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Have you ever met someone who avoided going to the doctor because they believed there was nothing wrong with them, or they didn't want to know anything was wrong with them? Just because you don't go to the doctor, doesn't mean you're not sick! Sometimes, us Christians, run away in the same way. We believe there is nothing wrong with us, and by avoiding that "measure," we hope that we never hear the news that there is something wrong with us! Ignorance of our sickness does not make us healthy, and in the same way, ignorance of our sin does not make us innocent!
"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." [Romans 5:17]
Man to God, is like a speck of sand, while God is like the ocean (technically bigger, but y'know, for the analogy sake!). If you think about it, through that one speck of sand, death came into our world, but through God, we receive grace. If you think about it, God is really big, and how much more is that grace worth?! It's so hard to explain, but so easy to imagine. I was sitting here feeling giggly about the verse. God is so gracious to us!
When people refuse to live by the righteousness of God, they lived by their own standards of right and wrong. That kind of thinking will make you sin! Like ignorance, you may feel that you like a pleasant life, but that does not make you spiritually healthy. Yes, we may be never able to achieve Jesus' righteousness, but we have an ever abundant fountain of grace that pours from our Lord. Let's not be ignorant, because that does not make us innocent!
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God is the Measurer and Healer of our spiritual health.
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