Me: Who were y’all just talking to?
Prodigal: A neighbor. She’s so windy she speaks to ten words a second with gusts to fifty.
Me: Probably should pray for her.
This is from the book How Firm A Foundation: A Gift of Jewish Wisdom for Christians and Jews. by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein
Man is intrinsically pure since he was created by God, the embodiment of absolute purity and goodness. The Jewish view of the nature of humankind stands in sharp contrast with the classical Christian one that suggests that as a result of Adam’s sin, all future generations of man became tainted with Original Sin. In the Jewish view, sin is a human action, not a condition. In the dominant Christian view, however, man is so caught up in his sinfulness that he lacks the ability for self-regeneration. God, therefore, sent his only begotten Son into the world to die for man’s sin so that those believing in him might be saved.
Are we really pure as a Human race. We lie more than just 30 years ago. There are more suicides, more murders, and yet are we sure that we don’t need a savior to cover our sins. Ask God if you are perfect with no sin. He shows us all that we fall short of His glory.
1 John 5:15
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
