....in three short years...and you can quote me...

The Christian life is a series of points at which you suddenly realize that you are not as worthy, wise, or important as you had previously believed.

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Larry Cook
Greenville, SC

There is much wisdom in realizing how far we have yet to go.

That reminds me of this quote by the Scottish Covenanter minister, Donald Cargill.

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Andrew Myers
Husband of Jessica, Father of Jackson, Katie and Samuel
Member, Presbyterian Reformed Church of Northern Virginia
Warrenton, VA USA
Editor, The Matthew Poole Project

"Let your Morning Thoughts, and your last Evening Thoughts, be what shall become of you to all Eternity." -- Matthew Poole

I agree. I told Matt the other day that I am less saved today than I was yesterday.

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Scott Bushey
Husband to Tina, father to Nicole, Danielle and Zoe
Member First Presbyterian Church of Margate PCA

Total Depravity. It's so true. If we are not saved by God's sovereign grace & mercy alone then there is no hope.

I am glad others feel like this as I was getting worried! You may grow in outer sanctity but as you do you realise more and more that the road is longer than you think. You seem further away from your destination than when you started.

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Fraser,
Trinity Reformed Baptist Church
Hamilton, New Zealand.

Those who know themselves best fear themselves most. -- Donald Cargill (Scottish Covenanter, 1610 - 1681)

That's the quote linked above, for those too busy to click over.

Scott,
What you said about being "less saved today than yesterday" really hit home! I used to think that I was pretty good and had it all figured out. Lately I've been realizing just how bad I really am, how far I have yet to go, and how I know practically nothing.

There's a saying that goes something like this, "Those who know, and yet not do, do not really know."

As much as I used to cringe when someone would use the phrase "head knowledge," I'm beginning to wonder if maybe the bulk of my aversion comes from a fear that it may actually be true of me!

"Those who know themselves best fear themselves most."
In light of this, I'm afraid... I'm VERY afraid!

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Christopher Hinton
Northland, A Church Distributed;
Altamonte Springs, FL

you got that right. seems like you've been reading my mind, or we've been experiencing the same thing.

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~Keon Garraway~ Brooklyn, NY Member of Franklin Square OPC

Love for God demonstrated by the love for our children in giving them a God centered education is the only hope for our country. by David Morrow
Pslam 71:20 [Thou], which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

The More Knowledge I gain, the more certain I am that I know even less than I thought I knew.

The older I grow in the faith, the more desperate I become for His mercy.

As Augustus Toplady wrote.....Nothing in my hand I bring, simply to the cross I cling.

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R. Martin Snyder
1689er
Harmony Baptist Church (Member)
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"Our object should not be to have scripture on our side but to be on the side of scripture; and however dear any sentiment may have become by being long entertained, so soon as it is seen to be contrary to the Bible, we must be prepared to abandon it without hesitation."
William Symington

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Ryan
1689 London Baptist Confession

'My hope is built on nothing less than Jesu's blood and righteousness'.

Believed this from the start of my Christian walk and will do until I die or He returns. Jesus is my sabbath rest. I rest from trying to put myself right with God in Christ.