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No Karma, Just Grace · The Call to Women in Faith Podcast

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  Hello there. I'm going to talk about karma today.
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  Karma is a secular concept that should be shunned by Christians.
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  It is defined as cause and effect, future or immediate consequence to current actions.
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  I see this word hurled around a lot, but I doubt that one realizes that we minimize
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  our Savior's work when we assume that we are bound by karma.
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  Quote, Do not be deceived. God is not mocked.
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  For whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. End quote.
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  Galatians chapter 6 verse 7. Paul's words in Galatians can be lightly translated as karma,
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  but he is talking about seeds you sow in your heart and actions that manifest
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  in the form of sin through flesh.
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  In my mind, Paul is emphasizing Proverbs 4, verse 23.
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  Quote, Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it spring the issues of life.
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  End quote. Proverbs 4, verse 23.
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  If you look at God's love for us, there is no way you would believe that we
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  will be judged the same way Hinduism and Buddhism expect karma to work. Let me illustrate.
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  When my little one was about 12, he rammed his skateboard into his bedroom door
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  when he was practicing skateboarding in his room behind closed doors.
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  He got in a lot of trouble, grounded for a day, no skateboarding in the house
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  anymore, and we did not repair his door until much later.
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  He must have been much older when we actually replaced it. He had to live with
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  a gaping hole in his door.
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  If we had to implement rules of karma, he would have to replace the door.
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  It does not take a rocket scientist to realize that he could not afford it then.
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  The consequences of our sins is death.
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  We do not think that we are better parents than God, do we? He pardoned our
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  sins through goodness of Jesus.
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  Now, we do get disciplined, just like my little one was disciplined.
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  It may seem like a world of hurt as a result of what we did,
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  but it is a fraction of what we deserve.
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  It is not measure for measure.
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  The consequences we face transform us to be who God expects us to be.
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  We are disciplined because we are loved.
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  Dear Jesus, thank you for not imposing karma on us. We would never be able to repay.
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  The evil we commit is far greater than the good we are capable of.
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  Thank you for taking it all on yourself and saving us from eternal doom.
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  May we turn our gaze on you and cherish your love for us forever. Amen.