Friday, October 7, 2011

Saved A Wretch Like Me

Romans 7:24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?
Definition of wretch: a miserable person, a base, despicable, or vile person
I am speaking of the condition of the soul here, not the person, because sometimes the lost seem fine and indifferent to their real circumstance!! You may have the wealth  of the world, but what about your human frailty needs, your disappointments, loss of friends and family, sickness, your own impending death and your soul's eternity?
Who God is:
Is.33:22 For the LORD is our judge; the LORD is our lawgiver; the LORD is our king; he will save us.
What God has done through His Son:
Phil. 2:3-11 Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Who we are:
Is.64:8 But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
Eph.5:6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
What we think we are:
Rev.3:17 For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing,
What we really are:
Rev. 3:17 not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked.
Lord, I am so convicted by Your Words. Forgive the sinner that I am, and mold me to be who I am meant to be.  Lord, You are so good!! Amen



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