Good

The ABC’s new comedy “The Good place”, sets its characters in the afterlife. The stars of the show have died and found themselves in “The Good place”, according to the first episode, they have achieved this position by “having a positive balance of points for actions done while alive”, only the best get to come to “The Good place”, the rest go to “the bad place”, but the host of the show tells the new residents in a cheerful voice “don’t think about that”.

As believers in Jesus, we realise that nothing we do is ever good enough to warrant getting into heaven. Perfection demands exactly that, being Perfect. The bible tells us that all but Jesus have fallen short.

Romans 3:10-11 (NIV) There is no one righteous, not even one;
11 there is no one who understands;
there is no one who seeks God…..

Romans 3:20 (NIV) Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.


Only Jesus is without Sin…

1 John 3:4-5 (NIV) Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. 5 But you know that he (Jesus) appeared so that he (Jesus) might take away our sins. And in him (Jesus) is no sin.

A believer in Christ realises, there is no “Good Place” waiting for us BASED ON OUR MERIT, the only option is separation from God (the bad place).

but we have hope, as Paul expresses in Romans

Romans 7:24-25 (NIV) What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? 25 Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord!

Jesus is truly our way, our hope and our salvation, not only is he Good, but he applies his Goodness to us, what was once sin has been made perfect because of Jesus sacrifice for us.

Enjoy the comedy on the  ABC by all means, but never allow our theology be wavered by it, we all will be in perfection with our Lord, because he sacrificed and I accepted. May we walk in this truth

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