For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23 (NIV) When our boys were young, I often took them swimming. Our local pool has three slides; one for toddlers, one for young children, and a red tube slide for those at least forty-eight inches tall. Each time we went to …
Tag Archives: Romans 3:23
I Don’t Measure Up
You and I have a similar problem; we don’t measure up to God’s standards. The Bible tells us God is a holy God and He cannot look upon our sin. Therein lays the rub. No human being, other than Jesus, is without sin. When we measure our sinful nature against God’s holiness we fall short. But the Gospel doesn’t leave us without hope. On the contrary, God gave His only beloved Son as a sin offering. He took our sin, our faults, our shame, upon Himself so we might be cleansed from all sin. When God looks at us, He sees us through the filter of the cross; no longer stained by sin, but white as snow.