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meaning of lost?
jacieleigh:
The only comfort I find right now is knowing that God has me, knows me and loves me anyway. In struggling to understand the "why" of this week and feeling so lost in the sorrow, I have to remind myself of the life lessons learned from Daddy ( Satch) and Grandfather. If a simple little peach matters so much that God would bless us with it, we must matter more to Him than we can even imagine.
JacieLeigh
Redbird:
Dear JacieLeigh,
My prayers are with you. You have been through much sorrow, not unlike many of us here on the forum.
Matthew 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
May Jesus comfort you in this time of need.
Lisa
hillsbororiver:
--- Quote from: hillsbororiver on September 20, 2007, 10:27:11 AM ---
This present life in the flesh is not to be held on to, it is imperfect, corruptible and brief, even in the best case scenario. We are admonished to aspire to life in Christ, in His Spirit, which will be perfect, incorruptible and immortal (after the resurrection).
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--- Quote from: iris on September 20, 2007, 11:08:52 AM ---Hi Joe,
You always give a lot of scripture, but I don't see any scripture on that last paragraph you wrote. Could you put down the scripture as to where you got that from?
Thank you.
Peace and Love
Iris
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Sure Iris,
There are very many throughout the Scriptures here are a few;
Mat 10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Mar 8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
Joh 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Col 3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
Col 3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
The above is what we should be seeking first, below is the fulfilment of the Divine Promise.
1Co 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality.
1Co 15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
1Co 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
At times this life seems long, arduous and painful, even senseless but what is a few years compared to an endless time of peace, tranquility, joy and the real life we are presently being created for? These years in our flesh will be seen as they really are (a vapor) once we receive the full payment on our inheritance that we are promised through Jesus Christ.
Jam 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
His Peace and Wisdom to you Sister,
Joe
Deborah-Leigh:
We know that non are born again. We are taught and shown that non are saved yet. Therefore we are all in the womb of our individual life struggles until such time as we emerge into our resurrected life.
I believe that once we are born again or once we have entered into our resurrected life, we are not yet saved. Only once we are born again and saved then we will be no longer lost. Non of us are born yet except Jesus Christ and some are more lost than others!
In the end all will be one and one will be all. Of course we know now that THE ONE is Christ.
Peace to you
Arcturus :)
javajoe:
Thanks for the replies everyone, very helpful.
I did go back and read some of Ray's teachings, but there is a lot there to grasp.
Come to think of it, it was a silly question, because it was God's plan from the beginning to send Christ, so "rotting in the grave forever" was never a condition in the first place, so I guess I am understanding that to be lost is like the lost sheep, being spiritually separated from God - but the thing about the lost sheep, Jesus went looking and brought the lost sheep back to the fold, didn't even ask for his permission, just grabbed him and swept him off his "hooves". So, there you have it, just like us!! ;)
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