Here are a few articles of faith of our sinful flesh:
1. If God is mad at my sin, He must be happy with my good works.
2. I’m pretty good.
3. God is pretty nice.
4. Conviction is manifest in the creation of new rules.
Feel free to add more below.
Thanks.
God won’t ask me to do anything He knows I can’t do.
Yes! Good one.
Ah! Pastor, you beat me to it! 😛
God won’t ask me to do anything He knows I can’t do.
Yes! Good one.
Ah! Pastor, you beat me to it! 😛
If God really loves me, he will let me do whatever, whenever, and whoever I want.
Country, Thanks! I’ve got to think about this one. Our flesh has a love/hate relationship with the law; there’s a legalist and antinomian inside of each of us. This gets to the licentious creed of the antinomian.
If God really loves me, he will let me do whatever, whenever, and whoever I want.
Country, Thanks! I’ve got to think about this one. Our flesh has a love/hate relationship with the law; there’s a legalist and antinomian inside of each of us. This gets to the licentious creed of the antinomian.
God will give me special revelation.
I’ll be able to feel God(‘s will).
God will give me special revelation.
I’ll be able to feel God(‘s will).
(Since Pastor Hinton beat me to my first choice 😛 …)
1. When it comes to righteousness, God grades on a curve.
(Since Pastor Hinton beat me to my first choice 😛 …)
1. When it comes to righteousness, God grades on a curve.
Here’s another:
The Gospel (not the law) is the alien work of God.
Here’s another:
The Gospel (not the law) is the alien work of God.
God will only let bad things happen to bad people (i.e. “people worse than me”)
also
Why is God giving good to those people who are worse than me!
God will only let bad things happen to bad people (i.e. “people worse than me”)
also
Why is God giving good to those people who are worse than me!
If God wanted me to believe in him he’d give me irrefutable evidence. Right now.
If God wanted me to believe in him he’d give me irrefutable evidence. Right now.
Where God was silent, I can fill in the blanks.
Where God was silent, I can fill in the blanks.
If enough people say it’s right, it must be right, no matter what God clearly said.
It’s okay to make God’s Word seem to say what I want it to say.
Membership in the institution is more important than belief.
The mere performance of a holy act is adequate apart from the belief of the heart.
If enough people say it’s right, it must be right, no matter what God clearly said.
It’s okay to make God’s Word seem to say what I want it to say.
Membership in the institution is more important than belief.
The mere performance of a holy act is adequate apart from the belief of the heart.
The finite cannot contain the infinite.
The finite cannot contain the infinite.