Even Our Tears Of Repentance Need To

Modern Christians, Especially Those In The Western World, Have Generally Been Found Wanting In The Area Of Holiness Of Body. Gluttony And Laziness, For Example, Were Regarded By Earlier Christians As Sin. Today We May Look On These As Weaknesses Of The Will But Certainly Not Sin. We Even Joke About Our Overeating And Other Indulgences Instead Of Crying Out To God In Confession And Repentance.

God Never Wastes Pain. He Always Uses It To Accomplish His Purpose. And His Purpose Is For His Glory And Our Good. Therefore We Can Trust Him When Our Hearts Are Aching Or Our Bodies Are Racked With Pain

We Need To Approach The Bible Each Day With A Spirit Of Deep Humility, Recognizing That Our Understanding Of Spiritual Truth Is At Best Incomplete And To Some Extent Inaccurate ... We Should Approach The Scriptures In Humility And Expect The Spirit To Humble Us Even Further As We Continue Being Taught By Him From His Word.

Justified" Is Even Better Than "just As If I'd Never Sinned." It Is Also "just As If I'd Always Obeyed.

As We Grow In Holiness, We Grow In Hatred Of Sin; And God, Being Infinitely Holy, Has An Infinite Hatred Of Sin.