WE ARE THE CREATURES
HE IS THE CREATOR
It is a mystery to me why humans have such difficulty recognizing the simple relationship, as stated above. He is the CREATOR. We are the CREATED. He is the COMMANDER IN CHIEF. We are not. He makes the rules. We don't. I have a neighbor who has a four year old. Even she grasps this concept. What is our problem?
It seems the older we get, the narrower our view becomes. We tend to see ourselves as total and complete in our soft and squishy selves. We actually believe that we are in full charge in our pathetically weak and ineffective lives. Let me ask you brother, when was the last time YOU moved a constellation, or modified the orbit of a star? How about the last time YOU created life out of nothing? How about the time you last spoke the Word and created water out of simple, breathable air? {crickets...}
Here are just a few of the attributes of our CREATOR, our GOD, our BOSS; He is Solitary -- The only one; He is Sovereign, He is Immutable {He cannot change}; He is all Powerful; He is Holy; He is Faithful; He is Mercy; He is Love; He is Patient.
"Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool. {Isa 1:18}
Did I mention that He is Forgiving?
"I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins. (26) "Put Me in remembrance, let us argue our case together; State your cause, that you may be proved right. {Isa 43:25-26} "I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you." {Isa 44:22}
Here are some human attributes; We are selfish, ego-driven, lustful, untruthful, cruel, nasty, violent and by-enlarge, unfeeling. Its all about US. We are "Screw-Ups". Adam was made perfect. Then he screwed up. Since he was the first, and at the time, the ONLY man, and we evolved from his seed, we who followed were infected at birth by the "Screw-Up" gene. Its what we do. We seem to gravitate to the "Screw-Up" position with relative ease! Left to our own devices, we will ALWAYS "Screw-Up".
God saw what Adam had done. Here was HIS response: "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. (17) "For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. (18) "He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. {Joh 3:16-18}
All the ugliness in the world cannot be blamed on God. God is perfect and blameless. If you want to blame someone for all the hate, horror, violence, and sin, blame Adam. He opened the door, not God. Blame us; humans, we truly were the first "Screw-Ups".
Although the poison of sin was released into the world, the antidote that God created was His Son, Jesus of Nazareth. He took the death, the pain, the humiliation, for you, for all of us. Since God gave us the power to decide, the decision is yours. His hand is extended to you with the cure. How about your hand? Are you ready to reach out?
But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. {Rom 5:15}
Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. {1Co 6:11}
Here is the deal. God gave you the ability to make the choice. The agreement expires the moment you draw your last breath. It is really simple; If you do nothing, continue to live as you are, you default to the Adam infected gene. At your last breath, Welcome to HELL. This will be your new home--FOREVER!
If you elect to follow Jesus, who, by the way, died to give you release from the Adam induced "Screw-Up" gene, {Satan}, you will be saved at your last breath. Your eternity will be in Paradise with your Creator. Jesus is the door!
If I were you, I would not wait too long to make your decision. Later today you just might draw your last breath. Make the choice.
HAVE YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?
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