God has had me reading in Romans lately. Not a problem, I love Romans. There is one verse I have come to especially love, lately, Romans 8:12: "Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation--but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it." I LOVE THAT. Other versions use "debtors" rather than "obligation". We are not debtors to our sin nature. We don't owe our old sin nature anything at all. We don't have to follow it's lusts; we don't have to live under the control of the flesh nature's feelings; we don't have to go on being enslaved to anything of our old nature. Christ has paid all the debt. Jesus obliged Himself to a Roman cross, and took all my obligations to my old nature and way of life. In Christ there is only eternal life, freedom, holiness and righteousness. We are obliged; debtors to the new creation, birthed in us by God's own Spirit. God has created in us a new spirit which is made in the image of Christ. We may boldly proclaim "I am in Christ, and anyone who is in Christ Jesus is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold the new has come!"
Our God is the God who still speaks! Ours response should be that of Abraham, when God called him, "Here I am, LORD!"
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Fresh Start
I've shut down all other blog sites. I've decided to keep a more or less personal journal here. I have family here, and appreciate their input, so I'll work through my problems with this blog engine.
I'm going through some fairly big changes in life, beginning with some spiritual ones. I spent 5 years on another blog site attempting to reach out to people who struggle with, predominantly, Same-Sex Attraction. It is a painful lesson to learn, but the fact is, there are a great many religious people who do not desire real change. There are increasing numbers of people who would rather modify Christ than be modified by Christ. I'm an old school hold out. I cannot and do not modify Christ. Christ modifies me. I bring nothing to Christ. Christ is everything. I wane, but Christ waxes.
My 2 Cents
Lonnie
I'm going through some fairly big changes in life, beginning with some spiritual ones. I spent 5 years on another blog site attempting to reach out to people who struggle with, predominantly, Same-Sex Attraction. It is a painful lesson to learn, but the fact is, there are a great many religious people who do not desire real change. There are increasing numbers of people who would rather modify Christ than be modified by Christ. I'm an old school hold out. I cannot and do not modify Christ. Christ modifies me. I bring nothing to Christ. Christ is everything. I wane, but Christ waxes.
My 2 Cents
Lonnie
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