God doesn't why should you ?

God doesn't so why should you.

Last week I shared to look forward not back forgetting the past using verses Isa 18:18 and Philippians 3:13-14

We need not dwell on our past sins,once forgiven then move on . According to what Scripture say's God remembers your past transgression no more.

[25] “I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins. (Isaiah 43:25 ESV)

[22] I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you. (Isaiah 44:22 ESV)

God blots out our sins they to him are as if they never happened. We as Christians need to practice this when our sins are forgiven then we need to blot them out of our lives and move forward in the joy of Christ. I know easier said than done . With God its possible.

Teach the Opponent

Teach the opponent

[24] And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil, [25] correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth, ( ESV 2 Timothy 2:24 -25)

Wonder how many Christians can say they live up to this ? Probably not many me included . The part of this verse I want to look at is the bold print. We had this verse in Bible Study last night.

Patiently enduring evil: Some would say see you Christians need to tolerate us in our desires( evil by Biblical stander eds) Well yes to a certain extent, More importantly is the next bold print .

Correcting his opponent with gentleness : In gentleness that’s the difficulty for Christians to do. ( myself included)Our passion for the Word of God can at times make us militaristic,and the gentleness isn't there. My I encourage you Biblical Christians (along with myself) to put the military side of you to stand at rest ,and use gentleness to correct those who practice that which is counter to Gods Word. The military side will be needed soon enough.

One last thing ,see thew italicized portion able to teach : if you cant teach don’t have the knowledge of Gods Word to be able to teach then you may want to back off .

My thought for this morning.

PC Christians

  

Question: "What does the Bible say about political correctness? Should a Christian be politically correct?"

Answer:Political correctness (PC) is defined as “a term that describes language, ideas, policies, and behavior seen as seeking to minimize social and institutional offense in occupational, gender, racial, cultural, sexual orientation, religious belief, disability, and age-related contexts.” The key word here isoffense. No individual or group is to be offended in the PC world. Certainly, as Christians, we are not to go out of our way to offend anyone personally, but the truth is that Christianity itself is offensive.

The apostle Paul references the “offense of the cross” inGalatians 5:11. The cross was an offense to the Jews because their idea of salvation was to “work the works of God” (John 6:28–29), meaning keeping the numerous burdensome Old Testament laws and rules. When Jesus came preaching salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, they were shattered. He made it plain that “by works of the law, no human being will be justified in his sight” (Romans 3:20) and that all their law-keeping was of no value to them whatsoever. Especially repugnant to them was the idea that, without Jesus, they who prided themselves on their meticulous adherence to the letter, if not the spirit, of the law, could do nothing of spiritual value (John 15:5).

Truly, the offense Jesus created was a stumbling block to the Jews, as Paul explained to the Romans. He reminded them of Isaiah’s prophecy that God would lay a Cornerstone (Christ) in Zion over which many would stumble and fall (Isaiah 8:14;28:16;Psalm 118:22;1 Peter 2:6). Just as the Jews stumbled over the idea of their works being of no value to God, so do many today hate the idea that Christ will build His church not on human merits, but on His righteousness alone. That message is as offensive today as it was in Jesus’ day. No one likes to be told there is nothing he can do to earn his place in heaven.

Equally offensive is the necessity of dying to self in order to follow Christ. Of all the religions of the world today, Christianity is the only one where its founder tells you to follow Him and die. "Then Jesus said to his disciples, 'If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me'" (Matthew 16:24). Those who heard this message knew exactly what Jesus meant; to follow Him was to die to self and give up everything they ever held dear. That's why everyone ran away when He was arrested; they weren't prepared to die with Him.

Correctness in the secular, political realm is not the concern of Christians or the church because “our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will, by the power that enables him, “bring everything under his control” (Philippians 3:20–21).

Read more:http://www.gotquestions.org/political-correctness.html#ixzz3fIbfregU