Help Wanted - Apply Within
I’m reading this great book. Actually its the third one I’ve read from Francis Frangipane. This one is called Holiness, Truth and the Presence of God. Here are some quotes from the first chapter (actually, the first quote is a quote from someone else, and it bears repeating):
“The bigger I grow in God, the smaller I become.” - Allen Bond.
A hypocrite is a person who excuses his own sin while condemning the sins of others.
Remember, Christ did not condemn sinners, He condemned hypocrites. He numbered Himself with sinners - bearing our sins and sorrows (Isa. 53). This is the humility we are seeking.
Christianity is just so ironic to me. The closer I grow to God, the more of my sin I see, the more I am forgiven, the better I feel. But I still struggle with the 80’s candy-coated happy happy joy joy gospel that walking with Christ should make life easier. Au contraire! It’s harder, but yet, more worthwhile. But that tempting Good News Candy Land is the breeding ground for hypocrisy and sometimes that’s where I slip. Numbering myself with sinners, daily bringing my sins and those of others (my family, friends, nation, world) to the cross - that’s my job description…