Comments for AnyIdiot.com http://anyidiot.wordpress.com Through blogging, any idiot can have a voice! Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:58:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Pearl Harbor by Jodi http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/pearl-harbor/#comment-189 Jodi Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:58:41 +0000 http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/pearl-harbor/#comment-189 It made me think of how we make the waters of his salvation merky when we choose to recall our sin instead of giving them fully over to his saving grace. It made me think of how we make the waters of his salvation merky when we choose to recall our sin instead of giving them fully over to his saving grace.

]]> Comment on Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon by Todd Wood http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/hanging-lake-in-glenwood-canyon/#comment-188 Todd Wood Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:26:08 +0000 http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/?p=94#comment-188 beautiful beautiful

]]> Comment on Hanging Lake in Glenwood Canyon by Matt Johnson http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/hanging-lake-in-glenwood-canyon/#comment-187 Matt Johnson Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:03:10 +0000 http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/?p=94#comment-187 Nice pictures. I still am not sure why you went ahead on the hike after reading the sign in the last picture. They gave ample warning-I wish they had some signs like that here in the wasatch-it would save me a lot of backache. Nice pictures. I still am not sure why you went ahead on the hike after reading the sign in the last picture. They gave ample warning-I wish they had some signs like that here in the wasatch-it would save me a lot of backache.

]]> Comment on A Tribute to My Father by Heather Parish http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/2008/06/23/a-tribute-to-my-father/#comment-186 Heather Parish Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:19:05 +0000 http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-186 Dad, you should put your poem 'Self-inflicted Pain still Hurts' on your blog site. So ya. I really like that poem and want to show it to people. Well, bye for now. -HeatherJoy Dad, you should put your poem ‘Self-inflicted Pain still Hurts’ on your blog site. So ya. I really like that poem and want to show it to people. Well, bye for now. -HeatherJoy

]]> Comment on Pearl Harbor by Tim http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/pearl-harbor/#comment-182 Tim Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:16:00 +0000 http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/pearl-harbor/#comment-182 Thanks Rudy, good words. I wasn't thinking of salvation primarily when I wrote this. More just that we as humans are forgetful. Your comments on salvation and works are right on. Tim Thanks Rudy, good words. I wasn’t thinking of salvation primarily when I wrote this. More just that we as humans are forgetful. Your comments on salvation and works are right on.
Tim

]]> Comment on Pearl Harbor by Rudy http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/pearl-harbor/#comment-180 Rudy Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:10:48 +0000 http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/2006/12/07/pearl-harbor/#comment-180 "Remember" is an accounting term. God 'remembers" our sin against us no more does not mean He forgets. It means He does not hold it against us any longer. Why? Because in Christ sin was dealt with once and for all. Hence I John 1:9 reminds us God is just to forgive because Christ took on the cross which we deserve. In the same way, we can look to our past and find comfort, relief, and even joy in knowing that our past, present, and future (however sinful) are under the blood. The recalling of our sins in the past should rather bring on a whole new rehearsing of the gospel and a glorying in our identity in Christ. The cross is the reason for service, not our shame over past sin. Works to stay saved are no better than works to get saved. Works of righteousness reveal that the gospel is indeed the power of God unto salvation. It is the gospel that has brought new life, new hope, and a compelling motivation to serve God by serving others. How does God get the glory when your sinful past, not the cross, becomes your motivation? There is an incredibly profound difference between working to be saved or to stay saved, and working because that is the logical, reasonable progression of being saved (Rom 12:1-2). Check it out. Are not the "memorials" in scripture most typically to remind people of what GOD has done, NOT what man has not done or should have done and didn't. The focus of memorials is God, not man. “Remember” is an accounting term. God ‘remembers” our sin against us no more does not mean He forgets. It means He does not hold it against us any longer. Why? Because in Christ sin was dealt with once and for all. Hence I John 1:9 reminds us God is just to forgive because Christ took on the cross which we deserve.

In the same way, we can look to our past and find comfort, relief, and even joy in knowing that our past, present, and future (however sinful) are under the blood. The recalling of our sins in the past should rather bring on a whole new rehearsing of the gospel and a glorying in our identity in Christ. The cross is the reason for service, not our shame over past sin. Works to stay saved are no better than works to get saved. Works of righteousness reveal that the gospel is indeed the power of God unto salvation. It is the gospel that has brought new life, new hope, and a compelling motivation to serve God by serving others.

How does God get the glory when your sinful past, not the cross, becomes your motivation? There is an incredibly profound difference between working to be saved or to stay saved, and working because that is the logical, reasonable progression of being saved (Rom 12:1-2).

Check it out. Are not the “memorials” in scripture most typically to remind people of what GOD has done, NOT what man has not done or should have done and didn’t. The focus of memorials is God, not man.

]]> Comment on Family Update by Matthew Johnson http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/family-update/#comment-178 Matthew Johnson Thu, 29 May 2008 21:42:46 +0000 http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/?p=73#comment-178 At this rate of posting, I should expect to get a Christmas 2008 update i suppose. At this rate of posting, I should expect to get a Christmas 2008 update i suppose.

]]> Comment on So teach us… by Matthew Johnson http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/so-teach-us/#comment-167 Matthew Johnson Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:37:34 +0000 http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/2007/12/04/so-teach-us/#comment-167 Glad to have you back in the blogging world. I do find it interesting that he says to number our days. Maybe that has to do with the brevity of life as well. In the pattern pray Jesus tells the disciples to pray that God would give them their daily bread. There is a daily dependence that must be in place in prayer. We can't store up prayer; we need it every day. Glad to have you back in the blogging world. I do find it interesting that he says to number our days. Maybe that has to do with the brevity of life as well. In the pattern pray Jesus tells the disciples to pray that God would give them their daily bread. There is a daily dependence that must be in place in prayer. We can’t store up prayer; we need it every day.

]]> Comment on Know Him by Matthew Johnson http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/know-him/#comment-165 Matthew Johnson Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:16:35 +0000 http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/2007/01/23/know-him/#comment-165 Hey, when are you going to write something. Are you guys still alive? Matt J Hey, when are you going to write something. Are you guys still alive?
Matt J

]]> Comment on AnyIdiot? by Ray Council http://anyidiot.wordpress.com/2006/07/07/anyidiot/#comment-4 Ray Council Wed, 27 Dec 2006 14:46:54 +0000 https://anyidiot.wordpress.com/2006/07/07/anyidiot/#comment-4 Brother Tim, Thanks for the good information. I loved the poems and would like to have more of the same. I found your site while looking for information on Keith E Knauss. The comment by him is so truth. At our very best we still do not measure up. The prayer that I have to pray often is "Lord, while serving you please help me not to serve myself." Yes, we all desire to hear those words, "Well done thy good and faithfull servant," but it is very doubtful that any will really deserve it. God be with you as you spread the word... Ray Brother Tim,
Thanks for the good information. I loved the poems and would like to have more of the same. I found your site while looking for information on Keith E Knauss. The comment by him is so truth. At our very best we still do not measure up. The prayer that I have to pray often is “Lord, while serving you please help me not to serve myself.” Yes, we all desire to hear those words, “Well done thy good and faithfull servant,” but it is very doubtful that any will really deserve it.
God be with you as you spread the word…
Ray

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