Our two daughters somehow left too late and missed their flight by almost an hour. Then there was Jim, a friend of ours, who had a flat tire on his way to the airport and arrived just in time to see his plane taxiing down the runway. Though he was only minutes late, he still missed his flight just the same as if he had been much later.
When I was a young girl, I took part in a day of sports and races. I came in second in the younger girls’ race, and my friend Nancy came in almost last. However, neither of us won the race.
There are children who are often mean to their brothers and sisters or disobey their parents and don’t even care. Being mean and disobedient is sin. But maybe you are a child who really wants to do what’s right and who tries hard to be obedient. That’s very good, but if you told me you have never been even a little bit grumpy when you were told to do something you didn’t want to do, I’d have to wonder if you were telling a lie. Lying is also sin. So God tells us that “there is no difference: for all have sinned” (Romans 3:22-2322Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:22‑23)).
Whether we miss the plane or lose the race by just a little or by a whole lot doesn’t really matter too much, does it? Neither Jim nor our daughters caught their flights home, and neither Nancy nor I won the race. And whether we’re naughty just a little bit or a whole lot, we have all sinned and desperately need to be washed clean from our sins, for not one single sin, great or small, will be allowed to enter heaven. But the wonderful news is that “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners [like you and me]” (1 Timothy 1:1515This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. (1 Timothy 1:15)). Christ died for us and His precious blood was poured out so you and I could be washed perfectly clean from every stain of sin. “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin” (1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7)).
Don’t miss heaven. The door of salvation is open for you whether you have sinned a lot or just a little bit. The Lord Jesus loves you and wants to cleanse you from your sins right now. Won’t you come to Him and let Him wash your sins away?
“Behold, now is
the accepted time; behold, now is
the day of salvation.”
ML-11/26/2006