Whose choice was it really?
I am new to the art of blogging, so don't kill me if this doesn't look right. JJ and I have been getting up every Saturday for the last month and meeting at the Serene Bean for coffee and the word. We already talk about the subjects of God and the lifestyle of following him. But, we agreed it would benefit us to change the scenery.
This blog will serve as an outlet for us to vent our discoveries and our zeal for all that encompasses the knowledge of God. We want to get to the heart of problems the modern followers of Christ deal with and come up with simple, applicable answers. This blog is not about going over scripture but actually living out the scripture we read. And on using the broad field of Apologetics to help the average joe defend his faith in Christ.
This weekend I pondered this question. When I make the choice to give my life to Christ, do I in turn deserve to get glory and praise for doing so. In the sense that out of my free will I chose to accept that He forgave me, that He died for me, and that He loves me, yes and no. Choosing to be accept that God chose to forgive you is not in anyway something to brag about. Without God being in the equation there would be no forgiveness in the first place. That's like bragging about the car your parents gave when you did nothing to get.
The question we must ask ourselves is what can we do apart from God the has any real value to it? Nothing. With God we are still the same sinner that was bought only he has polished us up. In the end we are only men with or without God just the same, but as Christians we are men that God has helped. We can make the choice to live according to his word and the promises it includes, or we could just do our thing. Even when we decide to live accordingly we still could not do it without Him.
Thinking about this has helped me realize how humble I should be to the Lord and to others. We should not abuse the fact of our salvation by lording it over unbelievers, but get them to realize that we are the helpless that the Lord helped.
I am a man and am nothing except what the Lord makes me.
This blog will serve as an outlet for us to vent our discoveries and our zeal for all that encompasses the knowledge of God. We want to get to the heart of problems the modern followers of Christ deal with and come up with simple, applicable answers. This blog is not about going over scripture but actually living out the scripture we read. And on using the broad field of Apologetics to help the average joe defend his faith in Christ.
This weekend I pondered this question. When I make the choice to give my life to Christ, do I in turn deserve to get glory and praise for doing so. In the sense that out of my free will I chose to accept that He forgave me, that He died for me, and that He loves me, yes and no. Choosing to be accept that God chose to forgive you is not in anyway something to brag about. Without God being in the equation there would be no forgiveness in the first place. That's like bragging about the car your parents gave when you did nothing to get.
The question we must ask ourselves is what can we do apart from God the has any real value to it? Nothing. With God we are still the same sinner that was bought only he has polished us up. In the end we are only men with or without God just the same, but as Christians we are men that God has helped. We can make the choice to live according to his word and the promises it includes, or we could just do our thing. Even when we decide to live accordingly we still could not do it without Him.
Thinking about this has helped me realize how humble I should be to the Lord and to others. We should not abuse the fact of our salvation by lording it over unbelievers, but get them to realize that we are the helpless that the Lord helped.
I am a man and am nothing except what the Lord makes me.
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10/29/2007 05:39:00 PM
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