All-In with Sin

We admittedly miss the NBC poker challenge, which used to appear on the Sunday of the Super Bowl. Sometimes that was more interesting for us than the football game.

If you miss it as well, maybe this can make it up for you a little. Recently we played online against a man with the name "floodofsins." This obviously inspired us to start a conversation, after he won a nice pot:

beaker0021: your sins are paying off
Me: I try to keep clean of sins....
floodofsins: more sins the better
beaker0021: sorryhad nothing
Me: At the end of it all, I want none.
Me: Thankfully I have help with that.

We don't know if this player was joking about wanting "more sins." But in the long run, people who keep their sin record clean are going to be better off.

"The wages of sin is death," Romans 6:23 warns. "All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God," Romans 3:23 adds. So the Bible says we're doomed to die. But the good news is that all hope is not lost.

"While we were still sinners," Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8) Why would the Son of God do this? Galatians 1:4 answers, "....to rescue us from the present evil age...."

Where will believers land when the final rescue comes? Read the rest of Romans 6:23: "....the gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord." A resurrection is promised for believers, so they "will be with the Lord forever." (I Thes. 4:17)

Would you like to be rescued from a "flood of sins," to be with a loving God for all eternity? That's admittedly a huge promise to grasp at first reading. If you'd like help in understanding the finer points of it, leave a comment -- we'll be glad to help you.