Ah, you and your sense of injustice. =) I was thinking more about the problem of complacency in the Christian life. I think this is where a community of believers is important. I think we show grace by holding others accountable. And by being accountable I don't mean that we say "I understand what you're going through, it'll be okay." But, we truly and lovingly say, "I understand that you are struggling with sin, but it is not okay to continually succumb to it." And then we hold each other to not succumbing to sin. Complacency happens because I am able to hide my sin from my fellow believers and live outside of the fellowship that God has established.
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Ah, you and your sense of injustice. =) I was thinking more about the problem of complacency in the Christian life. I think this is where a community of believers is important. I think we show grace by holding others accountable. And by being accountable I don't mean that we say "I understand what you're going through, it'll be okay." But, we truly and lovingly say, "I understand that you are struggling with sin, but it is not okay to continually succumb to it." And then we hold each other to not succumbing to sin. Complacency happens because I am able to hide my sin from my fellow believers and live outside of the fellowship that God has established.
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