Thursday, July 11: “Misrepresented Responsibility”

Romans 9: 20: “Who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, ‘Why did You make me like this,’ will it?”

It is all too easy to blame God for the way we think He made us, when we are the ones who allowed sin to mar His image within humanity. Then we ignore all the provisions He gives us which are designed to restore us in Him (Romans 5: 3-5; 2 Peter 1: 5-7, et. al.) It all stems from a refusal to see and accept the greatness, perfection, and love of God, which leads us to …