Thoughts and Considerations

                                                ENTITLED?                                   (For the local Newspaper)     When talking with my brother recently, he remarked that being born in Canada in this century is like winning the lottery. He went on to say that a century ago, if a king had a toothache, he was going to suffer. No kidding! When we consider all the provisions available, the abundance, the comforts, should we ever feel entitled? Perhaps if the Jones next door had more than us, we may feel cheated, but really! What is owed to us? Are we at all deserving of a Utopia? What about the other two thirds or three quarters of the world’s population that may be less fortunate, are we somehow more entitled? Considering the millions of people before us who have pioneered, labored, and endured untold hardships enabling us to enjoy the luxuries of today, are we more worthy than they? Indeed we have been fortunate having entered in on the works and sacrifices of others, but to ass

                                                    SOLVING THE SIN DILEMMA  “There is none righteous, no not one... For all have sinned, and come short of the Glory of God.” Romans 3:10, 23   “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23   “For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” Romans 8:3-4  SIN THE RELENTLESS TYRANT   Sin is the burden of every human, regardless of location, age, generation, situation, or gender. It is the curse of the human race and has brought a curse on creation itself. Sin is falling short of the will and purposes of God, runs contrary to His Holy nature, and is always harmful. Typically sin has an appeal and is therefore easy to surrender to.