The Two Great Sins

            I am not sure why, I am not sure about Gods reasoning; but tonight I want to talk about what God has said to me over the course of today. God told me that as we struggle to know God our struggle in sin grows, even as our efforts and conviction to know and do what’s best for ourselves grows stronger. You may notice that something is missing, where is God’s effort, God’s conviction? That’s the problem, at some point and in some aspect of our lives we have traded Gods knowledge and conviction for what our own. We have turned to our own ideas and designs of desire and strength.

            Our greatest sin of desire has been stated in the bible as lust or adultery; this is true beyond all comparisons I can possibly make. The bible says this “the body is for the lord and the lord is for the body…” (1 Corinthians Ch. 6) I don’t really know how others might interpret this but I have to say this verse is to be paired with the fact that we are made in God’s image. Though this is a pairing that none of us would normally come up with on our own because we focus too much on our own will; I even admit that without the pastor of my church this connection never would have occurred. Our will and desire to have pleasure and to be in love. When this desire is paired with God there is no problem; but when we take these desires with ourselves in mind we fall prey to our own demons as Satan proceeds to worsen our situation. Our bodies are for the lord and without the lord we are doomed to sin and corrupt the temple that are bodies are made to be for the lord our God.

            Our greatest sin of strength is greed; and greed’s worst form is deception. Who has seen that one person on the street corner who is trying to imitate a homeless person and just doesn’t look the part; that one person who just has no clue what he is doing but is too lazy to take the opportunities that he could have if he simply worked and lived an honest life. Satan is always looking for weaknesses in our hearts hoping to create sin. Greed is a one of the greatest weaknesses and one of the easiest for Satan to exploit. In this weakness we forget God and his desire for us to know and do what is right. In the end we sometimes use deceit to gain what we want. To consider however that this is a constant happening in every person’s life cannot be said but it is true to say that at some point or another every person who has ever lived and does live has and will deceive and have greed in their hearts.

            But despite all of our selfishness and shortcomings God has given us a second chance through Jesus. All Christians know that Jesus died on the cross for our sins but this is just the gift basket it’s what is inside which matters most, eternal life; the opportunity to stand in God’s presence, a god who is willing to help his children overcome their inability to live outside of sin. God loves us but we blind ourselves to that love with desire and thoughts of how to gain our own strength.

Because God Wants To.

            Why do we exist? The reason why is obvious; to glorify God and to bring God joy. To simply put it, God created the universe and everything in it because he wanted to; he didn’t have to, he certainly had no obligation to do so. It’s all because he wanted to; but why make everything so complex? As well as why would he take so much time? If God wanted to he could have made everything happen in a second, so why take seven days? And also why create so many unique aspects to the universe? Why take the effort?

            I would say that the reason is the same, because he wanted to. Now God gave us passion, he gave us love, and he gave us desire. All so that we can pursue God and recognize as the almighty lord who reigns over the universe. To praise God as the deity who cared enough to give us life, but that is not all. God didn’t just sit there on a throne after bringing about our existence and rule over us like a corrupt monarchy. NO! God is always pursuing us and giving us the opportunity to see him working our lives. God loves us enough to get down and dirty in our lives. God loves us and has every desire to be with us.

            Now many of us are familiar with Jesus, if not you need to read the bible it will tell you everything, and if you don’t want to do that as a Christian don’t be shy. A Christian should always be willing to share their faith earnestly and without criticism. God sent Jesus to die for our sins. He died on the cross to create a bridge between the gap keeping us from God. Jesus died on the cross and three days later conquered death itself so that we might believe in the one true God.

            During Jesus life he gave many great teachings. All about God and how God will never give up on us his children. Each person throughout time, past, present, and future is immeasurably loved by the king of heaven; a king willing to even give us the gift of eternal life if we sincerely and full heartedly believe he exists and is there beside us. Now of course this doesn’t mean that we won’t die in this world. But it does mean that we will be granted a life after death at the side of God in paradise. And it all because God wants to be with us; through the good times and the bad god just wants to be there. And we should all want to be with God.

            Now a REALLY good question is why did God want to? My guess is because God had a desire to take interest in something. We know that God is all powerful, all knowing, all loving and eternal, but in all reality what would God do with his immeasurable self if he was all that existed? The bible says in Genesis 1:1 “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”. There was nothing but God before that. Now I’m going to sound really dorky for saying this but is it possible that God got lonely? Could this be the cause of our existence; our immeasurable and unfathomable God needed something to put his time into? He is eternal after all.

It’s a fair thought, anyways while this may be the case it’s not the whole reason. If it was God wouldn’t have put so much effort in making himself known to us. He wouldn’t have even kept us around I bet. The universe would have simply been like a vast marker board, he could have wiped it clean whenever he wanted. Instead I like to think that he is using a sharpie on an overhead projector to carefully create everything in a light that only he can see. A perfect light that changes based on our efforts to live our lives for him.

I guess what all of this boils down to is that God had a very human like trait called loneliness. God needed companionship and in order to fulfill that need he created the universe. If we don’t like the thought we can come up with some stupid excuse.  The reality is we cannot fathom Gods intentions or his reasoning or anything about God for that matter; all we can do is guess at what makes the most sense to us with our limited mental capacity. Though I shudder to think that God created the universe wound a timer and walked away; if that were the case we would probably have no religion to begin with. Not to mention there never would have been someone like Jesus who was willing to die on the cross after living a perfect life without sin in order to save us from our own sin I just won’t accept that kind of belief. A God wouldn’t just lose interest and go off to start another project.

I am also amazed that people are stubborn enough to ignore the bible which is historically accurate and tell the greatness of God throughout the early history of the human race. Humans are true fools including myself when it come to trusting God. We love to flee and fear the unknown its humiliating.  Not to mention impossible; we can’t escape God in any way shape or form. The only separation from God that is possible is going to hell, a pit of unimaginable pain, suffering, and despair. It’s good though that god willingly gives us a choice; he doesn’t force us to accept him and yet he doesn’t give up on us either. And it’s all because God wants to.

it is always fun to look at life in new perspectives. i have been trying to look at life as though it were something that expanded equally from all sides. a persons life does not have to go purely in a single direction; certainly life is always moving outward but never just forward.