tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post1249088596255644114..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: A Guiltless People in a Cashless CulturePastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-42042382672296330542010-09-21T06:00:43.018-05:002010-09-21T06:00:43.018-05:00Pastor Peters you posted
"Trouble is that we...Pastor Peters you posted <br />"Trouble is that we have bought into the lie that a little self-indulgence is not so bad and who does it hurt? In the end, it is a lie and a dangerous one that cannot help us find contentment and peace but will hurt us and lead us to our ultimate destruction."<br /><br />I do not remember who to credit with writing the following. I share it as I think it plays humbly into the premise of your sermon. <br /><br />God is the owner of everything, we are but stewards. A steward must deal with the goods of another according to the will of the owner. This is our state. We may have private ownership in relation to one another. But <b>before God we own nothing, absolutely nothing. Part of the essence of sin is to behave as though we were the owner.</b> We develop an arrogant attitude that what I have is really mine to do with as I please. We think, “It’s mine, I can do what I want with it…..I call the shots…..I can do as I please with my own body….” and so forth. But the fact is everything belongs to God. Scripture affirms, The earth is the LORD’S, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein (Ps. 24:1). Even of our bodies which we like to think of as ours, Scripture says: You are not your own; you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body (1 Cor 6:19).ErnestOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13077415409728022160noreply@blogger.com