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I am saved by grace, apart from works. I am born-again. I am a child of God. I am 'in the kingdom'. I am saved forever because Jesus lives and is making intercession on my behalf. No one can pluck me out of His hand.
I am spiritually arrogant.
Since all of the above quoted verses are true, I find my flesh becoming bolder and bolder in its cries for attention. What does it matter? Oh, sure, I shouldn't 'continue in sin so that grace can be seen in abundance' but grace will abound if need be.
Simply put, I have become calloused toward the depraved, sinful nature of my heart.
I beg each of you to pray that God will, by His Spirit, break my heart over the exceeding sinfulness of my own heart.
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I think these books will be the answer to your prayer.
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http://www.starkehartmann.com/smoking_enlarged.htm
http://www.starkehartmann.com/flawed_ad1.htm
and this cd:
http://www.starkehartmann.com/ptsenlarged.htm
Keith,
ReplyDeleteMy point wasn't that I'm struggling with 'sins of the flesh', though that happens occasionally; rather, I minimize the darkness and depravity of my heart. There was a time when my heart broke over the exceeding sinfulness of my humanity. Now, I just brush it off and walk on.
I'm a praying
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by the way I don't know what I am doing with this blogging stuff
at least we use vowels in our blogs, eh?
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