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"You are a good person."
Truth is...we're not.
Romans 3:9-10 "What then? Are we any better? Not at all! For we have previously charged that both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin, as it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one." (HCSB)
The world is trying to sell you this lie that everyone can find peace through a "good" life, when reality is, they're dying in their sin.
Isaiah 64:6 says, "All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted (filthy) garment; all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind." (HCSB)
When we attend a funeral for a person we know never accepted Christ...there is always one person that says, "well, sister Sue was such an amazing person. She was so kind and helped others. I just know she's in a better place."
^^I want to crawl out of my skin when I hear this^^
I'm sorry to tell you this...but sister Sue has been cast into the Lake of Fire to be tormented forever and ever because of her inability to see she was a sinner and her disobedience of accepting the sacrifice made for her.
"The Devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet are, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever...And anyone not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire." Revelation 20:10, 15 (HCSB)
Revelation 21:8 says "But the cowards, unbelievers, vile, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars--their share will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death." (HCSB)
Even followers of Christ have committed these sins. Not one of us is capable of good or moral standings. Believers will be spared the second death of the lake of fire because of our belief in Christ and the repenting of our sin.
"Good people" commit sin, and if you haven't accepted the sacrifice made in your place for that sin then your future is a burning lake of torment.
This is a call to all Christians to do 2 things!
1. Have more of an urgency to seek the lost with the gospel. Our time is short and we're not doing enough to spread the truth to the masses.
2. Live in your own truth.
-we continue to sin even after our day of salvation. This is a given. The devil is going to continue to tempt us, and we are going to fall. God doesn't expect us to be perfect, but He does require obedience.
We don't need one more scandal. We don't need one more person to be "found out".
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We need to be ashamed and uncomfortable in our sin. The Bible tells us "our righteousness is but filthy rags" which is why Christ came in the first place.
Confession of sin is the first step in finding freedom from the legacy of Adam we were born into.
Not ONE is good. Live in your own truth.
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