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2 Corinthians 10:5
Pini56:
Hello,
This might be a better FULL rendering for you:
2Co 10:3 For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh
2Co 10:4 For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places;
2Co 10:5 Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;
2Co 10:6 Being ready to give punishment to whatever is against his authority, after you have made it clear that you are completely under his control. (BBE).
Repentance Is The Key as explained above, but remember: "It is the Goodness of God that brings you to Repentance"
If you are finding it hard to understand the 'Scriptures', Believing in a few Fundamental Truths will help you see things in a different Light and thus begin to understand more fully.
Here is an excerpt from Ray that might help you:
1. Almost everything in the entire Bible is SPIRITUALLY discerned.
2. Jesus taught in parables so that his listeners in public would NOT understand a thing He was saying. He had to teach the meaning of these parables to His disciples in private.
3. Once you understand thoroughly a half dozen spiritual TRUTHS, the rest is kinda easy.
4. One will never ever understand the Scriptures with the mind set and carnal mindedness of the Christian tradition. You must understand a few spiritual Truths that are totally rejected in all religions of the world and atheists as well. Here are a few:
• God is totally Sovereign. That is, He is in control of EVERYTHING and ALL THE TIME. Many people actually claim to believe this, but they really really don't.
• The words "everlasting" "evermore," "forever," "for ever AND EVER[?]," and "eternal" are nowhere found even once in any Hebrew or Greek manuscript from which our modern language bibles are translated.
• Man does NOT have a "free" will that can make decisions independent of his Sovereign God.
• Man is mortal, not immortal as Christendom teaches. Therefore, when people die, they are DEAD, not alive in a different geographical location.
• The ONLY hope for believers is that there will be a RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.
There are unscriptural Biblical doctrines that are of no value to Christendom. They teach that dead people go to a place called hell and a place called heaven WHEN THEY ARE DEAD!
• Hell is not the translation of any word in either the Hebrew or Greek Manuscripts.
• Heaven and hades (often translated hell) are not geographical locations.
• God will save all mankind, seeing that He IS THE SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD.
• God is a family and not a trinity.
• We are under a New Covenant, and the old is passing away.
• God is LOVE (no really, He really is, He would never torture most of His creation in fire for all eternity).
Well, there you have it. Understand those few principles and the Bible is a whole new book.
Here is another excerpt from Ray that might help also:
I will give you some of the reasons "why we are here."
1. A great and wise creator GOD PUT US HERE. He started the human family.
2. God is not stupid, He had a grand and eternal purpose in mind for making mankind.
3. God has many attributes, powers, knowledge, etc., that obviously mankind DOES NOT. But, God DOES WANT us to have those same attributes, especially LOVE!
4. Qualities of character such as Love are not instantaneously created, they must be developed. That development takes a creation, circumstances, and time. And so, God creates all these things necessary for their development.
5. Although God is GOOD, He nonetheless has a knowledge and understanding of both good AND EVIL. And so we TOO must come to an understanding of both good and evil. Why? Because ALL KNOWLEDGE hinges on their proper understanding.
People say things without ever realizing how stupid or impossible their thoughts or statements are. Most Christians suppose that if Adam and Eve had not sinned, then we all would STILL, right now, be enjoying the beautiful life of happiness and bliss in a fabulous garden of Eden. NOT SO!!! Adam and Eve did NOT appreciate what they had with God in the garden before they sinned. They had NO CONTRAST to compare it with.
Now here is a key piece of understanding and wisdom. God wants CHILDREN. God is building a FAMILY. Children are to grow up and have the attributes of their parents. But these things must be LEARNED BY EXPERIENCE! Not only didn't Adam and Eve appreciate what they had, they ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT have appreciated what they had, because they experienced ONLY GOOD.
Try to come up with even ONE VIRTUE, such as love, patience, honesty, goodness, faithfulness, loyalty, obedience, bravery, etc., etc., etc., ANYTHING of a virtuous nature, that does not involve the overcoming of SOME FORM OF EVIL! There is you answer! There IS NO VIRTUE, NO CHARACTER, NO STABILITY of any kind in any one, except he overcomes some form of EVIL.
