★ Cheating? So What?

Each of us shall give account of himself to GOD. - Romans 14 : 12.

There is no creature hidden from HIS sight, but all things are naked and open to The Eyes of HIM to whom we must give account. Hebrews 4:13.

A flagrant foul, a goal allowed by the referee, and the team has qualified. One of the patrons of football responded to all the criticism indifferently: "Cheat?  Cheat?  Let people look around the world. Cheating - I could find plenty of it."

This is the common attitude, not only in the field of sport. We can always find people worse than ourselves, and take advantage of the fact and use it to stifle our conscience, thinking that, being no worse than others, we'll get to Paradise.

GOD does not see things in this light;  HE will accept no one in heaven on the basis of what is commonly called "normal behavior". HE does not compare one with another to determine who is "better". HE assesses everyone according to the same criterion, HIS own Holiness. A referee may make a mistake; GOD never does. HE sees all our deeds and our actions and knows all our intentions, too. HIS verdict is the same for all:
"There is none righteous, no not one".- Romans 3:11.

Let us not imagine we can escape from GOD's sight. Let us rather confess our sins and accept HIS grace. JESUS CHRIST, HIS SON, came to this earth in PERSON to undergo the judgement we deserved in our stead. HIS love led HIM to do so, in order that we should not perish. HE wished to give us a pure heart and teach us what truth and right really are, so that we no longer cheat or deceive.

Taken from the book, The Good Seed.