tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299262357416422184.post5033896201378705923..comments2023-10-29T06:05:26.828-04:00Comments on Finding Me in the Madness: Through the Wardrobe, on Toward Graceheatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11240132796698104174noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299262357416422184.post-24100764787406651962008-12-04T13:31:00.000-05:002008-12-04T13:31:00.000-05:00I heard a sermon this past week that really wasn't...I heard a sermon this past week that really wasn't about anything new. We know about grace, and know that we aren't good enough on our own, but we still feel burdened by our own baggage.<BR/><BR/>The pastor explained that if we aren't sure that we're going to heaven, in other words-saved, and deep down inside blame it on the fact that we aren't good enough, then we are not trusting Christ's righteousness alone to save us. He gave examples of Old Testament characters, who we know by the accounts given in Scripture failed in many ways, yet in the NT those things are not once said about them and God mentions only their faith in Him. "God calleth those things which be not as though they were." Rom. 4:17<BR/><BR/>I've been doing a small group study on the life of Abraham, and when you read Genesis you see how many times he and his family screwed up, but when you read what God had to say about him and Lot, their sins are always overlooked and they are called righteous.<BR/><BR/>This is something that I also deal with and although my situation is different from yours, I have always felt the guilt and burdens of my sins even though I know in my head that they are forgiven. Somehow it all kind of clicked for me in hearing this.<BR/><BR/>You and yours are in my prayers....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299262357416422184.post-9013953223577959742008-12-02T21:55:00.000-05:002008-12-02T21:55:00.000-05:00I love you, Mitz-I love you, Mitz-Mitzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02320820967834798540noreply@blogger.com