- Satan has a formula that he wants us all to believe – Self Worth = Performance + Other People’s Opinions. This formula is designed to enslave us in the performance trap.
- As the result of Christ’s death on the cross, our sins are forgiven and God has imputed Christ’s righteousness to us. Therefore we are fully pleasing to God, despite our performance and what other people think.
- Obstacles to understanding this truth include: Addiction to approval, Sense of Hopelessness, Wanting to live life by a formula, and the Need to be in Control.
Justification means more than being forgiven. - God not only forgives our sinfulness, but he also provides for our righteousness. Righteousness is the worthiness to stand in God’s presence without fear of personal condemnation because he has imputed the very righteousness of Christ to us.
Questions that we will discuss this week at Tuesday at 7am and Friday at 6:30am include:
- Do you have difficulty thinking of yourself as pleasing to God?
- Are there times in your life where you have struggled with issues of control, frustrated that you must trust God in a way that is new or especially difficult?
- The author contends that our natural strengths will always fight against our dependence on God. Do you agree with that? p47 (mine)
- Do you ever struggle with remembering sins that God has forgotten? What is there impact on you? Is there any benefit to remembering past sins?
- Can you think of a situation in your life where you might have responded differently had you fully grasped the meaning of justification? How would it have changed things?
- How can we impart God’s love in a way to help those around us who struggle with the Performance Trap?
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