21nov14 PureHeartChildren and Righteousness Most everyone in the world think they are the only ones right, and everyone else is wrong. I think we tend to think of the word Righteous as RIGHT. We use the word righteous because we think we are right. RIGHT ON and BODACCIOUS fit right into this terminology. I think the word righteous implies justified by a third party judge. The judge would have to be perfect (Jesus). You can not be justified by yourself. I am trying to get my residency back here in Nicaragua (I owe a lot in fines because I had my residency here until 2005, so I have a long way to go.). But to get the residency, I needed a good boy letter from the police in Maryland. THEN I needed an apistle stating that I did not write the good boy letter myself. (makes sense). You need a third party signing and sealing it saying that by the standards of the Maryland law, I am clean as a whistle. You have to be justified (adjudicated) by someone else. To be justified you have to be judged. You need to be judged by a perfect point of view. That is why I am always amazed when one human being judges another human being. Paul says our righteousness is dirty rags.. Not just something ignored, but something absolutely disgusting! The more I seek after righteousness, the more I realize that none of us are. ESPECIALLY ME! The more I pray and read the word of God, the more I see how far from the mark I am. Like when Jesus told us about the SELF righteous pharisee praying to himself in the temple, AGAINST the publican (I HATE TO BE PRAYED AT). The hyper religious guys said, Thank you God that I am not like this sinner, while the publican (tax collector sinner) would not even dare look up because he knew he was a sinner, and said, Lord have mercy on me. Genuine people all know they are sinners. Everyone knows they are sinners, except the religious. Jesus said the sinner publican was righteous, not the sinner religious guy. I trust God, not man. Many seem to be so impressed with themselves. They have major flaws and can not see them. I see the biggest is honesty. Psalms says to complete your promises, even to your own hurt.... in other words,, even if it hurts you, DO WHAT YOU SAY YOU ARE GOING TO DO, WHEN YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT. (big problem down here,,, ).... so you have people ironing their money so their tithes are perfect (no joke,, i have seen that),, and can not tell the truth to save their lives.... they literally LIE about everything they do,, and are completely fickle and untrustworthy. Give me a drunk to deal with any day over these types. AT least you know who is going to answer the door when you knock! I just am saying, do not judge a book by the cover. An old pastor said I do not care how excited you are in church on sunday, I want to see how you walk to work on monday. We can not tell where the kids are at. We do not know the dynamics of their lives. That is why we are committed to a non conditional love for the poorest of the poor. We do not want to train actors. We want to help the least of these. As my friends Ryan and Brian say, the WHOMSOEVERS. Who are we to select who we help and do not help. We are not equipped for that, only the Lord is. It is truly the Jesus style. I am finished with making people feel bad... (i hope) I think it is about living the TRUTH as much as you can in our own lives (even if it is not very complimentary). People will judge how you look, act and talk. Let them say bad things about you. Ever notice that none of them are exactly what we would call saints nor beauty queens themselves! and IF they are, wait til they are as old as you are and have a good laugh! Love God with everything you do. Hate sin in your own life (If you truly do, and are honest with yourself,, you will have a 24-7-365 job on your hands). Things will work out and others will come to know Jesus as their saviour because they see Him working in YOU. Here is an mural in our prek at the Jim Winner Home.... one of the many beauties in Nicaragua are the available great graffitti artists! This one was even sober,,, https://vimeo/111883017 -- Dean and Winnie Peters NEW EMAIL! pureheartchildrensfund@gmail whatistheloveofgod/donate-to-pure-heart-today nicaragua cell phone 011505 55010927 240 345 9268 US # Deanpeters123 skype https://facebook/winnie.pureheart https://facebook/pureheartchildren blog whatistheloveofgod 055 This is 055 by dean peters on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. VIMEO.COM|BY DEANPETERS
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 06:55:55 +0000
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