Comments on: The Spring of Hypocrisy and Apostasy http://shepherdtheflock.com/2008/08/06/the-spring-of-hypocrisy-and-apostasy/ "Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you...” Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:33:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Thomas Twitchell http://shepherdtheflock.com/2008/08/06/the-spring-of-hypocrisy-and-apostasy/#comment-1925 Thomas Twitchell Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:06:35 +0000 http://shepherdtheflock.com/2008/08/06/the-spring-of-hypocrisy-and-apostasy/#comment-1925 As some have said: Even though the fruit of certain sin has long passed from view as time goes by the darkness of the source of sin grows ever more evident. Such sins that are resolved by the will are all slight. It is when confronted with that sin that will not abate that we can only do what Paul instructs, serve God with our mind knowing that the knives our circumcision are never able to cut so deep as to remove the cause. If we persist in slicing, we can in the end become idolators of our selves when we finally ween pride to matured arrogance. Supposing that it is we and not the Spirit that puts to death the deeds of the flesh leads us further and further from the throne room of grace. What is it that man can offer to God? Is it not the blood of Christ and his righteousness. I then will desire to be found not having a righteousness which is my own. We have all found ourselves able from time to time to eliminate from our lives some sin. In the end though, if we have found that it is that which has made us content with ourselves we have only white washed the tomb since none of us is able to give life to the dead man inside. As some have said: Even though the fruit of certain sin has long passed from view as time goes by the darkness of the source of sin grows ever more evident.

Such sins that are resolved by the will are all slight. It is when confronted with that sin that will not abate that we can only do what Paul instructs, serve God with our mind knowing that the knives our circumcision are never able to cut so deep as to remove the cause. If we persist in slicing, we can in the end become idolators of our selves when we finally ween pride to matured arrogance. Supposing that it is we and not the Spirit that puts to death the deeds of the flesh leads us further and further from the throne room of grace. What is it that man can offer to God? Is it not the blood of Christ and his righteousness. I then will desire to be found not having a righteousness which is my own.

We have all found ourselves able from time to time to eliminate from our lives some sin. In the end though, if we have found that it is that which has made us content with ourselves we have only white washed the tomb since none of us is able to give life to the dead man inside.

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