World-Breakers

Have you ever asked a question and received an answer that began, “Well, in a perfect world…”? What would your perfect world be like? No pain or sorrow? Everything beautiful and fun?When God made the world, He made everything good. There was beauty everywhere, and no pain anywhere. Adam and Eve were placed in that good world, one that brought glory to God and joy to Adam and Eve. But all that changed when Adam and Eve sinned. Because they rebelled against God and broke His one command by eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the world was broken.Does that make you angry at Adam and Eve? There was one rule, and they broke it! You might feel like saying, “Try a bazillion rules! That’s about how many we have now, thanks to you, Adam and Eve!”Do you think you would have done better? Would you have obeyed God if you were in their place? I don’t know you, but I know me. I would have broken that one rule. I think we all would have. The Bible says, “Everyone has sinned; we all fall short of God’s glorious standard” (Romans 3:23). Everyone sins—from Adam and Eve down to me and you.And there are consequences for sin. Romans 6:23 says, “The wages of sin is death.” But the good news is, that’s not the end of the story. Even though humanity rebelled against God, He still loves us. And God sent His perfect Son, Jesus Christ, to pay the awful price for sin. God took our sin upon Himself when He died on the cross, and He beat sin and death when He rose from the dead. He did it for world-breakers—sinners—like me and you. To all who come to Jesus and repent from sin, He gives eternal life instead of death. And when Jesus returns, He will restore our broken world, and there will be no pain or sorrow; everything will be beautiful and good again (Revelation 21:1-7). The wages of sin may be death, “but the free gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 6:23). • Rebecca Moore• Where have you seen the effects of sin in our broken world? Consider taking a moment to pray for God’s healing in this area, knowing that one day Jesus will fully heal every hurt.For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son [Jesus], so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 (NLT)

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