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awesome sauce, blogging, CHSpurgeon, grace, humor, insanitybytes22, legalism, opinion
For the record, I say “awesome” all the time, so much so, people have sent me synonyms begging me to find a new word. Even hubby and the kids roll their eyes. I have never said anything so cheesy as “awesome sauce,” not ever. That all changed recently when some guy decided to slay the word on social media. Hey, the 90’s called, they want their phrase back. He decided to state, “thou shall not ever say awesome sauce.”
That’s legalism for you. There I was, joyfully bopping around, fully trusting I was filled with “the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ,” when suddenly I find myself unwittingly saying “awesome sauce” all over the place. It just kept slipping out and no wonder, too. It was all I was thinking about, focusing on, trying to avoid doing.
It’s really interesting, but what we focus on, what we invest our energy in, how we perceive ourselves, influences our behavior. If one is saved by grace, fully walking in the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, and perceives oneself as fully loved, wholly forgiven, one begins to act that way. It is simply inevitable.
If instead we perceive ourselves as having to earn God’s love, as always failing to meet some standard, as always struggling to avoid breaking any rules, that’s how we start to walk, too. Worse, we have a tendency to suddenly start noticing other people are epic fails too, and to constantly point that out to them.
C.H. Spurgeon seems to agree with me for he once said, “It is a notable fact as to men, that if they are forbidden to do a thing they straightway pine to do it, though they had never thought of doing it before. Law commands obedience, but does not promote it; it often creates disobedience, and an over-weighted penalty has been known to provoke an offence. Law fails, but love wins.”
Click his name if you like. His whole sermon is simply, well, awesome sauce.
You have a tendency to make me hungry….LOL
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In lieu of comment, I leave you with a piece of Scripture God sent my way today.
https://jessicahof.wordpress.com/2017/11/09/the-first-letter-of-john-no-podcast-this-week/
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Straight from Romans 7:
Spurgeon knew his Bible!
Becky
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It seems he did know his bible, Becky! 🙂
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Oh, you are absolutely hilarious! I love it! You truly are awesome with a side of saucy! 😉❤️
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This got my attention in his message msb:
‘Is there a single doctrine of Scripture which graceless hands have not twisted into mischief?’
If he were alive today, he would agree that people have made a hot mess out of the good book. lol
I was thinking just last night upon looking at the most intense orange sky, one that slowly went through all the hues available, then which sky disappeared into nothing, that HOW can a heart be thankless not only to creation, but to the grace of God which freely presents God as just and the justifier. Pure unadulterated ego. The pride of life. Little gods whose cement hats press upon the God given brain. The weight of ego cant be measured in tonnage.
But……………..it is easier to believe God is, than to argue against the grace of God………but people do both. Geez. But I like the daily double, the hand of God through nature, and His grace which is the engine for all we do.
When Paul said ‘thanks be to God for His unspeakable gift,’ I’m sure he had grace in mind.
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Well said, Colorstorm. I really appreciate some of these preachers of yesterday. They are addressing issues we still struggle with today, and doing it with some plain speaking. It’s encouraging to read them,reminds me there’s really nothing new under the sun when it comes to people. A hundred years ago, five hundred years ago, yep, we’ve gone and made a mess of the culture, fractured the church, and perverted scripture. May the Lord be merciful and steadfast with His patience.
I love how the Lord keeps painting those beautiful skies for us! I caught sight of a stormy one the other day, all swirling grays infused with purple with this tiny beam of sunlight breaking through the middle. Very elegant,very pretty.
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Yes ma’am, they spoke clearly and with confidence; no wishy washy feely squealy doublespeak.
And as you know, many today speak with the same clarity. The peal of the trumpet is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow yes?
And btw, a casual reading of Revelation shows us the continued glory of God’s colors as seen in the stones…………the foundations…….topaz, beryl, jacinth………. (well worth the study)
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Your blogs are always “awesome sauce”! Thanks.
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Thanks for reading and for your kind words. They are always much appreciated. 🙂
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Me too awesome lady. I use the word often.
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