No Excuse

I think every true believer knows that at birth we receive a sin nature that resides in each person that has ever existed, except Jesus.  We sin because of that sin nature and we seem to be powerless to resist sin.  We not only sin, but we sin on a daily basis many times, and think nothing of it in most cases because it comes so natural to us.  

Now let me throw this in, we have no excuse, even though we have a bent towards sin we also have a conscience that tells us what we are doing is wrong, but we short circuit that by our own evil desire to sin.  Even though we know in many cases that wrong behavior brings punishment, and we should avoid it, we rebel and do it anyway even trying to involve others in the wrong doing that we are involved with.  And remember anything we do that breaks one of God’s commandments is sin regardless of what we try to label it.  Another thing I want to inject here is that we have no excuse for the sins we commit, so don’t waste your time trying to think of one. Calling sin a mistake, or anything else, will never cut it, so call it what God calls it, sin.

In the book of Romans Paul said this about God’s anger at sin in chapter 1 verses 18-23, “But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God.

Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. And instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles.”

In God’s sight there is no one in right standing with Him, everyone is guilty of sin.  Will anyone have an excuse for not believing in God at the White Throne Judgment?  No, none whatsoever!  Don’t be fooled and miss out on what God has in store for you, don’t live in unbelief.

Because of their unbelief God gave them up to their own desires that are spoken of in Romans 1:24-32, “So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. They traded the truth about God for a lie. So they worshiped and served the things God created instead of the Creator himself, who is worthy of eternal praise! Amen. That is why God abandoned them to their shameful desires. Even the women turned against the natural way to have sex and instead indulged in sex with each other. And the men, instead of having normal sexual relations with women, burned with lust for each other. Men did shameful things with other men, and as a result of this sin, they suffered within themselves the penalty they deserved.

Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done. Their lives became full of every kind of wickedness, sin, greed, hate, envy, murder, quarreling, deception, malicious behavior, and gossip. They are backstabbers, haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They invent new ways of sinning, and they disobey their parents. They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy. They know God’s justice requires that those who do these things deserve to die, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they encourage others to do them, too.”

God will allow you to reject Him because He gave us all a free will so we can choose our own destiny.  It is not God’s will that we make that choice because He is not willing that any be lost but that everyone will repent and believe in Him; but He will never force us to choose Him against our wills.  In fact we need to go beyond that, we need to believe that Jesus Christ was God’s only begotten Son and that He was crucified, died and was buried, and rose again, coming back to life on the third day and is now the Savior for all who believe in Him.  Jesus’ blood was shed for the sins of mankind; praise His name, because no other sacrifice would do.  In the Word there were many animals sacrificed for sin, but their blood was just a covering, waiting for the perfect sacrifice which was Jesus Christ, the spotless Lamb of God whose blood did more than cover sins it washed and purified sins, removing all traces of it.  

It says this about sin in Isaiah 1:18, “‘Come now, let’s settle this,’ says the Lord. ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow.  Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.’”

David said this about God and what He does with sin if we fear Him, in Psalms 103:8-14:

“The Lord is compassionate and merciful,

slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.

He will not constantly accuse us,

nor remain angry forever.

He does not punish us for all our sins;

he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.

For his unfailing love toward those who fear him

is as great as the height of the heavens above the earth.

He has removed our sins as far from us

as the east is from the west.

The Lord is like a father to his children,

tender and compassionate to those who fear him.

For he knows how weak we are;

he remembers we are only dust.”

God knew that we could never atone for our own sins; so He made a way for everyone to get right with Him and He accomplished it through Jesus Christ, His Son.  So like I said, no one has an excuse for rejecting Him in unbelief, and my prayer for you is that you won’t reject Him.  Repent of your sins, asking the Lord to forgive you and to cleanse you from all unrighteousness and to be your Lord and Savior.  If you are sincere I believe it will happen. Then find a church where the Preacher preaches the truth in God’s Word.  Start studying the Word yourself asking God’s Holy Spirit to teach you the scriptures and to bring them back to you when you need them and start growing in your faith.  Have a great day.  May God bless you!!