Growing Up In The Bible

Growing up, I struggled with self-esteem. Repeatedly, I was bullied for the way I looked and I was always fearful of not getting the grades in school that my parents wanted from me. I didn’t believe that anything I did was good enough or that I would ever measure up. Which, sadly, I came to find out, is true. The first point of the Gospel, or good news, is that we are all sinners, or people who say no to God. The Bible says, “...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Imagine you and I walked outside and tried to throw a rock from here to the North Pole. I might throw it farther than you, you might throw it farther than me, but we both would still come up short. Neither of us would reach the North Pole no matter how long of a throw or excellent aim we have. In fact, no one would. That is what sin is, not being good enough. No matter how good we try to be, none of us can measure up to God’s standard, being perfect. None of us can be good enough. …show more content…
Well, I’m afraid the bad news gets worse, for not only are we all awful people who are unable to be good enough, but the cost for this sin, and all the bad things we do, is death. In the Bible we read, “For the wages of sin is death…” Wages means what we have earned. Your parents or guardians get up everyday and go to a job where they work long hard hours and then after working for a bit, they receive a paycheck, because that’s what they’ve worked for. That’s excatly what this verse is saying. What we’ve worked for, as we sin over and over again, has prepared for us what we’ve rightfully