Oct 07 2007
Sin: The Worst Problem Of Human Kind
Purpose, Meaning, a Reason for living - these are all things we desire and search for in life. Despite steps each one of us takes to find purpose and meaning, we still fill empty, unfulfilled. That is because there is a spiritual emptiness in each of our lives. We each have a hole in our heart, a spiritual vacuum deep within our soul - a “God-shaped blank”. Possessions won’t fill this hole, nor will success. Relationships alone can’t satisfy this emptiness, and morality, in and of itself falls miserably short of occupying this space. In fact, even religion can’t fill the void in our heart.
There is only one way to effectivly fill that void. This way will not only help us to have a life that is full and rich on this earth, but - more important - will give us the absolute hope of spending eternity in the presence of God.Before we can truly appreciate this good news through, we need to understand the bad new, which is a serious problem we all have.
The Problem is SIN
The Bible clearly identifies our serious problem as sin. Sin is not just an act but the actual nature of our being. In other words, we are not sinners because we sin, rather, we sin because we are sinners! We are born with a nature to do wrong! King David, the Old Testament Israelite ruler, wrote “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me” (Psalm 51:5). Because we are born sinners, sinning comes in to all of us naturally. That is why it is futile to think that the answer to all of life’s problems comes from “within”. According to the Bible, the problem is within! Scripture tells us, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9)
To be continued…