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Another one of these threads again...
lilitalienboi16:
--- Quote from: Extol on July 14, 2014, 11:28:24 AM ---Ray said that about Garner Ted Armstrong in his study "Do James and Paul Contradict?" Of course, I've had well over that amount in my heart, so who am I to judge him?
Alex, remember one of your favorite verses: "For a righteous man falls seven times...."
AlsO: "being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:6. We cannot finish what God started in us---it will only happen in His timing, by His mercy.
I don't mean to discourage you, but I'm 30 years old and there's no end in sight for me either...but I know that Jesus Christ will triumph in the end. Our culture strives in vain to hold on to the beauty and vigor of youth---I, for one, am not afraid of getting old and seeing these lusts of the flesh die. 8)
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Dear brother Jesse,
Have i told you I adore you so? I actually thought of that verse after posting this yesterday. It came to mind and it made me want to search out the scriptures more for verses of the same sort. Do you know of any others like it?
You do not discourage me, in fact, it is always encouraging to know that I am not alone even if I know it. Hearing it from another brother means so much more.
God bless,
Alex
lilitalienboi16:
--- Quote from: Arion on July 14, 2014, 03:59:11 PM ---All I can say is your in good company. I see these stupid testosterone ad's for the guys over 50 and they talk up all the benefits. I say they're a bunch of idiots. For one, I'm glad with declining testosterone and it's as God designed it. I think it's his way of taking it easy on the older guys after they went through the struggles of youth. I wish I could say that 'I' conquered this on my own but in truth the drives diminish as you get a little older so there is no room for boasting. There is no way to short cut this it's simply something you have to walk through and for most of us God doesn't miraculously deliver us from this. We simply have to walk it out.
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Thank you Arion. I agree, they are blind to something vast and great. I wouldn't trade any of the blessings that have been bestowed on me for the benefits that come with their ignorance. No thank you! I'm walking it out brother, right behind you!
Dave in Tenn:
Alex, I'm asking you this not to scold or preach. I promise I won't do either one however you answer.
With what you've learned at B-T, what does this mean to you?
"For by grace you are saved, through faith..."
Extol:
I love you too, Alex! 8) Here's another great passage:
Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me. The LORD will accomplish what concerns me; Your lovingkindness, O LORD, is everlasting; Do not forsake the works of Your hands. Psalm 138:7-8.
David was a man of war and wrote often about his enemies. But our battles are spiritual; with passages like this from the Old Testament, I like to think of "enemies" as sins, or the Beast. The wrath of the Beast is great indeed, but the Lord's right hand will save us. He has started a work in us, and He will not forsake the word of His hands.
Kat:
Hi Alex,
I certainly can't help the struggle you're having, probably can't really even understand it. But I thought I could maybe give you a little bit different way of looking at this.
You could say God made humans in 2 distinct segments, man and woman and I think they make up 2 parts of a whole... well mentally speaking. As a man has one way of thinking and women do seem to think somewhat differently. So when you put these 2 different minds together to reason, discuss, consider and come to a decision and you can come to a better answer. Isn't that what marriage should be?
But more to the point of what you were speaking of, there can be just one to be leader and head, to have the final say. God gives the man this position of authority, this place of, well superiority. Now having given the man such a lofty place and with his carnality every reason to be proud and haughty with it... so does God also give the man a counter balance of sorts? Maybe all the testosterone is a driving force giving man a desire for the woman to the point that it overrides his conceit in being over her?
Makes me think it's almost like 'a thorn in the flesh' for the man to humble him...
mercy, peace and love
Kat
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