{"id":2208,"date":"2011-06-08T06:00:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T12:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/?p=2208"},"modified":"2011-06-08T06:00:18","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T12:00:18","slug":"weiners-lies-chief-sinners-gods-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fromlaw2grace.com\/?p=2208","title":{"rendered":"Weiner’s Lies, Chief Sinners & God’s Grace!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liar, Liar Pants on Fire!<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While no one knows exactly where this phrase — always popular with the school-aged children (or those who act like school-aged children) — originated, if there ever was a poster-boy for the truth that this phrase expounds, it’s none other than New York Congressman Anthony Weiner.\u00a0 And, even though Mr. Weiner thinks that his Monday press conference extinguished the flames, it is becoming more apparent that the lies, half-truths, and equivocations are still coming.<\/a><\/p>\n

For purposes of full disclosure, I must say that I have always thought that Rep. Weiner was one of the most irritatingly obnoxious people to ever serve in the halls of Congress.\u00a0 Never one to shy away from the camera, we now know that his affection for being in pictures has multiple meanings.\u00a0 To say that Anthony Weiner represented all that I think is wrong with the Washington establishment (including both Democrats and Republicans) is an understatement.<\/p>\n

Did I\u00a0believe that\u00a0Congressman Weiner\u00a0was\u00a0lying from the moment that he tried to spin a ridiculous story about his Twitter account being hacked?\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 The more he talked, the bigger hole he kept digging for himself.\u00a0 That no prominent Republicans initially commented on\u00a0the scandal\u00a0proves the old adage, “give a man enough rope, and he will hang himself.”<\/em><\/p>\n

With yesterday’s bizarrely\u00a0mesmerizing press conference (I couldn’t stop watching), one of the most powerful men in Congress was forced to admit that he had been lying all along about the Twit Pic that started this whole sordid affair.\u00a0 As I watched a man, clearly on the defensive, try to answer questions about his online activities with at least six women, it became apparent that Congressman Weiner was uncomfortable with the grilling that he was undergoing.\u00a0 But, one must remember that this grilling by the press, many of whom Weiner had looked in the eye and lied to for a week, is of his own making.\u00a0 If he did not say one truthful thing on Monday, Rep. Weiner at least did not lie when he said that he alone was responsible for his actions.<\/p>\n

As I watched the press conference, I wanted to be angry at Rep. Weiner, but I found myself strangely sad.\u00a0 There are no excuses for what he did, but Congressman Weiner came across as a truly pathetic individual.\u00a0 With someone who had so much, he chose to throw it all away.\u00a0 He may not have resigned his office, but I do not believe that Rep. Weiner will be able to\u00a0withstand the\u00a0increasing calls for him\u00a0to step down, particularly if it is proven that he used any resources of his\u00a0Congressional office after he said that he had not (technically, he said he\u00a0did not believe he had).<\/p>\n

It would be\u00a0easy to ridicule Anthony Weiner for his stupid mistakes and lapses in judgment.\u00a0 Some people\u00a0would become \u00fcber righteous and rail against Weiner for his sinful actions.\u00a0 If I were still in law, I would be right there with them.\u00a0 And, even though I am in grace, I find myself often tempted — depending on who is on the receiving end — to be more about law than grace.\u00a0 Of course, we should not sin so that\u00a0grace may abound nor should we try to excuse such obvious sin as Weiner has admitted, but when we do sin, we have grace — God’s\u00a0unmerited favor\u00a0— that is greater\u00a0than all our sins.<\/p>\n

With the publicly spectacular fall of Anthony Weiner, we may become tempted to\u00a0highlight Congressman Weiner’s sins while diminishing our own.\u00a0 We may even be tempted to think that someone like Anthony Weiner does not\u00a0deserve God’s grace.\u00a0 But,\u00a0the Weiner\u00a0scandal can remind us that we are all sinners and that none of us\u00a0deserve God’s grace.\u00a0 The Apostle Paul thought that he was the chief of sinners.\u00a0 It would do us all well to remember that each of us should consider ourselves the chief sinner.\u00a0 That doesn’t sound like good news.\u00a0 If that was the end of the story, it would not be.<\/p>\n

But, the Good News is that sinners like me and you and Anthony Weiner have a gracious and loving God who was willing to send\u00a0His one and only Son, Jesus Christ,\u00a0to die on the cross\u00a0for sinners.\u00a0 He took our place, for our sins.\u00a0 On the glorious cross, our sins — past, present, and\u00a0future — were washed away.\u00a0 Through faith in Jesus Christ and Christ alone, anyone can have their sins forgiven.\u00a0 That’s why God’s grace is so amazing!\u00a0 If God’s grace can save an undeserving\u00a0wretch like me, it can save an un-deserving\u00a0wretch like Anthony Weiner.\u00a0 Don’t forget, it can save an un-deserving\u00a0wretch like you!\u00a0 And, if you think that you deserve God’s grace and the Anthony Weiners of the world do not, then you really don’t understand what grace is all about in the first\u00a0place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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