Confession, Confession, the Art of the Testimony
So we come full circle to the name of the book and the reason's for which it is written. Confessions are a way to hold oneself accountable and to teach others what to avoid in life by your own experience. Book X.4-6 Augustine very beautifully explains confession as "confessing not what I was but what I am now." God transformed this sinful man into one of the most studied believers in history. By explaining (confessing) the life he once had, Augustine shows the saving, changing power of God.
The one thing that truly sparks me into thought is his description of a Christian brother as someone who rejoices with a brother in the things that are good, grieves in the bad, bit does all of that in the love God has placed in the Christian heart. This is a way of life I think many "Christians" have forgotten. Can we please start loving our brothers and sisters as God does once more?
P.S. I will be commenting on Eliza and Abbigayle's posts
The one thing that truly sparks me into thought is his description of a Christian brother as someone who rejoices with a brother in the things that are good, grieves in the bad, bit does all of that in the love God has placed in the Christian heart. This is a way of life I think many "Christians" have forgotten. Can we please start loving our brothers and sisters as God does once more?
P.S. I will be commenting on Eliza and Abbigayle's posts
I agree with what you said about many "Christians" have forgotten this. We go to church and put on a face that says we are fine and that nothing is wrong. We forget that we need to be celebrating when others are happy and not envying them We also forget to help when the hard times come and not condemn.
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