Church Bill Boards

It shames me to think my only theological training is derived from church bill boards. But I enjoy their brief and usually poignant message. Yesterday, I noticed one that read “the greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none”.

“The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none”.

Wow! That hit home, as if the gavel of justice pounded the words “guilt as charged” into my very soul. There was no escape. I realized I was guilty. There was no getting around it. I had to admit my guilt to myself and ask My Lord for forgiveness.

It is comforting to know that I am forgiven by the blood of Jesus.
As promised in 1 John 1:9
“If we acknowledge our sins, He who is just can be trusted to forgive our sins and cleanses us from every wrong”.

My punishment is another thing, because a just and fair God can not let me off “Scott free”. While I have avoided eternal damnation the sentencing portion of the trial has yet to come. And that’s only fair. I will have to do some “time” but it won’t be “life”.
My punishment still looms out there somewhere in the future.
For now, I’m “out on bail”. But I will have to serve my time.

Thank you, Lord Jesus, for dying on the cross for me and showing me the way.
Thank you, Lord Jesus, for allowing me to wear my ‘orange jump suit’ under my street clothes.

Amen



7/2/2007