Ramblings at most

In today's society it is thought that people are born naturally good and made bad by some circumstances in their life. This, however, is not biblical. In reality, people are born naturally bad and are made good only by the washing and cleansing of sins by the blood of Jesus Christ.
Christianity sets the basis and foundation of morals, values, and decency. It also laid the foundation for which this country was built. Someone without Christ is, in essence, a bad person, an enemy of God. Would it be too irrational to suggest that someone who is not of Christ is an enemy of this country? Probably.
In what way can we trust someone in this country, to make a good decision, who does not have Christ in them and is an enemy of God? Also, how can one expect someone who has no Christian morals or values to understand what is right and what is wrong? Yes, I know everyone is born with a conscience (which means, with knowledge. Con- with science- knowledge) but if the Holy Spirit is not leading that person, giving that person understanding, how can we, as a people, trust that person to make good decisions? We can't. I don't only speak of the leader of this country, but of people all around the world who are not Christians.

However, at this point, we have to acknowledge two things: one, we have not always been God's and two, the world's view and God's eyes are not the same. All in all, according to the world, most people are decently good people. According to God, no one is good. In one's own eyes, one would say, "I am a good person." Everyone in this world speaks of their own goodness. But, are we really good?
Have we ever lied? Stolen? Blasphemed? Committed adultery (which, by the way, most people have by lusting alone)? Have we committed murder (also most people have by hating one another)? I myself have answered yes to each of those questions. So admittedly, I am a lying, thieving, blasphemous, murdering, adulterer at heart. Am I a good person? No. I am the same as anyone else. I am no better. I am no worse. Especially in God's eyes. One thing folks have to understand is that sin is sin to God. There is no measure of sin, as in, one sin is no worse than the other. So, murdering someone is just as bad as telling a little white lie. And for both, we have broken God's law and are guilty. What are the wages? Death. Hell.



People don't understand this. They say, "..but God is merciful and loving. He wouldn't do that! He wouldn't send us to hell!" Yes indeed He would because although He is most certainly a loving merciful God, He is also righteous and just. If you look at the two, how, one might ask, can they possibly coincide? God made it happen! That's the Good News! That is the Gospel! The Good News is, although we have committed these disgusting sins, God has made a way that He will bejust and righteous to "admit" us into heaven. How?
Let's take a look shall we?
All fall short of the Glory of God. (Meaning, all have sinned.) The wages of sin is death. In order for our sins to be forgiven us, there must be a shedding of blood. Not just any blood, but good clean blood not blemished by sin. Whose blood could that be? Who is perfect? Who is not blemished by sin? Jesus Christ. Jesus, God, came to this earth, born of the virgin Mary, (why a virgin!? WhY!? Because when one is born of the seed of man, we are born into sin. Jesus was not born of the seed of man, he was born of a virgin...therefore, sinless) grew up, remaining sinless, and died and shed His blood for us, so that we, if we accept His gift of salvation, if we accept that, in our place, Jesus died for us, will be forgiven, washed by His blood and admitted into Heaven to sit at the hand of God for all glorious eternity.


Eternity eh? We are all eternal creatures. We all live forever. The difference? Some people choose to live in hell as some choose to live in Heaven.
I've thought about it, and I don't like to say, we will live in heaven forever. Why? It puts time on our presence there. When we die, time no longer exists. So to say forever, would imply that there is time, of which there is not. We will just be. Be in one place, hell, or the other, Heaven.