Insufficient Standards
Sunday, 21 December 2008 06:00 Unknown Author
As the bank returns a hot check stamped “insufficient funds,” so one day God will turn away our self-serving standards of morality and righteousness as insufficient. Have you heard or used one of these phrases to justify something lately?
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I like
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Jeremiah 10:23
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I feel
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Galatians 5:16-24
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I want
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2 Kings 5:1-15
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They do it
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1 Samuel 8:5-20
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It seems right
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Proverbs 14:12
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I am sincere
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2 Samuel 6:6-7
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I am always right
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2 Corinthians 13:5
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No one will see me
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Proverbs 15:3
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It’s for a good cause
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Romans 3:8
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I don’t see why not
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Acts 5:1-11
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The preacher said so
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Galatians 1:6-9
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Others do worse things
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Matthew 7:5
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God didn’t say not to
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Leviticus 10:1-2
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This is my body
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1 Corinthians 5:16-17
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It isn’t against the law
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Acts 5:26-29
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It hurts no one but me
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1 Corinthians 8:12-13
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Most people think it is okay
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Matthew 7:13-14
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My parents and grandparents did it
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Galatians 6:5
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It doesn’t bother my conscience
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Proverbs 30:20
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We have done it this way for years
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Joshua 5:2-9
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It’s all right if we do it in God’s name
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Matthew 7:22-23
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God doesn’t expect us to be so technical
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1 Thessalonians 5:21
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