What does it mean for a person to be called “good”? What
is a good person? What does it take to be a good person? The world would have
you believe that people, in their heart of hearts, are basically good. But is
that true?
If you take a young child and place him in front of a
plate of cookies and tell him/her that he/she cannot take a cookie until you
get back, will they? Most would. While this isn’t quite the same thing, check
out this video and ask yourself what YOU
would do…
It’s interesting that goodness, in our culture is pretty
much a relative thing. People would say, “Well, I’m not as good as I probably
should be, but I’m not as bad as this person or that person. I’m pretty good.” But that is the problem,
though, isn’t it? The person whom we compare ourselves is always going to be
worse than us. We would never try and compare our goodness to someone who is
better.
And therein lies the rub. The only person who matters in this equation is the person to whom we
compare ourselves. But who is that person supposed
to be? The truth of the matter is that the only
person to whom we should be comparing ourselves is the Lord, Jesus Christ!
Compared to HIM, we all fall short…even if we are able to
resist the marshmallow.
Think about that! Thanks for reading, and we’ll see you
on Sunday!
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