And God said...

(Romans 3:10) "None is righteous, no, not one;”

The on-going dilemma of this battle between right and wrong will haunt me until the day I die, I am persuaded of it. But outside of Christ what does it all amount too? A lot of worthless babble! A man may hold his tongue for many years but then one day it may slip and all his good work will be forgotten as he will be condemned as a slanderer. It happens to criminals throughout; they serve their sentence but still they are classes as convicts. People like to remember the sins of others justifying themselves.

I have concluded that as sinners, we all make up our own minds on how much sin we are willing to live with on a daily basis. This then varies between individuals, with undoubtedly upbringing and culture playing its part… Take Jacob Zuma the South African President for instance, he is a Zulu and although the law of the land states that a man can only marry one woman at a time, a divorce decree must first be issued before they may marry again. His culture teachers and permits multiple marriages and so he has many wives and still as president continues to marry new wives. The public has much to do about this and much is said, mainly condemning him for his actions. Does this bother him? I am not sure it does, it would be hard to speak for another but I would think neither would his own conscience condemn him; amongst his people, the Zulu’s, he was committed no crime.

Then on the other hand take the “big game hunters” throughout any part of the world, those who pay top dollar to hunt the “big five”, does their conscience plague them when they shoot a lion or a majestic leopard? I doubt it; in fact they well up with pride as they achieve their goal mounting the heads of their kill on their walls, while nature lovers despise even the thought of hunting such animals.

What then of abortion and such topics? It is now legal to abort a child in South Africa; The Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act was passed in 1997 in South Africa, providing abortion on demand for a variety of cases. The list could go on, everyone a judge in their own right, everyone with an opinion, and yet sin reigns supreme in the lives of all. 

This then is the reckoning of God; this is how God views all those not covered by his Son, the Lord Jesus; all those who refuse to repent and believe in and on the finished work of Calvary; “as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one;” (Romans 3:10) – but some may say, what about all the good I have done in my life surely the good will out way the bad? This then is God’s view on your reasoning; “Though I say to the righteous that he shall surely live, yet if he trusts in his righteousness and does injustice, none of his righteous deeds shall be remembered, but in his injustice that he has done he shall die.” (Ezekiel 33:13) – All it takes is just one sin and we will be remembered for the injustice to our lives with hell our eminent doom. That is harsh some may say! It is what it is, God is not casting any popularity polls to see whether we agree with Him or not, He is who He is and His reckoning is the final authority.

There will come a day where we will all present our case before the only true God, that is not Buddha, some idol or some Greek God of old. It is the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God who sent His only begotten Son to die a cruel death so that sinners might find forgiveness through His sacrifice. Outside of Christ there is no hope for the human race. Whether we agree with this or not will never change the facts; God has spoken! “Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together! Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the LORD? And there is no other god besides me, a righteous God and a Savior; there is none besides me.” (Isaiah 45:21)

He is both righteous and a Saviour, if we will not bend our knee to Him now we will all be forced to on that day of reckoning. Let no one tell you that “love will conquer all” and that there is no hell. For all those who depend on their own works to get them to heaven will end up in hell, but for those who realise that they are indeed sinners and in need of a Saviour and find repentance in and through the only righteous man to ever live, the Lord Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, they then will escape the fiery end.

“To God be the glory now and forever more”, Amen!

Signing off

Tyrone