It’s not only a fallen world that infects us with sin, it’s a fallen self.
Tag: sin
“Adoni-bezek escaped but the Israelites soon captured him and cut off his thumbs and big toes.” (Judges 1:6 NLT) I read this and immediately think, what a cruel act! We’re the Israelites truly that twisted? Then I tried to imagine life without thumbs and big…
Achan waits to be found out, rather than confessing and repenting. The cost for his reluctance is high.
Sometimes God appoints us to walk through hard and heavy things. Sometimes the end seems entirely unfair.
“You saw with your own eyes what the Lord did at Baal Peor. The Lord your God destroyed from among you everyone who filled Baal of Peor but all of you who held fast to the Lord are still alive today.” (Deuteronomy 4:3-4 NIV) Baal…
If we feel stuck in a particularly unpleasant place, perhaps it’s time to examine our heart.
I have winced so many times alone this journey because I recognize my own impatience, ingratitude, disbelief and misplaced pride.
Grace is not cheap and if we treat it as such, isn’t it relationally destructive with our Savior?
Before we throw stones, we remember that we read this text in the first person; “Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am the worst.”