Saturday, December 17, 2005

TWO OF MAN'S GREATEST SINS

in my humble opinion, i feel that two of man's greatest sins are ignorance and pride.

ignorance is a classic sin. but it stems from the root of pride. let me qualify. to be ignorant presupposes a truth, a knowledge, something convicting and life-changing. something absolute and valuable. something immutable amd powerful. when one comes into awareness of this truth, one moves from a point from the darkness of ignorance into the illumination of enlightenment of epiphany. ignorace grows from the self-confidence and the lack of ambition to know and discover. it is the voice that cries, "enough! shag!" or "so? can't be bothered." it is the jadedness of learning that brings one's journey of education to a screechiing halt and says i really do know enough, learning more? no thanks, i'll pass.

this is where pride comes in. in our pride, we end up placing a false valuation on ourselves and our interests over that of other's, deifying our own persons and removing god from his place of authority in our worldviews. we become the sole determinants of our everyday decisions, and our actions have no significant consequence on anyone either than myself. that is pride, when one takes god's throne and casts him down. ignorance therefore, grows from this notion that suggests that what i know is sustenable enough for me. i know enough! it's fine.

let us not fall prey to the true sin of pride- which lifts a man beyond where he was meant to place in creation. the people at the tower of babel were not compeletely evil and depraved, let us say, but merely seeking to glorify their own race over all the earth, to "reach god" on human terms.

no man can reach god on his own terms. no man can glorify himself and still serve the living god. Jesus said, (i paraphrase) no man can serve two masters. either he will love the one and hate the other or hate the one and love the other. look into ur hearts and examine, who is your master? is it yourself that you see seated on the throne of your heart? or is it a man whose blood drips from his palms and feet, down the sides of the throne and puddle the floor of your heart's throne room. because that floor should be nothing less than SOAKED in His redeeming blood. and the result of that permeating power of His sacrifical love, is a response which cries out, "jesus! i want to know you more and more! teach me not be ignorant and not to accept packaged perspectives of who you are! i want to know you, that i can worship you in Spirit and in Truth! come, Lord Jesus, COme"

ignorance is defeated by diligence, ambition, study and wisdom: working together to lead one to a point of enlightenment. even if one never GETS to that fullness of total understanding, at least we GESTURE towards that endpoint, and for that reason, i am sure our father in heaven, teh God of all Truth, smiles when He sees us trying to seek Him. after all, the bible says, "call to me and I will answer you, and i will tell you great and mighty things which you do not know" jeremiah 33:3. pride is defeated by humilty, confession of sins, true worship of God, and an accountability of brothers in which the HOly Spirit can slowly but surely, change the hearts of men, turning them towards teh things of God that we may be made complete in Him who began a good work in us.

Philipians 1:6 " He who began a good work in you will complete it till the day of jesus Christ"

are u letting god enlighten your ignorance, and dampen your pride?

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