Proverbs 20 verse 10 says, diverse weights and diverse measures, both of them are a like abomination to the Lord. We discussed the ill effects of diverse weights and measures on this world system when it comes to buying and selling and when it comes to our money system in the previous proverb devotional. But now let's think of this in spiritual terms. Think diverse weights and diverse measures. Both of them are alike abomination to the Lord. God is the law giver. He sets the standard. He established that standard that men must live up to. And he gave his standard to us in simple terms. Anybody able to understand this law then is held accountable for any violations of that law. We call this the Ten Commandments. God's law shows man his sin, and his need of salvation. And as soon as we violate one of God's laws, we are guilty before God. James 2.10 says, For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. Our sin is against a holy, infinite, eternal God. And any sin makes a man guilty before God with no hope of ever paying for that sin, let alone all the other sins we commit. No amount of works can add up to pay for a single sin when the just payment for sin against an infinite, eternal God must be of infinite value. It's not humanly possible for us to ever pay for the first sin or any single sin that we commit. We are finite beings. Our works are of a finite value. Now, no matter how many you pile up, Left to ourselves, we are hopeless. So our only hope is for the infinite God himself to provide the payment. And he did just that in the person of Jesus Christ, who shed his holy, divine blood in death on the cross, and then demonstrated his power and authority over life and death by rising from the dead. But when religions tell you that you can be saved by doing a certain number of good works, they are presenting a false system, false weights and measures. They are belittling the weight of sin, and they are pretending to measure sin whenever it is in reality immeasurable. Such religion is an abomination to the Lord. Anyone saying they believe they are a good person is guilty of presenting a false weight and measure of their own sin. And our proverb makes clear that diverse weights and diverse measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord. We are saved by the work that Jesus accomplished. We are not saved by our works. We are saved by his works. Jesus of Nazareth made full payment as the infinite God in human flesh, dying in our place on the cross. That's called the vicarious atonement. No other payment is available because no other payment is even possible. Titus 3, 4-7 explains, But after that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us by the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, that, being justified by his grace, We should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. God established the weights and measures of the law as the standard. The law is holy. The law is perfect. We are not. The law shows us that. Man violated God's standard and he must die. But God Himself died in our place and will save all who will fall at His feet for mercy by faith in that gospel. And that's the meaning of the very well-known verse, part of Romans Road to Salvation, Romans 6.23. Think through as you read that again. For the wages of sin is death. We've earned it. But the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. He is the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh under the Father but by Him.