No Perfect Runs Part 1
No Perfect Run (part 1) Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God If bracket racing required perfect runs, I doubt many would stay in it long. Trip zip, dead zero is impressive, but thankfully you can get to the winner’s circle without it. Not so with Heaven. Did you know Heaven requires perfection? “ And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth” (Revelation 21:27). That’s a problem because we all sin (Romans 3:23). No one can make perfect runs all time, no one can live sinlessly all the time. And it’s not just the “big” sins … a single lie, loss of temper, glance of lust disqualifies us from heaven forever. Whether you miss the tree by a thou or take the stripe dead one, close to perfect is NOT perfect. It gets worse, and I must be straightforward here. To miss heaven, means to spend forever in torment. The wages of sin is...