[Jerry_M]

"If you knew even a small part of what has been going on in my life over the past few years, you would not be making your statements about my faith in Christ."

What we know is what you have presented here. Honestly, it hasn't been pretty.

BTW, count how many times you used "I" or "my" in that post. Contrast that with how many times you said "Christ" or "His".

[connectthedots]

BTW, count how many times you used "I" or "my" in that post. Contrast that with how many times you said "Christ" or "His".

I have no need to count the number of times I use the words "I" or "my", since I do not claim to speak for Christ. Christ was quite capable of speaking for himself and I am quite capable of listening to Him, and do so on a regular basis.

[connectthedots]

BTW, count how many times you used "I" or "my" in that post.

On second thought, I did go back and count how many times I used the words "I" and "my". More than the number of times I used those words, I looked at the context in which I used them. In every instance, the word "I" was used to minimize the role I had in my salvation.

My use of the word "my" was in recognition that my actions, at least the ones that are in obedience to God's will, are a result of my faith, and not because any goodness apart from God.

This can hardly be described as being arrogant or self-righteous. It might be correctly viewed as appearing to be very confident in my faith, which some might confuse as arrogance,