Hey, you can rant any time you want. It blessed me, brother. (Do you know that hymn, "Jesus, I am Resting" ?) Praise to our gracious and holy God!!
I'm actually fairly new to the church scene so to speak...so there are tons of hymns and songs that you probably know and I don't.
Still....we're gonna have a real long time to learn them all. 8-)
Glad you enjoyed the rant.
A person with a wonderfull promise that is secure in that promise will have a far different nature than someone who has no hope at all.
On the one hand we have been given promises,we are told to lay hold of them and by laying hold of them our very nature will change.
and on the other hand,we go to church,we try and change our own nature,we try and do the right thing,we try we try we try etc in order to somehow guarantee that promise.
It's not hard to see which one of these entails doing our own works as opposed to God doing His works IN us and through us.
If you don't KNOW you are saved.....how are you even going to get started....you still have the biggest agenda known to man...your own salvation....and it will slant everything you see and hear.
grace and peace to you
God bless