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Vangie:

--- Quote from: mharrell08 on March 11, 2009, 11:07:42 AM ---
Everything about being called, chosen, and faithful takes a lifetime...picking up our cross, baptized into His death, coming out of Babylon, etc take one's complete lifetime. These things are not simply accomplished by reciting a few scriptures, logging onto a forum, leaving a church building, or anything of those simple, outward things. These things happen IN US over our entire lifetime, in this age.

Learning to not worship the beast when it was as natural to do as breathing takes a lifetime.

Why do we console a member who is fighting his smoking addiction and say:'it takes time...the Lord will have you quit on His time' but on the other hand, we treat coming out of Babylon and not worshiping the Beast as simple as walking out of a church door. Or partaking of spiritual meat, or His grace working in us...these things take a lifetime. They are not as simple as 1, 2, 3.

Please excuse me First Fruit as these last few comments were not directly primarily at you, per se, more for all our members. I just don't want us to become complacent and get our guards down...it is a daily war with the flesh and we, any of us, could be 'castaway' [1 Cor 9:27] by assuming it's a 'done deal'.

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Marques,
Amen to that.  Thanks for clarifying and reminding us, for we all need make sure we don't become complacent and think "overcoming" is something we've already accomplished.

Love in Christ,
Vangie

Marky Mark:
Marques,

  Thanks for the reminder that, indeed, we are all in battle against the flesh but also against our biggest adversary,the serpent.


Peace...Mark

Marlene:
Amen Marques, I ask God daily to show me in what area the Beast needs to be overcome. The Beast is always ready to raise up, we never want to get so use to it that we do not see it. That would for sure put us in the position of the castaway. Nice, to have forum members who remind us to watch and be careful. We better not fall to sleep and think  we have it made. My physical Father always told me it is a hard walk till the day we die. I just, think Ray's article on How Hard Is It To Get Saved is one we should read often. I was just telling my Mother it is more then a 15 second prayer.

In His Love,
Marlene

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