do I really need enter a "guilty" plea here? not just of "human" but having long been among the sinners here?
I cannot kid myself, that I am not. The Spirit convinces me (and convicts me) daily, moment by moment.
But no, my own guilt in this regard is not a get-out-of-jail-free card for any others, whether those persons be living within His Kingdom, or not...
The same rules others may seek or wish for to be applied to myself (which I have had applied to myself) are they (the infamous "they") not themselves subject to?
Let he is free of bigotry himself, be the judge of bigotry --- itself.
Who could that be? have any here met that man?
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Indeed...."For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again" (Matthew 7:2)
"Who could that be? have any here met that man?"
Well it certainly isn't the man I see in the mirror.When I contemplate him as brutally honest as I can I end up with...
"And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am?".... "Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord"....yet thankfully...."I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee" (2 Samuel 9:8,Luke 5:8,Hebrews 13:5)
The grace of God is staggering.The carnal 'me' sometimes seems to pace back and forth like a rat cornered in a maze,slowly but surely being suffocated by the goodness of God.
Against most of what I am,I love Him!