Friday Baby

Today is Zumba day 2. I'm gonna die! Then at 10:30 I have a friend coming over for coffee, it's a Jen day. Jennie and Zumba at 9am then Jen and coffee at 10:30am. Have I mentioned how I love having a house?? Anywho, then this afternoon I have to look into what school stuff I need for the boys. I hate that part of the school year. It's so overwhelming to me...I do believe tho that I will be signing up for Homeschool Advantage. They're having a sale right now where it's 1/2 off for the year. The boys enjoy the program so that's always a plus. Well time to dance!!

Shelly



“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” 1st John 1:8



I had to laugh when I heard the story of two men who approached the great British preacher, C. H. Spurgeon, one day and told him, “Spurgeon, we have reached sinless perfection.” “Really?” he asked.

“Yes,” they said, “We are absolutely perfect.”



Spurgeon was holding a pitcher of water at the time, and he poured it on their heads. When they began to react like any other sinners would, he found out just how perfect they were.



You see, the people who walk around claiming to have reached sinless perfection are victims of one of the most powerful yet subtle sins: pride. None of us will reach sinless perfection—not in this life.



Granted, before we were Christians, we were under the control and power of sin. We went along with whatever our sinful natures dictated.

But something dramatic happened when we we saved. We were changed, Christ changed.



The Bible says “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” 2nd Corinthians 5:17



That is not to say we still don’t struggle with sin and temptation. The Scripture clearly teaches that we will sin and that we will have lapses.

Although the Bible tells me I will sin, there is a difference between sinning and being sorry for it, and sinning habitually, persistently, and continually.



If someone claims to be a Christian and yet continues in sin, my question is whether that person has ever been truly saved.



Some people wonder whether such a Christian ever could lose his or her salvation. I would suggest that another question should be asked instead: Did he or she ever experience salvation to begin with?



Pastor Hersch