1) Can Christ ever be fully pleased with us? Despite our sin, can he really be totally pleased with us? DOes his grace and mercy make up for everything we fail at? Tell me what you think.
2) Belief-conviction or trust that a claim is true. Not necessarily true, but not necessarily false, either. Knowledge- true belief. How are you viewing Christ and all you know about Him? Do you regard it as simply a belief (something that is trusted to be true by your personal conviction), or as knowledge (a belief that IS TRUE. something factual.)? Question yourself. Get down to the root of your faith and determine if you truly feel it is knowledge, or a belief.
3) "If you love to learn the grades will come." Ever heard a teacher say that? Think about it in terms of Christ. If you pursue Christ eagerly to get to know Him, salvation and joy will come. If you pursue Him for other reasons such as, i don't know, just something to believe in, or just to call yourself a "Christian," when really you're acting lukewarm, the goodness and joy will not come. It won't be genuine. Once again, ask yourself why you love Christ, why you pursue him, why you think Christianity is the best. Just ask yourself. Try it.
I wanna know what you all think about any part, or all of this, so comment and let me know!
Love you all,
Alexa
Just for a start... here is what I think!
ReplyDeleteCan Christ ever be fully pleased with us? Despite our sin, can he really be totally pleased with us? DOes his grace and mercy make up for everything we fail at? Tell me what you think.
Christ is our answer. He is what makes us good. “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good.” (Romans 8:28) There is nothing in us that is good that has not been placed there by God. We see in Genesis that God created the world… and he was pleased. God finds great delight in us. He loves revealing himself to us so that we may better represent his image. He loves us regardless of our sin. He has chosen us, actually, even knowing that we will sin in the future. “Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain hi anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love. He will again have compassion on us; he will tread our iniquities underfoot. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.” (Micah 7:18-19)
Gosh I love that! Great point of view! I love how you mentioned that He CHOSE us. And he delights in US! I love it. Thanks for sharing! oh...and i love that verse from micah too...:)
ReplyDelete1. Yes! God can totally completely be pleased with us! Though he might not always be pleased with us, he can definitly have those moments of ... I don't know...just, YES. Like if you don't clean your room, you're dad might get mad. But, if you win first place at the tournament the next day, he's not gonna be thinking. "Well...she didn't clean her room, though, so she's still not QUITE there." No! He's thinking, "I am so proud of you!"
ReplyDelete2&3: I love this! Thanks for posting!