Every person who comes in to world has a problem. To make matters worse our problem creates problems. If the problem is not taken care of then the problems in our life become a mess. Our problem can not be fixed or solved until we realize that we have a problem. Our problem is that all of us come into the world with a sin nature. The sin nature is expressed in each one of us wanting to be our own boss and to make our own decisions. Basically, we think that we know what we need and we don’t want anyone else to tell us what to do. We want to be lord and master of our own lives and we don’t want to need anyone.
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; Genesis 3:6a
The Lord had already told Eve that the trees in the garden were good for food and she had seen that they were a delight to the eyes but this tree, of which the Lord had told her not to eat, “was desirable to make her wise” and she would be “like” God. If she was wise and like God then she would not need God. So, she took and ate. She also gave to Adam and he ate of the tree which the Lord had told them not to eat. One of the first things that happens when we try to be in control is that we will feel insecure and fearful.
Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” He said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” Genesis 3:9,10
The problem of wanting to be wise and not needing God is that it leads to other problems. We start responding to our fears and insecurities. This leads to even more problems. We hide ourselves behind all sorts of things, whether it is a facade we put on or more tangible things such as money or success. However, we still have the same problem deep down and that is our fears and insecurities.
Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. Proverbs 26:12
There is not much hope for a fool. The Bible says that a fool is someone who lives as if there is no God. A fool has a problem and does not even know it. There is not much hope for a fool.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
But a wise man is he who listens to counsel. Proverbs 12:15
All of us come into the world with a foolish heart. The Bible says that “foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child”. All of us can see that left to his own, a child will do foolish things. We are not much different as we grow older other than the fact that we try to cover up the foolish decisions that we make. However, the older we get the more foolishness we acquire in our “regret backpack” that we carry and try to bury in our memory. It gets to be a burden. All of us have this regret backpack for all of us have sinned.
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 3:23
However, there is a solution to our problem. There is One who loves us and came to take away our problem of wanting to be our own lord. He is the only true Lord and He came to take away our sin of lordship.
The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! John 1:29
Notice that Jesus is the Lamb of God and He came to take away the sin of the world. Sin is singular because this is our basic “sin”, wanting to be our own lord. It is the sin of the “world”. Everyone in the world has this sin. This sin came into the world when Adam and Eve sinned. All of mankind has descended from Adam and Eve. We have all sinned. Jesus Christ alone is the solution to our sin.
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16
Jesus Christ is the expression of God’s love for the world. Jesus Christ is God in the flesh. God became a man and died on a cross for all of us because God loves us. God wants us to live forever and those who will receive Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior will live forever as a child of God.
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, John 1:12
The way to receive Jesus Christ and become a child of God is very simple. We must acknowledge that we have a problem and that problem is that we have tried to be our own lord and master and run our own life. Then we must repent by asking Jesus to forgive us and asking God if He would be our Lord and Master. When we humbly get on our knees and ask God to take His rightful place as our Lord then He will come into our life and live in our heart. He will not only be our Lord but He will be our Savior and will save us from the problems that we have made and the messes that we have created. Jesus Christ takes our sin and gives Himself to us. In giving Himself to us He gives us life.
I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. John 10:10b
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. John 14:6
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