The "ONE" and Only

Christ’s Merit Badge

“Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.”

My wife sings a lovely song entitled, “The Answer.” In it there is a line that says, “I come in the merits of Jesus.” You would think that every child of God would realize this fact, but it seems “strutting saints” are the “in thing” in this age.

Christ alone is the only one who is worthy to wear a “merit badge.” But in spite of this truth, as proud peacocks, we continue to swagger down the church aisles trying to impress with our man-made plumes.

But all our good deeds apart from Christ, in God’s sight, are no more than “righteous rags.” As an old preacher used to crudely say, “The only thing any of us deserve is to be lying on the floor in Hell, with our backs broken.”

It’s difficult for self-righteous creatures as we to admit to our sad state without Christ. There is a great line in the newest remake of the movie, 3:10 to Yuma. The truth of the statement is a must if you want to know God. “Sometimes a man has to be big enough to admit how small he is.”