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orion77:
Amen to those words, wow, rings with truth! 8)
God bless,
Gary
Harryfeat:
I got a very mixed reaction to this sermon. Seems like a curious mixture of God's will and free will. For instance, How can you will yourself to be God's love slave?
"....Holy Spirit will not allow you to do any such thing, and if you begin it..." ---How can you begin it if the Holy Spirit will not allow it???
I certainly agree with "...So make up your mind that God in His infinite sovereignty, has a right to do as He pleases with His own. He may not explain to you a thousand things which puzzle your reason in His dealings with you..."
The thing that hits home is that we have no real control. We need to accept God's will.
I can only identify with God keeping me poor. The rest I guess is to come if I am called.
feat
Sorin:
I can identify with "keeping me poor" and "others may" I may not. It seems like God is keeping all the good things in life from me, and no matter how hard I try to obtain them I just see others succeed at the exact thing I strive to achieve and yet I can not achieve it no matter what. I really don't see myself as "special" to God or as one who has "The Holy Spirit" or anything like that, so my conclusion is God either hates me, or is punishing me, or both.
josh:
--- Quote from: Harryfeat on July 13, 2006, 10:15:41 PM ---I got a very mixed reaction to this sermon. Seems like a curious mixture of God's will and free will.
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Perhaps this is because as much as we may know EVERYTHING IS CAUSED by GOD, day to day we still feel as though we are making decisions based on our own knowledge and understanding.
I suppose this has something to do with His thoughts and ways being far above ours.
longhorn:
--- Quote from: Sorin on July 14, 2006, 12:22:34 AM ---I can identify with "keeping me poor" and "others may" I may not. It seems like God is keeping all the good things in life from me, and no matter how hard I try to obtain them I just see others succeed at the exact thing I strive to achieve and yet I can not achieve it no matter what. I really don't see myself as "special" to God or as one who has "The Holy Spirit" or anything like that, so my conclusion is God either hates me, or is punishing me, or both.
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Thats how I feel exactly. God must really hate me. I have quit searching, praying, and seeking God, and I have stopped worring about being some "chosen" vessel.
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