by Charles R. Swindoll
He has now reconciled you . . .
in order to present you before [God]
holy and blameless and beyond reproach.
Colossians 1:22
Living as we do in a product-oriented culture, we like to
package our faith, too. We prefer to sell a slick, shrink-wrapped version of
salvation that includes happiness and peace, and happiness here and now, and
heaven by and by.
While there is nothing wrong with good marketing techniques
or teaching principles of authentic success, there is something wrong if we
neglect to mention the process, which must inevitably include times of defeat
and failure. . . .
What I'd like to know is who erected such a
happily-ever-after standard of perfection in the first place?
God knows very well we aren't able to produce perfection;
that's why Jesus, the perfect Son of God, placed us in His family. That's why
He gave us a position of perfect righteousness in Him, reminding us by contrast
that our own daily experience will constantly fall short.
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