The Gospel of Jesus Christ is an unchanging fact that must be taught with all of its integrity intact. This means we cannot gloss over the parts we don't like. Or perhaps I should say part. Sin.
I absolutely adore my God because He Saved me. What did He Save me from? He Saved me from Death, the direct result of sin in my life. Not just original sin that I inherited from adam. Not just the sin that I can write off as belonging to all people. But my direct, personal rebellions against God. My lies, my hypocrisies, my lusts, my passions, my hatreds and my deceits.
In Order to see how Good our Salvation is, we have to see how dispicable our Sin is. How can a man understand being pulled from the water unless he chokes on it and panics a bit?
Scripture is not soft about sin. It is described in such terms as "Abomination" and "Filthy Rags". Scripture says that the wages of sin are death. We cannot gloss over that.
We are a faith of hope. But what is there to hope for if we do not see our bondage?
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