So when we want to do good things when we accomplish – good things grace working in us and we need – that’s God’s – to thank Him for that grace Again, there are people who when they want to do good things when – they accomplish good things--- they what done- God think, “Look I’ve really owes me! such a good I’m person” But a failure to recognize that grace that allows that’s it’s God’s them to accomplish those things—it’s grace that God’s empowers us to be good people The credit go to us it really goes to God [We have to doesn’t – cooperate of course—and merit in that] there’s Now as I said before—God is going to reward us for responding to His going to reward us for being good--we can store up treasure in grace – He’s heaven—but because of overwhelming generosity to us that’s God’s – it’s not because He owes us Our attitude when we do good our attitude when we come to – church our attitude when we keep the commandments should – be- only done my duty- I know you owe me “God I’ve don’t anything- thank you for the given gifts you’ve me” And my friends I share all this because people I run into who are – there’s angry at God They may have lost a loved one and are devastated by it—but rather than being grateful to God for the gift their loved one was for the – gift they had for so many years--- they feel God has cheated them in calling their loved on home Or I run into people had a hard life and about who’ve – they’re bitter and they feel that God has cheated them—and it please get – don’t I to in any way diminish the pain and the me wrong- don’t want heartache that people sometime face But at the same time- the cross is at the center of our faith- and Jesus calls us to carry the cross with Him- in fact He says that if not willing to pick up our cross and follow in His we’re footsteps, then not worthy of Him we’re
So when we want to do good things – when we accomplish good things – that’s God’s grace working in us – and we need to thank Him for that grace Again, there are people who when they want to do good things – when they accomplish good things--- they think, “Look what I’ve done- God really owes me! I’m such a good person” But that’s a failure to recognize that it’s God’s grace that allows them to accomplish those things—it’s God’s grace that empowers us to be good people The credit doesn’t go to us – it really goes to God [We have to cooperate of course—and there’s merit in that] Now as I said before—God is going to reward us for responding to His grace – He’s going to reward us for being good--we can store up treasure in heaven—but that’s because of God’s overwhelming generosity to us – it’s not because He owes us Our attitude when we do good – our attitude when we come to church – our attitude when we keep the commandments should be- “God I’ve only done my duty- I know you don’t owe me anything- thank you for the gifts you’ve given me” And my friends I share all this – because there’s people I run into who are angry at God They may have lost a loved one and are devastated by it—but rather than being grateful to God for the gift their loved one was – for the gift they had for so many years--- they feel God has cheated them in calling their loved on home Or I run into people who’ve had a hard life – and they’re bitter about it – and they feel that God has cheated them—and please don’t get me wrong- I don’t want to in any way diminish the pain and the heartache that people sometime face But at the same time- the cross is at the center of our faith- and Jesus calls us to carry the cross with Him- in fact He says that if we’re not willing to pick up our cross and follow in His footsteps, then we’re not worthy of Him
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