We're All Guilty

And Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear! Genesis 4:13

For many of us merely the thought of dangling a small platform over the side of a skyscraper and lowering it down to wash windows all day is enough to make the muscles tense up and the blood run cold in our veins. Pondering a moment on an eternal punishment in the outer darkness with torment causes a similar reaction and the use of Cain's exclamation in our verse for today. It should lead everyone to grasp at that one straw of hope presented throughout the scriptures, Messiah, or as we know Him by the Greek word, Christ.

We are all guilty. Born into sin, we have but one hope to change our fate away from punishment that we cannot bear and into a hope we do not deserve. The hope has a name, and His name is Jesus. All we must do to obtain this hope is to believe in Him. It seems so simple, perhaps too simple. To be born again, I just believe in Jesus? To make it easier, we might recall that none of us had anything to do with starting our first birth. The privilege of choosing to believe in Jesus to begin our second birth is quite the honor!

Praise to God our Father!

Bucky