> General Discussions

A difficult post for me!

<< < (2/4) > >>

Mike T:
"...I was by far the brighest light..."

    8)

I hope you laugh, Richard

Sirach:
Hi Richard,

I wish you could see what happened and still is happening in my life also. Major major changes...wich all make me happy, and praise Jesus.

As for knowledge...i am also in a learning process...wich will hopefully stay this way untill my last breath. I also see so many who know so much more then i do...but hee...they are my brothers and sisters...and they are yours too...so they will help you and me any way they can. You found family Richard...and love goes so much further then knowledge.

Your brother in Christ

Robin

James:

--- Quote from: Beloved on September 12, 2008, 07:44:56 PM ---You are absoulutely right Richard D, and you have diagnosed your own problem :
you have a bad case of retained christitanity.  :o

The false doctrine that you need to let got rid of  is
" I have to do everything and be perfect for God to want me and I can go to heaven "

The true doctrine...you cannot attain righteousness on your own

(Mat 19:17 KJVR)  And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.   Jesus knews that no one can keep the commandments...we are flesh

The first commandment is to keep the Sabbath...spiritually that means to totally rest in God to work a work in you. You are just His servant

As a "worthless" servant rejoice that God has opened your eyes and ears, isn't that marvelous start
[Beloved

--- End quote ---

God's blessings to you Richard as you ponder this marvelous quote from Beloved that touches me as well.  It's God that does the work in us, not OF us, because then we'd think we had something to boast about.  He loves us (you), warts and all.  Sometimes when we're at our "holiest", we can actually be far off path...Jesus came for the sick, and thank God He still comes for/to the sick...we're the ones that need The Physician.  God's blessing, James.

Robin:
Great post Beloved.

It took me years to stop asking how do I do it.
I wanted to please God so much that I wanted to clean myself up. Thank God I failed miserably. When God showed me what a beast I really was I knew the task was impossible for me to accomplish.

The church teaches us to clean up the outside and to have an appearance of righteousness.

Matthew 23:

 25"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

27"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. 28In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

Mark 10:
26The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, "Who then can be saved?"
27Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God."

I thought once that God would change me and I would become a "somebody". I know now that I will not change into an important person on this earth. I will always just be a pot, a vessel that God uses for his purpose.

Romans 9

16So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

21Does not the potter have the right to make out of the same lump of clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for common use?

2 Corinthians 4
 7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

Philippians 2:
 13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

David:
Hi Richard.

If I may, I'd like to just be frank with you on this issue. In fact I'm not much good at being anything other than frank, its the "British" in me...lol.

From what you've said here, and reading between the lines of some of your other recent posts, I'm getting from it that your biggest problem right now is patience and waiting on the Lord. I hope that does not offend, that is not my intent here.
We all study and learn in the time we have available, and at our own pace with the ability to absorb what we are reading that GOD has given us.
Some learn quicker than others, some have more time than others.
I'm blessed in that I have plenty of free time to study due to the nature of my work. I'm not so blessed when it comes to picking up things very fast, I have to read and re read many times before things sink in. That's where God has me and I am content with that. That God has revealed anything at all to me I count as a blessing, and it humbles me greatly that He should choose me.
So I say again brother, be patient, study diligently in the time you have to do so, wait on the Lord, have faith that God will reveal truths to you in the time He has appointed for you.
You have started on a path that is very long and sometimes seems to have ground to a halt, pray for guidance and stay on it. God is faithful.
YBIC
David

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page

[*] Previous page