Blessed Goodness
If I choose to put confidence, trust, or reliance in my flesh, I must accept the good and the bad for my actions. If I have any confidence in what I do, then my confidence is in not in the Lord. Therefore, I have to stand before the Lord with the good that I do in any certain area and the bad in that area. I am essentially setting myself up for failure, because I cannot be perfect, thus I will be judged according to my good and my bad. My good is nothing better than menstrual rags (Is. 64:4 Literal translation)and my bad, which is also called sin, equals death which leads to...well you know. So if I choose myself the outcome is menstrual rags or death a.k.a you know where, two options from which I would not like to choose. The greatest failure of all, however, is that I miss the essence of the gospel: righteousness by faith. Jesus died on the cross so I did not have to be righteous (let me it clear that I sometimes try real hard to righteous and I am crushed when I fail, because I think that I can be perfect, pretty high view of myself) but simply by faith take up his righteousness and live in the blessing of being pure, blameless, without blemish, and holy. Freedom, revelation, acceptance, and sonship are found here, in the righteousness of Christ. It is for you and it is for me, Jesus has already paid for it, take it.
S.N. (side note) I will probably be talking about this quite a bit in my next few posts
S.S.N Please, please comment if you have any say: positive or negative, really
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2 comments:
hmmm several things:
1) i love the jessie harris honesty. so refreshing.
2) remember, we ALL deal with this.
3) you can't do it on your own.
4) i personally am dealing with this as well...keep seeking! praise the Lord that when you do it by yourself it is terrible, b/c it makes you go back to Him!
5) call me back punk. i say it in love.
Hey Jessie, very good blog entry! I'm glad I had a chance to read it, it encourages me as well. How did you find my blog? I noticed that we are both Jason Upton fans, his music is so worshipful!
Blessings,
Sara
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