Excuses and Blame Shifting- Message #186

We are all good at making excuses! As a small boy, I recall running through the living room and breaking a prize lamp. When corrected, my explanation was simple. "It just fell," I exclaimed. My mother was more perceptive. She asked pointedly, "Did it jump off the table all by itself?"

We start making excuses at a very young age. Here is the classic excuse of adults: "But I'm only human." Yes, that's the way God made us. We twist this truth. Any mistake which can be traced back to the limits of my humanity is actually God's fault. The common excuse turns out to be the ultimate in blame shifting.

We forget we are not only human, we are also sinful. The first man and woman were perfect! They were created in the image of God. Then sin entered the world. How? The Bible tells us, "Through one man sin entered the world" (Romans 5:12). This sin affected all humankind! As a result, we are not only human beings, we are sinful human beings! God also gave us the Ten Commandments. He gave this standard for living "that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may become accountable to God" (Romans 3:19). Even so, we excuse ourselves before God. Here's the tragedy. We miss the real significance of the gift of Christ!

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