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It wasn't me
'"... They all began making excuses ..."' Luke 14:18
You know that character in Little Britain, the teenage ASBO, who works a million words to the minute, everyone an excuse 'yeah but ... no but ... it wasn't me ... I haven't even done nuffink'. That's us. Face it we all have our Vicky Pollard moments before God.
Adam did when God asked, '"... Have you eaten the fruit I commanded you not to eat?,,,"' He replied, '"It was the woman you gave me ..."' (Genesis 3:11-12).
Welcome to 'Pass The Buck: anyone can play!' Like, 'I would help clean the church after youth club ... but that's the youth-workers job'. Like, 'I'd love to pray more ... but I've got too much work on at the mo'. Like, 'One day I'll give the church some money ... when I make as much as the guys with proper jobs'. See, we can con ourselves, like Adam, by filtering a smidgeon of truth into our excuses, after all, it was Eve that passed on that apple, right?
God doesn't love us any less because we try to con Him but we're not doing our relationship any favours. A mother loves a child with chocolate round his mouth, but she still wants to get to the truth of just how that cake magically disappeared. 'Jesus said, '"If you stick with this, living out what I tell you, you are my disciples for sure. Then you will experience the truth, and the truth will free you"' (John 8:31-32 TM). Free yourself from excuses, get with the truth.
written by Bob Gass
'"... They all began making excuses ..."' Luke 14:18
You know that character in Little Britain, the teenage ASBO, who works a million words to the minute, everyone an excuse 'yeah but ... no but ... it wasn't me ... I haven't even done nuffink'. That's us. Face it we all have our Vicky Pollard moments before God.
Adam did when God asked, '"... Have you eaten the fruit I commanded you not to eat?,,,"' He replied, '"It was the woman you gave me ..."' (Genesis 3:11-12).
Welcome to 'Pass The Buck: anyone can play!' Like, 'I would help clean the church after youth club ... but that's the youth-workers job'. Like, 'I'd love to pray more ... but I've got too much work on at the mo'. Like, 'One day I'll give the church some money ... when I make as much as the guys with proper jobs'. See, we can con ourselves, like Adam, by filtering a smidgeon of truth into our excuses, after all, it was Eve that passed on that apple, right?
God doesn't love us any less because we try to con Him but we're not doing our relationship any favours. A mother loves a child with chocolate round his mouth, but she still wants to get to the truth of just how that cake magically disappeared. 'Jesus said, '"If you stick with this, living out what I tell you, you are my disciples for sure. Then you will experience the truth, and the truth will free you"' (John 8:31-32 TM). Free yourself from excuses, get with the truth.
written by Bob Gass
