StriperAddict
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... but nothing could be further from the truth. Aside from doctrinal exegesis on the proof of God, the exclusion teaching that some have heard is rubbish, and this is its counter. Enjoy ...
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The Room of Grace is tricky business for those who’ve believed self-made excellence makes the man. For not only must we believe we are accepted, we must also learn to accept the yokels already here and the rookies who come in fresh each week! Oh, generous executives, successful pastors, and social justice workers are here too. But, there is a vast difference. These have made a life-altering choice back at the fork in the road. They’re trusting who God says they are, instead of adding up their behaviors to prove their godliness. They’re convinced they can never resolve their sin by working on it. They know their sin is never between God and them. They live in the truth that there are no “together people.” They live careful and carefree because they realize the Father is crazy about them, on their worst day. They too, must learn to rest in the sufficiency of Christ in them. If they stop trusting these stunning truths, they’ll soon return to the familiar, back in the Room of Good Intentions. For those of us weary of pretending, weary of being weary, we’ve found home in the Room of Grace. It’s where God and I live together, along with all who dare to trust that God sees us this way. Whenever you’re tempted to think you don’t belong, that you’ve failed too often, failed too big, or are not meant to be close to God—just then, someone, maybe sitting very close to you, will smile and kindly say, “That’s all you got!!!?” It’s their way of saying, “You’re welcome here.”
From the book, The Cure - Chapter 1, Two Roads
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The Room of Grace is tricky business for those who’ve believed self-made excellence makes the man. For not only must we believe we are accepted, we must also learn to accept the yokels already here and the rookies who come in fresh each week! Oh, generous executives, successful pastors, and social justice workers are here too. But, there is a vast difference. These have made a life-altering choice back at the fork in the road. They’re trusting who God says they are, instead of adding up their behaviors to prove their godliness. They’re convinced they can never resolve their sin by working on it. They know their sin is never between God and them. They live in the truth that there are no “together people.” They live careful and carefree because they realize the Father is crazy about them, on their worst day. They too, must learn to rest in the sufficiency of Christ in them. If they stop trusting these stunning truths, they’ll soon return to the familiar, back in the Room of Good Intentions. For those of us weary of pretending, weary of being weary, we’ve found home in the Room of Grace. It’s where God and I live together, along with all who dare to trust that God sees us this way. Whenever you’re tempted to think you don’t belong, that you’ve failed too often, failed too big, or are not meant to be close to God—just then, someone, maybe sitting very close to you, will smile and kindly say, “That’s all you got!!!?” It’s their way of saying, “You’re welcome here.”
From the book, The Cure - Chapter 1, Two Roads
.....with an allusion to a John Bunyan work
Predict an exegesis thesis in 3. 2. 1.....
