Project Description

2014/11

Nobody’s Perfect

It is ironic that the words ‘Nobody’s perfect’ are often used to comfort when they actually condemn. The phrase is often used to excuse some indiscretion in word or deed: ‘Sure, nobody’s perfect!’ And it expresses a solemn truth stated in Scripture: “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). As such, the admission of universal imperfection, is an admission of universal sin.  If we are to walk with God we must first reckon with the consequences of sin.
Sin has a solemn Legal Consequence.
The Bible gives God the title ‘Judge of all the earth.’  His judgments are fair and just, and are based on His holy law.  Sin renders us legally guilty before the Judge of all the earth for sin is transgression of the law of God (1 John 3:4).  The law is given, in part, to bring guilt upon all the earth (Romans 3:19). As guilty sinners we are under the condemnation and sentence of the law.  “The soul that sinneth, it shall die”, for “the wages of sin is death” (Ezekiel 18:4, Romans 6:23). In our guilt we are worthy and deserving of the justice of God in hell.  Do you see what it means to say ‘Nobody’s perfect?’

Sin has Profound Moral Consequences
Sin affects the entirety of our being.  “The heart of the sons of men is full of evil” (Ecclesiastes 9:3).  Sin and depravity affect the whole man.  Naturally, our minds are darkened to truth.  “Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart” (Ephesians 4:18). Our wills and choices are enslaved to sin. “There is none that understandeth there is none that seeketh after God” (Romans 3:11). The unsaved do not come to Christ because they do not want to! By nature, our emotions are corrupted so that we love the pleasures of sin more than the pursuit of God (2 Timothy 3:2-4). How awful that ‘nobody’s perfect’!

What hope is there?  Only in God who through the cross has provided the way for the guilt of sin to be removed (Colossians 2:14); only in God who through His Spirit is able to make us new creatures in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17).  Thankfully Christ died for and God justifies the ungodly (Romans 5:6 and 4:5).  For, don’t forget:  ‘Nobody’s perfect!’

Dr Stephen Pollock.