God’s Glory

 October 26, 2024

We are all (hopefully) on a journey from lost to found, sin to salvation, death to life. Yesterday we took the first step by defining the word sin as missing the target, even if you tried really hard to hit the bullseye. It’s found in Romans 3:23—“All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” 

The next question is what in the world we mean when we say “the glory of God?” Look at it this way: Suppose I am wearing a white shirt. It looks clean and, well…white. But you come along wearing a shirt that has just been bleached. We stand side by side, and it becomes obvious that your white shirt is far brighter and whiter than mine. 

Or consider playing a musical instrument. I play the double bass. You might think I’m pretty good at it. I might even brag a bit about it. But then along comes one of the bass students at Fredonia State who makes me look like my fingers are made of sausages.

That’s a poor illustration of the glory of God. We have a standard by which we measure right and wrong, and it looks pretty good to us. Till we stand next to God’s standard. What once seemed pure and pristine now looks second-rate shoddy. God’s goodness is so far beyond ours that we look positively dirty beside it.

That’s what sin is—missing the bullseye of perfection. You miss. I miss. We all miss. except Jesus, but we’ll talk about that in a few days.