reminders.

so in church, pastor jenson has been focusing on these few verses the last few weeks:
romans 1:18-23 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
kind of long, but whatevs. anyway, so it made me think of how everyday i exchange things for God so easily. why? because of what paul wrote in that verse. because we are all conceived in sin and sin separates us from God, so we then put anything and everything in his place. i watch oprah sometimes, and hearing about that new earth book reminds me of how we love replacing God with ourselves because we were born so human centered. it brings me right back to Jesus. scripture reminds us constantly of our sinful nature, more famously in the book of romans, but it's everywhere. Jesus himself called the pharisees children of the devil. what did the pharisees do? they relied on themselves for eternal salvation, which is what everyone does, everyday, without Christ. and this is exactly why he came. he came, died, and rose from the dead to prove that he is God and he walked here as man (fully both) to reconcile God and man. if he was only one or the other, he is not the savior. but he was, and he is, to people who repent of their sin and trust him, not themselves, for salvation (aka doing good things, being nice, attending church at christmas or... funerals). anyway, i wrote this as a reminder that i am soooo a sinner (and that sentence didn't make any grammatical sense) and that Christ is what i need everyday for sustenance. and not only that, but salvation.

and on that note, i need to continue knitting. soli Deo gloria.