Wednesday, December 19, 2012

WOD: "Diane" and "The Truth"

WOD:
5x2 Snatch (135, 135, 155, 165, 175) I tried focusing on form rather than a PR so i kept it light for the most part.

then:

"Diane"
21-15-9
Deadlift (225lbs)
Handstand Pushups

I finished "Diane" in 5:37 and my last PR was 8:38

I'm definitely feeling stronger with my handstand pushups as well as my ring dips. Doing these two movement as cashouts pretty often has helped quite a bit! I use cashout for movements you don't see in WOD's very often such as pistols, wallball, handstand pushups, ghd situps, ring dips, ring pushups and muscle ups. It helps get me better at these movements rather than going backwards from lack of doing them. If you don't do cashouts after your workouts I'd highly recommend starting for this reason.


Bible WOD:

Colossians 3:5-10 NIV
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming. You used to walk in these ways, in the life you once lived. But now you must also rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.

I've talked to several people these days who call themselves Christians. My question to you is, what is a Christian? If you have a problem explaining what a Christian is then how can you call yourself one? I see these people who label themselves as Christians going out to bars, cursing with no care, and living their own lives and show no godliness in their lives. I have a problem thinking that this person is truly saved and a Christian. The word Christian is thrown around like its just a label of someone that goes to church. In today's society this is what people believe a Christian is. The sad part is that these people think they will inherit the kingdom of heaven. These people need to understand the real truth because their eternal destiny is at risk. Most people think that just believing in God is enough to get you to heaven because they stop reading at one verse and know only one verse of the Bible. That verse would be John 3:16.

Hell is real and Satan is real! I hate to give some of you bad news but if you have a friend that passed away and they went to church once a month, didn't read the Bible, and had no works to show they were a christian then they probably were not. They are not watching over us, they are not an angel, and they are not resting in peace! They are in eternal damnation, in eternal pain, and in eternal hell because they didn't accept the truth. There is no second chances once you're gone from this life. We get one life to accept God or reject Him. Its our choice to accept Him and live for Him or reject Him and live to pleasure ourselves with sin and live like the world.

Here's the real truth... To be a true Christian you must 1. Believe in the Lord 2. Believe in The Son, Jesus Christ and that he died for our sins on the cross 3. Believe that he was raised from the dead on the third day. 4. Repent (turn away) from your sins. God knows our heart and when we truly believe. We can't just say ok i believe that... we have to believe it in our heart and only God knows when we truly believe.

1 John 2:3-6
We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

We are not saved by our works, we are judged by our works, but our works should reflect a desire to serve God and live for him and not ourselves. The verses above are one of my favorites because as i read this I think that this is what you should see when you see a Christian. It says "put to death therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature". This means we are to stop living like the world! We should always obey God's commandments even though we never will be perfect at it. The difference is we have a desire and strive to keep them. We are always going to struggle in this world because of our corrupt sinful nature, but when we are saved then sin no longer has control over us. We can now choose to sin or not sin. Yes we will screw up but we go to God and say "God, I messed up will you please forgive me." Our sins are already forgiven when we're saved but we still feel the need to ask God to forgive us because he is our Father. It's just like doing something that upsets your earthly father. You want to apologize to restore your fellowship back with him.

If you call yourself a Christian, ask yourself this... "If I were to be arrested for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict me?"

Sorry to be so pointed but you all need to know the truth and I'm not going to candy coat it.

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