I always hear church goers today saying that “we” are all sinners. Then they say but for the grace of god. First of all, who are the ‘we’ that I hear speak about. I don’t pride myself in being a sinner. In fact I avoid mortal sin, you know those ten commandments God gave Moses to live by. Well they still apply to you and me today. A violation of one is as if you violated all of them. I don’t know of anyone who would consider murder a good action. The Ten Commandments provide us guideline within which we should live our lives. Then we have Christ’s two other commands which were not new but he heavily emphasized these two because God had also commanded them through the Old Testament. Love your neighbor as yourself and love God with all of your heart soul mind and strength. These two commands encompass the whole of the Ten Commandments since if you follow these two then you will not violate the ten. But these two go much farther and way beyond the Ten Commandments. Can you see that they cover hatred and greed and jealousy and gossip? We must avoid these sins also.
So when I hear that ‘we’ are all sinners, church goers should be saying we were ‘once’ all sinners. I don’t pride myself in being a sinner. Do you? What good is your church and Christ who gave his life if you are still sinners? Christ died in vain as far as “we” are concerned. I think church goers use that phrase ‘we are all sinners’ as an excuse, as a crutch. Some theologians make a living declaring all of humanity as depraved. They claim that there is not one ounce of good in ‘we’ human beings. And these theologians claim that Christ’s death was like a cloak or veil thrown over ‘we’ sinners to hide our depravity. I feel sorry for these so called theologians. I bet Paul, Peter and John did not consider themselves depraved. In fact they had a light within that exuded love of neighbor and God. Our postmodern world has completely lost touch with the light and grace provided by God. This light and grace was first the Ten Commandments and then the two additional commands provided by Christ regarding love. Love will dispel and overcome all depravity. Yet ‘we’ have removed the ten from our schools and on public buildings, even from our churches. We have removed the ten plus two from our hearts. We have become a feel good society, if it feels good to you, just do it because we are all sinners. ‘We’ have come to believe these heretic theologians and “we” are rapidly becoming depraved human beings in the process.
So when I hear that ‘we’ are all sinners, church goers should be saying we were ‘once’ all sinners. I don’t pride myself in being a sinner. Do you? What good is your church and Christ who gave his life if you are still sinners? Christ died in vain as far as “we” are concerned. I think church goers use that phrase ‘we are all sinners’ as an excuse, as a crutch. Some theologians make a living declaring all of humanity as depraved. They claim that there is not one ounce of good in ‘we’ human beings. And these theologians claim that Christ’s death was like a cloak or veil thrown over ‘we’ sinners to hide our depravity. I feel sorry for these so called theologians. I bet Paul, Peter and John did not consider themselves depraved. In fact they had a light within that exuded love of neighbor and God. Our postmodern world has completely lost touch with the light and grace provided by God. This light and grace was first the Ten Commandments and then the two additional commands provided by Christ regarding love. Love will dispel and overcome all depravity. Yet ‘we’ have removed the ten from our schools and on public buildings, even from our churches. We have removed the ten plus two from our hearts. We have become a feel good society, if it feels good to you, just do it because we are all sinners. ‘We’ have come to believe these heretic theologians and “we” are rapidly becoming depraved human beings in the process.
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