Sanders - How to Get Rid of Guilt

541How to Get Rid of Guilt

away in 1950 that I was truly able to have compassion with others in the similar loss of their loved ones. And this is what the Bible means when it assures us that God wants to comfort us in all our tribulations so that we may in turn comfort others in the future who may have to go through similar difficult trials and hard experiences. Is God's Truth Apparent In Your Life You know, there may be one reason to explain why some people don't become Christians today. I think it's simply because the teaching of God's truth so often isn't being related out of true personal experience. Perhaps you've heard of the very pious substitute Sunday school teacher whom most people in the church knew to be nothing more than a hypocrite. The class was his one opportunity to show off his questionable knowledge. During the course of the lesson he asked, "Boys, why do you suppose people say I'm a Christian?" There was obvious silence. Finally, one little fellow who probably didn't realize what he was saying responded by declaring, "Well, sir, maybe it's because they don't really know you." Would this be an evaluation others could make of us? What has God brought us as a vital experience in our lives? We're to teach God's ways, not our ways. Too often we may get the erroneous idea that the experience of discipling others belongs to the preacher, the evangelist, the Bible teacher or the Sunday school leaders. The greatest blessing for any life, and certainly the greatest joy that can come to heaven, are when transgressors have seen the light of God's truth. God Can Bring Victory From Defeat Now notice the abundance of personal as well as divine pronouns. I want to teach Thy ways. Throughout the entire chapter we find this situation of personal, intimate fellowship

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