How "good" are you...? A lesson in "theology"...

[Neogaia777]

These next thoughts that I am going to put down here, began when I was listening to a sermon in what happened to Saul, and what changed in him from the time when he was the great Pharisee Saul, and when He became the Apostle Paul...

But this change should be the change in all of us, etc....

Before he changed, he trusted in his own goodness, and in his ability to be "good" and/or by keeping "the law", etc, but when he, and when you and me, see Christ as we should, then it should totally and completely destroy all faith that we previously had in our own "goodness", etc...

How far do you think you would go for "love", etc...?

Would you; or can you even, go as far as Jesus did, etc...?

Because if any of you answers that with any other word than a big fat "no", then you are lying to a very much excessive and exceedingly great degree, etc...

Jesus showed us how far he would could/would/can and did go, etc, and it is much more than any of us are even capable of, etc...

And he did this, for all of us, etc, even the very worst of us, etc, and he even refused to call himself even "good" even, in so doing, etc...

Seeing this and fully realizing this, is the only true beginning, etc...

And those who still have not or do not see this still, etc, and/or maybe have forgotten it, etc, need to go back to it, and make sure they never, ever, forget it, ever again, etc, for it is the Love of the Father, etc, and we do not measure up, etc...

And that is the bitter pill many of us do not swallow, our not measuring up to it, etc, but it is the pill you must take in order to even really even truly begin in the real true faith, etc...

Because it precisely this starting point that helps you to get all else correct, and/or teach and/or preach "it" correctly, etc...

The gospel really is summed up in John 3:16, but without this understanding that I am sharing with you right now, you will not truly "get it" or feel the full effect of it, which is required, etc...

So, what is my point in all of this? Well, maybe it's just to always remember it, and not forget it, and always let it put into perspective for you your own "goodness" the next time your are tempted to trust in that/it, etc...

For these people have forgotten the very basic principles and teachings of Jesus Christ, etc, and you should not be listening to anything at all they have to say until "this" is put back into perspective again for them, etc...

And in fact, you should probably be rebuking them, etc...

Comments are most welcome...

God Bless!

 

[Neogaia777]

These next thoughts that I am going to put down here, began when I was listening to a sermon in what happened to Saul, and what changed in him from the time when he was the great Pharisee Saul, and when He became the Apostle Paul...

But this change should be the change in all of us, etc....

Before he changed, he trusted in his own goodness, and in his ability to be "good" and/or by keeping "the law", etc, but when he, and when you and me, see Christ as we should, then it should totally and completely destroy all faith that we previously had in our own "goodness", etc...

How far do you think you would go for "love", etc...?

Would you; or can you even, go as far as Jesus did, etc...?

Because if any of you answers that with any other word than a big fat "no", then you are lying to a very much excessive and exceedingly great degree, etc...

Jesus showed us how far he would could/would/can and did go, etc, and it is much more than any of us are even capable of, etc...

And he did this, for all of us, etc, even the very worst of us, etc, and he even refused to call himself even "good" even, in so doing, etc...

Seeing this and fully realizing this, is the only true beginning, etc...

And those who still have not or do not see this still, etc, and/or maybe have forgotten it, etc, need to go back to it, and make sure they never, ever, forget it, ever again, etc, for it is the Love of the Father, etc, and we do not measure up, etc...

And that is the bitter pill many of us do not swallow, our not measuring up to it, etc, but it is the pill you must take in order to even really even truly begin in the real true faith, etc...

Because it precisely this starting point that helps you to get all else correct, and/or teach and/or preach "it" correctly, etc...

The gospel really is summed up in John 3:16, but without this understanding that I am sharing with you right now, you will not truly "get it" or feel the full effect of it, which is required, etc...

So, what is my point in all of this? Well, maybe it's just to always remember it, and not forget it, and always let it put into perspective for you your own "goodness" the next time your are tempted to trust in that/it, etc...

For these people have forgotten the very basic principles and teachings of Jesus Christ, etc, and you should not be listening to anything at all they have to say until "this" is put back into perspective again for them, etc...

And in fact, you should probably be rebuking them, etc...

Comments are most welcome...

God Bless!

"This", the Love that Christ showed, must be our number one foundation for everything and anything that follows, etc...

And in our own "not measuring up", maybe we can just only begin to talk about what happens, or what proceeds forth from that, afterwards, etc...?

God Bless!

 

[Carl Emerson]

Nice reminder thanks...

I feel that 'zeal' should be included with 'goodness'...

We are blessed to have the detail from the writings of Paul which confirm he never 'made a show' of his faith !!!

