“For God so loved the world, that he
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.”-John 3:16
Question: Why does an all-powerful and all-knowing
God, care so much about me sinning?
Short Answer:
He cares about sin because he cares about us.
Long Answer:
To truly understand why God is so concerned with sin; we first must
understand the nature of God, and then the nature of sin. The Holy Bible is the inspired Word of
God. Holy
men of old spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost and they wrote to us
the Word of God. Within this book contains
all the answers to life on earth, and life eternal. In addition to that, it gives us insight into
the character of God, the heart of God, and the ways of God. Truly, we could never understand the God in
total, no more than an ant could totally understand the world he lives in, but
we can learn from the Bible truths about God and about who He is. Firstly, God is love. The love that a mother
has for her newborn child, God is. The
love that makes a marriage last a lifetime, God is. The love that causes one man to die for another,
God is. The love that God is and the
love that God has for all humanity is evident in humanity, but far greater than
can ever be seen in humanity. The love
of God is bigger and more powerful than anything we can ever imagine. The second thing God is; God is just. He is as just as he is loving, and he is as
loving as he is just. When a parent
tells their child “don’t do that;” and they do it anyway, there is punishment
administered for the disobedience. To
not discipline the child would be unjust, and further, to just let them
continue in their disobedience would be wicked.
In this we see the love of God, and the judgement of God walk hand in
hand. Finally (at least for this tract),
God is holy. He does not sin, and cannot
be associated with sin. It is like fire
and water or light and darkness; the two cannot mix. Therefore, those that would dwell in God, and
with God must have the characteristics of God.
Sin is the exact opposite of God.
It hates and does not love, it is unjust, selfish, and unrighteous. Sin separates us from God. It takes many forms in this wicked world;
pride, lust, envy, backbiting, fornication, adultery, idolatry, and the list
goes on and on. The wickedness of sin
only serves to separate us further and further from a God that loves us, will
judge us, and desperately wants us to be holy like He is. It is enmity
against God and not subject to the law of God. This evil is the very thing that universally plagues
mankind; it keeps us from peace with God and peace with one another.
God cares so much about sin because he care so much about His
creation. He loves us, he made us in his
imagine, and he gave us choice; free will.
We then disobeyed Him, from that disobedience sin entered into the heart
of man and has brought destruction to us ever since. God longs for us to come back to Him, he
loves us and he wants to: redeem us, save us, and bring us into His
holiness. For this purpose, he sent his
only Son Jesus Christ to die for us.
That we might be sanctified, that is: redeemed, saved, and holy. Sin is the problem and Jesus is the solution.
