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Old 11-26-2007, 03:45 PM
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It is so easy to get discouraged and mislead when we take our eyes off the Savior and look too much to ourselves.
The problem, however, is that it is impossible to not look at ourselves to some degree as we exercise faith, because it is we whose eyes need to be on Jesus. IOW, the subjective self is bound up in the act of faith and because of that it is impossible to crawl out of myself and objectively know I am saved rather than to subjectively waver. I long for that objectivity.

Oh that the following words would comfort such a soul as mine!

HE (and not me) has hushed the law's loud thunder,
HE (and not me) has quenched Mount Sinai's flame.
HE (and not me) who washed us with His blood
Has secured our way to God.
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I believe that many would find that the heart sings unbidden while they are working their way through a tough bit of theology with a pipe in their teeth and a pencil in their hand. - CS Lewis