Copy or Original?
A comment one of my kids made recently made me stop and really think about something. Am I a copy or an original?
He made the comment on a social networking site that one of the problems in the church, and in the world, at least in his opinion, is that there are many people who think they are Christians because they decide to live and take on the Christian lifestyle. They may never have a true heart change, acknowledge Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, or even believe they are honestly, eternally saved. They are in turn, a copy (though artificial) of what those who are honestly born again are.
What am I?
As I searched my heart, I came to the conclusion that I am an original. Not because I live a perfect life (believe me, I don’t), and not because I am good enough. I am only an original because of the saving grace that I found in Christ.
That’s what it all comes down to. Being honest and admitting that He is the only reason I am saved….His grace, His mercy, and His death and Resurrection- all so I could be saved from eternal damnation.
As a matter of fact, He did those things for all of us. The difference is, I accepted the forgiveness offered in the sacrifice of His life, and the offer God makes of saving me.
How about you?
Are you an original?
You are a good person, I am sure. But that isn’t good enough. The only way to be saved it through the believing in your heart that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that God raised Him from the dead, and the confession of your mouth that He is your Savior. (Romans 10:9). Living the lifestyle is good, but it won’t save your soul. Being born again will….that is the difference.
April 28th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
original!!