I am one who continually does evil -Genesis 6

I am impure -Proverbs 20

I am not righteous or good -Ecclesiastes 7

I am full of evil and madness -Ecclesiastes 9

I am wicked and estranged -Psalm 58

I have gone my own way -Isaiah 53

I am rebellious -Isaiah 65

I am among those who have loved darkness -John 3

I am a slave to sin -John 8 & Romans 6

I am a child of the devil -John 8

I am unrighteous and not understanding, I do not seek God and I am a stiff necked resister of the Holy Spirit -Acts 7

I am turned aside, worthless and not doing good, having an unrepentant heart -Romans 2

I am without fear of God -Romans 3

I am hostile to God -Romans 8

I am spiritually foolish -1 Corinthians 2

I am spiritually dead and among the children of wrath -Ephesians 2

I am darkened, alienated, marked by ignorance, hardness of heart, callousness (which includes perversion and greed and impurity of every sort) and I am living among the enemies of the cross of Christ -Phillipians 3

I am dead -Colossians 2

I am defiled and unbelieving -Titus 1

I am under the power of the evil one 1 John 5

I am foolish, disobedient, and lead astray and amongst slaves to various passions and pleasures passing my days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another -Titus 3

I am a sinner and an enemy of God.

When I read this it puts into perspective what I am WITHOUT Jesus, and also just how far we fell in the garden. One decision. One Mistake. From perfect purity to the need of a savior.  I believe that there is much to learn from this but, I will just stick to the grace part. It is the part we least understand because by no means could we possibly imagine this kind of grace. Sometimes just trying to be nice to the dog is hard. And I think that the mystery of it makes it just that much more amazing. We are saved by something which we cannot even begin to fathom. Something bigger than ourselves, our egos, our pocketbooks, our houses, our love, our greed, our families, our positions, our pride, our weakness, our strife, our marriages, and even our savior. Who are we to think that for even one instant we have done enough for the cause of Christ. Like our Sundays and Wednesdays are “good” enough.  Paul in Acts says  ”However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of God’s grace.” Our lives have to be lives of continual worship. In all that we do, whether it be in our eating, or drinking, or working, or sleeping. We have to live a continual life of worship. Not just Sunday-Wednesday. Sacrifice. Realize the importance. Be better. Do better. Live better. Do not take advantage of His grace.

Romans 6:14 “For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.”