tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post2594250539181649157..comments2023-07-13T06:34:31.965-05:00Comments on Fear and Trembling: It is Okay to Pass This TestJ. K. Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-39213815979160798202010-11-04T19:40:33.347-05:002010-11-04T19:40:33.347-05:00Good sermon.
I agree that God justifies teh ungod...Good sermon.<br /><br />I agree that God justifies teh ungodly (NIV: the wicked) - Romans 4.J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-38892315580527423042010-11-01T18:24:02.053-05:002010-11-01T18:24:02.053-05:00We certainly don't look to our obedience, perf...We certainly don't look to our obedience, performance, good works, etc..<br /><br /> <br />Us Lutheran types look to our baptism (where God acted for us), and to the promises of God.<br /><br />We look... but at Christ. <br /><br />And we don't read the Scriptures woodenly to get caught up in all that 'self evaluation' stuff. Those that engage in that stuff are barking up the Steve Martinhttp://theoldadam.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-76584355413193532482010-11-01T13:26:30.728-05:002010-11-01T13:26:30.728-05:00So, Steve, what do we do with 2 Corinthians 13:5?So, Steve, what do we do with 2 Corinthians 13:5?J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-20425926976716115482010-10-25T10:54:21.660-05:002010-10-25T10:54:21.660-05:00YUK.
Give ourselves a passing grade???
Isn'...YUK.<br /><br />Give ourselves a passing grade??? <br /><br />Isn't that what the Pharisee was doing in the temple, alongside the scumbag tax collector?<br /><br />And which one went away justified?<br /><br /><br />I can tell you this much, I have failed in the stewardship of my humanity. <br /><br />I need a Savior. <br />Thanks be to God for Jesus Christ who is that Savior!Steve Martinhttp://theoldadam.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com