(Ephesians 2: 3) “… And were by nature children of wrath, like the
rest of mankind.”
We just like
the rest of mankind were never exempt to the curse of sin, and so many of us in
times past loved to play, “I’m the not so bad” card, hoping to excuse ourselves
from the wrath of God; just another magic illusion found in Satan’s bag of
tricks which the world loves to hold onto with all they have got. Test if what
I say fits; how often are you quick to shoot someone down for there disgraceful
conduct? And yet when God looked upon us we were the disgraceful ones, guilty
as charged. Sure, the rapist and the murder will be judged but so will the
fornicator, or the gossiper and what of the one who is filled with fits of
anger, or the converter and so on; all of us guilty before a holy God. And
until that penny drops we will never apprehend what it is we (the Christian)
have been saved from. Like I have mentioned many times before blinkers where
designed for race horses and not humans and yet sin blinds its captives with
varying illusions that others often recognize while the perpetrator is blind to
their own breach.
What amazes me
is how seemingly successful the psychologist is when they get their patients to
take ownership of their own actions when looking to repair damaged lives and
yet Satan has blinded the world to their own pity-filled states before a
Righteous God. A prodigious quandary the human faces, trapped by their own sin;
“and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest
of mankind.” A fact that should never be overlooked as a “light thing”! Sin is
extremely destructive and it is what kept us (the Christian) from finding the
true meaning of life.
This is how the
miracle of repair happened; Jesus Christ the man came to live a life without
sin influencing him, which in itself was filled with unspeakable opposition
looking to derail him. Satan failed, and the Lord Jesus was victorious breaking
the shackles of sin, once and for all time; but only for those who are born
again and have been covered by the righteousness of His finished work upon the
cross of Calvary. Those who are now sanctified by the risen Saviours shed His
blood; those who where once blinded by the traps of sin. God became a man to
rectify what Satan had destroyed, WOW! Do you understand this? I pray that God
will expose our hearts concerning this truth and renew a right spirit in us
where needed.
Last night I
had the most disturbing vivid dream; it was so tangible that I felt trapped by
the weight of it. I was in a hopeless state and I could do nothing about it.
The damaged had been done and it was time to face the music. The wake of
destruction that it left in its path affected so many people. I was travelling
in a vehicle with a loved one in another car which shadowed me. And just like
any dream we never remember how we arrived there, that’s were it started; we
were in transit travelling at a snail pace. Something urges me to exit the
vehicle, and so I did without engaging the handbrake and before I realised what
had happened my automobile was tearing down the embankment and gaining
momentum. The other driver was in the process of trying to bring my vehicle to
a stop using the other car as a barricade, it was a hopeless scenario, the
harder she tried, the more havoc she incurred, it was no longer one car
crashing through a campsite but two and eventually the damage done couldn’t be
undone.
Sin is exactly
like that, we try and conceal it and we go to specialists to deal with the
damage created by the sin of others and the results of our own foolishness but
all we will ever achieve is a band aid repair for a fatal wound (Jesus is the
only solution for true freeing forgiveness). The joy of waking up and realising
that what I had been apart of was only a dream; it was the most reviving
feeling I had for some time now. To be freed from the weight of that experience
was most welcome, whilst the dream was not wanted at all if I had any say in
the matter.
The curse of
sin is like an unwelcomed dream, it finds us out, regardless of how we feel
about it. Hence the words of Paul referring to each and every one of us; “and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest
of mankind.” It’s only once we wake
up to the fact, that we are indeed sinners
and in desperate need to be saved from our sin that the penny drops and we find
relief. We must understand that it’s not our neighbour’s sin that has kept us
from God but our own.
This is a crucial step in our conversion, without
it we will view our rescue from the wrath to come, a “light thing” and hence
the reason for Paul highlighting our standing before God prior to Him extending
a lifeline to those who were helpless and doomed to face His judgement because
of our sin against Him. It has been penned for us to sit up and take note, so
let us remember who we were prior to the Lord Jesus’ sacrifice on our behalf.
“We owe it all to Jesus”, praise His name now and forever more, Amen and Amen!
Signing off
Tyrone
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