Now that we admit there Is cancer in our lives (sin) what
can we do? – This is beyond surgery, this is beyond Chemo, and radiation. We need
a complete overhaul, a new body.
At some
level every analogy falls apart.
How does the
analogy of cancer fall apart? Simple, sin can’t be fixed or taken out as easy
as cancer. So hang on with me. You are dying! You need someone who can fix /
save you! Several points need to be made. 1. No human can rid of this sin
cancer. 2. To rid of this sin cancer it requires sacrifice on behalf of the surgeon.
When Christ died,
he defeated the cancer, thus giving us the knowledge and ability through his
sacrifice to rid of it once and for all.
When Christ died,
he paid the debt of our lack of holiness. (here’s where cancer fails to
compare.) Our sin (cancer) doesn’t just affect our lives and humanity, but it
offends the creator. God is a creator who made us to be “holy” like He is. (we’ll
discuss the holy bit in the next post) This holiness was tainted because of
Adam’s sin which made it impossible for all of humanity to be perfect.
When Christ died,
he gave us life.
To magnify
the sacrifice of Christ I’d like to jump to another analogy / true story.
Some years ago in California a girl
was caught with a bench warrant for her arrest. She was brought before the
judge who declared she was guilty of not paying numerous speeding tickets. When
asked, she testified she was guilty. The judge’s gavel went down declaring she had
to pay a 40k fine or spend a year in jail. The girl immediately broke down and
began to weep because she could not afford the 40k for she was just a teenager.
The Judge stood up, pulled off his robe, walked down in front of his own bench.
There he pulled out his wallet and wrote a check for the full amount. The judge
was the girl’s father!
Our sin
(cancer) must be taken out, must be fixed and our sin requires sacrifice. Our
creator, God, is not only Love. He is Just. He will ensure that the sin debt is
paid because it must. (Cancer costs not only the person’s body, but the pocket
book.) We’re not just broken inside, but we offend God and it costs our lives
to fix.
Romans 3:23 We were all sinful
Romans 6:23 We are to die because of our sin!
Romans 5:8 God loved us and died for us while we didn’t even acknowledge Him.
Romans
10:9-10 If we acknowledge who God is and what Christ has done, his
offer of purification is made available to you! (Make the Phone call to the Surgeon)
Romans 5:1 – If you believed in Christ you are made right! –
No more cancer! You are a purified
individual… You’ll struggle with temptations to fall back into sin habit, but the
act of forgiveness and purification has been started. One day after you die you
will be Glorified and gifted with a sinless body in Heaven.
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