Until we see how bad we are, we will never see how good God is
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 12:58 pm
I read and hear this statement periodically and wonder about it. Thoughts?
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I don't think we dare see how bad we are until we know God's grace. And I don't think people who really know God's grace trumpet their own righteousness, they know better than that.Hats Off wrote:I think I have to endorse what Sudsy said. We have no way of seeing how bad we are if we do not know how good God is.
interesting. i think of how often people refuse God, live in defiance, only reach out when on on rock-bottom, on their knees. this is not true for everyone, and, each one has a diferent threshhold for "bottom." many "always" have to learn the hard way, for others, "a word to the wise" really is sufficient.Hats Off wrote:.. We have no way of seeing how bad we are if we do not know how good God is.
Yeah, people really do have different paths. It's a little like suffering - some people fall away from God when they experience great suffering, others grow closer to God. Or like persecution.temporal1 wrote:interesting. i think of how often people refuse God, live in defiance, only reach out when on on rock-bottom, on their knees. this is not true for everyone, and, each one has a diferent threshhold for "bottom." many "always" have to learn the hard way, for others, "a word to the wise" really is sufficient.Hats Off wrote:.. We have no way of seeing how bad we are if we do not know how good God is.