131208 AM Honestly Evaluating Our Excuses
| Honestly Evaluating Our Excuses * “Why I’m Not Going to Bathe Anymore …” • “I was forced to bathe as a—- • “Bathing has become the same old boring _ • “Soap makers are only interested in my —- • “The people I know who do wash: they think they’re the only ones who are _ • “The people who do wash: they get too!” • “Who really what is ‘clean’ and what is ‘dirty’?” • “Who are you to that I’m dirty?” • “You’re and hateful when you tell me I’m dirty.” • “There are so many different of soap, how could I even begin to choose?” • “I still bathe at and —- • “I just can’t myself. I’m resigned to the fact that I’ll always be dirty.” • “I’m still . Maybe I’ll have a change of heart when I’m older.” Do the Same Excuses Apply to Your Spiritual Well·Being? (Prov 30:11·14; Acts 15:9; Rev 7:14;1 Cor 6:9·11; Titus 3:4-7; 2 Tim 2:21; 1 John 1:7; Acts 22:16) • “I was forced to … as a child.” (Eph 6:1-4) • ” has become the same old boring routine.” (Co/3:17) • ” are only interested in my money.” (2 Cor 4:2) • ” think they’re the only ones who are saved.” (Heb 10:19-22) • ” aren’t perfect!” (1 John 2:1-2) • “Who really defines what is ‘…’ and what is ‘…’?” (John 17: 17) • “Who are you to judge that I’m … ?” (John 7:24) • “You’re unloving and hateful when you tell me I’m …” (Eph 4: 15) • “There are so many different … , how could I even begin to choose?” (Eph 4:3-6) |