When an Australian customer complained that his “Footlong Subway Sandwich” was not a foot long, the Subway chain responded: “Subway Footlong is a registered trademark, a descriptive name for the sub, not intended to be a measurement of length.” Some asked, “Is that some kind of ‘mental gymnastics’?” God’s standard for heaven is perfection, and we know that perfection is impossible for us. No matter how good we try to be, we all fall short. The New Testament says, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” And “there is none righteous, no not one.” So how come we are told that God will one day take His children home to heaven? Since nobody is perfect and nobody deserves forgiveness and heaven, how can this be? The answer must be that someone who is perfect became our substitute when He took our place on the Cross and made true Christians, in God’s eyes, perfect. That is truly amazing grace.

Pastor Alex Rockwell