Cartoonology 02-16-09

Cartoonology. There is great theology in cartoons and comics.

I sometimes wonder what people from the non-Christian world think when they see or hear words like “Jesus Saves”. Perhaps, they ask questions like, “Saves from what”, “Saves what”, “Saves for what”, “Saves how much”, or “Why does He need to save”? All those questions can be answered from the scripture.

When I was a young child, I got an electric train for Christmas. It ran on a metal track, which was connected to a transformer powered by the current from the house. One day my father showed me that placing a metal table knife across the tracks would stop the train. The metal against metal short -circuited the electricity necessary to make it run.

Sin does something similar in our relationship with God. The Bible makes plain that man’s sin breaks his fellowship with God, because God is holy and cannot fellowship with sin.

Isaiah 59:2 (NKJV)
2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.

Psalm 66:18 (NKJV)
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear.

In addition, sin brings spiritual death upon all people.

Romans 3:23 (NKJV)
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 6:23 (NKJV)
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

God gave us a remedy through Christ and it is Jesus who “saves” us from this calamity.

Romans 5:8 (NKJV)
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Luke 19:10 (NKJV)
10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost."

You do not need to allow sin to short circuit your relationship with God. God loves you (John 3:16). Confess your sins to Him, and He will forgive you. (1 John 1:9). What Good News! 02-16-09

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