Prodigal: We are ready.

Me: Ready for me to strip your hide?

Prodigal: Just try.

This is from the book The Revolution That Changed The World by Dr. David Jeremiah

There is always a conflict of wills when a person becomes a Christian. Ever since the fall of Adam and Eve, we humans have been determined to run our own lives and do things our own way. Paul puts it this way: “The sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will. That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God” (Romans 8:7-8). This explains why we so often resist when confronted with the gospel. We don’t want to give up our self-will. What God chooses for us may not be what we would choose for ourselves. God confronts us with an all-or-nothing proposition: we can follow his way or not at all. He accepts no half-hearted commitments.

Romans 10:2

For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org