tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471822264046267922.post3808709554277620954..comments2023-06-10T03:05:11.322-05:00Comments on Just sayin': Back to the Oldies but Goldies...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06418141427127732724noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471822264046267922.post-4909812024399713572014-04-14T15:05:36.627-05:002014-04-14T15:05:36.627-05:00Cathie, you're sharing some very personal thin...Cathie, you're sharing some very personal things here. I know very well the feelings you're describing, and I want to encourage you with the verse that has become my rock these past few years -- Hebrews 10.14 "Because by one sacrifice He has made perfect forever those who are being made holy."<br /><br />'Being made holy' - you know that definition. :) Perfect, you may know, in the Bible generally speaks of our position before God; we stand in perfection before His throne though we are innately anything but. Wuest has it as 'being brought to completion'.<br /><br />When this verse hit me between the eyes, I was amazed. God speaks not of Jesus' death and resurrection cleansing us and purifying our souls, but of it making us whole. You would think the process would be opposite: that first we would be made holy like Him, and then work on perfection. But no, it's the other way about. His work on the cross has made us perfect, if we do nothing else ever.<br /><br />And that word perfect encompasses more that just 'completion'. It also means that nothing's missing, nothing more needs done; when you see something and you say, "That's IT!"<br /><br />So Cathie, what I want you to remember is that you, right now, right this second, are complete -- Whole -- RIGHT.<br /><br />Praise Him.Elizabeth Boydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08080212336908645025noreply@blogger.com