Comments on: Serving Under Nebuchadnezzar #4 — Nothing Evil to Say of You http://www.brittmooney.com/2008/12/serving-under-nebuchadnezzar-4-nothing-evil-to-say-of-you/ Just another WordPress site Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:01:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve Froeber http://www.brittmooney.com/2008/12/serving-under-nebuchadnezzar-4-nothing-evil-to-say-of-you/#comment-417 Steve Froeber Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:01:29 +0000 http://www.brittmooney.com/?p=510#comment-417 I'll tell you what...I've gotten more flack from Christians over the past few years trying to figure out how to say exactly that. Here's the problem that I've seen in saying this to people. If we actually started believing the truth that Christ spoke, and all the sudden we have to wake up every day and start saying "Christ has enabled me to live in righteousness. Like, for real. Like, right now. Like for the rest of my life..." it makes people really uncomfortable. While it's true and wonderful that Christ has forgiven our sins, it's also true and wonderful that Christ also calls us to "go and sin no more." We are quick to rejoice in the forgiveness, and we should! But we don't rejoice, and in fact, almost lament the "and now we are free from sin through Christ!" part. In fact, we demonize the idea as blasphemy. "How dare you say that you don't sin! That's impossible!" I thought I read somewhere that impossible isn't a big deal to Jesus...maybe I'm crazy. We fail to make a distinction between the state in which Christ called us, and the state in which we are now living. I’ll tell you what…I’ve gotten more flack from Christians over the past few years trying to figure out how to say exactly that.

Here’s the problem that I’ve seen in saying this to people.

If we actually started believing the truth that Christ spoke, and all the sudden we have to wake up every day and start saying “Christ has enabled me to live in righteousness. Like, for real. Like, right now. Like for the rest of my life…” it makes people really uncomfortable.

While it’s true and wonderful that Christ has forgiven our sins, it’s also true and wonderful that Christ also calls us to “go and sin no more.”

We are quick to rejoice in the forgiveness, and we should! But we don’t rejoice, and in fact, almost lament the “and now we are free from sin through Christ!” part.

In fact, we demonize the idea as blasphemy.
“How dare you say that you don’t sin! That’s impossible!”

I thought I read somewhere that impossible isn’t a big deal to Jesus…maybe I’m crazy.

We fail to make a distinction between the state in which Christ called us, and the state in which we are now living.

]]> By: wendi http://www.brittmooney.com/2008/12/serving-under-nebuchadnezzar-4-nothing-evil-to-say-of-you/#comment-416 wendi Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:16:25 +0000 http://www.brittmooney.com/?p=510#comment-416 your last two sentences are like BAM!!! (my way of saying amen emphatically) your last two sentences are like BAM!!!

(my way of saying amen emphatically)

]]> By: Matt Miles http://www.brittmooney.com/2008/12/serving-under-nebuchadnezzar-4-nothing-evil-to-say-of-you/#comment-415 Matt Miles Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:23:17 +0000 http://www.brittmooney.com/?p=510#comment-415 We're going through Daniel in a Bible study group, and we found possible reasons for the jealousy of the other rulers. The point is, they were offended because of this jealousy, not because of his personality. I think we try to hard to offend at times, such as speaking the truth minus the "in love" part. If only that was the limits of our hypocrisy. If we continue to live the life of obedience, that alone will and should be the offense. We’re going through Daniel in a Bible study group, and we found possible reasons for the jealousy of the other rulers. The point is, they were offended because of this jealousy, not because of his personality.

I think we try to hard to offend at times, such as speaking the truth minus the “in love” part. If only that was the limits of our hypocrisy.

If we continue to live the life of obedience, that alone will and should be the offense.

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