Sin, Servitude and Views

Okay, I am finally getting around to post about what I talked about earlier, Sin, Servitude and Views of each.

One of the best things that we, as Christians do, is claim that we are followers of Christ. That we look to Jesus for our model to try to mold ourselves around. That is what we are supposed to do according to the scripture, is be Christ Like. (1 Peter 2:21, KJV)

One of the worst things that we, as Christians do, is claim that we are followers of Christ. That we look to Jesus for our model to try to mold ourselves around. That is what we are supposed to do according to the scripture, but the Scripture is full of people who failed, even though they were full of the love of Christ, they were servants of God, and did wondrous things in the name of God.

David, a man after God's own heart, failed miserably, and had much misfortune flow down through his lineage. Why? Sin. One little three letter word. Sin. See, four letter words are commonly referred to as being bad in our society, you know the "cuss" words. But they are merely the larger smoke screen for the issue at hand, that is known as Sin. Now, before you think I am getting all "Holier Than Thou" on you, ponder this for one minute - Having Christ is not a free license to behave however you want to, however it is the ticket to be able to abide with Him for all eternity, no matter what horrible things one may have done. No matter what.

Okay, so where does that leave us, or take us? Well, God sees Sin as Sin - it is all wrong, and all punishable by eternal separation from God by being cast into Hell. Salvation, by belief that Christ died for all humanity's sins, from the first one committed to the last one at the end of normal human existence as we know it and Christ has come to rule, and the old beguiling serpent the Devil is banished forever, is the key to be able to stay with God forever. Hmm... The basic idea that we come to then, is the fact that Salvation does not excuse Sin, nor does Salvation make it okay to Sin. Salvation means we understand that we have failed the Father, and the only through Christ's intervention, the Son, do we have communion with God the Father. Salvation means that we understand that glancing at a woman in lustfulness is just as wrong as killing.

God does not place levels on Sin. Humans place levels on Sin. The little white lie, is still just that, a lie.

With that in mind, how about servitude? With Sin, you have the wrong servitude - have you ever noticed the people that would just rather sit back, wish they were partaking in the work of the Lord, but they don't? Then a few days, weeks, months or even years later they are completely broken, by Sin? Servitude has no place for Sin and Sin has no place for Servitude.

I personally know when my heart is in the wrong direction, my Servitude, or willingness to serve God in His way, not mine, is lessened. It is weakened. It is destroyed and tore down by Satan, and Satan eats me for lunch that day, binding me, my thoughts, and my actions. I think that happens to us all, and the only way to get past it is to recognize that hey, the quick little thought of "Stupid, idiot drivers..." can be the simple start to something much worse....what if Christ would have said "Stupid, idiot sinners..." and sped around and passed us up? Whew...we would not have a choice of where we end up then when this mortal life is over.

Let's take a minute and pray, for clarity of though, clarity of heart and clarity of wisdom from God, and that through Christ we can strengthen those around us to have better Servitude, to stray from the all damaging Sin that breaks that Servitude and allow Christ's light to so shine through us, we make people wonder what it is we have inside of us, opening up the door to show them how being forgiven leads to Servitude, and Servitude leads to carrying out the Lord's will for our lives, and that we can change the world by sharing our Saviour with them.