Angelfood Blessings

WHAT IS NOT SIN?
MANY THINGS LOOK LIKE
SIN
IN OUR LIFE. BUT IF THEY ARE NOT,
THEN WHAT ARE THEY?

I personally see two possibilities, as I seek to unburden the SEED of God (His children) from superficial weights that we have called SIN, and therefore believed they were. God wants us FREE to run with His Good News Message of Love, Forgiveness, and FULLNESS of Him in us.
The two possibilities I am considering are: “human nature” and “steps of growth”. I am also considering “habits”, and “personality quirks”. This may change as I continue seeking. I pray that you will seek also…not making excuses for ourselves, but certainly NOT making excuses for God when HE said:

                “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin;
                for His seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin,
                because he is born of God.” (1 John 3:9).

I see “human nature” as an Oreo cookie. Just plain vanilla stuck between good and evil. Basic Creation…aside from the spiritual. Created to work, produce, take care of family, planner, enjoy fellowship, creative, progressive, sleep, eat…etc.
Are there some things we do just because of our human nature…that are neither good nor evil?

OR
STEPS OF GROWTH

here was a poem I read recently from my email. It was about “Get Up and Try Again.” Because it hurts so much to “Act like the Devil”, and his seed, we are constantly desiring to be more like our Father and remember that His Seed remains in us. It is His SEED in us that pulls us constantly toward growth in Him. Not in the eyes of the world as much as in His eyes and hopefully in our own. Can you see His SEED in you?

DID MAMA SIN?
(An example of human behavior.)

        My grandmother had to watch my mother closely when she was a little girl because she was never afraid of a stranger. She would leave with anyone who came by their house. This was in the early 1900s.
         At that time it was considered a sign of her free spirit that she was not afraid of anyone, and also a sign of her love and acceptance of everyone.
         But times have changed greatly since then and even my mother had experiences that changed her attitude about trusting people. She became one of those mothers who say,

                “Don’t talk to strangers.”
                “You can’t trust anyone.”
                “You never leave home with a stranger.”

        So, beginning life the same as my mother, as a little child who loved and trusted everyone, it was many years before I could understand why she said not to trust people.
        We come to Jesus as a little child, free to love, be loved, and carefree. To protect me, my mother drew her boundaries so tight around me, like fences keeping all evil out, that this trusting little girl remained a child for most of her life. Mother was protecting me the only way she knew how, from the things that had hurt her and she was afraid would hurt me.
         She did what was natural for her to do, the best way she knew how.
         Would God use this natural action to develop me, the woman He created from the beginning; to complete the work He had begun in me before the world began? To complete the plan He had for my life?
        I believe so. As all things are working together for good to those who love the Lord and are called by His Holy Spirit to receive Him.
         Perhaps Mother saw in me the same things she saw in herself…an adventurous spirit, a love for many, a quest for life to its fullest, a great competitor…a belief that all things were possible.
        She saw a strength that must be protected and probably had a fear that she could not control circumstances that would come against me as they had against her.
         So, she did the only human thing she knew to do. She locked me in a box away from the world…as much as she humanly could.
         Did Mama SIN? …or was she just being human?
         Of course I didn’t understand this because she lacked the gift of “communication” which was also common for many parents at that time.
         Was this SIN or was it AREAS OF GROWTH that had not developed even in our parents at that time?
         Was it Mama protecting that little girl in me, or was it God using her Human Nature to protect me?
        Was it then, rebellion or human nature, when I said to myself one day: “I want out of this box. I want to see the world for myself. I want to learn how to make decisions for myself and decide who will be my friends!”?
         Was that SIN on my part…or was it a combination of:

l. Human Nature and
2. Desire for Growth

You decide for yourself. I personally see it all as a part of God’s Plan, bringing me constantly closer to Him, and maturing me for His Work in my life.
I have only begun this study. But I think we are calling many things SIN that are not SIN. We can certainly lighten the load, even one step at time, when we see that some things we do, just because we are human, and some things we do because God put in us His desire to constantly be growing more like Him (Jesus).

SO, WHAT IS OUR HUMAN NATURE?

        Oh, the more I think about it, the more awesome it is. Considering God’s plan for the whole picture of our lives. I see it as: the nature that God created with a purpose. As the Father-Son-and-Holy Spirit are One, so are we a three part being: spirit-soul-body. God created all three and loves all three. From time to time we try to work out of just one of these areas instead of all three at the same time.
        “Pull Yourself Together”, I heard the Lord saying to me one day. He laughed and I laughed, too. Made sense. I was so scattered trying to perfect so many areas in my life, that somehow I had lost the completed picture.
        We were created in the image of God for a purpose. His SEED remains in us.
        How would you describe “Human Nature”…that is neither good nor bad, but useful to the Kingdom of God ? What are the things you do that are just natural? Things you do without thinking about them? Beyond pressure, just try to think of what is common to all humans? Without being overly spiritual…what do humans have in common. Just think about it.
         I started this list but the more I think about it, the longer the list grows and grows.

                l. Made to walk upright
                2. Desire the best for their families
                3. Go to work
                4. Care what others think about them and their children
                5. Seek success and growth
                6. Take care of essentials first;
                        A. Go to Work
                        B. Clean house
                        C. Pick up the baby when she cries
                7. Thinkers
                8. Enjoy beauty of all kinds
                9. Want nice things
                10. Easily distracted
                11. Able to change and adjust to new situations/sometimes immediately
                12. Evaluate all things, including selves and others, and situations
                13. Always seeking growth…

(Improvement in every area of their lives And for their families and others.)

        Once again: I see human nature (created by God…for God and His Purposes)…as the white stuff between two Oreo cookies.
        Evil on one side,
        Good on the other.
But, what’s in between…is neither good nor evil but Created
By God for His overall Purpose. It is evident before and after Salvation.

        [This is not a new religion. I just believe that God is pouring out His Spirit, as He said He would do in the End-times, and this is one of His ways, of setting His children free to serve. They cannot serve Him freely when they think every step they take and every thought they have, is a SIN. Being children of God, they hate SIN and begin to hate themselves. The devil must really like this. When we call ourselves sinners, I believe we are saying we are accepting ourselves as the SEED of Satan which we are not. We are the SEED of God.] 1 John 3:9

REMEMBER THE OREO COOKIE:

HUMAN NATURE