It Makes A Difference

Good Morning!! What difference can one thought,...one word,...one man make? Human history is just chalked full of examples of one man, one woman, or one child making an enormous impact,...either for good, or evil. Adam, by eating of the fruit which God had forbidden, plunged himself and all his posterity into sin. And the inevitable result of sin was death. The world is full of "if onlys". If only Adam had not eaten of that fruit! If only the people had listened to Noah's preaching! If only Moses had not lost his temper! If only Peter had stood up for Jesus! 

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned,...—Romans 5:12 (NIV)

One Man entered the world, and made history 2,000 years ago,...and He lived a life free of "if onlys", so that we might live lives free of regret, and full of joy,...in His service, and to His credit. Jesus unwound the "if onlys" of Adam's sin and its effects, and wove them into a magnificent tapestry of grace, to the glory of His Holy name.

A life of regret, or a life of service,...the choice is ours.

 

May our lives be empty of the "if onlys" that come from disobeying, the clear instructions of God, in His Word. May history be filled with the "what ifs" of our faithful acts of obedience to God. In the name of Jesus,  Amen.

 

"The Father gave us His Spirit, to make us like His Son."