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>I wanted some opinions on this paper I wrote. Just >wondering what people thought. > > "I TRIED" > > >I think Christians hold on to too many excuses! I used >the same excuse of I'm trying and it is a big LIE and >a tactic of the devil! I claimed to be a Christian >when I was younger but I was fooling evryone even >myself. The one person I wasnt fooling was GOD! While >claiming the name of a Christian I drank, listened to >evil music, kept swearing, looked at pornagraphy, got >involved with a married woman, had pre-marital sex, >let my anger control me, hated myself so much I have >razor blade scars on my body, got tattoos, got many >piercings, all while pretending to be a Christian and >claiming to know Jesus. I kept saying the same things >all phony Christians say "I'm trying", but what I was >trying to do was make my self happy! I claimed to have >a relationship with Jesus but I truly didn't, I knew >who he was but I didn't let him into my life or get to >know Him as Father, Savior, Helper, Friend or the only >source of True Happiness. If I said I know Michael >Jordan just because I see him on television and know >who he is, people would think I was crazy. And yet how >many supposed Christians have that type of >relationship with Jesus Christ? If we continue to Sin >while claiming to know Jesus do we really know Him at >all or do we just know of Him? If you have truly >accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior it will show in your >whole life. If we truly want something wordly we >strive until we get it. Yet if we claim to be becoming >Christians we make the excuse of "well I'm trying". >Are you really trying or are you doing what you think >is just enough to get by? If God keeps putting you >through the refiners fire (and all sin is burned up in >that fire) and your life consists only of those sins, >what is left to come through that fire? Put a gold >ring(true Christian) and a gold plated ring(phony >Christian) through the same fire and what happens: the >gold ring will have all the impurities(Sin) burned >away and be even more beautiful then before. The gold >plated ring(phony Christian) will be burned up, the >impurities(Sin) are what make that ring what it is >phony it has to cover its impurities(Sins) with the >weak layer of gold(I'm trying). Trying and doing are >two very different things. Try to get into a career by >doing nothing or putting forth no effort or just by >knowing that that company exists. Try to get a drivers >license by knowing that cars exist or by seeing >someone elses drivers license. Sound silly? We'll try >getting into Heaven because you know about Jesus or >you've heard about Him. Tell your teenage daughter or >son that if they bring up there failing grades they >can get a new car and when they bring home those same >failing grades next time and tell you they tried, give >them that car! Doesn't work that way for anything else >in life so why do we apply that to our walk with >Jesus? When you die saying that last lie or hurling >that last insult or stealing that last item or >sleeping with that last person who isn't your husband >or wife, don't worry when you stand before Jesus's >throne tell Him ................you >tried.............................you >lied...............................you died! > > > > cJohn Worden > > 10/29/01
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