In the previous post I said something about focusing on a particular sin.
As we grow we will eventually be enlightened that even our good behavior can be apart from God.
Then we repent of not just our weaknesses but even our natural strengths.
That is our living by ourselves apart from Christ.
The former are usually ugly things that we hate that we repent of.
The latter situation is the refined and cultured things in us which replace Christ.
We learn to confess our sins - the ugly ones.
We go on to confess our living by ourselves, not depending on Christ.
This is a bit harder.
It is easy to see "God doesn't want my gluttony."
It is harder to see "God neither wants my natural goodness."
God wants me to live Christ.
He only wants Christ. He wants Christ lived out of us.
God wants Christ to live on the earth again. But this time Christ will live in the Christian and out from the Christian, literally.
"It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me ..." (See Gal. 2:20)
-Removed-Funny how allowing you to live in your ignorance is perceived as being soft.
I had a friend whose family came over here after the war in Viet Nam. His younger brother was getting very fat so the grandmother decided no more American food. After switching back to healthier Vietnamese food he dropped down to a normal weight.