Hi n7rooivalk7n,
Isn't that the same as what some of these holiness people are doing. They are trying to be "holy" through their own power and then secretly boast about it in their hearts?
_________________Robert Wurtz II
Hi RobertW,I think the reference you made to Luk 9:53 is crucial indeed. It's not always somuch the physical actions that we do that count, but the spirit behind those actions. Two people can both do the same action, e.g keeping from immorality, but the one does it out of self-justification, the other because the joy of serving and knowing God drives him to it.A last thought that I want to convey is that of love. The bible says that faith works by love. I really believe that throught the operating of the love of Christ in our lives we can make a deep impact in others lives. Telling people the truth is important (it might include hell-fire preaching from time to time), but it must be coupled with the love of Jesus Christ. 1 Cor 13 says afterall that we can achieve nothing if we have no love. If we have no love our actions are of no worth. Where there is no love, there is death, death and more death. A very somber picture
_________________Johann