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We are flawed

  I dont like the phrase "I am only human", it says that we are victims and that our problems are not our problems but rather a problem with our design. I choose to take responsibility for my actions and I accept the punishment I deserve for my sin, a responsible Christian. While it is true that overcoming sin is difficult, and frankly impossible to do on our own, it is possible to overcome. When we say that we are "only human" we are not just acknowledging the fact that we are flawed we are accepting our flaws as part of our design. 

 We are in a fallen state, surrounded by sin and born with a sin nature, but this state of being is not our created state. There was a time when we hid our shame from the world, and rightfully so, but now we boast in our sin. I hear people say "I was born this way" as a way to justify their wickedness, as if they came from the womb in their created state. It is quickly forgotten that we are called to be born again, to find our identity in Christ. 

 We are called to deny our flesh and hold captive every thought, we are spiritual beings born in fleshly bodies and must be born again in the Spirit. The world has taken hold of the minds of Christians and Christians are becoming as the world. Hate, anger, lust, greed, and unforgivness have filled the hearts of church goers and the church remains silent about sin. 

 Under the banner of "love" we are told to accept people for whom they are and to cherish their identity as God given, when the truth is that these people don't even know who they are. We are to be joined in Yeshua as one body, our identity is Christ! We are the bride and must submit ourselves to YHVH's Word, we are to deny ourselves and afflict our flesh. This means that we dont do the things we want but rather we do the will of the Father, His will not my will. We are to hate sin, even our own, and separate ourselves from evil. We are flawed, no doubt about that, but Christ makes us whole. 

 Do you love YHVH with all your heart, soul and mind? Are you loving others as you love yourself? I fear that most people only love themselves, I also fear that most people dont even know what love is. Love is a choice and not a feeling. To love something is to die for it, love esteems others as more worthy, love is YHVH. As a Christian we are called to forgive, not accept. We are called to demonstrate the righteousness of the Lord, not to demonstrate wickedness of man. Speak openly about YHVH and Yeshua, about salvation by faith. We are called to separate from evil, to rightly divide good from evil and right from wrong. While we are flawed Yeshua is not, we can not overcome our sin but Yeshua can. We may struggle against our flesh till the day our bodies die but we shall not boast in evil! We are not "only human", we are spirit. I am that I am...

- The Responsible Christian 

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