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Monday / Wednesday / Friday Devotional Feature of the First Road Blog]
I
think it is worthwhile to think about the relationship of what I call the Sovereign Commands to some of the more
familiar texts we use to help people see their need of Christ as their
sin-bearer.
First: The bottom-line issue is sin (Romans 3:23).
Second:
The look of sin is not a matter of being only
human. It has to do with choosing our own way (Isaiah 53:6). Ever since
Eden this includes wanting the option of doing evil if it serves our purposes.
(Genesis 3:5; Romans 1:18-21)
Third: Choosing our own way, results in breaking God’s Law. (1 John 3:4).
As such it is not simply about being not
perfect, or making some mistakes here
and there. It is disloyalty to our Creator. It throws the Sovereign Commands aside. We do not love him with all our heart,
soul, mind, and strength; and that fact almost always results in misusing
someone else.
Fourth: This explains why violating one command in the Law puts us under
the curse of having violated the whole Law (James 1:20). Such disloyalty is treason, and treason is a
capital offence which calls for the death penalty (Romans 6:23).
I would suggest we consider that we may not need to find some way to get a person to admit
to some particular sins to prove their sinfulness. We may not need to spend a lot of time defending the gospel against objections of unfairness at the mistaken notion that "just one sin," like stealing, makes a person worthy of death. We might be able to go right to the heart of the matter? The Sovereign Commands expose the reality that we sin because we are sinners...we do not come close to loving him somewhat, to say nothing of with all our heart. We are in fact ungrateful, demanding, and easily offended in our relationship with him.
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