Time For A Regeneration

Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit. Titus 3:5

It is always tempting to think that somehow my good works will someday surpass some total of my evil and unfaithful deeds, and I will be allowed into Heaven. Did that work out for Adam?

The story is told in brief, but Adam did one sin, and that was it. The death penalty came by way of this sin and any righteous record on his part was not even considered. Out of the garden, sinner! No paradise for you this day. There was no weigh station where Adam could place his good works on one side to offset the weight of his one act of taking that forbidden fruit from Eve. He was cast out. 

That is how well our good deeds and righteous works will balance out just one sin. One. No cancelling out one for one, no opposite good deed making up for one sin. Just that one act of disobedience to God, and the scythe of Death begins its swing toward the neck of the sinner. Yes, it is time for a regeneration, for that is our only hope. A new life without sin, but we're going to need mercy first. A setting aside of the punishment of death for each and every sin on our record. But that mercy must have provision to satisfy justice, God's justice, or it will not last for eternity. Maybe if someone would volunteer to take that penalty so that all the others could live? We're on to something here! 

Of course that good news of the salvation by way of faith in Jesus is spelled out in the Bible, the Word of God. Read in the Gospels of how our Lord Jesus died to save us, obtaining mercy for us at the cost of His life. Rejoice in the promise of eternal life that He earned for us on the cross! 

In Christ we live,
Bucky