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1 | Are we still doing this? | Mal 2:17 | Mommapbs | 64521 | ||
I'm chuckling Hank! What struck me when I read this was the ever so prevalent notion that creeps into our psyche from all sorts of places that "man is basically good." Now of course that flies in the face of what God's Word says, but I suspect we all succumb to this subtle Satanic suggestion when we engage in "tolerant thinking" etc. We love to say, "God is a God of love" but we forget to add that He is a God of Justice. So the last line is striking to me too. We only want to see God as love until we are wronged, then how many of us whine and demand "justice." How dare we? God IS just. Are we seeking HIM or what He holds in His Hand? To ask "where" He is goes beyond arrogance! At this point we have lost sight of God's sovereignty. The focus becomes "my rights"! The spirit of entitlement is pretty ugly isn't it? I suspect that when God is distant or silent, we need to be about some soul searching. He promises to draw near to us when we seek HIM - not His blessings. No wonder God is wearied! I'm glad He's patient with us though! Mommapbs |
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2 | Are we still doing this? | Mal 2:17 | Hank | 64527 | ||
Mommapbs -- God is wearied, but He is also patient and merciful, but not just in every sense! If He meted out strict justice to sinful flesh that we are, who indeed would be saved? And I'm glad, Mommabps, that you mentioned the idea that "man is basically good" which is so prevalent today, embraced not only in the organizations that profess to teach and practice secular humanism, but in organizations that profess to be churches but also teach and practice secular humanism.... This "man is basically good" idea makes both God and Scripture out to be liars, deceivers, and unenlightened relics of the past. But that's not all it does. It makes those who espouse it look like drooling idiots. How can anyone with a brain that functions at all view the world scene and still believe that man is basically good? What do these things say to us: rampant corruption in business and government, widespread mockery and perversion of the rule of law in the court system, moral and ethical bankruptcy and decay, wars on many fronts, snipings, terrorism, drug abuse, cheating, rape, murders, abortion, epidemic child and spouse abuse, tolerance and open acceptance and protection of the "rights" of sexual deviates -- is this proof that man is basically good? Thus has it been since the fall of mankind in the garden of Eden and thus it shall be, if I read Scripture aright, until Christ comes again. There is no way that man alone by his own resources and left to his own devices can ever reform himself, redeem himself, rid himself of his sin nature, or become "basically good." There is but one Way that mankind can ever be loosed from the bondage and iron grip of sin and degradation. It is He who said "I am the way, and the truth, and the life." [John 14:6]. There is only one gate, small and narrow, that leads to life, and there are few who find it. But the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter through it. [Cf. Matthew 7:13,14] --Hank | ||||||
3 | Are we still doing this? | Mal 2:17 | Mommapbs | 64556 | ||
Yes indeed Hank, the gate is small and narrow and too few Christians live the life of liberty in the Spirit as Christ intends for them. For an excellent discussion of this very issue see Larry Crabb's latest book, "The Pressure's Off." Seeking Him, Mommapbs |
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