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Honestly....
Hey there gang! I know my first post blew all of you away (and when I said all I mean the one or two of you who read it), so here goes round two. This is something that has been on my heart since my junior year in college, and it's a question. Here it goes...how honest are we with ourselves...? When I say that I mean how honest are we about who we are...our weaknesses...our sin... I know for a long time I would never dare to look at how bad I was. It wasn't I didn't think I was bad, I just never wanted to think about how bad I really was. My very first talk with you was about our complete inability to earn salvation, that it is a gift given by God when we were completely unable to save ourselves (Romans 5:6). This way we could never take the credit for our salvation. Just because you are saved does not mean you do not still struggle. I would dare to say the temptation to struggle becomes greater after Jesus comes into your life. However, a lot of us may act like we don't struggle because of Jesus. We come into the Christian life thinking we're better than everyone else because of Jesus, but the thing is we still have things we struggle with. Even Paul, one of the greatest men of God struggled viciously with sin. He says in Romans 7:14-20
I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
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I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
See how desperately even Paul struggles with his own sin. So I'll ask my question again...how honest are we with who we really are, and how much we really struggle? I ask because shining God's light on this is the first and greatest step to stepping into a passionate and real relationship with our God. Won't you join with me in at least trying to jump in?
posted by Skylar # 1:22 PM 
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Thanks for your blog Skylar. It is easy to take credit for salvation and to use our salvation as a boasting point. I have found that the more honest I am to myself and to God about my weaknesses and struggles, the more I am inviting Christ's sanctifying work in me. Thanks for keepin' it real!
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