Blaine Keith

Personal Failure?



Posted: Sunday, January 17, 2010

by Blaine Keith

A person who is often feels condemned by what they perceive as their failures usually needs deliverance, as well as a thorough understanding of the gospel which sets us free from guilt and makes us whole.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. (Galatians 5:1)

People who go around and are always dissatisfied with themselves and because of that are seeking perfection in others, they need deliverance. People have been taught through years of Home-Schooling and other classes that they are unworthy, that they are useless, and that they will never amount to anything. I have a cousin--When we were kids I used to read comic books to him, he is about 7 years my senior. He was never allowed to participate in school programs, no football, no baseball-wanted to learn how to play the piano and because of that was called a sissy and so on. He couldn't even read because of the issues that my aunt and uncle placed upon him as a child. He had an older brother and sister, they were never treated like this.he came along and was deemed a mistake and he was often told he was a mistake. We cannot kick people when they are down but my Aunt and Uncle were Christians, but did not have the liberty which the Bible speaks of and therefore had refused it, because I know their pastor at the time was Edgar J. Bethany and He was a Godly man and guided by the Holy Spirit, so this child who is now a man married with three children and doing very well, this child of yesterday was mistreated because of the willful ignorance of people who were too stupid and embarrassed to follow the Word of God.

Are you such a person, do you still let the affects of bad parents or bad siblings or other things control your life now. Do you seek freedom from the evil that exudes from them and from those haunting situations? If so, then I have an answer for you and that answer is the Man, Christ Jesus. He sets us free by what He did on the cross, His blood washes away our sins and we are forgiven and become new creatures in Christ Jesus and the old passes away. If you are too comfortable with the old and your desire to leave it is just a game you play with people around you, shame on you. Do you realize that people who know the truth and yet live in their old flesh will experience a place called hell?

Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

(Luke 17:1-2)

Little ones speak of Christians and not children as most think. While definitely as Children we are taught and sometimes even though a soul may not realize it, but God is actually our father more than an earthly parent and that is why we are where we are today, as some wonder"if they are wrong how did I get where I am"? Simple. God had a plan for your life and it is your destiny and obligation to live in it because of what He has done for you. You need to forget the past and the people of it in essence because only the enemy will use your bad memories to pull you down and pull you away from where God wants you to be. It is tough but just as Jesus said to a young man -- And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. (Matthew 8:19-22)

And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. (Luke 9:57-62)

Notice what I have underlined here- Jesus cares for us, but to do His will especially considering all He did for us, we must follow His commands. If it is bad and not getting better, leave it alone and grow up. Christ is growing you , yet because of having to tend to "family" or appease them, which is what this man was saying to our Lord, we are not acting as Christ has commanded. When we try to live a double standard we are unstable and we cause confusion in our own souls and in fact we help the devil to gain a victory over us. We are to set our hands to the plow and not look back.

Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!

(Matthew 18:7)

Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

(James 4:17)

This may regard not only the last particular of referring all things to the will of God, the sovereign disposer of life, and all events, which some might have the knowledge of in theory, though they did not practise according to it; but all the good things the apostle had exhorted to, and the contrary to which he had warned from, in this epistle; and suggests, that a Gnostic, or one that knows the will of God, in the several branches of it, revealed in his word,

it is a greater sin; it is an aggravated one; it is criminal in him that is ignorant of what is good, and does that which is evil, nor shall he escape punishment; but it is much more wicked in a man that knows what is right and good, and ought to be done, and does it not, but that which is evil, and his condemnation will be greater; see Luk_12:47. The omission of a known duty, as well as the commission of a known sin, is criminal. ( Gill)

That is, he is guilty of sin if he does not do it. Cotton Mather adopted it as a principle of action, "that the ability to do good in any case imposes an obligation to do it." The proposition in the verse before us is of a general character, but probably the apostle meant that it should refer to the point specified in the previous verses - the forming of plans respecting the future. The particular meaning then would be, "that he who knows what sort of views he should take in regard to the future, and how he should form his plans in view of the uncertainty of life, and still does not do it, but goes on recklessly, forming his plans beastingly and confident of success, is guilty of sin against God." Still, the proposition will admit of a more general application. It is universally true that if a man knows what is right, and does not do it, he is guilty of sin.

If he understands what his duty is; if he has the means of doing good to others; if by his name, his influence, his wealth, he can promote a good cause; if he can, consistently with other duties, relieve the distressed, the poor, the prisoner, the oppressed; if he can send the gospel to other lands, or can wipe away the tear of the mourner; if he has talents by which he can lift a voice that shall be heard in favor of temperance, chastity, liberty, and religion, he is under obligations to do it: and if, by indolence, or avarice, or selfishness, or the dread of the loss of popularity, he does not do it, he is guilty of sin before God. No man can be released from the obligation to do good in this world to the extent of his ability; no one should desire to be. The highest privilege conferred on a mortal, besides that of securing the salvation of his own soul, is that of doing good to others - of alleviating sorrow, instructing ignorance, raising up the bowed down, comforting those that mourn, delivering the wronged and the oppressed, supplying the wants of the needy guiding inquirers into the way of truth, and sending liberty, knowledge, and salvation around the world. If a man does not do this when he has the means, he sins against his own soul, against humanity, and against his Maker.(BARNES)



Do not invest your time in trying to change the past, invest your time in the future and what God has laid out for you. Enjoy what He has given you and build on it and grow in it. Stand up and be proud and ask Him to remove the pain and suffering. Let the dead bury their dead, in other words leave the dead where they are and go forward. Only God can change them and that is if they desire to be changed.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. (Romans 8:1-2)

Read Romans 8 in its entirety, what a blessing!

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» left by Nenita Wells
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Hi Blaine. Welcome to Searchwarp and thank you for sharing this insightful article.
 
Thank you for joining my fan club, I am delighted.
 
Best to you and yours,
 
~Nenita~
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