GREENE STREET LETTERS: Perfect and Complete

Monday, December 13, 2010

Perfect and Complete

I don't know about you, but I rarely think of myself as being perfect.
In fact the thought is as foreign to me as any that I have.
I see all my mistakes.
I see all my flaws.
I see all my imperfections.
In other words, I see all my mess.
By seeing, I mean remembering. Being put in touch with.
Old memories that come up, and with them come the pain and guilt and shame that is not from God.
Like I said, this is not of God, but of my own nature with a little help from the devil.
There is a really strange verse in Hebrews.
Chapter 10...Verse 14 and it reads......"for by that one offering he PERFECTED forever all those whom he is making holy."

Strong's Concordance translates the word "perfected" as being complete.
I think the problem comes when I start trying to measure myself by feelings rather than faith.
"I don't feel perfect". Of course I don't, but what is the truth? God has perfected through Jesus Christ.
In a world that seeks perfection through image, by that I mean that if it looks perfect then it is, God is telling us to believe through faith and walk accordingly.
Will I mess up? Sure will.
Will I make mistakes? Bunches.
But that does not stop the way God sees me.Perfect and holy.
Contrary to popular religious belief, the word "forgiveness" is for believers also and not just those who do not know Jesus.

Hebrews 10:21-22
And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God's people, let us go right into the presence of God, with true hearts fully trusting him. For our evil consciences have been sprinkled with Christ's blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water."

So the next time you look in a mirror, do so in faith and see yourself as your Heavenly Father sees you.
Perfect.....
and Holy.....

Merry Christmas from the Bynum/s
God on you.....
mb

1 comment:

Bobby said...: I am thankful that God has made his children perfect in his eyes. But "Forgive us our debts" did not
cease after Jesus left the earth. We still need to ask for forgivness when we sin.; December 14, 2010 at 9:44 AM

Looking At The World Through Cracked Lens

As ol' Paul wrote in his Corinthian letters.."We see in part and we know in part." Now what piece of this bit of wisdom do we not get? I wish to not run around acting and trying to be some sort of Biblical G00-Ru (I meant to spell it wrong). Or a sage of sages.

I simply want to be able to communicate some of what God has given to me. Why? Do I think what I get is better than what you may have received from Him? Nope. But I do think encouragement comes when we share our daily story of struggle and victory in an effort to encourage each other.

Thanks for letting me share.

Time to soldier on..

mbb

Our Statement of Faith

We believe that God is the eternal king. He is an infinite, unchangeable Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, goodness, justice, power and love. From all eternity He exists as the One Living and True God in three persons of one substance, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit equal in power and glory. we believe that God created mankind in His image, male and female, for relationship with Himself and to govern the earth. Under the temptation of Satan, our original parents fell from grace, bringing sin, sickness and God's judgment of death to the earth. Through the fall, Satan and his demonic hosts gained access to God's good creation. Creation now experiences the consequences and effects of Adam's original sin. Human beings are born into sin, subject to God's judgment of death and captive to Satan's kingdom of darkness. We believe that Jesus, God's Son, was sent to this world, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, Mary, fully God and fully man in one person. He is humanity as God intended us to be. Jesus was anointed as God's Messiah and empowered by the Holy Spirit, ushering in God's kingdom reign on earth, overpowering the reign of Satan by resisting temptation, preaching the good news of salvation, healing the sick, casting out demons and raising the dead. Jesus' atoning death on the cross took God's judgment for sin which we deserved as law-breakers. Jesus' resurrection and ascent back to heaven opened the door for those who received salvation to begin a relationship with God.

Little Nets Into Deep Waters

Fishing nets were designed for one purpose only. To catch fish. Nets are no good if they stay on the boat. Nets serve no purpose if they are never used. I think maybe God sees us this way. We are all created for a purpose (by the way, the creator gets to define what our purpose is). Any other use besides the one we were created for does us no good. But when the creator places His hands upon us, casting us out into those scary, dark places with deep waters, it is then we can see the reality of our purpose. He knew there would be a catch waiting for us. I think I will be the net God has called me to be.

The Twelve Steps

As a community of people in recovery, we affirm that our higher power is Jesus Christ. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. Just as God told the children of Israel He was going to give them a promised land, He has revealed to us that He desires to give us a "Promised Life." When Israel got to the promised land, God instructed them to go and in a possess it, fight for it and claim it. In recovery, the 12 Steps are the directions given to us on how to fight, possess and claim this promised life.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Perfect and Complete

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THE REALITY OF THE NAME OF GOD