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travail in birth
Daniel:
See it the same Rocky, serving others for their benefit and growth in Christ. Wouldn't it be as laying your life, your reputation, your spiritual pride down and serving others in love? Seems, its only when you see yourself being the vainglorying idiot you are :roll: When "your crown" has been cast to the ground you become ashamed of yourself.
Just as the crown pride of the "drunkards" (highminded) of Ephraim. "Sleeping" and not even knowing it. For those who get drunk do so only in the night as they who are "sleeping" do so also in the night. Rejoicing in their boastings and vain glory. Paul spoke on this, the corruptible crown.
What a contrast to the humility and love of God. He who sits at the basin by your feet in humility, washing our feet (the way we walk).
The True King was a servant of all, Him at "their feet". He who "lowered Himself" to elevate them to a "higher way" which manifested itself in "lowliness". To comprehend "that" is truly mindboggling. Makes one feel like the biggest craphead don't it?
Phil 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.[/u]
Phil 2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.[/u]
Great thread, in helping others I find I help my own self because we truly do benefit from the building up of the body through one another. The love and comfort we would feel, even the joy we would have would be flowing I would think. Even thankfulness not only for Gods great gift he has made us partakers of but finally for "one another".
Seems simplicity gets lost, that of the faith and love in Christ both in Him and toward one another. It would be great to be "perfect" wouldn't it? By that, to be "perfected in love". There is no pride in "that kind of perfection" and love cannot fail all the rest does though.
Thanks Rocky, you have some really thought provoking posts. I received much from it, God bless you bro
Daniel
Daniel:
AMEN Chrissie!!! :D
Daniel
rocky:
--- Quote from: Daniel --- Seems, its only when you see yourself being the vainglorying idiot you are :Daniel
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You calling me a vainglorying idiot??? :( :( :D :D :lol: :lol:
chrissiela:
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--- Quote from: Daniel --- Seems, its only when you see yourself being the vainglorying idiot you are :Daniel
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You calling me a vainglorying idiot??? :( :( :D :D :lol: :lol:
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WOW! Daniel. :shock:
That wasn't very nice!!!! [-X
Chrissie :lol: :lol:
Daniel:
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--- Quote from: Daniel --- Seems, its only when you see yourself being the vainglorying idiot you are :Daniel
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You calling me a vainglorying idiot??? :( :( :D :D :lol: :lol:
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WOW! Daniel. :shock:
That wasn't very nice!!!! [-X
Chrissie :lol: :lol:
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NO :shock: I was calling MYSELF the stup vain glorying idiot :lol: I was the one who was stumbling of the Stone of stumbling :lol: Being disobedient unto my Lord by not walking in love and putting into practice those things He asked of me.
I was "in it" for "myself" to prove "my points" rather then simply walking in the truth. I am guilty as charged before the Lord. Why hide something you know is true of yourself? the only one I'd be kidding would be myself. It takes a vain glorying idiot to spot one :roll: :lol:
Just being honest here. Bring that out into the open (expose it to the light). That which was hidden in the darkness (my own heart) because I truly want to walk with my God. That don't come by hiding crap you know is true of you. What a sad shame I wasted all that time. Thinking I was serving Him but serving myself, pride and ego. Makes you keen to not giving into the certain temptations common to us among each other. Even if we might be right, so what? If our approach is all wrong and were not walking in love, wheres the truth in that? I dont want to die "right" I want to die living the truth.
We are such a trip, and often take one right over Him.
Peace
Daniel
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