“As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed” (Romans 9:33).
If I believe in Jesus, no shame.
If I live for Jesus, no shame.
If I build my life on Jesus, no shame.
If I am faithful to Jesus to the end, no shame.
Yes!
“For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit” (Romans 8:5).
So what I am bent toward will be what I focus on. That makes sense.
Or to say it “backwards” — what I focus on reveals what I am bent toward.
Either way, it makes me uncomfortable.
How much of my focus exposes a bent toward Mark Roth? Too much, I suppose.
May God bend me more toward Himself.
Here’s the verse again “in Spanish”:
“For those that are of the flesh think on the things of the flesh; but those who are of the Spirit, on the things of the Spirit.”