Saturday, January 31, 2009

Why did Jesus have to die? Part 3

Again, I don't usually use this blog in this way, but i have thinking about this anyway, so here it is.

The last thought we have to ask ourselves is this. "Are my sins really bad enough to deserve eternal punishment, where we are constantly deteriorating and being eaten alive, but never are consumed, where the anquish and agony are so thick and deep that it feels like an unquenchable fire is always burning us, insanity is always over taking us, but yet we never die and are conpletely coherent of exactly what is happening? Complete Separation from God, FOREVER. Really"

If you write down all the "bad stuff" you think you have ever done. Most of us don't even have enough against us to end up in a regular old jail here in this physical world ruled by men. What would we have ever done to deserve eternal torment? The majority of Americans believe in a heaven (85%) and 85% of Americans believe they are going there. Why? Because if you ask a room full of people to have all the bad people raise their hands, no one will. People basically believe they are good and that they may not be as bad as some, but they surely aren't as bad as some either. Good enough fo heaven right?

Here is a great example I will end with ...

I was listening to a man tell a story about his 3 year old daughter. She took a stick and procedded to draw a picture of whatever on the hood of his car. She scratch the hood into something silly. Could he sit the 3 year old down and say: "What were you thinking? I now have to take off work and take the car down for an estimate, miss work (and money), waste time on the phone with the insurance company, pay the $500 deductable, take the car back down to the shop for the actual work to be done, get a rental car for a week (more time and money), get the car back only to realize that they didn't do everything right, take it back in ..." You get the picture. She won't be able to comprehend any of that and she will never be able to repay it (no job, no money). All he could say is: "Sweety, please don't ever do that again. It makes daddy very sad"

We truely have no clue. Our little sin causes a complete separation from God and it demands Justice, but we can't truely understand and could never pay the price. We absolutely deserve eternal separation from God ... Mercy ... Justice ... Grace (see part 2)

This is the most "fair" system in existance.
1. Everyone is Welcome
2. Everyone must enter the same way.
3. Everyone can meet the requirements

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