I was listening to Stuart McAllister fill in for Ravi Zacharias on the radio during my lunch break today. He made an interesting observation that I thought I might pass along to the rest of you, via paraphrase of course, because I'm not cool enough to quote things verbatim.
The point was made that every belief system, be it Christianity, Buddhism, Islam or Marxism, provides answers to the fundamental questions we as humans ask, and it is our responsibility to discern which system answers these questions best. He went further to say that every system created by men (in the human sense for you egalitarians out there) is bound to fail in some aspect or another.
Consider government, it is a system that is in many ways flawed and riddled with loopholes and exceptions. Compare that to God's legal standard and his uncompromising justice. A justice that was satisfied in Christ, allowing for us to be declared righteous. That is a legal term, a defendant is declared to be either innocent or guilty by a judge, weather he is actually innocent or not is something that must be proved by an advocate. Christ is our advocate, he lives to make constant intercession on our behalf, just read Romans 8. God's justice is a perfect system and under this court we require a council that is without sin. Therefore, oh Christian, take joy knowing that you have the ultimate defense attorney to plead your case, and take joy knowing you have been declared righteous under the justice of God.
The point was made that every belief system, be it Christianity, Buddhism, Islam or Marxism, provides answers to the fundamental questions we as humans ask, and it is our responsibility to discern which system answers these questions best. He went further to say that every system created by men (in the human sense for you egalitarians out there) is bound to fail in some aspect or another.
Consider government, it is a system that is in many ways flawed and riddled with loopholes and exceptions. Compare that to God's legal standard and his uncompromising justice. A justice that was satisfied in Christ, allowing for us to be declared righteous. That is a legal term, a defendant is declared to be either innocent or guilty by a judge, weather he is actually innocent or not is something that must be proved by an advocate. Christ is our advocate, he lives to make constant intercession on our behalf, just read Romans 8. God's justice is a perfect system and under this court we require a council that is without sin. Therefore, oh Christian, take joy knowing that you have the ultimate defense attorney to plead your case, and take joy knowing you have been declared righteous under the justice of God.
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