Qualification is an interesting and pervasive reality of life. Whether one is applying for a job, looking through an online dating profile, registering for classes, or just trying to get into a night club, being qualified means that you meet the requirements necessary for whatever it is you are attempting to do or enter. Often times, the reality is that if those qualifications are not met then admittance is refused. And when those qualifying requirements are made plainly accesible, that refusal is just and true.
In terms of eternity, there is a steep qualification that must be met in order to enter into God's eternal presence: sin must be paid for and justified. If sin is not atoned for and propitiated, then we will be unqualified for eternal life and relegated to eternal death. Sin is univeralsy pervasive, in that everyone is disqualified by it (Rom 3:23).
Additionally, though man would attempt to atone for his sin himself, either by doing good things in hopes that they outweigh the sin or by denying the reality of sin altogether, no one can blot out his or her sin debt; it takes a powerful work of God. Thus, apart from the work of God in the life of humanity, sin will remain un-atoned for and eternally damning.
Fortunately, God Himself, through the life and work of His Son Jesus, has atoned for the sin of all mankind (Gal. 1:3-5). And now, by grace appropriated and applied by faith, humanity's sin has been expunged. Therefore, man can become qualified to enter into God's holy and eternal presence not by man's work but by Christ's work applied to the believing man (Col. 1:11-13). Let us then take joy in God who has qualified us by His Son to be in His eternal presence!
In terms of eternity, there is a steep qualification that must be met in order to enter into God's eternal presence: sin must be paid for and justified. If sin is not atoned for and propitiated, then we will be unqualified for eternal life and relegated to eternal death. Sin is univeralsy pervasive, in that everyone is disqualified by it (Rom 3:23).
Additionally, though man would attempt to atone for his sin himself, either by doing good things in hopes that they outweigh the sin or by denying the reality of sin altogether, no one can blot out his or her sin debt; it takes a powerful work of God. Thus, apart from the work of God in the life of humanity, sin will remain un-atoned for and eternally damning.
Fortunately, God Himself, through the life and work of His Son Jesus, has atoned for the sin of all mankind (Gal. 1:3-5). And now, by grace appropriated and applied by faith, humanity's sin has been expunged. Therefore, man can become qualified to enter into God's holy and eternal presence not by man's work but by Christ's work applied to the believing man (Col. 1:11-13). Let us then take joy in God who has qualified us by His Son to be in His eternal presence!
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