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No
Excuse!
David
Letterman is known for hurling comedy zingers at
misbehaving politicians in his late-night television
show, The Late Show. For
example, in March 2008, he took potshots at Eliot
Spitzer, then Governor of New York, who was implicated
in the investigation of a high-end prostitution ring.
During an indignant rant on his late show,
Letterman called for the governor to resign from
office. He
quipped, “I mean, can you imagine if this happened
to me how fast they’d have [me] out of here?”
(edited for content)
However,
Letterman confessed last week, that he had also been
involved in similar immoral behavior.
The
Scripture warns:
“Therefore you are inexcusable, O man,
whoever you are who judge,
for in whatever you judge another you condemn
yourself;
for you who judge practice the same things”
(Romans 2:1).
But,
lest WE begin pointing fingers at the sins of others,
take note:
“For ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”
(Romans 3:23).
We
may not have engaged in the same type of immorality as
Letterman and some lascivious politicians, but ALL of
us have sinned before God.
There
is NO EXCUSE
for our sins.
It does no good to try to point out the sins of
others in order to try to hide our own.
We are ALL guilty before God.
We ALL need a Savior.
There
is no
EXCUSE, but
there can
be FORGIVENESS!
God
loved us so much that He gave His Son, Jesus, to die
on the cross for our sins (John 3:16; 1 John 2:2).
IN HIM we can have forgiveness of our sins IF
we accept His offer of grace on His terms.
We
must believe
that Jesus is the Son of God and trust that His death
on the cross
is the Way for our salvation (Acts 16:30-31).
We must repent
(Acts 17:30-31). Repentance
is a change of MIND that leads to a change of LIFE.
Repentance includes sorrow for PAST sins but
also the resolve to strive NOT to repeat those same
mistakes in the FUTURE.
We must confess
that Jesus is the Son of God (Rom 10:9-10) and
be baptized
(immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of our sins (Acts
2:38).
Then, we must continue to seek to walk in the
light of His Word for the rest of our lives.
The promise is that if we will strive to live
faithfully to Him and His Word, the blood of Jesus
will continue to cleanse us from all sin (1 John 1:7).
Let’s
stop pointing out the glaring sins of others while
trying to hide our own!
There is no excuse for the sins of others nor
our own. Let’s
start acknowledging the fact that we ALL need the
forgiveness that’s found in Christ, and accept His
offer on His terms.
Won’t
YOU?
David
A. Sargent, Minister
Church
of Christ at Creekwood
1901
Schillinger Rd. S.
Mobile, Alabama 36695
*
Information gleaned from Frazier Moore’s Associated Press Article:
“Letterman Threw Spitballs from His Own Glass House.”
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