Self Worship??? Me????

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7524361.post-55626208349025443842007-12-18T20:49:00.000-08:002007-12-18T20:52:47.201-08:00Self Worship??? Me????The nature of sin is not immorality and wrongdoing, but the nature of self-realization which leads us to say, "I am my own god." This nature may exhibit itself in proper morality or in improper immorality, but it always has a common basis— MY claim to MY right to MY self. When our Lord faced either people with all the forces of evil in them, or people who were clean-living, moral, and upright, He paid no attention to the moral degradation of one, nor any attention to the moral attainment of the other. He looked at something we do not see, namely, the nature of man (see <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+2:25" title="">John 2:25</a> ).<o:p> </o:p> Oswald Chambers<o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> I remember reading once that Jesus trusted no man. But He did trust God in man. The same should be for us. I try to think of that every time I hear someone say something like …”He was a good man, but…” or…, “I have a friend that is a really good Christian…” People tend to say the latter when they are defending someone or telling a story about something bad that happened to somebody they know. Either way you look at it, no man can be trusted or is good in and of himself because of what is in him….SIN. It’s interesting how Chambers puts it, how our Lord never paid any attention to the moral degradation of one or the moral attainment of the other, he simply saw something that most men will never see in their lifetime…. Self WorshipersErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11583042722044135925noreply@blogger.com