Random Post from 2010 – 2024

• Holy living does not equal “gaining approval” with God. Sinful living does not equal “losing approval” with God The “God is pleased/displeased” game will kill you if you let it. God is always pleased with His children because of Christ, not because we are good little children. I love my son because he is my son, not based on what he does that is good. My parental love supersedes my “pleasure or displeasure” with his actions based on the “law” knowledge of “right and wrong”. God is not judging us under the “law” knowledge of “right and wrong”, “good or evil”. My sins are covered, removed, and forgotten, even the ones I might commit today. God cannot remember them or impute them to me or He would be in violation of His own Word. Just because I remember them, you remember them or even witness them doesn’t mean that I’ve lost approval, protection, fellowship or salvation with God. My desire to live Holy is based on Christ’s love. Study the Word: God doesn’t take back His gifts. Salvation is a gift. I’ll never turn away from believing in my Savior or believe that my self-effort to not commit sins is good enough to earn me a spot in Heaven. By: Bishop Joshua Maynard