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Originally Posted by hometown guy
matthew23:26Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
I know we have get are hearts right with God before we can worry about our ouside appearance but I am thankful for the standards that are taught to keep are inside clean..................
I have heard so many people say standards are bondage, legalism, ect…but I thank God for men of God that will stand up and take a stand on certain things for the safety of Gods people.
I don’t let my kids do a lot of things that are not “wrong” but I can see down the road to where it may lead so I don’t let them do it.
I am so thankful that there is still men of God that will take a stand for thing despite knowing that they are going to be accused of wanting to control and being a legalist and so on …. But from my experience they are just men that want a safe place for people in this dirty world.
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If standards keep the inside clean there'd be no standard keeping person that has fallen into sin. All one has to do is keep a set of standards and they are perfect.
This is reverse of what Jesus said. He said make the inside clean so the outside will be clean also.
The outside being clean is the result of an inward washing not a means to being or staying clean.
Man judges the outward appearances but God judges the heart.
Faith in Jesus. Things that affect faith like prayer and reading the word. That is what we need and that is what people lack when they fall into sin despite appearing Holy and preaching hard on standards
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