Instead of agreeing alongside God that we’re sinners, nosotros oftentimes analyze together with agonize, finding ways to blame our failures on someone or something exterior ourselves.
We tin give the axe blame anyone or anything, but parents are specially pop scapegoats (Proverbs 30:11-13,17). And there's no shortage of counselors willing to assist our blame-shifting.(1)
God disagrees. Scripture teaches that nosotros lone are responsible for our sins.
God won’t handgrip a manful individual parent responsible for his son’s sins, nor a boy for his father’s (Ezekiel 18).
Joseph proves nosotros tin give the axe hold upward abused past times household unit of measurement together with circumstances, together with fifty-fifty falsely imprisoned, even then rest faithful, obedient, together with forgiving. He throws all blame-shifting excuses out the window.(2)
One of my friends was raised inward a severely abusive home. In addition, she was legally blind. But when she constitute Jesus, she became a loving, giving, performance adult.(3)
I’ve known people alongside far fewer problems than my friend who wallow inward self-pity, jealously blaming others for their sins.
Are y'all blaming someone for your sins? I encourage y'all to read Matthew 7:3-5, Ezekiel 18, Galatians 6:7-8, and 2 Corinthians 7:9-10, and accommodate your thinking.
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(1) See Let's Grow Up together with What to Do When We Blow It.
(2) Don't girlfriend this 1-minute devotion close Joseph: Bad Blood
(3) Read to a greater extent than close my friend: Shiny White Shoes.
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