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How would you define "following God"?
- Thread starter steaver
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I have been reading a book by Jim Putman titled "real-life discipleship". He talks about James 5:16; I like what he says, he speaks truth...
"James tells us to confess our sins one to another. When we confess our sins with other believers, we - and they - learn that everyone struggles. They discover that we all struggle with our sin nature. We all stumble in what we say, think, and do. We all live in a broken world that causes us pain. It is part of the human condition........To pretend for your sake that I do not have sin makes me a hypocrite and makes you feel that you have to be perfect as well. And none of us is going to be perfect."
"James tells us to confess our sins one to another. When we confess our sins with other believers, we - and they - learn that everyone struggles. They discover that we all struggle with our sin nature. We all stumble in what we say, think, and do. We all live in a broken world that causes us pain. It is part of the human condition........To pretend for your sake that I do not have sin makes me a hypocrite and makes you feel that you have to be perfect as well. And none of us is going to be perfect."