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lilitalienboi16:
--- Quote from: Extol on December 29, 2015, 01:44:11 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dennis Vogel on December 28, 2015, 07:37:59 AM ---Years ago I realized I can get over most, if not all physical sins sooner or later. But getting over vanity/ego is very difficult.
Someone has one belief and another person a different belief. When mixed ego's can cause strife which destroys the peace on this forum.
Jas 3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
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I've long thought that lust would be the hardest sin for me to overcome; but more recently I've been thinking pride (vanity/ego) will be more difficult still. Lust is pretty straightforward; pride is more subtle. There have been times when I've thought "I'm doing pretty good right now. I'm not lusting, I'm not angry, things are going well..." and all the while my thoughts were full of vanity. Lust comes and goes (though being young, it usually is coming rather than going); but the ego is always there, just itching to take over my thoughts and tell me why I'm better and smarter than everyone else.
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I can definitely relate Jesse! Haha. It is kind of scary how subtle ego and pride can be!
DEJI:
I second that Alex. I have been doing a lot of self examination lately and have realized how helpless I am. it's very comforting to know that God will save us all from pride, lust and vanity.
Porter:
The thought of pride and vanity as one of my sins has been on my mind lately as well. But I couldn't completely comprehend it or see it which is weird thinking back on it now. Saw this thread the other day and it was like a light bulb went off in my head. So couldn't agree more that pride, lust and vanity are gonna be tough ones, but thankfully not impossible.
Good stuff guys.......
indianabob:
Friend Porter,
25 When the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, "Then who can be saved?" 26 And looking at them Jesus said to them, "With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
Extol:
--- Quote from: indianabob on December 31, 2015, 01:28:33 AM ---Friend Porter,
25 When the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, "Then who can be saved?" 26 And looking at them Jesus said to them, "With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
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I love that this famous verse is talking about getting saved. Most of the time I heard this quoted when I was in church, it would be about relatively small things--a friend saying "with God all things are possible" because he had an exam coming up, for instance.
Not that that's wrong to think that way, even about little things, but I never understood then that this was talking about salvation.
It's also interesting to note the disciples were astonished at how difficult it seemed to get saved...just like Ray said, it's a lot harder than saying an 11-second prayer.
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