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rick:
Hi Jeff,


I understand this sin issue pretty well because I’m a sinner like everyone else. My sins drove me away from God when I was into Christendom, today I realize even though I said I ran from God , I did no such thing.

What I mean is that it was Gods intentions for me to depart the church, He used my sins against me to bring that about. This happen many times to me Jeff, the last time I left the church I never returned.

It was probably a few years after leaving the church I would think of God here and there, especially when things in my life would go sour, oh, did I run right back to God asking Him to get me out of my troubles.

So my relationship with God was just He and I without the church and I lived this way for a while, when I left the church I felt hopelessly condemned in my sins and in time I developed a fear of hell through the Christian broadcasting stations in my area.

God used this fear I had of hell that eventually lead me here to B.t., when I first came here to B.t. I didn’t care about anything Ray had to say except for his belief about hell being a Christian hoax, little did I know what God had in store for me.

This sin issue that we all have, lets talk about it, first I would like to say that you and  me and every person on earth that has ever lived never made and uncaused choice, does that mean everything I did God intended it to be ? That is a good question for each of us to ask ourselves.

What about sin Jeff ? When we sin is it because God intended us to sin ? What does Ray say about such things ?

Ray said God is the cause of all things, Ray also taught us that we were created spiritually weak .
So when I sin I sin voluntarily because I’m attracted to my sins, but we must be honest, it is God who causes all things.

So God send me thousands and thousands of causes that cause me to made a choice, but God does not force me to make any choice I make, its mine to make but God knows what choice I’ll make from the beginning of my life to the end of my life.

God sends causes to me that He’ll know I will make a good choice but He also sends me causes which cause me to make a sinful choice but its me making the choice through a spiritually weak mind.

God has placed causes in everyone’s life that places them in life at any given time right where God wants them to be at that time which is for their own good although we may feel different but its our choice to make that leads us to where we are but God intended us to be right where we are at each moment of our lives. Our sins are horrible and rightfully so but nothing goes to waste with God, He uses our sins to teach us who and what we are and our need for Him.

In this life Jeff, I see some people go through so much and although I know God is no respecter of persons some people seem to suffer much greater than other people do, I personally think those who suffer more than the rest of us will come to love God more than the rest of us with a greater thankfulness.

God bless you my brother in Christ.    :)

Dave in Tenn:
Perfect time to "acknowledge Him", Jeff.

Jeff:

--- Quote from: Dave in Tenn on September 27, 2015, 04:48:28 PM ---Perfect time to "acknowledge Him", Jeff.

--- End quote ---

I acknowledge Him all day, every day.  Still weary... :)

Jeff:
I'm being told to be grateful for the weariness - to imagine what would be if I weren't weary.  God is good.

rick:

--- Quote from: Jeff on September 27, 2015, 05:54:18 PM ---
I'm being told to be grateful for the weariness


--- End quote ---


Hi Jeff,

That is perfect what you just said, the first time I did what you just said something special happen inwardly, it reaching out in faith.

When your thankful for something you don’t want to be thankful for that’s when something spiritual happens.

God says be thankful for all things, so be thankful for all things, its easy to be thankful for the good things isn’t it ? But not so easy to be thankful for the bad things which is a part of causing our growth too !

But I must say its God who causes us to be thankful for all things.

God bless.  ;)

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