The Responsible Christian

 It is said that you can not be forgiven unless you forgive yourself first. The Word says that God will forgive you of anything if you will only return to him, think about the prodigal son. Here is where it gets tricky, most believers want to be forgiven but not to return. They want atonement for their future sins because they already have plans to sin.  It is true that you can be filled with self loathing, because you believe that what you have done is so horrible that there is no way God could love you, and you can get angry with yourself or lose faith in yourself. And it is true that you may need to learn to forgive yourself before you can recognize that God has already forgiven you. But it is not true that God can be manipulated into forgiving the sinful intent of your heart.  Why are you doing what your doing is more important to God than what you are doing. Lets say you hit someone with your car, imagine that you killed them, now imagine that its a 12 year old boy t...

 I have been greatly grieved by my church and pastor. Ego has taken the minds of the "faithful" and their every intention is for personal comfort and personal prosperity. Every decree of double blessings has driven a wedge between them and I.    A "proclamation" that YHVH is calling us to a place where we can be what ever we want to be and do what ever we want to do with no penalty from God, as long as we pay our tithes and offerings and obey every order of the pastor without question... Screams of deception. And when they read this the reaction will be just as predictable, "how dare you" they will say, "I only speak what YHVH tells me to speak" they will declare. And how could I argue against the word of a man? With the Word of God? No. The Word is not a sword to be used against one another, although it is a sword none the less, rather it is to be used to cut yourself up.   Christ said "lay down your life", but the church has decreed t...