Does my Sin glorify God?

Scripture: Romans 3:1-8 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 3For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
4God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.

5But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) 6God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? 7For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? 8And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just.

Observation: Romans 3:1-8 is a little hard to understand at first. I had to get my kids to help me understand it. They seem to understand the simple things that tend to confound the rest of us. In verse 3, Paul is articulating a very simple truth. I like to say it this way: "Just because you don't believe something, doesn't make it not true". In verses 4-7, Paul is saying another simple truth. He is saying that if we do some wrong stuff, and since Jesus died on the Cross for your sin, then your sin actually makes God's payment for your sin more real... not less real. It is one of God's backwards principles. The more you sin, the more God is glorified. If you are getting any brilliant ideas at this point, verse 8 shuts them down. Just because God payed for our sin, does not mean that we should go sin more. It just doesn't work that way. Just because your car can go in reverse, doesn't mean you should drive it across the country backwards.

Application: I don't know about you, but it makes me feel good to know that in God's plan, my mess-ups actually glorify God. Although I would never try to mess up, because I love God, I know that I do mess up from time to time. Jesus has me covered. It is Ok. And he has you covered too!

Prayer: Father thank you for your divine plan that covers our sins. Thank you for Jesus who died for our sins, past, present, and future. Thank you for your love that makes us right with you. Amen