Worthy Brief - 2/24/2020

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Friend, come as you are!

Isaiah 64:6 But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

An artist went searching the streets of New York City for a model to pose for a portrait he wanted to call -- 'The Prodigal'. One day was passing Central Park and saw an impoverished beggar lying on a bench and thought: 'He's perfect! That man would represent the prodigal son beautifully in my painting.' He asked the beggar if he would be willing to sit for his painting and he would gladly pay him for his time. Naturally, the beggar agreed.

On the day and time appointed, a man knocked on the door of the artist's small Brooklyn studio. Excitedly, he answered his door only to find a clean-shaven young man dressed in a suit and tie standing before him. Disappointed, he said, "You must have the wrong door sir, the law office is down the hall". "But you made an appointment with me," the man replied, "No," said the artist, "I don't believe I've ever seen you before. I made an appointment to meet with a beggar here at this hour." "Well," said the man, "I am the beggar." "You?" said the artist, "You're the beggar?" "Yes, he replied. After you left me last week, I found some money and thought I would get a new suit of clothes before you painted me." "Oh," replied the artist, "Well, you're just not right for the job."

The beggar wanted to show himself a masterpiece before the artist -- but the artist wasn't looking for that. He wanted to create the masterpiece himself! Likewise, when we come to God, we must not come in our own garments of self-righteousness. We must come before him transparent, with no inhibitions, or worries, or pride. God has already seen our weaknesses and faults. We're not hiding anything from Him anyway.

Friend, the Master Artist has an appointment with us today. Let's not come disguised as someone else. Let's come as we are so that He can make a priceless masterpiece.

Your family in the Lord with much agape love,

George, Baht Rivka, Elianna & Obadiah
Baltimore, Maryland

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[PeteZahalia]

I would like for George to respond to inquiries on these briefs.

My question to him is, is this brief intended for a Christian or is it intended for the lost?

The reason I ask is because I believe this website would be Christian to a default, but I keep seeing briefs that are not worded like they are for Christians.

The Christian is no longer needing to "Let's come as we are so that He can make a priceless masterpiece."

We have already come just as we were, and Jesus cleanses of all sin for all time, so what is this coming to Him again wording all about.

Is it George's conviction that we can leave Him, then come back?

If the message is for the lost, then it makes sense, but again, I would think this website is for those who are saved.

There should be a correlation to these Old Testament studies to Jesus being what everything in the scriptures foreshadow, but I have yet to see the Grace message of the New Covenant correlated here.