All Have Sinned

I’ve heard that in church for decades, and I think I can help people visualize that concept. When space ships orbiting Earth pass overhead, can an astronaut looking out the window tell who is the tallest person in your neighborhood? No? They can’t even SEE people at that distance. Yet people still brag about how “tall” they are. Guess what? You’re not in orbit. Even if you were eight feet tall, you’re still not even close. I can give another example I heard Joyce Meyer talk about. The world record for a running long jump is just over twenty-nine feet. Less than nine meters, for those who prefer the metric system. So who among us can jump across the Grand Canyon? Does it matter if we can jump three feet or thirty? No. Sin is a canyon between humans and God. The only way we can approach God is if we recognize that canyon, find the bridge (Jesus), and use that bridge to cross the gap between one rim and the other. There’s only one bridge. Is that exclusive? Yes. But that’s math, not bigotry. As Gregory Koukl indicated in “The Story of Reality,” either Jesus is the only way, or He isn’t. One way or the other, “multitudes – the majority even – must be mistaken.” When it comes to where a person spends eternity, you’d better be sure. Just wishing for something won’t cut it.