In my life I have been bombarded with two different ideas of humanity. The one of the world that views man is in a way perfect and without need of a god. The constant worship of the individual, the imagination, the power. This is obscenely wrong. There is the opposite view as well, held by many Christians, that man is so filthy, worthless, and undesirable, that our mere existence is a miracle. I find this a little stupid.
There is this ongoing hatred for Adam and Eve for their fall into sin, which has so plagued us since then. I am obliged however to thank God for Adam and Eve, and to be thankful for that sin that gave us need of a redeemer, Jesus Christ. Without sin, we could not be reconciled, and therefore in my opinion, have a working and walking relationship with God. We love him more because we were without him. It is often said that we are unworthy to praise God, but does God find us unworthy? If he did, would we be able to praise him?
Someone stop me if I am spouting heresy: but I really think that if man sucked so bad, Jesus wouldn't have been one. Now don't mistake me here, I know I am not perfect and I never will be, and neither will anyone I know this side of glory. And yes, we are in need of a savior. But God thought we were so vile, would he have sent a savior in the first place?
Ponder that, friends. I want to hear your thoughts.
I agree that both of those ways of thinking you mentioned in the first paragraph go from one extreme to the other.I thnk that most christians don't realize that thinking too low of yourself
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When people get in that mindset of "Dirty,filthy,
unworthy me!"-They mistake this for humility when infact it is just another form of self-pity.
In regards to Adam and Eve-Yes they sinned, but so have we!I have always made it a point in my life to never look down on great people of the Bible just because they sinned.You just have to ask yourself,"What would I have done if I were in their place?" This completely changes my perspective on this subject!
I am very thankful that God did not give up on us when man fell, but that He still longed to have a itimate relationship with each one of us! I am also very thankful that His Son was willing to come,live a sinless lfe,die for our sins,and rise again so that we could have a living hope! Also, in dying for our us He tore the veil that had been standing between us and having a relationship with Him!
The last thing I will say is that, yes we are in great need of a savior! And the moment we as christians forget our need for Jesus Christ in every area of our lives, is the moment we loose everything!
May the Lord richly bless you as you follow Him!
Your Sister in Christ,
Pleasant