“Many had fled to the institution to escape the consequences of their wrong doing.”
Jay E. Adams is writing that in his book COMPETENT TO COUNSEL on page xvii.
He is talking about the inmates of the mental institutions he was involved with.
All of us have done wrong. All of us are sinners.
“…, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, …” (Romans 3:23)
“As it is written: ‘There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.'” (Romans 3:10)
Before God all men are sinners as the result of the fall. And all men means all men! Not one person is excempt.
Our entire nature has been effected by sin. Read what the Bible says about our understanding (Ephesians 4:18; First Corinthians 2:14), our heart (Jeremiah 17:9,10), our mind and conscience (Genesis 6:5; Titus 1:15, our flesh and spirit (Second Corinthians 7:5) and our will (Romans 7:18).
Long ago I fled to the cross to escape the consequences of my wrong doing, my sin. Why did I flee to the Lord Jesus Christ? Because:
“‘Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.'” – Acts 4:12
The greatest event in the history of mankind is the death on the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ. ( I read that in one of the books by Wilhelm Busch)
Where do you go to escape the consequences of your wrong doing?
