Time for a little perspective: one man DID start the problem, and one man WILL take care of it, but I’m not talking about the guys who most people are thinking about this morning. Romans 5:12-15 says: “Just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law. Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come. But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many!”
Our families, our communities, our country, our culture did not get to this point because of anyone elected to any position at any time in history. The greed, poverty, injustice, hatred, and basic dysfunction of our world exists because Adam introduced sin into the world; and even that is a naively simple explanation of our condition. We are where we are because of sin, and Paul tells us in Romans 3:23 that we’re all guilty.
However, our families, our community, our country, our culture will not be redeemed from their condition because of anyone elected to any position at any time in history. The only way we will rise above greed, poverty, injustice, hatred, dysfunction, and their consequences is to accept the gift of God’s grace and forgiveness which is offered to us through Jesus. The evil of this world will not disappear until Jesus returns, but it does not have to control us in the meantime.
Change is here, but it is the change of hearts and minds and souls through repentance from sin and acceptance of Jesus as Lord and Savior. Now is the time for those who have been changed to live their lives as evidence of that change. Now is the time for those who have been changed to lead others into a relationship with God so he can make that change within them.
That’s a campaign I can support.