THE STANDARD FOR SINFULNESS

“The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?”  (Jeremiah 17:9 NIV)

“There is none righteous, no, not one… All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”  (Romans 3:10, 23 NKJV)

Some would disagree with such strong words. They look around and say, “Compared to everyone else, I’m a decent person.” You know, a pig might say something similar. He might look at his trough partners and announce, “I’m just as clean as everyone else.” Compared to humans, however, that pig needs help. Compared to God, we humans need the same. The standard for sinfulness isn’t found in the pig troughs of earth but at the throne of heaven. God, Himself, is the standard. 

-- Max Lucado in “He Chose the Nails”

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