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RE: The Curmudgeon's Bible - What the Heck Is A "Pastor?"
The whole Pastor, Vicar, Priest has always had me baffled and I agree we all are sheep, some are black though :)
The whole Pastor, Vicar, Priest has always had me baffled and I agree we all are sheep, some are black though :)
Yes, sheep indeed. And only Jesus can turn us black lambs white... ;)
I am already a white sheep, I am good, well most of the time :)
It's those exceptions that are the problem! :O
Don't think anyone can be good all the time, we have to balance our life :)
You're right, we just can't because of our nature.
Here's the problem:
God is HOLY, which is an idea that is so foreign to us that we can't easily wrap our minds around it. Moses once asked to see God's face, and God complied (partly), but only after hiding Moses safely behind a rock and only allowing him to see a small glimpse.
Stated another way, we can never survive God's presence unless we are completely and perfectly pure. If any fragment of our sin remains, God's holy presence will destroy us.
I'm just describing the reality of it, as best I understand it.
The good news is that when Jesus became a man, he lived his life absolutely perfectly. This qualified him to be a perfect sacrifice for us. He paid for his people's sins when he gave himself over to death on the cross. For those who will believe in him, he purifies us of all sin and replaces it with his holiness, thus enabling us to enter God's presence.
How can you be totally good, you have have some fun, things happen?
There's no way we can be... Not on our own.
Except when we believe in Jesus, God credits Jesus' goodness to our account...
Saying it another way...
We have all, already "missed the perfection boat," and we can't go back and fix it. However, Jesus, by his sacrifice on our behalf, absorbed God's just payment for our sin, and gives us his perfect righteousness in its place.
I am nearly perfect hahaha Ido try my best, my first thought is others before myself :)