[Teachldsseminary] TEACH:: The Story "The Room"

[Marji]

I actually think the story teaches false doctrine.  For this reason:  I do
not believe Christ views us as a collection of all our faults and failings
along the path of life.  I believe, oh so much better than we can, that he
sees us as a collection of our potentials and possibilities.

I believe, at least for the faithful, that there is no scenario such as this
"But then as I pushed away the tears, I saw Him. No, please not Him. Not
here. Oh, anyone but Jesus.  I watched helplessly as He began to open the
files and read the cards. I couldn't bear to watch His response. And in the
moments I could bring myself to look at His face, I saw a sorrow deeper than
my own. He seemed to intuitively go to the worst boxes."

We don't bring sorrow to the Lord.  We bring him joy, the joy of the
redeemed and the faithful.  Even now, in our present, still to be fully
sanctified state, we are his children, the children of the covenant.

I could go on but I won't belabor the point on list.  The majesty of the
simple phrase "I am a child of God" is not truly understood, probably, by
any of us.

As someone said (Maxwell, I think), "We are spiritual beings having a mortal
experience, not mortal beings having a spiritual experience".

Marji