Glorying In Sin

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by The Lemon

Good topic! I understand the self loathing at our weekness..I know all to well in my own life, the short comings, the times of anger, saying things I know are not conducive to a Christian etc.

I long to be right and do right, every day, and it does get frustrating when I fall, we all are usually far more educated then obedient.

For those who have been abused, it is VERY difficult to separate the good and right from the wrong, seeing as how the two grew together...sometimes in trying to pull the bad off the good...some of the good gets ripped out as well. For example, Holiness, and Godliness are Biblical and right...same with separation from the world. When a person is taught these things in principle...that is well and right. when there arer hard fast laws made off the principle and then in turn used to beat down a person..that is wrong.

I have been on both sides of the fence...and while I totally understand the error of many modern day preachers when they attemp to teach Grace...there is the other side of the coin that refuses to teach or expound the maifold graces of God and His total willingness to love and forgive us if we confess and repent. Once again, the good and the bad.

In my opinion we need good doctrine...we also need the Spirit...and the glue that seems to hold these two together is love...and from what I have observed, love is an ever decreasing element in many churches...regardless of being strict or liberal. All to often we are not willing to bear one anothers burdens and really be tender hearted toward one another.

Love covers a multitude of sins...so what happens when love diminishes? Seems pretty easy to figure out. Maybe I am crazy, but if we would focus on Jesus...love Him, and love each other the way we are supposed to...maybe many of these agendas on both sides would simply disolve...we would ask Him waht He thinks instead of proclaiming what we think....

Are you perfect?