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Sin is simply rebellion against God
My conscience and my common sense compelled me to admit that I had fallen short of God’s standard of absolute holiness and, therefore, I was a sinner in His sight.
On my admission of having sinned came God’s condemnation in Ezekiel 18:4: “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.”
It appealed to me like this: the law in Great Britain says that all drivers must keep to the left side of the street. In New York the rule of the road demands that a driver keeps to the right side. Now, suppose I go driving in London and keep to the right side. On being brought before the judge, I say, “This is ridiculous, in the United States, we are allowed to drive on the right side.”
“You are not being judged by the laws of America,” he replies. “It does not matter what the laws of other lands may be, you should have concerned yourself only with the laws which judge you here, where you are.”
In the same way, as far as God’s standard was concerned, I was lost, because God’s standard was the only one by which I was to be judged in eternity. I was hopelessly lost. I began to see that it didn’t matter at all what I thought or what my friends told me. The judgement would be based on what God has said, not what my friends say. Moreover, because in God’s judgement we have all sinned, there was no use in looking to other men for help, for they were under the same condemnation as I.
Thank God for revealing to us His holy law and its just demands. The law shows me my true condition, “for by the law is the knowledge of sin” (Romans 3:20). The law awakens us to our need and points us to the Saviour who alone has redeemed us from the curse of the law (Galatians 3:13,24).
Thought: “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21)
Prayer: I have sinned against You, O God. Be merciful to me.
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This audio CD is approximately 59 minutes, divided into 34 chapters. Edited by Dr SH Tow Please note that the last paragraph of some chapter texts may not be present in the audio tracks.
