When all is said and done....

....More is said than done.

It's true isn't it? Words are cheap. We make resolutions that don't survive the week. Some claim to live by the Ten Commandments or by the Golden Rule. How do we do?

The first commandment demands that we love God with all our heart, mind, and soul. Has there been one month of your life when you did? One week? One day?

The second command requires that we love our neighbor as ourselves. If you're in a group photo, whose face do you look for first? If, heading home, you hear a fire truck racing into your area, do you think, "I hope it's not my neighbor's"?

Isn't it amazing that men still see themselves as basically good? In spite of world wars, concentration camps, Viet Nam, sixty-six million Russians exterminated, the slaughter under Mao-just in this century! Mankind's history is written in blood and tears: "The hearts of the sons of men are full of evil" (Ecclesiastes 9:3).

Man, as God made him, was good, but he rebelled against his Creator. At our root we are corrupt.
It's no good cleaning up bad apples; the tree needs new life grafted in to produce better fruit.

We view ourselves as good if we compare ourselves with one another instead of measuring our lives by God's standard: "All have sinned."

Sometimes we clean ourselves up on the outside, but what about our thoughts and motives? You may hide your sin from others, even convince yourself that you're not so bad. But one day you will stand before this holy God.

But there is a way for you to be reconciled to God: "The wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." (Romans 6:23) Will you agree with Him about your sin and receive Him as your personal Saviour?

A "Justaminute" tract
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