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Charangel

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Nov 17 11 3:58 AM

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Is There Enough “Goodness” in Your Cup?

BIBLE MEDITATION:
 “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” Isaiah 64:6

DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT:
There is none good, no not one. If you asked every single human being on planet earth to deposit in a cup all of his or her goodness, there would not be enough goodness in that cup to save even one person!

Isaiah 64:6 says our righteousness is as “filthy rags” in the sight of God. The cross of Jesus Christ is our only hope. Jesus took our sin upon the cross. Jesus took our shame upon the cross. Jesus took our suffering upon the cross. And by His death, He paid the sin debt and now we have His righteousness.

In 1906, Jessie Brown Pounds wrote these words: “I must needs go home by the way of the cross, there's no other way but this; I shall ne'er get sight of the gates of light, if the way of the cross I miss.”

ACTION POINT:
Get this clear with yourself: Whose righteousness are you depending on? Your own? Your accumulated lifetime of “good works”? Or the righteousness of the sinless Lamb of God, Who became your substitute on the Cross and paid your sin debt in full?

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EstherShoemake

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Nov 17 11 5:48 AM

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Thank you Char, Some people are confused by this scripture, they think you can just go on as you were and just keep on sinning and that we are covered by the blood of Jesus. When we become a Christian we die out to sin and become a new person in Christ Jesus, old things we used to do we don't want to do any more. But yes, if we do sin, we are covered but only if we ask forgivness, but we are not to sin willfully. It is a mighty deep subject. Remember God loves you and so do I.




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NormaWalley

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Nov 17 11 10:09 AM

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Thanks Char.  Good message. We have had many consversations
concerning this subject. You would be surprised at the folks that
think when Christ saved them, it is for ever and ever regardless of
the way we live. We have all sinned and come short of the Glory,
yes, when we sin, we have to ask forgiveness right then, Christ
expects us to stay close to him, walk in the light, and walk down
that straight and narrow road. Thanks.
Love, Sis

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