Many churches today seem to be encouraging people to be good and all will be well. But God requires perfection from us. No amount of good things that we can do will put us right with God. However God has supplied the solution for us. Jesus lived a perfect life and is Himself perfection. If we put our trust entirely in Him and realize that all our righteousnesses, the good things we do, are like filthy rags. We are totally bankrupt before God and need to repent and put our trust in what He has done for us. This salvation is available to all who will put their trust in Him, no matter what their religious background or place in theworld. This is not a white man's religion but open to all who will believe.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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