Not Worthy
On Oct 30th of this year 2015, my nephew was born
into this world. His name is Joshua William. His name means `Because God is my
Salvation, I am a strong willed warrior’. He was born with Trisomy 18.
That’s not the saddest part. The saddest part is that before his
birth, some of the doctors didn’t see his life as worth anything.
Seems in our world we can’t look past the defects. We think we
know it all. We know what kind of people are normal and what aren’t and we
measure by that standard. We measure everything by that standard, even our
love.
I find it very ironic, that in this sin sick world, truth be
told none of us are worthy to `live’.
Romans 6:23 says “For the wages of sin is death!”
God set this standard, and the standard says, the penalty for
sin is death. This is an eternal death, one spent in hellfire.
How depressing you say?
Well, there is good news folks! The rest of the verse above
says, “…But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord!”
Over 2000 years a go, a tiny baby was born to a virgin named
Mary in the town of Bethlehem. A Miracle! God knew from the beginning when Adam
and Eve sinned, that He would make a way for Salvation for all mankind. God
would come to earth in the form of baby, as Jesus, and he would live a sinless
life and then die (take the penalty) for all the human race!
This Christmas I have one message to all of you, John
3:16
“For God so loved the world (you!) that He gave His
only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have
everlasting life”
God’s love is not measured by our defects. The penalty for our
defect (sin) is death, but He as a loving God, also made a way for our
Salvation. He loves us while we are still in our sin. He offers a gift to you,
the gift of eternal life in Heaven with Him. What must we do to accept this
gift?
Romans 10:9-11 says “If you confess with your mouth the Lord
Jesus, and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will
be saved. For with the heart man believes unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture says, whoever believes on
Him shall not be ashamed.”
Confess your sin to God, ask for forgiveness, and believe that
Jesus Christ is Lord.
I find it so incredible that my
brother and his wife had picked out Joshua William as the name for their son,
long before he was even in existence. God knew that this little one would be
born fighting for his life, and he knew what name they would pick.
`Because God is my Salvation, I am a strong willed warrior’.
This whole situation spoke one thing to me; God knows the sinful
state we are born in. He knows what a mess we’ve made of the world, and yet, He
is our Salvation! And in HIM we truly live!!!
