Saved Sinners
Saved sinners we all are
We are saved eternally
We continue to sin
Daily
The Bible is brutally honest with the
Weaknesses
Failures
Sins
Of our spiritual forefathers
The Spiritual Giants
The Patriarchs
The Apostles
Starting at the very beginning with Adam and Eve
When they listened to the serpent instead of obeying God
Their son Cain killed his brother Abel
After Noah was saved from the flood
He got drunk and lay naked
Yes, even “Father Abraham”
Pimped out his wife
Not only once
But twice
Out of his own cowardice
His son Isaac followed suit and pimped out his wife Rebekah
Also because of his cowardice
His son Jacob stole Esau's birthright with the help of Rebekah
Jacob’s ten sons sold their brother Joseph into slavery
Out of their jealousy
The stories go on and on throughout the Old Testament
Sins and foibles recorded for all to see
In the New Testament
The Apostles fought with one another
Endlessly
Vying for a higher position
Tried to shoo little children away from Jesus
Denied Jesus and abandoned Him when Jesus was arrested
Couldn’t believe that Jesus actually resurrected after three days
Church history carried on the theme of
Failures of spiritual giants
Even our spiritual leaders
When we look to people
We are disappointed
Even disillusioned
How could he
How could she
People we looked up to
People in whom we place our faith and trust
How could they stumble
and stumbled us in the process
And then we look at ourselves
We know better than to continue with our
disobediences and indulgences
We know better than to continue to feed our predilections
We know better than to ignore the sick and the needy
We know better than to pretend injustices don’t exist
We know better than to be prideful
But we continue in our sins
Sins of commission
Sins of omission
We reexamine the spiritual forefathers
And see how God saw them
Abraham believed God will raise his son Isaac
When he laid his only heir Isaac on the altar to be sacrificed
God was pleased with his faith
And Abraham became the “Father of Faith”
The Apostles regained their faith
After Jesus showed His resurrected body
And ate and taught them
And stayed on earth for 40 days
The Holy Spirit came upon the early disciples
And transformed them from within
The Holy Spirit’s anointing is no longer just upon the believers
The Holy Spirit and the anointing are now within them
The Holy Spirit is now within us
Transforming us
Even as we continue to battle with our proclivities to
Overindulge
Disobey
Sin
We have moments and days of obedience
We have moments and days of failures
God still loves us
The Holy God through the Holy Spirit Who indwells us
Enables us to have a relationship with the Holy God
Where once the Holy cannot coexist with the unholy
Once we’ve accepted the work
Completed on the cross
By Jesus Christ
God Himself
The Holy Spirit comes into us and abides with us
It is because of the Holy Spirit that we can have intimacy with
The Holy God
Because what God sees in us
Is the blood of Christ covering us
God sees His holiness reflected in the Holy Spirit dwelling in us
God sees us as holy
Sinners saved by grace
Holy and pure like God is holy
Holy God living with us sinners
Saved by grace
Saved sinners are we
Loved by God continually
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