Reference

PENTECOST 6 - Romans 8:1-11; Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23

Pursuing the life we ought to live as Jesus has demonstrated and taught means having to deal with the knowledge that we don't do it 100%. Perhaps not even 50%. Knowing that this is not held against us by God, and that it doesn't matter what others think, and that even our own self-judgement is subject to God's grace, we can follow Jesus with confidence and without fear.