Comments on: "We’re Just Plain Gullible" http://forgodsfame.org/2008/08/15/were-just-plain-gullible/ Spreading the fame of God by reaching, building, and equipping people in the character and priorities of Jesus Christ. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:07:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Larry http://forgodsfame.org/2008/08/15/were-just-plain-gullible/comment-page-1/#comment-5806 Larry Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:32:55 +0000 http://forgodsfame.org/2008/08/15/were-just-plain-gullible/#comment-5806 I think scripture is clear. What I do doesn't define who I am, it reveals who I am. Paul Tripp in his book "Age of Opportunity" relates a saying his mother used to use: "There's nothing that comes out of a drunk that was not there in the beginning." In other words alcohol doesn't change who we are, it just lowers our inhibitions so that who we really are can shine through. By the same token, leaving my wife doesn't change who I am, it just reveals to others who I've really been all along. "But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone." - Matthew 15:18-20 I think scripture is clear. What I do doesn’t define who I am, it reveals who I am. Paul Tripp in his book “Age of Opportunity” relates a saying his mother used to use:

“There’s nothing that comes out of a drunk that was not there in the beginning.”

In other words alcohol doesn’t change who we are, it just lowers our inhibitions so that who we really are can shine through. By the same token, leaving my wife doesn’t change who I am, it just reveals to others who I’ve really been all along.

“But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.” – Matthew 15:18-20

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