"Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son."
2 John 1:9
This is interesting to me because I think a lot of us try to talk ourselves into thinking that God is going to be with us no matter what... and, although God does love us more than we can imagine, he also doesn't hang out with us when we're intentionally doing things that are hurting ourselves and others. It can be scary to 'have not God.' :) I think that it might be worse to try to imagine that God justifies us in doing wrong things than it is to try to justify it to ourselves. It's something like... inviting your mother to a strip club. Just *bad*... something you don't want to do. Maybe that was a bad analogy... but you see what I'm saying, I hope. :) God is goodness and truth personified... not a name to be associated with sin, or the justification thereof.
2 John 1:9
This is interesting to me because I think a lot of us try to talk ourselves into thinking that God is going to be with us no matter what... and, although God does love us more than we can imagine, he also doesn't hang out with us when we're intentionally doing things that are hurting ourselves and others. It can be scary to 'have not God.' :) I think that it might be worse to try to imagine that God justifies us in doing wrong things than it is to try to justify it to ourselves. It's something like... inviting your mother to a strip club. Just *bad*... something you don't want to do. Maybe that was a bad analogy... but you see what I'm saying, I hope. :) God is goodness and truth personified... not a name to be associated with sin, or the justification thereof.
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