Bible class

in my Bible class today my teacher, mr. brix, told a story. he was on a plane ride and was seated next to a man who happened to be a muslim. the man was very nervous about something. he was shaking that's how nervous he was. that made mr. brix nervous because it was the year 2001 right after 9/11. so mr. brix decided to share the gospel with this man. the problem with this man though was that he would not admit that he had done anything wrong in his life. he said that he wasn't what mr. brix told him that everyone else is, a sinner.

mr. brix asked, "you have never done anything wrong? not even something small?" the man said , "well, i guess i have done something really small. but that doesn't matter."

mr. brix thought of an illustration. he said, "i have a clean, white sheet of paper here. lets say it represents perfection. lets also say that any mark on the paper represents sin." mr. brix started to put pen marks all over the paper. in the man's mind most people had many marks on their paper. but he did not, he lived a good life. mr. brix asked, "if you have a sheet of paper and it represents your life and it only has one dot on it. is it still a clean sheet of paper?" the man said, "no, its not." mr. brix said, "so it doesn't matter if it has many marks on it or just one. neither of them level up to the perfection of God. and neither can enter His presence of holiness. sure some have sinned more than others. but all have sinned and come short of the glory of God."