Remember, You're a Sinner too

I don't know if this guy is genuine in his profession but I can't help but think about how the Lord has saved me, a terrible sinner like Gardner.

http://teampyro.blogspot.com/2010/11/reflections-on-gospel-repentance-and.html

The Gospel saves even the "chiefest" of sinners. The degree of sin is not what matters but it is the heart of repentance. God's grace can extend to homosexuals, rapists, and murderers and the blood of Christ can wash them clean of their transgressions.

Going back to what I said earlier, if you are so quick to say that this would be an "injustice" if God were to save Him yet not save "morally" good people who have not committed crimes like these, then you have a skewed view of what really saves a person. You have also, in your mind, diminished the power of the Gospel and have created a "god" that suits your presupposition. God, if He so pleases, is very much capable of regenerating a heart that dwells in the deepest and most vile of sinners that walk the face of this earth.

So remember, if you think that people like John Gardner are beyond saving and that they've sinned beyond repair, then you do not understand the saving power of Christ and His Gospel. People like Gardner can be saved from the hell that they deserve if they genuinely put their hope and trust in the Savior.

But people, you so quickly forget that you too are no better than Mr. Gardner. Yes, sin is sin, it does not matter how much or how "little" you think you have sinned. The truth is, you have wronged a holy God who is righteous and just to condemn you forever in the fiery furnaces of hell. Yet, for whatever reason, God was gracious to save a worthless sinner like yourself.

So don't ever forget that. I never will.


"Guilty, vile, and helpless we;
Spotless Lamb of God was He;
Full atonement can it be?
Hallelujah! What a Savior!"