“You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.” 1Jo3.5 ESV
I am amazed that I still catch myself looking down on the sins of other people with some mistaken notion that I have somehow risen above them. You would think, after all this time of living with myself, I would finally get it, that “there is none righteous no not one” includes me. I think this is one of the reasons God hands me over to some of my pet sins, just to remind me that I have no room whatsoever to pass judgment on another person. That I need to be reminded of this is clear evidence that the virus of pride is still embedded in my operating system.
Brenda and I were talking yesterday about how, with God’s help, we need to purge every critical attitude we have of fellow sinners. Jesus is the only one among us who was born of a virgin mother, who alone has the right to find fault. Period! Yet, He did not come to condemn but to give His sinless life as the ransom for us all. 9/3/2008 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
“Criticizing others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves." Anonymous
“You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.” 1Jo3.5 ESV
I am amazed that I still catch myself looking down on the sins of other people with some mistaken notion that I have somehow risen above them. You would think, after all this time of living with myself, I would finally get it, that “there is none righteous no not one” includes me. I think this is one of the reasons God hands me over to some of my pet sins, just to remind me that I have no room whatsoever to pass judgment on another person. That I need to be reminded of this is clear evidence that the virus of pride is still embedded in my operating system.
Brenda and I were talking yesterday about how, with God’s help, we need to purge every critical attitude we have of fellow sinners. Jesus is the only one among us who was born of a virgin mother, who alone has the right to find fault. Period! Yet, He did not come to condemn but to give His sinless life as the ransom for us all. 9/3/2008 ts
I am amazed that I still catch myself looking down on the sins of other people with some mistaken notion that I have somehow risen above them. You would think, after all this time of living with myself, I would finally get it, that “there is none righteous no not one” includes me. I think this is one of the reasons God hands me over to some of my pet sins, just to remind me that I have no room whatsoever to pass judgment on another person. That I need to be reminded of this is clear evidence that the virus of pride is still embedded in my operating system.
Brenda and I were talking yesterday about how, with God’s help, we need to purge every critical attitude we have of fellow sinners. Jesus is the only one among us who was born of a virgin mother, who alone has the right to find fault. Period! Yet, He did not come to condemn but to give His sinless life as the ransom for us all. 9/3/2008 ts
“Today's process is God's faithfulness to his promise.” David Parsons
The testing of your faith produces steadfastness. Jam1.3 ESV
The test of our faith rarely comes to us at the point we would expect or at a time we would choose. Yet it is the testing of faith that produces faithfulness. To express faith one time is not the same as possessing a character of faithfulness. But the road to being a faithful person begins with a simple and single act of faith. And, if we would be a person of Christian character we should attend to the test in front of us and then to each one only as it comes. It is my next step that moves me in the direction I am headed but it is all the other steps that follow that determine if I get there. All any of us can do is to attend to the step, the test in front of us. Of course none of this should be confused with earning the right of heaven. That is something Jesus has already done for us. No, our desire for character is not to merit heaven, but to be that kind of person who can enjoy it when we get there. 9/2/2008 ts
The test of our faith rarely comes to us at the point we would expect or at a time we would choose. Yet it is the testing of faith that produces faithfulness. To express faith one time is not the same as possessing a character of faithfulness. But the road to being a faithful person begins with a simple and single act of faith. And, if we would be a person of Christian character we should attend to the test in front of us and then to each one only as it comes. It is my next step that moves me in the direction I am headed but it is all the other steps that follow that determine if I get there. All any of us can do is to attend to the step, the test in front of us. Of course none of this should be confused with earning the right of heaven. That is something Jesus has already done for us. No, our desire for character is not to merit heaven, but to be that kind of person who can enjoy it when we get there. 9/2/2008 ts
“Today's process is God's faithfulness to his promise.” David Parsons
The testing of your faith produces steadfastness. Jam1.3 ESV
The test of our faith rarely comes to us at the point we would expect or at a time we would choose. Yet it is the testing of faith that produces faithfulness. To express faith one time is not the same as possessing a character of faithfulness. But the road to being a faithful person begins with a simple and single act of faith. And, if we would be a person of Christian character we should attend to the test in front of us and then to each one only as it comes. It is my next step that moves me in the direction I am headed but it is all the other steps that follow that determine if I get there. All any of us can do is to attend to the step, the test in front of us. Of course none of this should be confused with earning the right of heaven. That is something Jesus has already done for us. No, our desire for character is not to merit heaven, but to be that kind of person who can enjoy it when we get there. 9/2/2008 ts
The test of our faith rarely comes to us at the point we would expect or at a time we would choose. Yet it is the testing of faith that produces faithfulness. To express faith one time is not the same as possessing a character of faithfulness. But the road to being a faithful person begins with a simple and single act of faith. And, if we would be a person of Christian character we should attend to the test in front of us and then to each one only as it comes. It is my next step that moves me in the direction I am headed but it is all the other steps that follow that determine if I get there. All any of us can do is to attend to the step, the test in front of us. Of course none of this should be confused with earning the right of heaven. That is something Jesus has already done for us. No, our desire for character is not to merit heaven, but to be that kind of person who can enjoy it when we get there. 9/2/2008 ts
“I ask God for a lot, but I also thank him. I'm a very demanding believer.” Hubert de Givenchy
“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace…” Heb4.16 ESV
Have you ever had someone tell you that if you needed anything they had, you could have it? I witnessed this first hand yesterday as a friend of mine when to a friend of his and repeatedly took from his tool shed everything he needed to fix my air-conditioner. Not just tools mind you, but the very parts needed to get the job done. When I asked my friend about going back so many times to his friend shed, He laughed and told me that when his friend told us we could have anything we needed that he really meant it.
God really means it, when He repeatedly tells us to draw near to the throne of grace. Our gracious Friend is more eager to give to us than we are many times willing to ask from Him. Some have said that God is too busy to be concerned with our tiny problems. What I know, is that yesterday when I told Brenda that our air-conditioner had broke, she told me that my friend just happened to be parked in front of the house. 8/30/2008 ts
Have you ever had someone tell you that if you needed anything they had, you could have it? I witnessed this first hand yesterday as a friend of mine when to a friend of his and repeatedly took from his tool shed everything he needed to fix my air-conditioner. Not just tools mind you, but the very parts needed to get the job done. When I asked my friend about going back so many times to his friend shed, He laughed and told me that when his friend told us we could have anything we needed that he really meant it.
God really means it, when He repeatedly tells us to draw near to the throne of grace. Our gracious Friend is more eager to give to us than we are many times willing to ask from Him. Some have said that God is too busy to be concerned with our tiny problems. What I know, is that yesterday when I told Brenda that our air-conditioner had broke, she told me that my friend just happened to be parked in front of the house. 8/30/2008 ts
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