2010.08.22 reasons for faith 3 (religion and the gospel)

Proverbs 16:2 All a man's ways seem innocent to him, but motives are weighed by the LORD.

Two Forms of Self-Centeredness
1 John 2:16 For everything in the world--the cravings of sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does--comes not from the Father but from the world.

Romans 7:19 For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do--this I keep on doing.

20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

The Damage of Pharisaism
Hosea 7:10 Israel's arrogance testifies against him, but despite all this he does not return to the LORD his God or search for him.

Luke 18:9 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable:

10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

11 The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men--robbers, evildoers, adulterers--or even like this tax collector.

12 I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'

The Difference of Grace
Luke 18:13 “But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'

14 "I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.“

A different motivation .

A different basis of our identity and self-regard .

A different way of treating others with whom we differ .

A different way of handling troubles and suffering .

The “Cost” of Grace
Titus 3:5 he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit…

2010.08.22 reasons for faith 3 (religion and the gospel)

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