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These things they said to me were of no value to me!
Richard D:
Imabeliever
Thank you for your input into these matters that always plagues me. I realize as I read responses of brothers and sisters with their own concerns of sin and hearing how they deal with sin is of a great comfort to me.
First I receive insight knowing I’m not alone and that others are also going through difficult times as I’m also going through difficult times! I’m wondering if sin and trials are one in the same thing or are they different.
I thinking this is my relationship with Christ. And day by day Christ will take me the distance and I’ll be able to look back and understand why so much grief.
I believed in God all my life but not with His truths but rather with the truth of Christendom which is not truth at all. So I say to you I’m new in the truth and want or have a desire to really understand. Why I do the things I do and how God deals with me.
I do not wish to take anything for granted. It’s why I shout across the board. And you know there is always someone who cares enough to help in anyway they can.
I never had this sort of help in any church or if so I certainly did not pick up on it so maybe I was just deceived.
Thank you once again for your help and support. Your brother in Christ . Richard
Kat:
Hi Richard,
--- Quote ---It’s the little things in me I see that trouble me.
I see my mind as the battle field...
--- End quote ---
I think these things that are troubling you and the battle in your mind is the Spirit at work in chastening you. If you were not concerned because of these sins, then that would be something to worry about. Why do you think you go back and apologize? It is the spirit moving you to do so, that is the chastening to change and overcome.
Heb 12:6 For whom the LORD loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives."
v. 7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?
v. 11 Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Here are a couple of emails that should help.
http://www.forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,1026.0.html
There is no magic bullet that will save you today from all your sins and problems. As you have stated YOU have tried and tried and failed time and again. ONLY GOD can save you from all of your sins. I can teach you the truths of the Scriptures, but overcoming the sins of the flesh is something that only God can do for you. I know the feeling. I have been there; done that. But God is faithful, and if you continue to hate your flesh and your sins and cry out to God, He will hear you. So be encouraged. Many have gone before you and have obtained the victory over sin. We are never totally free from all sin, but we do reach the place where sin no longer has dominion over us, and that is a great feeling. Don't do ANYTHING that gives you a guilty conscience. Don't GO anywhere, don't DO anything, don't SAY anything for which you feel guilty or wouldn't want your wife, children and par ents to see you doing. People condemn me and say all kinds of hateful lies about me on a daily basis. But my conscience is CLEAR before God, and so I don't have to answer to all my hate-filled detractors. Take God with you wherever you go and your whole life will change.
God be with you,
Ray
http://bible-truths.com/email16.htm#think ------
2Cor. 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
II Cor. 10:5 is one of those ALL-ENCOMPASSING Scriptures that cannot be realized by following some magic formula or repeating some prayer, etc. Bringing every thought into the captivity of Jesus Christ requires a LIFETIME of overcoming and living by God's Spiritual Laws. Jesus also told us to "Be ye therefore PERFECT." Again, this is not something that is accomplished by reading the Scripture or following some short-term magical formula. It requires a lifetime of obeying God and living through our many trials and tribulations.
However, I do not wish to let you stranded with an impossible task for your daughter. The Scriptures also say that "As a person THINKS IN HIS HEART, so is he." Therefore THINK ABOUT GOOD AND PLEASANT THINGS. Even dreams "Come from an abundance of business" or whatever we think about most. Therefore, again, THINK ABOUT GOOD AND PLEASANT THINGS.
Notice what Paul himself tells us:
"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, THINK ON THESE THINGS. Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me [Paul], DO; and the GOD OF PEACE SHALL BE WITH YOU." (Phil. 4:8-9).
I'll leave it up to you to put these terms into words your daughter understands.
God be with you,
Ray
Richard D:
Anthony.
Your reply really helps me out. I’ve been going through much these past six weeks since I read Ray’s papers on the lake of fire. It seems I question every little thing about me but have no answers.
It’s a great blessing being apart of this forum that is full of knowledgeable brothers and sisters who come to my aid and assist me in times of trouble, helping me with my understanding which is important to me.
In time I hope to be of mutual benefit to others as I learn more each day. Then surly I would see Jesus working through me for the good of another.
Thank you Anthony as always. Your brother in Christ a lowly servant. Richard.
Douglas Wayne Thomas:
I like the quote, "One is taught in accordance to one's fitness to learn". Resisting sin is like working out, at first it is difficult to lift a portion of your own bodyweight, however with proper training and discipline you get stronger and stronger. Soon you can lift greater percentages of your own bodyweight. Getting closer to God and his will enables us to resist even more sins as we strengthen our relationship with God. As we let go of our "life" and live according to God's will sin is easier to avoid, however like someone posted before, if there was no temptation than Satan is not doing what god created him to do, tempt us to sin.
Richard D:
Douglas
It’s not by the will of man but by the will of God. Have we started out in the spirit only to finish in the flesh? As I give up and stop trying does God takes over and starts doing!
The beast is more cunning than we give him credit for. We must stop doing and start letting God take over. There is no other way. Or we find ourselves fighting against God without realizing it. That is how cunning the beast is.
And yet it’s of God not us. Patience is a virtue. In my house I do not make plans but I wait on the Lord. I’m not capable of clening my house only God can clean my house and what a beautiful thing it is to behold in cleaning action. His burden is lite and His yoke is easy.
In His Love .Richard.
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