Our society is getting farther and farther away from the Bible and its message about ChristΒ and His redeeming work. While proclaiming manβs inherent goodness, men areΒ demonstrating their inherent badness and their need of salvation.
True Christians are not frustrated by the present circumstances, however. AcknowledgingΒ that they are unworthy in themselves and confessing Christ as the One who βbore our sins in His own body on the treeβ (I Pet. 2:24), they rejoice that they stand before God βaccepted in the Beloved [One]β (Eph. 1:6). βTherefore, being justified by faith, [they] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christβ (Rom. 5:1) and claim His help in all they do.Β Far from being frustrated, the true believer in Christ exclaims with Paul: βThanks be unto God, who always causeth us to triumph in Christβ (II Cor. 2:14).
Do men consider him the loser because he is despised and sometimes persecuted by those who do not share his concern about sin and salvation? He replies: βNay, in all these things we are MORE THAN CONQUERORS, through Him that loved usβ (Rom. 8:37). Is he afraid? Not at all. Enjoying a personal relationship with God, he says: βhe hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say:β¦ I will not fear What man shall do unto meβΒ (Heb. 13:5,6). source
