Deceptions...Propaganda & Manipulations...
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Spiritual Arrogance...
...the Spirit of Legalism... (John Piper)
... I think, of legalism that may be even more common: it is the spirit and the life that flow from a failure to be humbled, broken, amazed, and satisfied by the grace of God in Christ. There are all kinds of attitudes, right — pride, demandingness, lack of mercy, lack of compassion, unkindness, impatience — and these have their root, don’t they, in a heart that is not stunned by grace, not broken and humbled by grace, not joyfully filled with grace? That creates a legal spirit.
So legalism is not just this conviction that we get right with God by keeping the law. Legalism is used rightly — I think biblically — if we say it is an attitude, a spirit, a disposition of all kinds of behaviors and feelings that are rooted in a failure to be amazed that I am saved by grace. A failure to be amazed that I am accepted by God freely — to be melted, broken, humbled, and filled with joy because of what God has done.
The legalist is not broken. He is not stunned. He is not blown away by the fact that he is saved by grace.
That flavors all we do, and the opposite of it is right there in Luke 18 in the Pharisee standing by himself. He prayed, “God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector” (Luke 18:11). That is the spirit of a man who says right words. He says, “Thank you,” right? He says, “Thank you, God.” That is a right thing to say, but he is not broken. He is not stunned. He is not blown away by the fact that he is saved by grace, not according to his works.
So what we want, what I want in my life, is not just to be free from a principled legalism — you know, a theological legalism that says you get to heaven, or you please God, or you win his favor by keeping the law. I want to have a gracious spirit, a gospel spirit, not a legal spirit that comes from a failure to be amazed at my being saved by grace.
...the Spirit of Legalism... (John Piper)
... I think, of legalism that may be even more common: it is the spirit and the life that flow from a failure to be humbled, broken, amazed, and satisfied by the grace of God in Christ. There are all kinds of attitudes, right — pride, demandingness, lack of mercy, lack of compassion, unkindness, impatience — and these have their root, don’t they, in a heart that is not stunned by grace, not broken and humbled by grace, not joyfully filled with grace? That creates a legal spirit.
So legalism is not just this conviction that we get right with God by keeping the law. Legalism is used rightly — I think biblically — if we say it is an attitude, a spirit, a disposition of all kinds of behaviors and feelings that are rooted in a failure to be amazed that I am saved by grace. A failure to be amazed that I am accepted by God freely — to be melted, broken, humbled, and filled with joy because of what God has done.
The legalist is not broken. He is not stunned. He is not blown away by the fact that he is saved by grace.
That flavors all we do, and the opposite of it is right there in Luke 18 in the Pharisee standing by himself. He prayed, “God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector” (Luke 18:11). That is the spirit of a man who says right words. He says, “Thank you,” right? He says, “Thank you, God.” That is a right thing to say, but he is not broken. He is not stunned. He is not blown away by the fact that he is saved by grace, not according to his works.
So what we want, what I want in my life, is not just to be free from a principled legalism — you know, a theological legalism that says you get to heaven, or you please God, or you win his favor by keeping the law. I want to have a gracious spirit, a gospel spirit, not a legal spirit that comes from a failure to be amazed at my being saved by grace.
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They are not reacting or responding to this yet...In the coming days, more similar stories of "sightings" will emerge...they need to "condition the minds" of the people...to accept their "alien agenda..."
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"Repeated signals from the center of the Milky Way could be aliens saying hello, new study claims"
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