 

[fhansen]

These next thoughts that I am going to put down here, began when I was listening to a sermon in what happened to Saul, and what changed in him from the time when he was the great Pharisee Saul, and when He became the Apostle Paul...

But this change should be the change in all of us, etc....

Before he changed, he trusted in his own goodness, and in his ability to be "good" and/or by keeping "the law", etc, but when he, and when you and me, see Christ as we should, then it should totally and completely destroy all faith that we previously had in our own "goodness", etc...

How far do you think you would go for "love", etc...?

Would you; or can you even, go as far as Jesus did, etc...?

Because if any of you answers that with any other word than a big fat "no", then you are lying to a very much excessive and exceedingly great degree, etc...

Jesus showed us how far he would could/would/can and did go, etc, and it is much more than any of us are even capable of, etc...

And he did this, for all of us, etc, even the very worst of us, etc, and he even refused to call himself even "good" even, in so doing, etc...

Seeing this and fully realizing this, is the only true beginning, etc...

And those who still have not or do not see this still, etc, and/or maybe have forgotten it, etc, need to go back to it, and make sure they never, ever, forget it, ever again, etc, for it is the Love of the Father, etc, and we do not measure up, etc...

And that is the bitter pill many of us do not swallow, our not measuring up to it, etc, but it is the pill you must take in order to even really even truly begin in the real true faith, etc...

Because it precisely this starting point that helps you to get all else correct, and/or teach and/or preach "it" correctly, etc...

The gospel really is summed up in John 3:16, but without this understanding that I am sharing with you right now, you will not truly "get it" or feel the full effect of it, which is required, etc...

So, what is my point in all of this? Well, maybe it's just to always remember it, and not forget it, and always let it put into perspective for you your own "goodness" the next time your are tempted to trust in that/it, etc...

For these people have forgotten the very basic principles and teachings of Jesus Christ, etc, and you should not be listening to anything at all they have to say until "this" is put back into perspective again for them, etc...

And in fact, you should probably be rebuking them, etc...

Comments are most welcome...

God Bless!

The only way we can measure up is via union with God, a relationship man was absolutely made for, and without which he exists in a state of injustice. We certainly weren’t created to be sinners! So, acknowledging our sin/unrighteousness is one of the first things we must do, but that’s not where God wants us to remain. Now, with Him, under grace, by the Spirit, we may “put to death the deeds of the flesh”(Rom 8:13).

How far should/would we go for love? Well, it should at least be farther than before we met Christ!

 

[Neogaia777]

The only way we can measure up is via union with God, a relationship man was absolutely made for, and without which he exists in a state of injustice. We certainly weren’t created to be sinners! So, acknowledging our sin/unrighteousness is one of the first things we must do, but that’s not where God wants us to remain. Now, with Him, under grace, by the Spirit, we may “put to death the deeds of the flesh”(Rom 8:13).

How far should/would we go for love? Well, it should at least be farther than before we met Christ!

I think we have to be; absolutely must be, very, very careful in how we walk afterwards in our quest to no longer be sinners afterwards, lest we deceive ourselves in/and our own minds, etc...?

But, that being said, well said sir!

God Bless!

 

[Neogaia777]

Nice reminder thanks...

I feel that 'zeal' should be included with 'goodness'...

We are blessed to have the detail from the writings of Paul which confirm he never 'made a show' of his faith !!!

Well said!

God Bless!

 

[Neogaia777]

Oh and also, I think a lot of people brag and boast very much (in their egotism and arrogance) about how far they would go for love, but also that have never been as maybe thoroughly tested on that matter, or those matters, as say, someone like me and/or I has been, etc...

And to those ones I would say that, when you finally and for sure are, then come back to me and talk to me about it, etc...

But I do try to go further for it now than maybe I only thought I use to now the closer I get to Christ now, etc...

But even still, when I compare it to Him, and His very great Love for all, there is just no comparison, etc...

It is God the Father's perfect Love after all, etc...

On full display and in all it's glory in Christ for all to see, etc...

He (Jesus) gave us the "picture" of Him actually doing it, and being it, in order that we all might fully see it, etc...

And if that's not your foundation for just about "everything else", then you have lost and left very, very much indeed, etc, and maybe need to go back to it, etc...

For this that I am talking about right now, is what we should all fully see when we really look at the cross, etc, and how many times do we truly need to "look at" and/or be reminded of that, etc...

And it's meant to be a very "humbling" experience, except to or for those who refuse to be humbled any longer by it that is, etc...

And God help us if we ever are, or wind up like that, etc, for you have forsaken much, etc...

Like I said, must be very, very careful in how we walk afterwards, etc... For if you take up pride again...?

Anyway, enough said I think...

God Bless!