My wayward robotics experiment
Imagine that you built a robotic machine to vacuum the floor in your house. You turn the machine loose, and it does what it is supposed to do for a short time, but then it begins neglecting it's duties. Worse yet, instead of cleaning, it tears apart your carpet to reduce it's workload. It doesn't care about your other tools either and often runs over them. Soon they too are unable to complete their tasks because of they are badly damaged.
Should you let your fancy vacuum it continue it's rampage? I would think not. It is time for the plug to be pulled.
God created us with a purpose in mind. Not only do we do a mediocre job of fulfilling the work that He has given to us, we tend to create our own purpose. We pursue our own goals without regard to the other people who we have to run over on our way. Not only do we damage ourselves by going off course, but we often interfere with others, by hurting or making them confused with lies.
I think this is what the Bible means when it says "The wages of sin is death" Like my wayward vacuum, we deserve to be powered down, and thrown into the scrap heap.
Eventually, God will go ahead and destroy all of his creations that are hell-bent on creating havoc. But he loves us enough to offer us another solution. If we come to Jesus, He will pay the penalty for the damage that we caused. Not only that, but He will rebuild us, repair us, and reprogram us, so that we can be all that he created us to be.
I think that is pretty darn kind of him, Don't you?
