Wicked: Morally very bad: Evil
Today in church we sang a worship song that had a line it that went something along the lines as, "You see me as wicked..." Something like that. This has stuck with me all day, and makes me pray that people do not live under the condemnation that even though they are saved, that they have accepted Jesus as their Savior, that God still see's them as wicked.
Romans 8:1: There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
The fact of the matter is that before we know Christ, we are wicked. We are full of sin and we live in sin. We can say, "Oh, but I never killed anyone", or "I never did anything bad"...but truly, if you think about it, is this true?
Okay, so I digress. God loves us, He loves us SO MUCH that He sent His Son to die a horrible death, and then He raised Him, so that He could stand in the gap for us. So that through Jesus Christ we could be cleansed, forgiven, and enter into the presence of God.
God does not see us as wicked. He loves us, He wants to have a relationship so much that He pursues us. Read Psalm 139, he knows exactly what is going on in our lives down to the words we are going to say. He wants a relationship with us, He wants US to know HIM the way He knows us.
Having a daughter has changed the way I think about things, and my faith is one of those things. My daughter does things that she knows is wrong. She'll look up to see if I am watching, and then proceed to blatantly disobey me, but she thinks she is being sneaky about it. I have to laugh, even while, once again, I am telling her, "No!".
This is how I believe that God see's us. We are going to sin, we just are. We are not perfect, nor will we be perfect until we get to heaven. He loves me, and enjoys watching me grow and learn. I even wonder if he kind of laughs when I think I can get away with something, or if it grieves him more..maybe both?
So, the point of this post is this:
Do not look at God as if he is the "Big eye in the sky, just waiting to squash you like a bug the minute you do something wrong". He is not. He loves you, He wants relationship with you, and when we willfully live in sin this separates us from him. I always looked at is as roadblocks. We have to repent, and ask God to change our hearts, and then move on without living under condemnation. Condemnation is not from the Lord...conviction is. And conviction encourages us to repent, and grow. Condemnation wants us to wallow in our guilt, stuck there forever.
Today in church we sang a worship song that had a line it that went something along the lines as, "You see me as wicked..." Something like that. This has stuck with me all day, and makes me pray that people do not live under the condemnation that even though they are saved, that they have accepted Jesus as their Savior, that God still see's them as wicked.
Romans 8:1: There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
The fact of the matter is that before we know Christ, we are wicked. We are full of sin and we live in sin. We can say, "Oh, but I never killed anyone", or "I never did anything bad"...but truly, if you think about it, is this true?
Okay, so I digress. God loves us, He loves us SO MUCH that He sent His Son to die a horrible death, and then He raised Him, so that He could stand in the gap for us. So that through Jesus Christ we could be cleansed, forgiven, and enter into the presence of God.
God does not see us as wicked. He loves us, He wants to have a relationship so much that He pursues us. Read Psalm 139, he knows exactly what is going on in our lives down to the words we are going to say. He wants a relationship with us, He wants US to know HIM the way He knows us.
Having a daughter has changed the way I think about things, and my faith is one of those things. My daughter does things that she knows is wrong. She'll look up to see if I am watching, and then proceed to blatantly disobey me, but she thinks she is being sneaky about it. I have to laugh, even while, once again, I am telling her, "No!".
This is how I believe that God see's us. We are going to sin, we just are. We are not perfect, nor will we be perfect until we get to heaven. He loves me, and enjoys watching me grow and learn. I even wonder if he kind of laughs when I think I can get away with something, or if it grieves him more..maybe both?
So, the point of this post is this:
Do not look at God as if he is the "Big eye in the sky, just waiting to squash you like a bug the minute you do something wrong". He is not. He loves you, He wants relationship with you, and when we willfully live in sin this separates us from him. I always looked at is as roadblocks. We have to repent, and ask God to change our hearts, and then move on without living under condemnation. Condemnation is not from the Lord...conviction is. And conviction encourages us to repent, and grow. Condemnation wants us to wallow in our guilt, stuck there forever.
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