Meet Judy Webb. She says she’s “just an average girl with an amazing God. I was never that brave, never really outgoing, usually was afraid of new situations. I often times would try to hide who I really was in order to fit into a crowd.” Read more about her story and what she thinks about the Sojourn community.
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This is fantastic
This is fantastic dialog!!!
Me must begin and end with the GOSPEL!!!
1 Corinthians 15 tells us that the Jesus lived, died, was buried, rose again and this is how we are “saved”. Jesus was the perfect sacrifice that took care of my SIN debt. Without his shed blood there is no forgiveness/remission of sin.(Hebrews 9:22)
Bob’s example of John 8 with the woman caught in adultery is a perfect example of the GOSPEL in action. What is beautiful about this that Jesus, loved her, protected her, encouraged her, BUT let her know that her issue was a SIN and she needed to STOP sinning. “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”
If we are NOT building relationships with people to the point of talking and discussing sin, what kind of relationship/friendship is it? As we live a life based on incarnation (Christ in us)… Sin will be exposed and come to light in ourselves and those around us. If my life is being conformed to Jesus… the gospel ,by design, illuminates the hidden areas of sin.
2Co 4:3-4 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Love, acceptance, trust, compassion, understanding are part of building relationships. As Christ followers, issues of sin, grace, and forgiveness are also part of building relationships. If I am NOT including sin, grace, and forgiveness in my relationships then all I have done is emasculated the true gospel of its power and all I am left with is a ’social gospel’.
Pr 27:6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
A true friend… saved or not… is not afraid to deal with truth. It is because of the love I have for my friend that I point them to Jesus who exposes the sin. It is because of grace that I stick it out… I continue walking with them, growing our relationship… Always pointing them to Jesus.
Eric M.
__________________________Rethinking life as a Son of God…
Eric M. (ericgmorgan.com)