in you (in the essence of the Holy Spirit) is your only hope to live a life pleasing to God!
God delights in reaching out to those whose lives are in shambles and have strayed away from God. He is a God of redemption and wants to raise you up to live with Him! There is no one like God!
Thought for the day:
“Reach out to Me and I will meet you at your point of need! I am a God of love and compassion and will give you what you can never find in the world!”
Hal Hollister Ministry 