Impossible

It is impossible for God to allow sin into heaven.

God is perfect; we are imperfect. God is righteous; we are unrighteous. God is pure; we are impure. God is sinless; we are sinful. God is flawless; we are flawed.

• “Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished…” Ex 34:7 (NIV)
• “All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.” Isaiah 64:6 (NIV)
• “…for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23 (NIV)

Read the next verse and see if you can identify why it is impossible for God to allow sin into heaven. 

“But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy, because I am holy.'” 1 Peter 1:15-16 (NIV)

God is holy; we are not. So how can a person enter heaven, where God allows no sin? This creates a tremendous dilemma. How can anyone go to heaven? Our fallen nature  disqualifies us. We are not fit for heaven. In and of ourselves, we are insufficient to meet the requirements for entrance into heaven.

Have you come to the end of yourself? Have you realized that you cannot go to heaven based on your own righteous deeds?

Pursuing God,

Stephen Trammell
Pastor of Leadership and Pastoral Care