2 Corinthians 5:21
Man and his Sin
21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Luke 11:1-4
Man and Forgiving Others of Their Sins
1One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."
2He said to them, "When you pray, say:
" 'Father,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come.
3Give us each day our daily bread.
4Forgive us our sins,
for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
And lead us not into temptation.' "
God knows all things...Most of man, if not all mankind, wants no problems at work, no problems in our family lives, and no problems in our leisure time...To put it simply, we do not want any problems in our lives...But, if we are wise, we know that the no problem world, is not possible...God created us, knowing we would sin...How interesting a thought that He would create man who would sin and because there is sin, there will always be local problems and there will also always be worldly problems...
Knowing that we will sin, did not keep God from creating man...Only One who is perfect could do such a thing, and in a sense welcome problems...He gives mankind freewill and we seem to take advantage of His freewill...He allows us to follow His will, but we choose to do what we want to do...We like to be in control...Only Jesus was able to follow and continually do God's will in His life...Jesus did not sin...We sin and it keeps us from Him...Our sins hampers our faith...Sin and our own personal choices keep us in control...We do our own will and not His will, as Jesus was able to do...
Mankind in a sad way is connected by sin...We all sin...As we sin and grow away from Him, He still loves us...He is the perfect Father...And being the perfect Father He loves all His children...Like a Father with a huge family, He knows all His children are different...Some of His children are smarter than His other children, some are more attractive, some have more financial assets, some have more cars, some have bigger houses, some have better jobs, some have better clothes, some are not in prison, some have more Apple I-Phones and I-Pads, some are more courteous, some work harder than others, but these things do not matter to Him...All these things are about earth and earthly things...Jesus reminds us that no one is good, but God alone...
One is not more intelligent, because He is smarter than another one...We are not intelligent when we compare ourselves to Jesus and God...We have only a limited understanding...We are only intelligent when we compare ourselves and compete with others...We must remember as Job did, that we only have a limited knowledge...
Jesus teaches us the eternities...He teaches us about God, about faith, about suffering, about forgiving, about hope, about love...He is infinitely wise...Jesus was with God in the beginning (John 1:2)...Our Creator, who sent His Son to die for our sins loves us eternally...God loves His children as a Father...He knew we would sin, and still loves us...He is infinitely wise, but more importantly, He is Infinite Love... He has the greatest attribute to forgive...He wants us to always remember that we sin, and loves and forgives us (of our sins), and we should also do this...It is part of His prayer, the LORD's Prayer...