Thoughts for another day

Nov. 30, 2009

Today's verse: Is. 64:6. But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; (KJV)
(Pls. read the above before you read further. Thanks)

As I move around meeting Christians, particularly Catholics, I find a pseudo-sense of confidence in them when I speak of God and try to make them understand what God wants of them. I’m surprised that many seem to believe they have no problem in inheriting eternal life the way they are and that is because they have good relations within their family, with their relatives and once in a while do some charity or deed of mercy and above all keep to themselves being non-interfering in others’ affairs.

Then when I mention the above verse, they’re shocked. It’s like they were travelling in rafts of rubber very comfortably, till they hit a shaft of iron in the water which punctured their rafts and all of a sudden from a state of bliss and happiness are flung into chaos. The problem is many people still think that good work is enough to inherit God’s kingdom; their limited knowledge of God not withstanding! They are of the opinion that if they do the oblations of faith and a few good works they would land up into heaven. This shows their gross ignorance of scripture and therefore of God and His ways. All good that we do is nothing but filthy before God for our base is sin and nothing good can emanate from us, unless directed and wrought about by God Himself.

God wants that we get to know Him and to do that we need to understand how to know Him, which is given only in scripture; and then knowing this, it’s important to sit with Him and learn from Him, talk to Him and just enjoy His presence. Gaining the Kingdom of God is possible by the immense sacrifice of Jesus Christ, but we also need to do our bit and that is to get to know Him and it is only in knowing Him that we are able to believe in Him and thus gain entry into the halls of heaven.