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TechnoratiJudgment is as certain as God is holy. The Psalmist says in Psalm 7:11, "God is angry with the wicked every day." In other words, as Dr. George Sweeting of Moody Bible Institute puts it: "God never makes détente with sin." The apostle Paul explicitly warned: "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting" (Galatians 6:7-8).
Upon proper reflection of our faults and failures, such should cause every person to tremble, because it doesn't require a host of sins to condemn and bar us from paradise. As it was for Adam and Eve, it only requires one – just one – one single act of disobedience to God's law. Yet the records will reveal that all have failed miserably.
That is – unless the records are bought up and put away to never be played. Essentially, this is what Christ did when He gave his life as atonement for sin on the Cross. He bought up all the records and forever put them away for everyone who trusts Him for forgiveness and receives Him as Lord.
My mother will tell you that nothing she sought after before – riches, fame, success, etc. – could ever compare to the new life she found in Christ. Furthermore, let me say if she hadn't made that decision, I would have never known the grace and goodness of Christ ... and certainly wouldn't be writing about Him for this editorial.
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Rev. Mark H. Creech (calact@aol.com) is the executive director of the Christian Action League of North Carolina, Inc.
