Is everyone going to be happy? No, absolutely not!!
Why not?? Because there is the human condition, and there is sin.
Sin is too much like an old, unmaintenanced water pipe. It begins with a slow leak, then if not dealt with, becomes an emergency.
Sin is too much like an old, unmaintenanced water pipe. It begins with a slow leak, then if not dealt with, becomes an emergency.
Well, it would be better if it was that way, but it's not!!
In our lives, we don't often see a leak ...and we don't see it get worse, nor do we view it as an emergency. We feel content to fix it ourselves ...working around things and cutting corners, and it seems sufficient to us. After all, everyone else is doing it ...and we do aspire to be as good as everyone else, don't we??
Yes, that's part of the problem ...none of us are really good. God is good, and if we have any good in any of us, it is the collateral goodness that extends to all of us through God ...the hope of which is realized by His grace and forgiveness.
This is not just a bunch of words ...we look to His Word, the plumb line by which He communicates to us of who He is, and of His grace which He extends to us. Yes, we read much about sin ...and it may not be a happy subject, but it is rather destructive to drown in sin merely because we think we do well not to acknowledge the mere existence of it, let alone how vital it is to deal with it.
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