First off, the Federal Vision class is under way. Week II is tomorrow. I’ve decided not to post the class notes here due to the material really being nothing new — compiled from various sources — and also not wanting to get into a heated online debate about it. (Especially considering that online is one of the primary venues FOR Federal Vision debates.)

Bible study was good tonight. We talked briefly about times when we do something — usually negative — and then afterward it surprises us because it “just really isn’t like me!” I can certainly relate… that probably happens every time I open my mouth without thinking. Which is far more often than it should be. If you’re reading this, keep that in mind. That aside, it would seem Abraham had to feel much the same way in Genesis 20… once again, after all he’d been through and how far he’d grown, again lying to a foreign king and saying Sarah was his sister.
And once again God extended grace even at a time when Abraham didn’t really deserve it.
So now the two quick points (no, these aren’t my own work… they’re by my pastor who leads the study)…
1. Never be surprised by your own depravity, for if you are, then you’re thinking too highly of yourself.
2. Always be surprised by God’s grace, for if you aren’t, then you’re thinking too low of your Lord.
Also, a good Steve Brown quote! “You wouldn’t be so shocked by your own sin, if you didn’t have such a high opinion of yourself.”
So true!