CAN YOU BE RIGHTEOUS, YET IMPERFECT? (20 OF 50)
Scripture: Genesis 20:1-18
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Can You Be Righteous, Yet Imperfect? (20 of 50)
Series: Genesis
Donald Cantrell
Genesis 20:1-18
Theme: Abraham was deemed as righteous, but far from perfect
I - The Deceptive Decision (1 - 2a)
II - The Dangerous Dealings (2b)
III - The Disturbing Discovery (3 - 7)
IV - The Dreadful Dialogue (8)
V - The Distorted Discretion (9 - 11)
VI - The Deliberate Dishonesty (12 - 13)
VII - The Delightful Deed (14 - 16)
VIII - The Divine Deliverance (17 - 18)
God called Abraham a righteous man, but we see him sinning over and over?
''Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe.''
Albert Einstein
Mistakes Happen to Everyone
In 1980 a book entitled ''The Book of Blunders'' was published. Here are three examples of the blunders this book recorded.
When a drum major tossed his baton in Ventura, California, it hit two 4000-volt power lines, blacking out a ten-block area and putting a radio station off the air. The baton melted.
A bank robber in Los Angeles told the clerk not to give him cash, but to deposit the money to his checking account.
On his first assignment for a Chicago newspaper, a rookie reporter drove a company car to a car-crushing plant, parked in the wrong spot, and returned from interviewing the manager just in time to see the vehicle being compacted into scrap metal.
Pastor Tim White
There's an old saying, ''If it ain't broke, don't fix it.'' But Jesus taught, ''If it ain't broke, it can't be fixed!'' If we could make ourselves perfect, Jesus would not have needed to die on our behalf. The only righteousness that we have is in him and through him. None of us are worthy to make ourselves perfect, nor can we make ourselves righteous, only God can make that happen.
Mat 9:12 KJV - But when Jesus heard [that], he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
Mat 9:13 KJV - But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and no ...
Series: Genesis
Donald Cantrell
Genesis 20:1-18
Theme: Abraham was deemed as righteous, but far from perfect
I - The Deceptive Decision (1 - 2a)
II - The Dangerous Dealings (2b)
III - The Disturbing Discovery (3 - 7)
IV - The Dreadful Dialogue (8)
V - The Distorted Discretion (9 - 11)
VI - The Deliberate Dishonesty (12 - 13)
VII - The Delightful Deed (14 - 16)
VIII - The Divine Deliverance (17 - 18)
God called Abraham a righteous man, but we see him sinning over and over?
''Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe.''
Albert Einstein
Mistakes Happen to Everyone
In 1980 a book entitled ''The Book of Blunders'' was published. Here are three examples of the blunders this book recorded.
When a drum major tossed his baton in Ventura, California, it hit two 4000-volt power lines, blacking out a ten-block area and putting a radio station off the air. The baton melted.
A bank robber in Los Angeles told the clerk not to give him cash, but to deposit the money to his checking account.
On his first assignment for a Chicago newspaper, a rookie reporter drove a company car to a car-crushing plant, parked in the wrong spot, and returned from interviewing the manager just in time to see the vehicle being compacted into scrap metal.
Pastor Tim White
There's an old saying, ''If it ain't broke, don't fix it.'' But Jesus taught, ''If it ain't broke, it can't be fixed!'' If we could make ourselves perfect, Jesus would not have needed to die on our behalf. The only righteousness that we have is in him and through him. None of us are worthy to make ourselves perfect, nor can we make ourselves righteous, only God can make that happen.
Mat 9:12 KJV - But when Jesus heard [that], he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
Mat 9:13 KJV - But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and no ...
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