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12 Christians live forgiven
There are two kinds of lifestyles that are equally destructive in any Christian’s life.
First is the self proclaimed “holier than thou” Christian who thinks their major role in life is to pick out everyone else’s flaws. They are egotists, big headed, puffed up, judging others from their high condemning perch of perfection. They are nitpickers. They believe the lie that they are better than anyone else and therefore have the right to be critical of anything they see in other Christians or non-Christians who do anything that they wouldn’t do, especially if it is something they consider sinful. They also believe that they have the corner on the market of truth and only exactly what they believe the Bible says is true. They aren’t open to changing their mind and expect everyone to do whatever they think they think they should. They can’t learn the truth because they think only what they believe is the truth. This person is in love with themself and so concentrated on what they believe is their perfection that they can’t really concentrate on Christ and His purpose for their life. They make life miserable for others.
Second is the Christian who at some point came to a place in their life when they began feeling inferior to everybody else. They feel inferior especially when they compare themself with other Christians. Deep down they believe there is some flaw in them, some sin they have committed, that on judgment day will send them to hell. They believe this in spite of the fact that they have sincerely asked Christ to be their one and only Savior. I call these kind of people, “Christians with ‘myopic eyeballs!"” They concentrate so much on the sins they are or have committed and on their self proclaimed imperfection that they have no real time to concentrate on Christ and His abundant purpose for their life. Besides, they don’t think they are at all “worthy” of His love. In fact they often tell other Christians how “unworthy” they feel. They don’t realize there is no one worthy of salvation and the gifts Christ gives them – no one at all.
The real truth is that Christ paid the entire price for every Christian’s sins. Christ summarized this truth with His last words on the cross – “It is finished.” Three days later He rose from death and conquered it. He did that so He could wash with his shed blood every person who honestly asks Him to be their one and only Savior (John 3:16.)
Let me tell you more about this right now on Take Time for God….. –Ray
12 Christians live forgiven