Hello, my name is Danny Hebel . There is a whole lot I could say about how God has worked miracles in my life. Try to compare my self to everyone else and try to use what God has done for me as a way to make my self look good. And ultimately try to tell you what you need to do to be a good Christian like me because after all I must be doing It a lot better then all of you. Right? Well I’m not going to play that game here.
When I first started my walk as a Christian I was nine years old. For the next ten years I lived my life trying as hard as I possibly could to do everything I thought I was suppose to do to be a good Christian. And when it got to be to much for me and I turned from God, I lived everyday of my life looking over my shoulder waiting for God to throw me in hell because I made a promise to him that I would start being good and I let him down completely. On top of that I turned away from him and walked with him no more.
At the age of nineteen I got in some trouble ended up in an faith based rehabilitation center. So I started going to bible study and I started going to church. But something was different. Immediately I noticed that what I was learning about God was nothing at all like what I learned growing up as a kid. For the first time in my life I was being told that there is no way I can live up to Gods standers, and that Jesus died so that I could be made righteous and that there was no way I could possible earn the righteousness of Christ that, Jesus died on the cross so that I could receive his righteousness as a free gift. I asked them what about trying hard to be a good Christian? And they told me that there is only two ways to live the Christian life. Having faith in my self to try hard to be a good Christian and never mess up. Or have faith in God, that Jesus lived a perfect life never messed up once died on the cross so I could except him in to my heart to make me a good Christian Its not what I do but what Jesus did for me that I could never do. He made me righteous. No matter how hard I tried how good I was I could never make my self righteous.
So what it all comes down to is this who am I going to have faith in? My self to try as hard as I can to never mess up to make my self righteous. Or am I going to have faith in Jesus that he came here lived a perfect life then died on the cross so I could receive his righteousness, so I could receive his perfect life as a free gift. Its either one or the other there is no middle ground. You cant have faith in your self and also have faith in Jesus. You cant have faith in Jesus and still have faith in your self.
Peace be with you all
When I first started my walk as a Christian I was nine years old. For the next ten years I lived my life trying as hard as I possibly could to do everything I thought I was suppose to do to be a good Christian. And when it got to be to much for me and I turned from God, I lived everyday of my life looking over my shoulder waiting for God to throw me in hell because I made a promise to him that I would start being good and I let him down completely. On top of that I turned away from him and walked with him no more.
At the age of nineteen I got in some trouble ended up in an faith based rehabilitation center. So I started going to bible study and I started going to church. But something was different. Immediately I noticed that what I was learning about God was nothing at all like what I learned growing up as a kid. For the first time in my life I was being told that there is no way I can live up to Gods standers, and that Jesus died so that I could be made righteous and that there was no way I could possible earn the righteousness of Christ that, Jesus died on the cross so that I could receive his righteousness as a free gift. I asked them what about trying hard to be a good Christian? And they told me that there is only two ways to live the Christian life. Having faith in my self to try hard to be a good Christian and never mess up. Or have faith in God, that Jesus lived a perfect life never messed up once died on the cross so I could except him in to my heart to make me a good Christian Its not what I do but what Jesus did for me that I could never do. He made me righteous. No matter how hard I tried how good I was I could never make my self righteous.
So what it all comes down to is this who am I going to have faith in? My self to try as hard as I can to never mess up to make my self righteous. Or am I going to have faith in Jesus that he came here lived a perfect life then died on the cross so I could receive his righteousness, so I could receive his perfect life as a free gift. Its either one or the other there is no middle ground. You cant have faith in your self and also have faith in Jesus. You cant have faith in Jesus and still have faith in your self.
Peace be with you all