Hi, I'm John McMath, and this is the Morning Meditation!

Sometimes Christians look at people who have committed adultery or murder and compare themselves to them. I want to tell you something. They are no more dead in trespasses and sin than your sweet daughter or precious parent who has not received Jesus’ gift of salvation.

There may be degrees of corruption, but there are no degrees of deadness. All lost people are dead people in need of the Savior. You may think you don’t have an interesting story because you didn’t get a Ph.D. in sin before you were saved. Perhaps you became a Christian at an early age. Well, it took just as much of the grace of God to save you, as it did to save a murderer on death row. Never forget that friend.

Dead people need to stop comparing themselves with other dead people. The ground is level at the foot of the cross. Jesus said, “Do not judge, and you will not be judged, and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned.” (Luke 6:37).

This has been the Morning Meditation. Join us next time for more meditation.