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I - Love a good drawer.
because I love a clean desk.
I hide it pretty well so you may never notice BUT is there.
For me it only really comes out when I am playing a game that I’m good at, but doing badly at the moment.
I feel that frustration welling up.
I keep it under the surface.
But if you play a lot of games with me, and you get to know me REALLY well.
You will be there when my competitive streak breaks the surface
I pretend like I am not but anyone who has played the right games with me for long enough knows,
I - Love a good drawer.
because I love a clean desk.
I need to have my spaces at least APPEAR to be clean.
But dont look in my drawers.
I need my house to look clean when you come over, but dont go in any of the other parts of the house, :)
I need to feel or at least APPEAR to be organized.
Even If I know I fall short of that standard.
Y - We will do just about anything to Feel we are good.
We need to feel we are good.
This need is so strong, because there is a nagging feeling that we are not.
Because we know what goes on in our heads.
We know what we think.
We know what we do.
And a part of us knows deep down just how selfish we can be.
Even if we put up a pretty good front.
There are all kinds of ways we respond to this reality.
Denial,
Compensating by doing good things,
following the rules
helping ohters
trying to outweigh
Fighting the impluse
Trying to impress others
Putting on a good front
Distraction,
Feigned Ignorance
Repression,
Justification,
Blaming others,
Comparing ourselves to others,
Hiding the issue,
Despair,
Two big ways our culture deals with this problem are
1.
excusing it.
Because the pain of guilt is great we say, dont feel guilty, that impulse is not wrong, that is not a sin.
As long as your actions dont SEEM to hurt anyone its fine.
our culture deals with these problem is excusing it.
Because the pain of guilt is great we say, dont feel guilty, that impulse is not wrong, that is not a sin.
As long as your actions dont SEEM to hurt anyone its fine
2. Working really hard to hide it.
To follow the rule really well, to call out the sin or shortcomings of others.
Both amount to saying, “I really am a Good Person”
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Trans: This problem is older than you and i and modern life.
Its ancient.
Through out human history we have wrestled with the obvious internal evidence that we are not nearly as Good as we want/need to believe we are.
And since the very beginning we have dont all kinds of thing to cover that lack.
We have built empires, fought wars, enslaved nations, worshiped Gods, created laws, followed, and broken rules for millennia all to address, all to appear and feel that we are GOOD.
And the people in Jesus day were no different.
Background - Hearing what Jesus has to say.
I am bringing something NEW
Poor - Rich
Haters Enemies, and Takers
Jesus concludes with 3 Images.
Images that reflect ways that people try and feel like or appear as Good People.
And he cuts through the misdirection.
Blind Guides -
Explain the image
Blind Guides - try to “feel” like good people by pointing out and correcting the “sin” in the lives of others.
Blind Followers - try to “feel” like good people by sticking close to the authority of the blind guide.
By picking a leader or a book or a way of life and devotedly trying to live up to the expectations.
Jesus says if this is you you will never make it.
“no matter how close you follow a blind guide you will always end up in a pit!”
Rotten Fruit -
Explain
Sometimes we think if perhaps we just do more good.
try a little harder, put your back into it.
Make a little more then perhaps we can be “good”
Jesus says no you will never make it.
Its NOT a matter of effort.
“no matter how hard you work if you are a rotten tree, you will produce rotten fruit.”
“Red delicious trees dont grow honey crisp apples.”
Bad Foundations -
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Sometimes we think if we just create a good enough appearance for your lives then we will be good.
Keep the house clean, go to church, be seen helping others, and be known and respected as someone who does the right thing.
If we build a nice strong and beautify house then we will feel good enough!
But Jesus says no, “ no matter how hard you work on your house, no matter how much money you spend, no matter what you even the BEST house without the right foundation is ONE STORM away from collapse.
Sum it up
Hearing Jesus I find myself getting frustrated along with Jesus hearers.
Jesus is poking holes in every strategy they have for being good people.
Everything they try will fail.
Every effort to make the cut, to be GOOD ENOUGH, to get in the door leads to failure it seems.
And as I read this this week I got frustrated.
Because
the BLIND GUIDE is trying his best.
its not his fault he or she is blind.
The blind follower is trying her best.
It’s not her fault she cant see.
Just making the best out of a bad sitation.
the rotten tree, the red delicious tree is TRYING ITS BEST.
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