The Good News Side of The Bad News
I drive by this Islamic Association building almost everyday, and today I had to stop and take this picture. The statement on their board does an amazing job of summing up in one sentence what the Muslim belief is all about. The reality is that there’s a large amount of truth to what is on this board. But the whole truth is left out.
The Truth is that our deeds do matter…and we are “captive” to spend eternity with the fruit of them. But that’s just the bad news…don’t forget the good news!! When I was eight years old and asked Jesus to forgive me of my sins and be the Lord of my life…my deeds were placed on the cross with Jesus and His deeds were credited to my account! That’s the Christian message. The world says to live your life as good as you can and hope your deeds are good enough. But there is no hope in that. How good is good enough?! No religion can answer that except Christianity. Jesus Christ says, “your deeds aren’t ever good enough…but mine are and you can have them.”
So don’t be held captive by your deeds when you can be set free by the deeds of Christ!
