Thought Cards | Tag: comparison
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"I am better than most people because my sins are less serious than others"
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James 2:10 "For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all."
Deuteronomy 27:26 "Cursed be he that confirms not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen."
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Ecclesiastes 10:1 Dead flies cause the ointment of the perfumer to send forth a foul odor: so does a little folly to him that is respected for wisdom and honor.
Isaiah 64:6 "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away."
Romans 14:4 "Who are you that judge another man's servant? to his own master he stands or falls. Yea, he shall be held up: for God is able to make him stand."
Ephesians 2:9 "Not of works, lest any man should boast."
Romans 14:13 "Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother's way."
2Corinthians 10:12 "For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise."
2Corinthians 10:17 "
2Corinthians 10:18 "For not he that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends."
1Corinthians 1:29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
1Corinthians 1:30 "And of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:"
Jeremiah 9:24 "
Philippians 3:9 "And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:"
"I can't be as good as he is"
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Hebrews 12:2 "Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
God wants and has made provision for me to be as good as Christ is. I can be as good as my faith in Christ is good.
John 14:12 "
It is not about how good man is but about how good God is to those who believe Him. Because I believe It is no longer about how good or bad I am but all about how good God is.
Matthew 19:30
Goodness in a person is not in appearance but in his 'God-content' through faith.
Romans 9:16 "So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy."
My faith in the mercy God shows is all that Matters.
Jeremiah 29:11 "
In the end I shall be the best I can be in God's eyes.
Jude 1:24 "Now unto him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,"
It is never about me but about my faith in Christ who is able to attain for me the highest level of glory and joy. Through my complete trust in God in the end I will be complete in all things.
1Corinthians 15:9 "For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God."
The most important element of goodness is grace through faith in Christ.
"I am better than him because I did what he couldn't do"
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2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
"He is more blessed than I am because he has more than I have"
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Ephesians 1:3 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:"
2Peter 1:3 "According as his divine power has given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who has called us to glory and virtue:"
Luke 12:15 "And he said unto them,
Luke 18:22 "Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him,
2Corinthians 6:10 "As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things."
1Corinthians 3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;
"I am getting more results than him"
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2Corinthians 10:12 "For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise."
I loose the wisdom needed to get results when I compare my self to others
"Why should they be getting more results than what I am getting"
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Ephesians 4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
God will judge and reward us according to the measure He expects us to supply to His body and based on the measure of grace He has given us to work with
Ephesians 4:16 "From whom the whole body being fitly joined together and knit together by that which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, makes increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love."
Exodus 20:17 "
Though we are not under the law but grace Christ came to fulfill the law. Our focus must be on Christ and pleasing Him not making others our standards because God requires different things from different people for His ways are not our ways.
"Even if I do my best I can't catch up"
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Ecclesiastes 9:11 "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all."
2Corinthians 12:9 "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."
Joel 2:25 "
1Corinthians 15:8 ,8 "And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one untimely born.",9 "For I am the least of the apostles, who am not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.",10 "But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me."
Romans 9:16 "So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy."
All sin accomplishes the same purpose of disconnecting man from the life of God.