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You Don't Have to be Good to Come to Christ (83C)
By: John R. Claypool | 7/8/2006

We grow up in Christ step-by-step, and by humbly acknowledging our weaknesses. ***See outline below.

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You Don't Have to be Good to Come to Christ (83C)

Speaker: John R. Claypool

Date: 7/8/2006

References: Acts 5:1-11

Introduction:

Early events in the Books of Acts sound like Paradise revisited: resurrection and Pentecost.
Perfect love had cast out fear.

Perfection is not a prerequisite

Ananias and Sapphira battled internally to do what was right.
Illustration: Elizabeth O'Conner phrase: "the parliament of personhood."
Illustration: Trying to lose weight after Christmas is to battle with many voices within.
Ananias and Sapphira didn't understand that they didn't need to be perfect.
Illustration: John Rogers picks up broken man who says he'll ask Christ to help him once he gets himself together.

We have to admit where we really are

God's redeeming work in step-by-step.
Illustration: Monk who, when asked what monks do, says, "We fall down; we get up."
If we give God the slightest entrance into our lives, that is the beginning of growth.
Illustration: The sailor who could only admit that he was sorry that he was not sorry.

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