Author	Thread: Can you ever fail if you give God your best?
KiwiMav View Profile History	Can you ever fail if you give God your best? Posted : 6 Jan, 2012 05:50 AM I wonder if the lazy servant in the parable of the talents would have been treated differently if he had of at least tried and come up short but had given it his best. Post Reply
View Profile History	Can you ever fail if you give God your best? Posted : 6 Jan, 2012 07:17 PM Yes. If you mean by human rules, yes, you can fail. But if your goal is to give God your best, your success or failure won't be relevant. Post Reply
View Profile History	Can you ever fail if you give God your best? Posted : 6 Jan, 2012 11:05 PM There are still standards God sets and I think they are all within our ability. It has more to do with the condition of the heart. Post Reply
View Profile History	Can you ever fail if you give God your best? Posted : 6 Jan, 2012 11:12 PM I'm thinking of Cain when I say that. He gave his best, but it wasn't God's standard. On the other end of the spectrum you have the Israelites when they would meet the standard but then run outand let sin consume them. So it's about the heart AND meeting God's standard. Post Reply
View Profile History	Can you ever fail if you give God your best? Posted : 7 Jan, 2012 07:36 AM I would say God deserves no less than our best (it was a requirement for the OT offerings), but even that is like filthy rags. Okay, to save confusion, your best efforts won't save you because they're measured against an absolute standard. In terms of salvation, your best is simply not good enough. Salvation apart, God expects the best from you and will judge you on your own capability (Jesus spoke of this in the parable you refer to and Paul alludes to this in one of his letters about our conscience judging us) on whether you delivered. I would say it's not simply a case of giving the best: this is easy to quantify when you have to pick something from your inventory to give as the Jews in the OT did for sacrifices, but that it should be a sacrifice on your part. David said that he wouldn't give something as an offering to the Lord that had cost him nothing personally. Personally I think David was one of the most Spirit filled characters of the OT, though of course not infallible. Post Reply