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1 | Release and Faith Question | Rev 22:18 | John Reformed | 91557 | ||
Dear Angel9, You need to be more explicit if you want a considered reply. What results are you looking at, and, will you be offering any conclusions. John |
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2 | Release and Faith Question | Rev 22:18 | angel9 | 91786 | ||
Hi john-thx for reply and for making me think this through ---The "results" of our pride are that we continue to question God as if we "have a right"-when He tolerates our questions only because of His Grace--Job is the primary example--we see his "patience" when God sees his "Pride"--"who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?" the "results" i see are gossip-inuendo-excessive pride in all churches--our small selves not able to move beyond --to see HIM--how can we as His bride continue in our power structures and petty things when we in america can not recognize our brothers and sisters --across the globe?--in Him angel9 | ||||||
3 | Release and Faith Question | Rev 22:18 | John Reformed | 91807 | ||
Dear angel9, I sympatize with your frustration. It does seem as if the church in America is hung up on "self-gratification". As proof, all I have to do is look at my own attitude and performance! Have I lived up to the same standard I expect from others? I hate to say it, but I must confess, I fall far short of what I believe a christian soldier should be like. Perhaps there are many in my own congregation who feel the same as I do. We want to do good, but we find that we are powerless to change ourselves. I wonder if God is not doing a work. It may be He is allowing us to come to the end of our own supposed sufficency, so that when we have come to the end of our own rope, we will cry out to Him to give us the grace to change. 2 Chr 34:27 "Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the LORD. In the book "Pilgrims Progress" by John Bunyan, the main character "Christian" falls in to a miry swamp called the Slough of Despond. He struggles to free himself, but the burden of sin on his back prevents his escape. God mercifully sends a Helper to pull him out. The helper tells Christian that God had placed a set of steps in the swamp and that he could have gotten out if he had availed himself of them. Those steps, Helper tells him, are the "Promises of God". Your Thoughts? John Reformed |
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