We all Fail

We cannot save ourselves from failure. Very few seem to understand that, as we mercilessly criticize national leaders or harshly judge each other in daily life. Somehow as we look at ancient Israel's miserable record of failing the test in the wilderness, we seem not to see ourselves in the same light. Yet, there is only one who was tested in the wilderness and passed (Luke 4:1-13). A survey on a recent TV show asked how many of the Ten Commandments that people had broken the past week. The most common answer was one, indicating a total lack of self-understanding among a majority. We all have the same problem and so Jesus had to point out that if we have thought it, it is the same thing. So, we break all Ten Commandments regularly. We humans are incapable of saving ourselves from our failures. That's why Jesus is Savior.