Pensamientos sobre el Verso de Hoy
En una época en donde ya no se ve bien intervenir en la vida de otro, estas palabras no suenan bien. El pecado es igual de real y dañino hoy como cuando fueron escritos. Hoy, sin embargo, tememos que nos ven como fariseos, entonces dejamos a muchos ser atrapados por el pecado, yendo a su muerte espiritual. Dios nos llama a intervenir sin pensar que somos perfectos, reconociendo el poder dañino del pecado y la necesidad del pecador. Siempre sabiendo que nosotros mismos hemos sido salvos por la gracia de Dios.
Thoughts on Today's Verse...
In a day when intervening in someone's life is no longer politically or socially correct, these verses ring out like a gunshot on a still night. Sin is still real and is just as deadly as ever. Yet because we fear being branded judgmental and self-righteous, we let many trapped in sin progress to their spiritual death (Hebrews 2:1-3; 3:12-13; James 1:14-15). Paul calls us to nonjudgmental, gentle intervention because we recognize the gravity of sin and the sinner's need, without feeling arrogant about our righteousness. We approach the situation humbly because the phrase, "There but for the grace of God go I," applies to us. Nevertheless, love doesn't remain silent when someone's behavior is self-destructive, evil, and taking them to "hell in a handbasket," as the old saying goes. Instead, genuine love intervenes humbly, gently, and graciously to redeem.
Mi oración
Padre, perdona mis pecados como perdono los que han pecado contra mí. A su vez, Padre, que mi corazón reconozca el daño que hace el pecado y anímame a ayudar a los atrapados por el mal. Por Jesús quien vino a rescatarme de mi pecado oro, Amén.
My Prayer...
Father, please forgive my sins as I forgive those who have sinned against me. Father, please also help my heart to be gripped by the gravity of sin's effects and to be stirred into action to help those trapped in their sins. Through Jesus, who came to rescue all of us from our destructive sins, addictions, and evil habits, I pray. Amen.
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