Doing the Right Thing
© Copyright 2000 - by Jim Pool
"People often think that it is hard to do the
right thing. -- It is NOT hard to do the right thing, it is hard to know what
the right thing is. Once you know what is right then it is hard to NOT do the right
thing.
A good person is not without sin. --
Admit the sin to begin to expiate the sin.
All your life you do what you feel you need to do
while overlooking that you care about and are responsible for what you do. The
letter of the law (man's law) will often conflict with the Law (God's Law).
To tell the truth proves that you are crazy for
most sane people will deny the truth to avoid responsibility. -- You do those
things that you cannot put aside by God's Law."
Are you prepared to accept the responsibility for
the life you have lived?
From "The Confession", a 1999, made for
cable, movie with Alec Baldwin, Amy Irving, Ben Kingsley, Jay O. Sanders -- available on
DVD.
Main Entry: ex·pi·ate
Pronunciation: 'ek-spE-"At
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -at·ed; -at·ing
Etymology: Latin expiatus, past participle of expiare to atone for, from ex-
+ piare to atone for, appease, from pius faithful, pious
Date: 1594
transitive senses
1 obsolete : to put an end to
2 a : to extinguish the guilt incurred by b : to make amends
for <permission to expiate their offences by their assiduous labours -- Francis
Bacon>
intransitive senses : to make expiation
- ex·pi·a·ble /'ek-spE-&-b&l/ adjective
- ex·pi·a·tor /-spE-"A-t&r/ noun
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