INNOCENT BY LOGIC?
In May 2015, 23-year-old Dominyk Antonio Alfonseca walked into a bank in Virginia Beach, USA and handed the teller a note demanding money. About 20 minutes after the robbery, police officers located Alfonseca and took him into custody.
When a news reporter spoke to him in jail, Alfonseca said he didn’t really rob the bank. He just “asked for the money.” He said, “I don’t know how I’m a robber because I asked for it. She could have said no, and I could have left. I didn’t consider it robbery. The way I see it is, by law I might be guilty, but my logic I’m not. I feel like I’m innocent by logic.”
The courts apparently don’t like the “innocent by logic” defense as Alfonseca has been found guilty in a court of law of robbing the bank.
We may find his attempt to avoid prosecution humorous, but we hear people do the same thing all the time (and probably catch ourselves doing it as well).
* I’m not doing something as bad as what someone else is doing.
* Someone else made me do it.
* It’s my parents’ fault because of the way they raised me.
* It’s society’s fault (or television, or video games) because of their influence.
* I was drunk or drugged, when I did that, so I shouldn’t be held accountable for my actions.
“By God’s law I might be guilty, but by my logic I feel like I’m innocent.”
God has never been one to accept rationalization. He didn’t accept it from Adam when he said, “Eve made me do it.” He didn’t accept it from Aaron when he said, “I threw the gold into the fire and this calf popped out.” Exodus 32:21 – 24 “And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf.”
And he doesn’t accept it from us. But what God seeks is not prosecution. What he desires is reconciliation. And he knows that the only way that can happen is for us to drop all of our excuses and simply be honest about our sin.
In 1John 1:8 & 9 the following is written” “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Now what is sin? Is it drinking or stealing or lying or fornication or smoking and so on? To understand what sin is I must read the Bible. 2Timothey 3:16 & 17 says: “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.”
All of scripture means the whole Bible, Old and New Testaments!
Sin is anything done or said or thought that is not in line with God’s Word.
Romans 14:23 says: “… for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.”
Regardless of what we feel by our logic, we are all guilty of breaking God’s law that is written upon our hearts. The sooner we admit that, the sooner we can find reconciliation.
“Heavenly Farther. I come to you in the name of Jesus Christ, Your Son. I confess today that I am guilty of transgressing Your law and way of doing. I accept full responsibility for my choices and actions and ask your forgiveness. Please help me to deal with the consequences of my actions and fill me again with Your Holy Spirit. I choose today to leave my and other people’s opinions and to stand upon the truth of Your Word. I pray this in the name of Jesus Christ my Saviour. AMEN.”