Shovel Writings: A Bogus Deception?:“ sure don’t remember thinking it was ”OKAY“ to sin …… Well, if it’s not what you or I believe, then why are we wasting so much time and energy trying to convince each other that we don’t believe it? Could this be yet another in the continuing series of deceptions we feel obligated to defend?
Read moreShovel Writings: Counting the cost:“His message to man was simple: you don’t have what it takes to follow Me. This only highlights the amazing reality of God’s grace toward us in making us the righteousness of God and giving us His Spirit…. Jesus will give the sufficiency, not ourselves.
Read moreShovel Writings: Faith:“Adding a phrase like ”in Christ“ cannot salvage this flawed concept; for it turns the focus on the ”dependence“ and NOT on Christ…. BOTTOM LINE: If you are one who believes in Christ, then you have been made alive in Him — AND YOU ARE DEPENDENT UPON HIM FOR YOUR VERY LIFE…. The good news of Jesus Christ declares this reality to you for the purpose of bringing confidence to you so that you can live in the awareness of what is already true about you.
Read moreBut it wouldn’t be “good” if Jesus hadn’t really freed us from our sins. Or don’t you know that what He did removes you from the indictment of “whoever sins”?… Well, then — don’t you know who He has made you to be?“This is what we really need to be focusing on in sharing the Good News!
Read moreNo, He wasn’t mad and, therefore, needed to have His anger appeased — that’s the closest men can figure it — He could not reconcile ANYTHING without doing away with the source of the problem, which is everything that is not consistent with Himself…. God doesn’t remember your sins against you and, therefore, does not HOLD them against you! Are you afraid He might discover something that Jesus didn’t take care of?“This statement makes me wonder if we are defending this Good News or offense which He already took away.
Read moreIt was based upon the same principles we learned as children: do good and be rewarded, do bad and get punished! It convinced us that the only way around our hopeless situation is to LOOK like you were doing good and not doing bad…. After the people failed miserably in their attempts to be good, God brought about His promised miracle: people who would from the heart operate from love.
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