Comments on: Jump and touch the moon http://jesuslivs.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/jump-and-touch-the-moon/ Soldiers of Christ fighting the good fight anyway we can Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:36:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Rachel http://jesuslivs.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/jump-and-touch-the-moon/#comment-33 Rachel Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:15:18 +0000 http://jesuslivs.wordpress.com/?p=182#comment-33 I think you are right on . . . we aren't to compare, compete and beat each other up . . . In the past, out of frustration I have beaten down others when I have done the same thing and was immediately convicted by the Holy Spirit. None of us are perfect and it isn't about that. It isn’t about our goodness, we don’t have any, but that is what most of Christianity has become – if we truly got that then we wouldn’t compare, compete and beat up, backbite, and so on. But I believe we are to exhort one another in love and not be afraid of appearing self-righteous, but expect the same from others. It isn't about following the rules or being better, or good it is about love. God's way brings life, if we see others doing something counter we need to tell them with the motive of love. Thanks for sharing. It needed to be said. Rachel I think you are right on . . . we aren’t to compare, compete and beat each other up . . . In the past, out of frustration I have beaten down others when I have done the same thing and was immediately convicted by the Holy Spirit. None of us are perfect and it isn’t about that. It isn’t about our goodness, we don’t have any, but that is what most of Christianity has become – if we truly got that then we wouldn’t compare, compete and beat up, backbite, and so on.

But I believe we are to exhort one another in love and not be afraid of appearing self-righteous, but expect the same from others. It isn’t about following the rules or being better, or good it is about love. God’s way brings life, if we see others doing something counter we need to tell them with the motive of love.

Thanks for sharing. It needed to be said.

Rachel

]]> By: Marianne Lordi http://jesuslivs.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/jump-and-touch-the-moon/#comment-17 Marianne Lordi Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:19:59 +0000 http://jesuslivs.wordpress.com/?p=182#comment-17 Your message is right on. We are all in an uproar about something but who really knows the reason? It reminds me ofthe verse in Acts 19:23-32 when there was a riot in Ephesus. The false "godmakers" were angry at Paul and his disciples for their teachings on Christ. This hurt these guys in their pocketbook as sales of man-made gods went down. They roused the crowd against Paul and seized Gaius and Aristarchus. In verse 32 it reads, "The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another. Most of the people did not even know why they were there". Is that not a picture of our country today? Everyone is demanding his or her right to something but at the base of it all there is nothing but the symbolic mad-made false god of pride. America started out as a Christian nation. Now we are weakened as this nation implodes as we fight one another and not the real enemy. If Satan can blind us to the truth, he can further his kingdom of darkness. You are right , Lorenzo, when you say that if we compared ourselves to Christ, we would fall short. Unfortunately, we then start comparing ourselves and our ideas to others. The fact is we are ALL short of the glory so what is there to compare? As the fools did in Acts 19, most people don't even know why they are fighting. Keep up the good work. Your message is right on. We are all in an uproar about something but who really knows the reason? It reminds me ofthe verse in Acts 19:23-32 when there was a riot in Ephesus. The false “godmakers” were angry at Paul and his disciples for their teachings on Christ. This hurt these guys in their pocketbook as sales of man-made gods went down. They roused the crowd against Paul and seized Gaius and Aristarchus. In verse 32 it reads,
“The assembly was in confusion: Some were shouting one thing, some another. Most of the people did not even know why they were there”.

Is that not a picture of our country today? Everyone is demanding his or her right to something but at the base of it all there is nothing but the symbolic mad-made false god of pride.

America started out as a Christian nation. Now we are weakened as this nation implodes as we fight one another and not the real enemy. If Satan can blind us to the truth, he can further his kingdom of darkness.

You are right , Lorenzo, when you say that if we compared ourselves to Christ, we would fall short. Unfortunately, we then start comparing ourselves and our ideas to others. The fact is we are ALL short of the glory so what is there to compare? As the fools did in Acts 19, most people don’t even know why they are fighting.

Keep up the good work.

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