mankind

I read a poem today, and I was not too fond of it. The person who penned the words claimed that because the world is “flawed,” the one at “fault” is the Creator. I see this as a huge problem today. Nobody wants to take responsibility when they are wrong. Even an extremely popular, major online shopping company won’t admit it and do something about it. I decided to stop ordering from them. If I can’t find it somewhere else, then do I really need it?

Someone cuts you off on the road. You honk. Yet you get the finger! Oh, maybe they’re showing me they are my number one fan! It can be very frustrating, to say the least. Knowing someone is wrong, but they won’t admit it. And the truth is, they know they were wrong, too.

Below is one person’s comment to the poem:

“Interesting perception, I have made products that work perfectly well until the people who buy them get their hands on them. It’s worth reading the historical records of all the creation accounts they point to a perfect creation and interference.

Your final analysis is also flawed because if I don’t read the instructions and follow direction how is it the manufacturers fault that the product doesn’t work.

The Creator is perfect, the creation was perfect but decided it didn’t need the creator it exercised freewill and the flaws are the product of thousands of years of poor decision making by the product. But thanks for sharing the poem.”

What they are saying is true.

God created the world. He made man and gave him free will. Man decided not to live life according to God’s commands. As a result, sin entered the world. Then sickness, disease, anger, pride, and so on bringing down mankind and, thus, the world.

Today, we have God’s instruction manual, the Bible. Yet mankind still wants to exercise his free will and drive, I mean live life his way, contributing to the downfall of the world. But if asked, they would probably say, “It’s not my fault!” They would instead place the blame on anyone or anything else. The problem with that is this: they are still wrong and will pay the price ultimately for their wrong or sin.

The ONLY solution is to accept Jesus into your life and ask Him for forgiveness of your sins. Then, get a Bible and read how God says we should live. The book of Proverbs is a great place to start. I am wrong a lot! But I admit it and ask God and, if needed, an individual to forgive me. It is so freeing!

^{Proverbs 11:17-31 (MSG)}

¹⁷When you’re kind to others, you help yourself;
    when you’re cruel to others, you hurt yourself.
¹⁸Bad work gets paid with a bad check;
    good work gets solid pay.
¹⁹Take your stand with God’s loyal community and live,
    or chase after phantoms of evil and die.
²⁰God can’t stand deceivers,
    but oh how he relishes integrity.
²¹Count on this: The wicked won’t get off scot-free,
    and God’s loyal people will triumph.
²²Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout
    is a beautiful face on an empty head.
²³The desires of good people lead straight to the best,
    but wicked ambition ends in angry frustration.
²⁴The world of the generous gets larger and larger;
    the world of the stingy gets smaller and smaller.
²⁵The one who blesses others is abundantly blessed;
    those who help others are helped.
²⁶Curses on those who drive a hard bargain!
    Blessings on all who play fair and square!
²⁷The one who seeks good finds delight;
    the student of evil becomes evil.
²⁸A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump;
    a God-shaped life is a flourishing tree.
²⁹Exploit or abuse your family, and end up with a fistful of air;
    common sense tells you it’s a stupid way to live.
³⁰A good life is a fruit-bearing tree;
    a violent life destroys souls.
³¹If good people barely make it,
    what’s in store for the bad!

Starting with the Banker, each player in turn throws the dice. The player with the highest total starts the play. Place your token on the corner marked “GO”, then throw the dice and move your token (in the direction of the arrow) the number of spaces indicated by the dice…..

You buy a new game and you can’t wait to play it, but in reality, you don’t know how, because you don’t know the rules. Reading the rules takes time and can be kind-of, should we say, boring? We just want to start playing. And have you noticed? There always seems to be that one person who volunteers to read the rules and then proceeds to tell the others their interpretation of what they know?

Rules are very specific, or should be. They are important. They can help protect you, if you and everyone else will follow them. Like when driving. When it comes to God, mankind, has come up with his own set of rules. I mentioned a few weeks ago there are over 4000 religions. That’s a lot! Which one is right? Could they “all” be wrong? Probably.

God wrote his own, not “rules” to live by, but the kind of relationship you should desire to have with him. In his Word, He makes it very clear, that the only way to him is by accepting that Jesus is his son and died on the cross to forgive you of your sins, wrong doings, and we have all done something wrong.

You see, God is Holy and cannot be in the presence of sin. That is why he gave his own son to die for us, which makes us clean again. Then He can be with us and we can be with him. No “rules” just relationship. It’s so simple, but mankind has a hard time with that. He thinks it sounds too good to be true, but when it comes to God, it is true, and it sets us free. Mankind complicates it. It is so simple I understood it at the age of 7.

Satan knows how God designed things, and he knows he’s not going to win, but he still tries so hard to get mankind to loose with him. He either gets them to write their own rules by telling them God didn’t mean what He said, or he accuses others of cheating and tries to make them feel bad about themselves.

Read God’s Word. Learn about the relationship that God has wanted from the very beginning with mankind. Doing so will give you the authority to tell the devil to, “shut up!” Playing, or living I should say, this way will cause you to win in the end, because life is no game.

brady, mark a.

Words to inspire you

Faultlines

^{Proverbs 11:17-31 (MSG)}

The Rules of the Game

Read God’s Word. Learn about the relationship that God has wanted from the very beginning with mankind. Doing so will give you the authority to tell the devil to, “shut up!” Playing, or living I should say, this way will cause you to win in the end, because life is no game.