Christianity 101 | Ain't Complicated

Self-Resistance

An essential, defining part of being a Christian

Resist myself?! 😯

If I do that, how shall I advance?

The truth seems so backward: Unless I resist my self, I shall not move forward.

I need to deny myself in various ways.

Early in the morning, I often ask God to help me reject these in my life:Read it all

…as if all our worrying
could make anything good happen
at all.
—Andrée Seu

“Thank God he made me this way!”

If you’re sufficiently familiar with the Bible, you’ll know the portion in the title is incomplete. But more on that later.

Admonish. I don’t think it’s a term all that common in the contemporary American lexicon.

But it better be in the Christian’s lexicon…and practice! Read it all

I thought of this recently in the context of one person rebuking another.

And another person rebuking another.

And somewhere in there, one or more people rebuking back at the rebuker(s).

And me wanting to rebuke the whole lot. 🙄

Rebuking sounds so Biblical and spiritual. Read it all

A small step for a baby.

A giant leap for Christianity.

An historical surge forward…though it really was backing up…to find truth. Read it all

Using the silence of the Scriptures to defend myself is a treacherous exercise!

“Where in the Bible does it say it is wrong to interrupt one who is speaking?”

I just searched for interrupt in the Bible.

I didn’t find it. (Well, I limited my search to the King James Version.)

Does that prove it’s OK for a Christian to be an interrupter?Read it all