The Consequences of Sin

Simply stated in Romans 3:23, we find ourselves falling short of the glory of God. Some may read this passage and lose hope, but praise the Lord He continues by saying we are "justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus", Romans 3:24

Does it amaze you that God created the opportunity for man to walk away from him (sin, Adam and Eve) and, even in that event, provided a way to come back to him? It amazes me on several levels. Have you ever considered why we have passage back to God while the angels (known as demons) that decided to follow Lucifer don't have that privilege? We did the exact same thing they did! We chose ourselves, not God! For some reason, we think {or thought} we were {or are} smarter then him. Yet, for some reason his hand reaches down, through Jesus Christ, to us and says come back my child. Why? It has to baffle the angels.

The most amazing attribute about Christ providing a way back to him is his love for us. I titled this the "consequences of sin" because the consequences of sin IS death and yes, even God's (Christ) death. Christ has paid my death sentence. Yes, God had the prefect world for us to live in and we went and screwed it up; but he doesn't give up on us or wipe us off the face of the earth, instead he provides a way back to him. He gives us the opportunity to exercise our freewill and return to him.

We all want freewill but don't want the consequences of it. We find ourselves today facing the consequences of our freewill. Free to do righteous acts or evil acts. Choose Christ or reject him.

Freewill causes us many problems, but it also provides us with the best relationship we can have with God. Let me explain real quick.

We see everyday where people take their freewill and torture others. The other day on the news there was a couple that was starving their children by only giving them a small amount of food a week and would not allow them to venture out of the bathroom for days. It tore at my heart to see children abused in such a horrible way. Those parents had the privilege to freely give so much more to their children, but decided instead to torture them. (Consequences of Sin)

They took their freewill and used it to benefit themselves and ruined other people's lives.

When we use our freewill as God intended we experience something beyond our imaginations. We get to experience "God" when we choose to freely follow him. It doesn't stop there because others around you get to experience "God" when you choose to follow his ways. God loves to see his children freely choose him instead of making us choose him. That is love and when we do that everyone benefits.

In closing, I want to say one more thing. God continues to allow us to freely choose him even after Christ's death on the cross. He didn't die on the cross and make everyone believe in him even though it provides everyone with the opportunity for eternal life with him.

Instead, we face the same trial that Adam and Eve had in the garden. Freewill to choose God and his ways. Adam and Eve chose their own way and we stand in a time in history where God provided, yet again another opportunity to choose his way through Christ. There will be those that don't and those that do. I do. I choose Christ and look forward to the day where we will no longer face everyday the consequences of sin. Non posse pecccare!

Thanks to those that have read this series of posts. These posts have been for everyone to read, but they have been more then that to me. They have been of great interest to me and my thoughts and I have enjoyed putting them into words. So these last several articles may have been more for me then for those that read them, but if you enjoyed them, all the better.