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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Stuck
Sometimes I just feel stuck in life. I don’t think this is such an uncommon feeling. When I feel this way I try to look around and see what might be holding me back. Here’s what I got.
I feel like I have become more concerned with my sin than with my walk. The sad thing is, I look around and I see a trend of this happening with a lot of Christians and especially churches. We have become focused on justification more than salvation. The problem with that is that justification is step 1 and salvation is step 2 through infinity. Justification is the forgiveness of our sins and the return of our good standing with God. Salvation is the process in which we become more like Him and fall deeper in love with Him. This is why the Bible says, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” Justification is important, but it can also become a hindrance in a way. If we have the mindset that our problems or relationship with God is based on our sin then we will spend our energy on removing or avoiding our sin (which is impossible. Or as the Bible says “our righteousness is as filthy rags”) as opposed to strengthening our relationship with God. It’s time to get past step 1 and start living the life that step 1 makes possible. God came to give us life more abundant, not just forgiveness. If we are only looking to get our pass to heaven than by all means stick with justification. But if we want to begin to truly live then lets move past our sin and start walking with God. Let me know what you think.
I feel like I have become more concerned with my sin than with my walk. The sad thing is, I look around and I see a trend of this happening with a lot of Christians and especially churches. We have become focused on justification more than salvation. The problem with that is that justification is step 1 and salvation is step 2 through infinity. Justification is the forgiveness of our sins and the return of our good standing with God. Salvation is the process in which we become more like Him and fall deeper in love with Him. This is why the Bible says, “Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” Justification is important, but it can also become a hindrance in a way. If we have the mindset that our problems or relationship with God is based on our sin then we will spend our energy on removing or avoiding our sin (which is impossible. Or as the Bible says “our righteousness is as filthy rags”) as opposed to strengthening our relationship with God. It’s time to get past step 1 and start living the life that step 1 makes possible. God came to give us life more abundant, not just forgiveness. If we are only looking to get our pass to heaven than by all means stick with justification. But if we want to begin to truly live then lets move past our sin and start walking with God. Let me know what you think.
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