The Invisible Cloak of Our Sin: Invisible no Longer

18 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.


     28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy.32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approveof those who practice them.

     These words are strong. Strong enough to cause me a Christian to be wary of the God I serve. 

   But what of those who just don't care?  Or are they  obivilous to the invisible cloak they are wearing every day?  NO matter what we think we are we, each of us was born to a world of Sin and we are wearing that each day.  This sin was inherited and we are the fruits of a decision thousands of years before us.  Sometime take a good look at a time line of history and see how many thousands of years have gone before you were even here!  It will astound you. Up until the 1800's we were still horse and  buggy! Things have quickened and very fast.  Four thousand years of man's history even before Christ was on the scene.  Two thousand years have passed since and we still are the same people.  

    There is only one way out...and one solution to our dilema. And that is the Son of God.  Jesus.  So take a look at what the Apostle Paul was dealing with in his letter to the Romans.  Or take a look at any headline in the news, Tv or just about any form of media today and see the same thing over and over again.  Greed, jealousy, wars, killings, and sorrow upon sorrow.  This is the fruit.  

    There is a counter kingdom available now, here on earth where Christ offered us a way to live free from the trappings of our sinfulness and we can choose it if we want.  Though it is far from a perfected way of life , still it is what Jesus had in mind when he went to his death on the cross...an obliteration of spiritual powers and darkness that formerly had it's hold on us,in either addictions, smoking, lying ,  laziness the list is long, (etc, etc. etc). We are free indeed in Jesus's triumph 

on the cross.  

     Through the impartation of the Spirit  now we have victory over our sin. God no longer sees us as sinful but accepts the sacrifice Jesus performed on our behalf.  We are "white as snow."  The scarlet letter ( remember Hester Prynne? ) is no longer seen. 

                             

                                         We Have been forgiven 28 No more predator!