The Righteousness of Self
There are many frightful things in today's society. Guns and people with guns. TV shows can be a scary thing for a parent. Commercials alone can be considered soft porn. Driving can be extremely fearful when you consider accidents and road rage. Maybe you have a certain phobia that you struggle with. As a child, the zoo was a scary place for me, even though I LOVED the zoo. I always had that lingering fear in the back of mind, "What if the lion breaks out of its cage?". I was constantly composing an escape route at every animal house, despite the fact I was completely entranced by their existence. As an adult I put those fears away...sort of :) When I discovered the truth of my sin I was no longer deceived by it (my departure from the living God Hebrews 4:13-14). When I took the cup of salvation made by the blood of Christ, I was set free, and the law of the Lord was written upon my heart. It is in this adult stage I've developed a different kind of phobia, the righte