The following paragraph recently appeared in a US newspaper:
βProfessional thieves and joy-ride-happy teenagers are not to blame for most auto thefts. Itβs true that they are the ones who do the stealing β but the careless motorist must bear the blameβ¦ When not in use, cars should be locked.β
Just think this through: More than 1,000 cars stolen every day throughout the nation, but those who steal them should not be blamed β the owners should be blamed for not making it impossible for the thief to steal his car!
Man has always been a master at βblame shifting.β Adam said to God, in effect: βItβs not my fault; itβs that woman you gave me.β Eve said: βDonβt blame me. The serpent deceived me,β and ever since, the descendants of the first couple have been adept at shifting the blame.
But now itβs getting so that the courts defend and protect the criminals and even blame the innocent for not making it impossible for the criminal to act! It is a shame that we have to lock our cars against theft β and it is a stigma on our society. Some judges donβt see it that way, but God does. Read Romans 2:2:
βBut we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who commit such things.β
We may all be grateful, though, that it was the very justice β as well as the love β of God, that caused Him to take on Himself human form and pay for our sins at Calvary. God cannot overlook sin, yet He loves the sinner. This is why He paid for all our sins at Calvary, and this, too, is why we may now be βjustified freely by His grace, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesusβ (Rom. 3:24). βBelieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be savedβ (Acts 16:31). source
