> General Discussions
A question for the older men here
G. Driggs:
Hi Alex just wanted to add to all the other great responses. This is something I can relate to cause I've also struggled with this quit a bit.
Negative thinking can really mess you up, so try to think of all the good things God has done for you.
Just gonna make a few comments from your post.
--- Quote from: lilitalienboi16 on September 19, 2012, 11:17:02 AM ---
i'm still struggling like crazy and I feel like it's driving a HUGE WEDGE between me and our Lord.
--- End quote ---
Dont you believe it Alex. :)
Rom 8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
Rom 8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
--- Quote from: lilitalianboi16 --- if i were GOd, i'd be pretty sick of me right about now.
--- End quote ---
Aren't you glad God is not a man? God is very patient with us, so try to be patient with God.
2Pe 3:9 The Lord does not delay His promise, as some understand delay, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.
So while He is patient with you take the opportunity to do the right thing, one day at a time.
2Pe 3:15 Also, regard the patience of our Lord as an opportunity for salvation, just as our dear brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you.
--- Quote from: lilitalienboi16 ---I'm mad at paul for saying HE was the worst sinner because if he met me he might rethink that statement. I Mean paul didn't have to deal with easy access to pornography?! Sure.. he had raging hormones maybe at some point but i feel like it's far worse for me then it was for him -.-
--- End quote ---
Not to belittle your struggles, but I dont think you could hold a candle to Paul sins. And because Paul was truly the worst sinner ever, how much easier is it for God save you?
1Ti 1:16 But I obtained mercy for the reason that in me, as the foremost [of sinners], Jesus Christ might show forth and display all His perfect long-suffering and patience for an example to [encourage] those who would thereafter believe on Him for [the gaining of] eternal life.
Jas 5:7 Therefore, brothers, be patient until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and is patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.
Jas 5:8 You also must be patient. Strengthen your hearts, because the Lord's coming is near.
There's that patience thing again. ;)
Sincerely hope this helps and encourages you, cause your post and everyone else' has done the same for me. Thanks for posting it, that took a lot of guts young bro.
arion:
Paul may indeed be the worst sinner from God's perspective...that I do not know. However, I believe that each and every one of us need to see ourselves as the 'worst sinner' who has ever walked the earth. It is part of the process of our house of sand falling. When I consider the goodness of God towards me, all the opportunities he has given me and how often I have failed him it's hard for me not to see myself as the worst sinner who has ever drawn breath.
I have not physically murdered people like Saul did before his conversion but yet I have murdered them in my heart. I have never committed the sin of physical rape but I have done so in my heart. The new testament requirements so far exceed the old as the heavens are above the earth. Under the law one could get away with all the private sins of the heart as only outward obedience was required. Under the new testament if we even look at a woman to lust after her we've already committed adultery against her in our hearts. So we've participated in our hearts with some of the most foul sins imaginable.
I can't help but to keep thinking about the audio that Ray did in Nashville 2005 called 'guilty of all'. If anyone hasn't listened to it recently or has never listened to it I highly suggest it. It helps us to see ourselves as we really are.
http://bible-truths.com/audio/N05%20Guilty_of_ALL.mp3
wat:
You're not alone brother. I believe I'm about the same age as you.
Maybe this will help a bit. 1 Pet. 5:5-11 (ASV).
--- Quote ---for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time;
7 casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
8 Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour,
9 whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world.
10 And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.
11 To him be the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
--- End quote ---
Perhaps we should stop trying so hard not to sin, we can't do, we'll never be able to do it by ourselves.
--- Quote ---John 15:5 - I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.
--- End quote ---
Let us cease our own works.
--- Quote ---Heb 4:10 - For he that has entered into His rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from His. (KJ21)
Mat. 11:28-30
28 Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
--- End quote ---
lauriellen:
1Co_6:12 All things are lawful to me, but not all things profit. All things are lawful to me, but I will not be ruled by any.
1Co_10:23 All things are lawful to me, but not all things profit. All things are lawful to me, but not all things build up.
"It is not sin, but the religious system that keeps your mind in bondage. Religion will tell you that to take a drink of alcohol or numerous other things are sin. As a new creation being you are free to do anything you want to do and God will not be displeased with you. It doesn’t matter what it is. It’s not going to change God’s mind towards you. It’s not going to change His heart towards you. It’s not going to change your ultimate destiny. You will continue to sow what you reap but that will not stop God."
Also a quote i LOVE....
i don't understand why we should feel ashamed or guilty or dirty for being the way God made and intended us to be.....If God only intended us to feel pleasure above the waist, why so much feeling below?...Its okay to rub your feet and feel pleasure, but not other areas?....feeling pleasure does not always include lust......its like trying to not breath, holding your breath and when you can no longer hold it, giving in and breathing and feeling like a guilty low down dirty dog......i don't think that is what God intended. just my thoughts.
arion:
--- Quote from: lauriellen on September 24, 2012, 04:00:10 PM ---.Its okay to rub your feet and feel pleasure, but not other areas?....feeling pleasure does not always include lust.
--- End quote ---
It's not so much the act itself imo as it is the fantasies and things flooding through the mind that are being given free reign during the process of the act. I have yet to rub my feet and be thinking about fornicating with another man's wife.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version