" Our Sin Problem "

Romans 3:23   " For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of GOD; "

     The Naturalistic Worldview:  Because man is simply an organism in the long line of evolution (he is an advanced animal form), man does not answer to any Power higher than himself. As a result, good and evil are relative to the social situation in which he finds himself.

     The Religious Worldview:  Man is inherently good and must emulate the exemplary life of JESUS CHRIST (a good man - but not GOD) and follow HIS works and teachings in order to overcome "evil," defined as anything that can be harmful to another person.

     The Biblical Worldview:  Man is inherently sinful - he is a sinner by birth (his nature) and deed (his actions, Romans 5:6-12, 18-21). In order to possess a relationship with GOD, man must deal with this sin problem on GOD's terms, for HE is Holy and Righteous and cannot fellowship with darkness. He must trust JESUS CHRIST's substitutionary death and resurrection in order to become a new creation and be reconciled to GOD. Only then can man overcome evil through the indwelling strength of the HOLY SPIRIT.

     The  Answer:  The LORD JESUS CHRIST is the only way through which man can overcome this sin problem that separates him from GOD (John 14:6; Acts 4:12). JESUS declared HIMSELF to be the only means by which man can enjoy a relationship with GOD - a relationship that entails eternal life with the LORD and Salvation from an eternity in the Lake of Fire. Indeed, we all are born sinners,  "but GOD commendeth (demonstrated) HIS love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, CHRIST died for us"  (Romans 5:8). MDC

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie

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