NO LIE COMES FROM THE TRUTH! NO LIE IS EVER TRUE!
You may say, "Well isn't that obvious?"
Not necessarily.
There is a lie that I have personally heard that sounds something like this: "Your weakness is stronger than God's strength. You've messed up before, but he's out of patience and his grace has run out."
The Bible says exactly the opposite. It doesn't just say, "God's strength is bigger than my weakness," it exaggerates the point by saying, "...the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength," and, "...the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom...But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of this world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him."
(Read 1 Corinthians 1:18-29)
Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
You don't have to be perfect before you come to Jesus. Jesus is the one who cleans up our lives. "But when the kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. he saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, who he poured on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life." (Titus 3:4-7) "Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, wihout blemish and free from accusation—." (Colossians 1:22)
I have found that you don't have to be perfect before you come to Jesus. But you do need to come to Jesus, if you are going to get cleaned up beyond your own ability.
GOD IS BIGGER THAN ME!
King Solomon said to God, the highest heavens cannot contain you, "How much less this temple that I have made for you." I am very comforted to know that God is much bigger than my imagination of who he is. At times it is frustrating because I don't understand why he does the things he does—or why he doesn't do the things he doesn't do. But when I am weak and tired and don't know what direction to turn, it is nice to know there is a God who is beyond me—beyond my imagination, beyond my strength.
Since the highest heavens cannot contain God, how much less this little blog post. God's word says, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29:13)
Ask God to teach you who he is.
Not necessarily.
There is a lie that I have personally heard that sounds something like this: "Your weakness is stronger than God's strength. You've messed up before, but he's out of patience and his grace has run out."
The Bible says exactly the opposite. It doesn't just say, "God's strength is bigger than my weakness," it exaggerates the point by saying, "...the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength," and, "...the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom...But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of this world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before him."
(Read 1 Corinthians 1:18-29)
Jesus said, "It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
You don't have to be perfect before you come to Jesus. Jesus is the one who cleans up our lives. "But when the kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. he saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, who he poured on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life." (Titus 3:4-7) "Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, wihout blemish and free from accusation—." (Colossians 1:22)
I have found that you don't have to be perfect before you come to Jesus. But you do need to come to Jesus, if you are going to get cleaned up beyond your own ability.
GOD IS BIGGER THAN ME!
King Solomon said to God, the highest heavens cannot contain you, "How much less this temple that I have made for you." I am very comforted to know that God is much bigger than my imagination of who he is. At times it is frustrating because I don't understand why he does the things he does—or why he doesn't do the things he doesn't do. But when I am weak and tired and don't know what direction to turn, it is nice to know there is a God who is beyond me—beyond my imagination, beyond my strength.
Since the highest heavens cannot contain God, how much less this little blog post. God's word says, "You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29:13)
Ask God to teach you who he is.
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