I Don’t Believe in Karma

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I don’t believe in karma.

Karma says that good things happen to people if they are good or do good things and bad things happen to people if they are bad or do bad things. The Bible tells us in Matthew 5:45 that God “maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.”

How many people do you know who have done bad things that always seem to have everything they need. How many good people do you know or have known that suffer ill health or have died hideous deaths from terrible diseases like leukemia, diabetes, heart disease, muscular dystrophy, etc.? Sure, there are consequences if we do wrong things or make mistakes but many times things happen that we don’t know why it happens. We can’t attribute these things to karma.

On a Thursday about 2,000 years ago, Jesus sat down with His apostles and ate what we call His Last Supper. He took the role of a servant and washed the apostles’ feet, including those of Judas Iscariot who would betray Him for 30 pieces of silver. Just think, a King who was God Himself in the flesh as man, humbling Himself and washing the nasty dirty feet of His followers, including Judas. The next day, He died on a Cross for their sins and for our sins.

That is Grace, my friends. It is the Grace that says anyone, not matter how bad or good they are, or how poor or rich they are, can be saved. Remember the thief on the cross. He was bad but he found acceptance into God’s Kingdom through the grace of Jesus Christ.

No, I don’t believe in karma. I do believe in casting your bread upon the waters. (Ezekiel 11:1) I also believe that sin and death entered the world when Adam and Eve ate of the fruit in the Garden of Eden and sometimes bad things, even death, happen to good people. As Christians, we are saved by grace and not by works. (Ephesians 2:8-9) but as Christians, we should do good things for others because “we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.” (Ephesians 2:10, NLT)

I believe in Jesus Christ as the atoning perfect sacrifice for my sins and I believe that one day, all those who believe in Christ as their Savior will be rewarded in Heaven as they lay down the burdens of the cross they bore on this Earth and exchange it for a crown.

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