So today I was reading Romans 3:9-20 out in the car right before school. I started to think how Christ says that even he is not perfect, he puts God to the most high. Even Christ puts God to the most high in everything that he did.
9What shall we conclude then? Are we any better[a]? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin. 10As it is written:
"There is no one righteous, not even one;
11there is no one who understands,
no one who seeks God.
12All have turned away,
they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
not even one."[b]
13"Their throats are open graves;
their tongues practice deceit."[c]
"The poison of vipers is on their lips."[d]
14"Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."[e]
15"Their feet are swift to shed blood;
16ruin and misery mark their ways,
17and the way of peace they do not know."[f]
18"There is no fear of God before their eyes."[g]
19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God. 20Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.
Now understand that none is righteous, and none deserves to be allowed to be in the kingdom of Heaven. We have all blown it and screwed up. What if the first time we screwed up we desided, well I can't do this so I give up? NO!!!! we keep trying until we accomplish! Now we have to over come the biggest struggles we are facing.
My biggest struggle right now is one that has been with me for years. Not just months, but years. I know God is going to take it from me. Romans 3:9-20 makes it clear that God understands that we are not perfect, he understands that we are flesh. If what we're doing is placed in our hearts to stop and as long as we want to stop, and are truelly trying, God forgives. I do not want to be or see others land in hell for their actions. God is a loving God but also a JUST God.
