I was listening to a podcast the other day and one of podcasters had a line that I cannot get out of my head. This is a paraphrase…we want to think of ourselves like George Floyd, but we are all much more like the police officer.
We tend to think about ourselves as completely innocent.
We tend to think everyone else is the problem and at fault.
This has resulted in a tone of moral superiority, arrogance, and condescension in our culture.
The truth is we are all sinners. Our sin nature makes us all capable of sin. We are capable of lying, stealing, taking, and judging. I know that this is not an overly positive message but its true.
As Christians, we do not do what we are capable of for one reason. The reason is not that we are better or more enlightened, the reason is grace. The reason is Jesus.
It is the grace of Jesus that transforms us into His likeness.
It is the grace of Jesus that empowers us live differently.
It is the grace of Jesus that changes us completely.
Grace reminds me that I am sinner saved and changed by grace.
Grace reminds me that the people around me are sinners that are changed by grace.
I am not morally superior; I have accepted God’s grace.
I am not the Savior, Jesus is.
I am not the changer, the Spirit is.
I am not the answer, the gospel is.
There is a tone in our culture that says, “I am more enlightened than you and a better person than you are. I am the answer so look to me as your example.”
Let me say this, I am not the answer.
I am a sinner saved by His grace.
I am a sinner changed by His grace.
I am a sinner dependent on His grace.
Do not look to me.
Look to the grace giver.
Look to Jesus.
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