WHO NEEDS GOD?

“Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye?”  Matthew 7:3

Defining the word sin sets up a domino effect. The word sin leads to the word immorality, which leads to the word wickedness, which leads to the word evil, and so on and so forth. It really does not explain where the guidelines are to determine what is truly right or wrong, good or bad, moral or immoral. The best determination is that evil is a more inward driven condition, whereas virtuous is a more outward driven quality. In simple Biblical terms, sin is anything that separates us from God, and since God is love, anything that violates the law of love is a sin.

When we look at a horrific crime, such as murder, we see an inward narcissistic character of anger, resentment, pride, and envy which drives one to a selfish solution. In this self-motivation, one has set himself up as God and becomes the judge and jury that establishes the verdict and carries out the sentence.  Who needs God in this process?

Many sins are committed against another person, but what about the sins we commit against ourselves? Do we drown ourselves in mind-altering chemicals? Do we mistreat our own bodies? Do we seethe in resentment until we have an ulcer? Do we worry until we become physically sick? Do we badmouth God’s creation in us? Who needs God when we are our own god?

Many Christians who try to adhere to a moral standard turn a blind eye and sometimes promote sin.  We set up bowls of covered-dish potluck dinners and don’t even think twice about filling our plates to the brim, twice. Gluttony right in church is not even noticed, yet if we were to blurt out a foul word, eyes would roll. Who needs God when everyone else seems to be a god?

There are different degrees of sin; however, in the end, sin is sin. It all causes us to fall short of the glory of God. The only perfect,  flawless, sinless one was God in the flesh, Jesus Christ. When we come to Him seeking forgiveness, He will make us righteous through His blood, but we must remember we still wage a war of sin in the flesh. Looking inward, we must always be humble, defining our own less obvious failures before we start pointing a finger at another human being. Who needs God? We have all sinned, so we all need Him.

Thank you, Father God, for giving us Your perfect remedy for our sinful nature. Search us and show us our own faults so that we may lay them at Your feet. Amen