Now can you see why we are here? Now can you see why there is not only good, but so much evil in the world? It is necessary! God did not put it here simply to make us miserable! God is NOT in a battle for supremacy with Satan. God CREATED Satan. God USES Satan. And Satan too, will be saved after he has done all of his dirty work. God will make him repent.
6. God is enlarging His family into BILLIONS of sons and daughters. This life is part of the training ground to be the very SONS OF GOD.
All evil including DEATH itself will be abolished when God has used them to bring His family to a level of love and righteousness that He desires. We will then inherit all that God has and all that God is. God is truly OUR FATHER.
I hope that helps your understanding a little better. Life will not always be miserable and painful as it may seem to you now. This too shall pass.
Geoff.
Extol:
That's one of my favorite Ray e-mails, thanks Geoff. :D
rick:
We human being are so weak, so fragile its a miracle anyone make it. Jesus did say what is impossible for man is possible with God.
We get beat up by this old world and if that's not enough we beat ourselves up too. I guess we are our own worst enemy. Its nice to know in this life there is a place where truth can be found.
Getting saved is impossible for man no doubt but with God it is possible, but very differcult.
I think the lake of fire is much more difficult in this age than it will be in the next age , but that is my opinion and I have my reasons for thinking so.
I know if I were to understand the entire word of God in its entirety I would still have only understood only a fragment of Who God is and try to comprehend His glory , I don't know if that is remotely possible.
I find myself longing for only the conclusion of Gods plan but Im well aware of the hardships the struggles and the pain every human being must endure till the end of Gods plan.
I know the bible says consider it all joy but its a hard thing to do when all there seems to be is painful moments at every turn.
perhaps its where Im at but sometimes I think its better to be dead than to be alive but I know time ends all things from my experiences in life.
God bless everyone.
Jeff:
--- Quote from: Rick on January 10, 2016, 07:07:02 PM ---We human being are so weak, so fragile its a miracle anyone make it. Jesus did say what is impossible for man is possible with God.
We get beat up by this old world and if that's not enough we beat ourselves up too. I guess we are our own worst enemy. Its nice to know in this life there is a place where truth can be found.
Getting saved is impossible for man no doubt but with God it is possible, but very differcult.
I think the lake of fire is much more difficult in this age than it will be in the next age , but that is my opinion and I have my reasons for thinking so.
I know if I were to understand the entire word of God in its entirety I would still have only understood only a fragment of Who God is and try to comprehend His glory , I don't know if that is remotely possible.
I find myself longing for only the conclusion of Gods plan but Im well aware of the hardships the struggles and the pain every human being must endure till the end of Gods plan.
I know the bible says consider it all joy but its a hard thing to do when all there seems to be is painful moments at every turn.
perhaps its where Im at but sometimes I think its better to be dead than to be alive but I know time ends all things from my experiences in life.
God bless everyone.
--- End quote ---
Its ironic (or not) that I found your post right now. I was just thinking "God, we struggle so much and still far less than most. Our only hope is that it's real - what we believe - and long for your conclusion to this age. It's the only thing we have to hold on to. We face each day's trials and our faith is tested, our hope wavers, and rallies, and we thank you for that, but please don't let the world's suffering be for nothing. Your pain is greater than ours as you suffer with us. Please hurry."
This seems to be my daily prayer, and the fact is that our physical comfort is a blessing compared to what a large part of the world is living with every day, and I feel guilt, but wonder if our suffering is just different - emotional and mentally oriented. When people suffer physical trials it's base - survival of the body. In that circumstance the emotional aspect is irrelevant. These people need basic sustenance. We have physical comfort but our thoughts are torment. I just keep praying that tomorrow God returns for us - ALL.
indianabob:
Well stated Jeff,
My thoughts follow along a similar line.
When the uncalled are being judged in the future they will have loving assistance from the "lake of fire" to encourage them in their efforts as much as to burden them with confessions and repentance.
Having access to a "forum" of like believers will be in a much different context.
I- Bob
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