Living the Message

Are You Good Enough?

Today, Pastor Amy continued the series on Jesus' Inconvenient Truth in the Sermon in the Mount. This was the Bible reading:

Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven Matthew 5:17-20

This passage was illustrated through the video clip of the Good-O-Meter. Have you ever wondered if you will be good enough? Many years ago, I wondered if after going through an unsettling experience of death, if I would have the presence of mind to say all the right things to get in to heaven. I also thought there had to be more to being saved than believing the exactly correct reformed theological formula. I know now that what I do can never be good enough and I am saved because of Jesus' sacrifice. All the good we do is a thankful response to what Jesus did for us and we can never do enough to thank Him.

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