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You are more sinful than you can believe, but you are more loved than you can imagine.
Outside of conservative Christian circles, it's not very common for people to believe that they are inherently bad. Instead, people's logic often goes like this: Sure, I occasionally do bad things, but at heart I'm a good person.
Although it may be tempting to give yourself credit as being a good (or, in Biblical lingo, righteous) person at heart, such a view of human nature is at odds with what God reveals in his word.
God makes it very clear that every one of us is "bad."
We don't just do bad things; we are bad.
The Apostle Paul exclaims that because of our sin every one of us falls short of God's radiant splendor and glory (Romans 3:23).
None of us are good—that is, righteous (Romans 3:10).
Our unrighteousness is not due to the fact that we break God's commands. Instead, we are unrighteous because we are "in Adam," to borrow the language of Paul in Romans 5.
Even people who did not sin by breaking a command still died because they were by nature sinners (Romans 5:14).
The bad news is that you're sinful by nature.
Even if you lived your whole life without breaking a single command of God you'd still reap death.
The bad news is probably worse than you may care to admit.
Fortunately, that makes the good news better than you had imagined. Despite your sinful nature, God offers the life of his very Son for you (Romans 5:8-10).
God doesn't owe you anything, but he gives you everything. That's love!!!!
Your sin is placed on Christ, and Christ's righteousness is placed on you. You gain what he deserved—life—and he gains what you deserved—death. How great is the love God lavishes on us! (1 John 3:1)
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Comment by roy ruser on January 2, 2011 at 10:55pm
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hi kathleen
you are correct people think they are good, an interesting, way to show people if they are good or not, i say have you ever told a lie ? Most say of course we all lie, i say have you ever stole anything even just something small ? Answer by most, well maybe yes something small, have you ever lusted? most say Well of course, we all do, i than say, you have just told me you are a lying, thieving, adulator, and God labels this all as sin, but you can be forgive and set free by Jesus and so on, i first heard it from a fellow named Ray Confort, it's great they now reconise they are not as good as they or i think we are,
roy ruser
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really blessed
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Comment by Christopher Kendall on March 23, 2010 at 9:44am
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How Awesome! His Loving kindness, and grace, is all I need and for the world and us
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Comment by David Velasquez on March 22, 2010 at 4:00am
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Awesome. His grace is sufficient for me, for us
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