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You are NOT a nice person!

Christ_empowered

Christ_empowered

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And neither am I!

I'm posting this because THIS is (or was...) the hardest part of the Christian message to absorb. Its also the most basic, and one of the most important components of Jesus' message...

...you're not good! You're bad! You're wretched! You need a Savior!

I'm a "nice guy." Laid back, easy going, all that. And yet...I was a wretch. Filled with pride, self-love, sodomy, all that. No longer. I mean, OK, pride and self-love are an issue with all Christians, but...I'm not an unsaved wretch, caught in the muck and mire anymore....

...because I realized: I'm not good! No therapist, no counselor, no pill, no shrink could save me...but Jesus did!

Basic, Roman's Road kinda stuff, I know but...this is the 1 aspect of Christianity that I think isn't preached on enough by many...

...we all need a Savior because mankind is hopelessly lost, hopelessly stained by sin, hopelessly stuck in a hell that's largely of our own making.
 
It is easy to call everyone a bad person and saying there is only 1 cure for that. It is extremely hard to actually fix the mistake by yourself. I once thought the same way as you do right now, but then I realized how narrow minded that can be.
 
[MENTION=37729]Christ_empowered[/MENTION] Blessings and congrats! Yet again! The milestones you have been hitting of late are nothing short of fantastically miraculous, and rightly so. Keep trusting, you are doing excellent.

Its a shame that your change isnt well recieved where you are. I bet those with noses in your life are quite freaked out, almost scared id say of how you describe it, at the power displayed in your life. This is the way it goes for many in their home towns. God is giving people a chance, putting on display the things they ask for in secret from him...miracles. Your life is one and he is letting those that know you, and how you were headed down the sewage drain of destruction, see that there is indeed a god. Im sure you name names quite a bit too(hard not to in the excitement) so they arent confused as to who he is.
 
Hi [MENTION=37729]Christ_empowered[/MENTION] I like that name. I too struggled with facing the truth, I'm not as good a person as I think I am. That's a universal truth everyone can benefit from facing.
[MENTION=90280]Infinity[/MENTION], I ask this for clarification, no sarcasm intended, but if everyone is not a bad person what is the mistake that needs fixing?
The premise is everyone is NOT a good person. I don't think being honest is "narrow" minded, I think its a sign of growth.
 
Maybe I jumped to conclusions a bit too quick, but the majority of christians that I encountered (and trust me, that means more than just a few) who said that humans aren't good meant that in a you are going to hell and you only think you are good or your good doings are completely meaningless kind of wy. Of course we make mistakes but we make mistakes that can be fixed.
 
I only posed this because this--which is at the core of The Good News--was **so** very difficult for me to accept and absorb until fairly recently. Its not sufficient to be "nice" or "decent" or "good;" one must realize the extent of individual and collective sin in order to be saved.
 
I didnt know there was more than one? LOL By the standard that my parents are always pissed @ me for doing dumb stuff. Idk, stuff w/ boys., partying some, etc. When I go 2 church like the youth group I always get so mixed up. In 1 regard I feel like I want 2 b a better person. In the other I feel upset cause I feel like Im getting beat up and then I dont come back for a week or 2.
 
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