No One's Perfect

"Indeed, there is no one on earth who is righteous, no one who does what is right and never sins" (Ecclesiastes 7:20, NIV). These words attributed to King Solomon were reiterated by Paul a thousand years later when he wrote, "As it is written: There is no one righteous, not even one" (Romans 3:10, NIV).

Seven billion people and no one's perfect? In a number so large, every conceivable personality trait can be found. For everything that can be done, a person can be found who can do it. Yet, nearly all of us would agree, there is still today no one who is perfect; no one who has enough self-control to keep themselves from doing things they know are wrong. I believe our inability to avoid sin is evidence of God and the Bible's Truth, because our universal lack of perfection doesn't otherwise seem logical.

Another evidence of God is in the fact that, because of our imperfection (sin), all seven billion of us will die, short of the return of Jesus. It again doesn't seem logical that there wouldn't be someone among us who could defy the odds and never die, or at least live beyond 120 years. But, we all know that will not happen. God said to Adam after his world changing sin, "...for dust you are and to dust you will return" (Genesis 3:19b, NIV). He later set the limit of our lives at 120 years (Genesis 6:3), and so it remains.