Faulty Thinking

Romans 5:12-21
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I've heard this story many times, through many different renditions, but here is the version this devotion provided.


"Four people—a pilot, a professor, a pastor, and a hiker—were flying in a small plane when the engines died. The pilot said, “There are only three parachutes. Since this is my plane, I’m taking one of them.” He put it on and jumped out. The professor said, “I’m brilliant and the world needs me, so I’m taking a parachute,” and he jumped out.

Then the pastor told the hiker, “I don’t want to be selfish, so you take the last parachute.” The hiker replied, “There are still two left, so we can each have one. The professor jumped out with my backpack instead of the parachute!""

Many of us are like the professor; we believe in faulty thinking. He believed that backpack was a parachute, and it gave him false hope. We believe our works can get us into heaven, whether it is being "good," attending church or being baptized. 

"For if, by the trespass of one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ. Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men." [Romans 5:17-18]

We all have sinned, and believed at some point our faulty thinking can allow us to receive eternal life. But as sin entered through one man, so does our breakage from sin through another, Christ Jesus. 

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If we could earn our salvation, Christ would not have died to provide it.