// What a life
I'm currently reading a book called the raggamuffin gospel, by brendan manning, I highly recommend it.
Anyways, it's pretty much about how we as christians should not feel obligated to do good works, but to have a close relationship in christ and through that touch others around us through his amazing grace. All about grace, and how we can do nothing to deserve it, only accept it in our brokeness. Realize that we have nothing to give, except ourselves. That we are filthy sinners who deserve nothing but death and seperation from God. But he wants to be with us, no matter where we are at. Whether it be sex drugs are what have you, he will meet you wherever you're at. No matter what the conciquence. pretty sweet deal if you ask me.
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I'm sorry, I haven't really talked about this kind of thing for a long time, but it seems to me that this is an easy way out. I think we all should do something to deserve God's love, instead of just expecting it. even if it's as simple as keeping ourselves out of sin.
which obviously, I know nothing about, so I'll shut up now...
But thats what the book is about, how the north american church has totally morphed our relationship with God. So that we feel we have to prove ourselves, and I agree, I never said i didn't feel that way. But It's something that must be dropped to truly know God's grace. Jesus didn't come for the righteous, he came for the beat up broken and sinners. I know it's hard to grasp, but all we need to do to recieve God's grace is too accept that we are finite and imperfect. By doing that we can have a truly close relationship with God. Thanks for the comment, no one else really seems to care about grace...
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