{"id":517,"date":"2019-10-21T17:52:40","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T17:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=517"},"modified":"2019-10-25T18:43:45","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T18:43:45","slug":"the-outcome-of-evil-revelation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=517","title":{"rendered":"The Outcome of Evil :: Revelation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Presented at Curwensville Alliance Church by Pastor Steve Shields on 10\/20\/2019<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Most of us feel like we are overly aware of our shortcomings. And, indeed, self-condemnation is commonplace in the graceless culture in which we find ourselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

But along side of this, the very same people who struggle with being overly critical with themselves often miss the real problems in themselves. It turns out that self-reflection isn’t being done with a well polished mirror, but with a fun-house mirror — giving distorted perspectives of every kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robert Burns noted our failures at self-assessment with the words:
O wad some P’wer the giftie gei us To see oursels as ithers see us.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re struggling with that phrasing, this is what he meant:
O would some Power the gift would give us, to see ourselves as others see us.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’d like to one-up Rabbie and say that the Power has done so. But it’s even better. God, by his Spirit and his word gives us the ability to see ourselves objectively — as he sees us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this, there is a paradox, for he sees those who are in Christ as pure and holy — yet as needing to grow in our walk with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This podcast looks at Revelation 18, sees the End Time Kingdom, Babylon, and looks into our hearts to see if there are elements that need addressed there.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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