Wednesday, June 11, 2008
1:16 PM
I was out for lunch reading this book "Close encounters of the divine kind" for 15 mins. While I was reading I got the inspiration to write out a sermon note which is what you below....man...when I think back about it....I mean...it's so....COOL-LA
S-I-N Nature
People around this world usually ask this question. That is, if God really exists, why is mankind on earth suffering from broken hearts and broken home? Don’t you always feel that sense of injustice? That you can make this imperfect world a better place? In that sense, you are right! You DO have a purpose and calling in your life to make this world a better place!
Because of SIN, we are unable to fulfill that purpose and calling. SIN corrupts man’s character, and a corrupted character produces corrupted results.
Let me give you an example:
I love computer games, I played starcraft, warcraft, Mario…you name it, I played it. But I’ve stopped playing ever since. But why did I stop?
Is computer games wrong?......
OF COURSE NOT!
Computer games has created plenty of job opportunities and provided as a form of entertainment in our stressful society today!
Friends, playing computer games isn’t wrong! But the addiction to computer game is! As a result, I shouted abuses at my parents, neglected my homework, neglected my friends, eventually neglected my health.
What was originally intended for good was corrupted because of SIN…
The deadliest SIN is pride. A good example would be children refusing to apologize to the parents for what they have done wrong. It is very hard to say 1 word “Sorry?” It takes less than 1 sec for that 1 word! But why we didn’t? It’s because of pride…
You may say…”Well, it’s no big deal after all…eventually they’ll forget it anyway”
Then look around the world today! Children who have COMPLETE HOMES & BROKEN HEARTS because of parents living their own lifes after they have children and countries going to war because both sides refuse to stand down! Resulting in millions of soldiers and innocent people dead! All because of….. PRIDE.
Every thing that has a beginning will definitely have an ending. The ending result of SIN is death, not just physical death, but death of character. Now you know why people can go around killing and torturing people without feeling anything in their hearts. Because…their character is dead as a result of SIN.
Now you know why God is sending Christians all around the world, to preach Christ? A God in a man, named Jesus, pinned to the cross to deal with SIN. To prevent further devastation of man and man reconcile to God. The blood of Jesus splattered across the CROSS for the world to see, and with each drop of blood, it reads: “I love you, that’s why I died for you.”
No matter how complex life is...
I really just want a simple life...
