Often in the Christian life our spiritual growth is hindered because we won't admit flaws. We cannot grow in areas if we refuse to admit we need to grow in areas.
The message of the bible is that man is under the curse of sin. The biblical ethic is so high that an honest understanding of its requirements tells us that we constantly fail.
God has grace on us and counts feeble attempts as a keeping of the law through the purifying blood of Jesus. Grace covers all our transgressions. We should not seek to sin because we have grace. If we are truly saved by grace the grace of God that saves us will naturally make us desire to do good works.
Grace which saves comes from our union with Jesus through faith in his death. The same union with Jesus that comes through faith also begins to change us degree by degree to be like Jesus.
It is faith in the cross which saves us and it is also faith in the cross which is the power which pushes us to grow in grace. Often it is easy to think that salvation and sanctification are caused by two different causes. We are saved and now need to figure out how to live.
Of course there is a need to figure out what Christian life entails, but the element behind both is the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. The link between justification and sanctification is that both events are tied together and driven by the same element faith in the work of Jesus.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Sins Commission and Omission
Sins of commission relate to the actions we do which we should not have done. Sins of omission relate to the things we should have done that we did not do.
Often the greatest flaws of churches is the failure to act. We feel that many things are not our issue. We try to act as if the law tells us only what not to do rather than also commanding us to positively act.
Often the reality is we make our responsibility too small. We are often too narrow with the law.
The law requires far more than we wish to think. It requires that we act even when we do not feel comfortable.
It asks many things of us which push us much farther than we feel is reasonable. And that is why you see a lot of the teachings of scripture ignored.
It isn't so hard to ignore scripture: we often listen to the words and feel a bit convicted and then walk away and forget the issue. But to really live out our faith well we sometimes need to act.
I suppose understanding the law in it's depths is frightening. But the reality is always that there is more grace in God than sin in us.
We need to rest in the true depths of Christ's love. And resting in that deep grace is what enables Christian living, not hinders it.
Often the greatest flaws of churches is the failure to act. We feel that many things are not our issue. We try to act as if the law tells us only what not to do rather than also commanding us to positively act.
Often the reality is we make our responsibility too small. We are often too narrow with the law.
The law requires far more than we wish to think. It requires that we act even when we do not feel comfortable.
It asks many things of us which push us much farther than we feel is reasonable. And that is why you see a lot of the teachings of scripture ignored.
It isn't so hard to ignore scripture: we often listen to the words and feel a bit convicted and then walk away and forget the issue. But to really live out our faith well we sometimes need to act.
I suppose understanding the law in it's depths is frightening. But the reality is always that there is more grace in God than sin in us.
We need to rest in the true depths of Christ's love. And resting in that deep grace is what enables Christian living, not hinders it.
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