WARNING PREACHY
2
Corinthians 5:17
Therefore,
if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is
here!
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The other
day a gentleman was talking to me about how he could not believe that Jesus
could forgive him his sins; he kept telling me that “You don’t know what I’ve
done.” He then proceeded to recite for
me a laundry list of his offences and evil deeds from his 60 years of life.
After
listening to him I said, “You’ve done a great job telling me what it is that you have done but you’ve told me nothing
of what Jesus has done. When you stop focusing on yourself and begin
to focus on Jesus, then you may well learn to trust him and believe that you
are indeed forgiven.”
I believe
this sentiment is for us Christians as well.
It is too often
that I have been in church during the time of Communion only to have the
minister lead the congregation to focus on their personal sins. The mood is generally somber and reflective as
we congregants are urged to feel the sorrow of our deeds that covered Jesus upon
his cross. I however think that this
might be wrong; I think that when we Christians share the Cup that we should be
focusing on and rejoicing in all that Jesus has done instead of belly-aching
over what exactly we have done. By faith
we are redeemed by the blood of the lamb and in that reality we must give
thanks and celebrate! To do anything
less seems to not trust our Lord when He tells us that we are a New Creations.
I think we
all have a tendency to think too much about what we have done and not enough
time thinking about what Jesus did.
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Romans 5:8
Romans 5:8
But
God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
