A dear sister in Christ shared this message on FB today. “A young man mockingly said to a preacher, ‘You say without Christ a person is carrying a heavy load of sin. I don’t feel anything. How heavy is sin? Five pounds? Fifty pounds? A hundred pounds?’ After pondering for a moment, the preacher gently replied with a question of his own. ‘If you place a 400 pound weight on a corpse, do they feel it?’ The young man quickly replied, ‘Of course not, they are dead.’ The preacher then explained ‘Without Christ, a person is equally dead. They can’t feel the weight of sin until they are brought back to life by faith in Jesus Christ. Then, he or she will briefly feel the full weight of sin until Jesus takes that weight off of them and they are set free from it.'”
At age eleven, I had not accumulated a large load of personal sin, but when I was reborn spiritually I realized the heavy load of human nature we inherited from Adam and Eve, which Christ immediately lifted from me and set me free. Have I been sin free ever since? Of course not. This is not heaven and I am not perfect yet, but I have avoided more pitfalls than I can count due to the promptings of the Holy Spirit within me and even when it felt like I have strayed way off course, I’ve never been more than one prayer from returning to God and his plan for my life.
My brother or sister in Christ, remain as close to God as you can through prayer, Bible study, worship and Christian fellowship here on earth. I will see you in heaven where all things will be made new. I’ll be looking for you.