3.06.2008

and it is enough for us

This article presumably is about just golf.

This golfer is like all humanity before the throne of God at the end of all days. That we have all sinned -- from little white lie to malicious killing of a bird to things far worse -- is beyond a doubt. The first defense will be like this golfer, and that is claiming their better nature as reason for pardon. The bird-killer says he is an animal-lover. The little-white-lie-teller states that 98% of what he says is truth. The mass murderer says he has a mental disability.

The second line of defense will be like this golfer, and that is pointing to their good works. The bird-killer says he has adopted other strays. The little-white-lie-teller says he volunteers at the local homeless shelter. The rapist says he works with disabled children.

Friend, at the end of all days, neither who you are are nor what you have done is good enough for the perfection of eternity. There is nothing that you can do to earn your way into Heaven. The Bible says all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and the wages of sin is death.

But the good news of God is that one defense is available to all: claiming Jesus Christ as your Savior. He by His nature is good enough, and He by His death on the cross has done enough, and He by His great love is enough for you. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

You don't need to wait until the judgment comes to determine your destination. You don't need to claim any other defense. All you need is to repent of who you are and what you have done, and instead ask that Savior who is enough to be your one and only. Will you make that choice today?

2 comments:

Kevin said...

This is off direction of your post, but in context of the article.

While I understand that they want to punish him and make him face consequences for hitting the hawk, the sad part is that the court system will make it a priority to punish this golfer and make a huge spectacle of this while people accused of real crimes like selling and pushing drugs on kids on the street get released from minimal punishments every day. And broken neighborhoods don't get clean because cities refuse to acknowledge them and only protect high income housing with their police units.

But lets focus on the guy who hit a bird with a golf ball.

Thats the real crime behind this story in my opinion.

Wept_over said...

There's another whole post on just your thought -- that not all sins are treated fairly or the same. Should they be?