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Keef

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#21
This is he honest truth, i have seen people be rejected several times before accepted. God has a plan for you!
I have been rejected repeatedly over the course of several years.
 

Yeraza_Bats

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Youre putting way too much on earthly things, and even though this is one that God /allows/, it is still an earthly desire, and you should avoid putting all your focus on it. Christ did not have a girlfriend. His apostles did not have girlfriends. Many people go without girlfriends daily. It is entirely possible that God may never give you one. Or He may just have different things for you to do now. But it sorta sounds like youre angry that God wont give you something that you dont really even need. Thats really bad. Let go of your desires. We are told that what we tie ourselves to in life, we tie ourselves to in death. Love between two people /does/ die when they do, marriage does end. So tie yourself to God, and not earthly things.

Id say chill out, man :p Many of us do not have partners. You can go without, and even if its really causing you suffering, God tells us that He blesses those who endure in His name. He knows what you need, and tells us He does not answer requests made for self gain. You are better off focusing on God than happiness in this life by /far/. Keep in mind /maaany/ Christians in our world dont even get to have a home, daily food, or even peace and comfort. Remember whats important, God. Not earthly desires :3
 
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Keef

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#23
Time spent waiting on God is not time wasted.

Haste to marry and you may spend the rest of your life regretting what you did. It has been well said that youth is wasted on the young. Maturity especially the maturity required for marriage is not easily or readily attained especially if one is in a hurry.



Read some of the threads in the Family forum and consider carefully what you are seeking.

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Roger
I would not care if I spent the rest of my life regretting getting married. Marriage is for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer.
 

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Jesus is important, and he is above all my other relationships, but he is becoming the only thing in my life, and that's not okay...
not okay? He is the only thing in my life and I am overjoyed. I see everything as garbage compared to him I adore him and long to be with him. i am so in love with him i cant stand it boy I would give up everything just to hold him in my arms just to have one day with him. Let me tell u I have been single for years ever since I was ten or at least until recently i got a girl so trust me 14 years makes five years easy
 

ISeeYou

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I would not be praying for this if it weren't a serious issue, and I really hope that Jesus feels the same way.
He who finds a wife finds a good thing, its just not all its cracked up to be, and Paul speaks of those who marry will have trouble in the flesh, but the disciples even said it not good to marry (not all can accept that saying ofcourse) but to those to whom it has been given. Not that any should forbid it, or even sin in marrying that wouldnt be a factor here one but should really consider it carefully.

Obviously the world divorce rate seems to contradict the big dream.

1Cr 7:1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.

1Cr 7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.

If married it says,

Mat 19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery:and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

Mat 19:10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry.

Mat 19:11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

1Cr 1:7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

1Cr 7:32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:


 
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Keef

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#26
Youre putting way too much on earthly things, and even though this is one that God /allows/, it is still an earthly desire, and you should avoid putting all your focus on it. Christ did not have a girlfriend. His apostles did not have girlfriends. Many people go without girlfriends daily. It is entirely possible that God may never give you one. Or He may just have different things for you to do now. But it sorta sounds like youre angry that God wont give you something that you dont really even need. Thats really bad. Let go of your desires. We are told that what we tie ourselves to in life, we tie ourselves to in death. Love between two people /does/ die when they do, marriage does end. So tie yourself to God, and not earthly things.

Id say chill out, man :p Many of us do not have partners. You can go without, and even if its really causing you suffering, God tells us that He blesses those who endure in His name. He knows what you need, and tells us He does not answer requests made for self gain. You are better off focusing on God than happiness in this life by /far/. Keep in mind /maaany/ Christians in our world dont even get to have a home, daily food, or even peace and comfort. Remember whats important, God. Not earthly desires :3
Should I be forced to be single because Christ did not have a girlfriend and I'm a Christian?
 

Yeraza_Bats

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Does God not tell us His grace is enough for us?
 
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Keef

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I want to ask everyone in this thread one question: am I wrong?
 

Blain

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I want to ask everyone in this thread one question: am I wrong?
Not wrong just impatient. its natural to want a mate it just has to be in Gods time not ours
 
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Keef

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#32
I see tons of Christians who are happily married, yet when it comes to me I am now suddenly some kind of bond servant to Christ. When it comes to me there seems to be a different set of rules, and marriage is some kind of desire of the flesh that I should totally stay away from at all costs.
 

Yeraza_Bats

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I want to ask everyone in this thread one question: am I wrong?
I dont think its so much wrong to want a wife, God does allow us to marry. But when you say that you keep asking for one and are getting angry that you arent getting one, that worries me. Just let God be your everything. Let God be your best friend, your all and everything, the reason you wake up everyday, your one true love. And when you do find a girlfriend, make sure shes doing this exact same thing :p

But know that God loves you so much that He gave His only begotten son, so that you can be saved. He did not promise us a great earthly life, but He did promise us that as long as we submit, and follow Him He will lead us to eternal life, a life where you will never have desires again :3
 
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Keef

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This same God who brings blessings and honor to people has also been known to bring disaster on his servants for seemingly no reason.
 

Hizikyah

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I have been single for over five years now. I have been praying over and over for a girlfriend, but Jesus has been keeping me single. I have talked to hundreds and hundreds of women, I've tried online dating, and I exercised and ate so healthy that I almost became a model, but no one even cared. I came to realize that we are not in control; we can plan our footsteps but the Lord establishes them. I am very thankful for everything that I do have in my life, but I have this one thing against Jesus. I feel totally helpless, and I'm extremely bitter, but I know that there is nothing I can do to fight back, and there is nothing I can do to help myself (as you can see from my story.)

I don't know what the point of this thread is, but I didn't want this to go unheard. Pray for me I guess.
IMO the Most High is not going to give us things/people in our lives unless it is/they are perfect for us, and we never know when or if that will happen. My outlook for myself is try to focus on Him and His will and everything that is right for me will be added. His will be done, whatever His will is.
 

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I see tons of Christians who are happily married, yet when it comes to me I am now suddenly some kind of bond servant to Christ. When it comes to me there seems to be a different set of rules, and marriage is some kind of desire of the flesh that I should totally stay away from at all costs.
I never knew you before this thread, but my advice (per the scripture) would be the same to any single person, its not a thing which comes to you the rules change.

And the verses of scripture did not indicate to stay away from married at all costs either.

Welp, good luck finding a woman
 

Hizikyah

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This same God who brings blessings and honor to people has also been known to bring disaster on his servants for seemingly no reason.
There is a reason, His path is narrow according to the Messiah, we need to eliminate the outside static so we may hear His voice and guidance, I need to eliminate the static for sure. I think at times we think we are on the path and we are not, but He will use it all for His will and purpose, to teach and guide us.
 
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Keef

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Are you wrong to want a woman?
Despite everything I have done to try and find a relationship, no one has been attracted to me for years now. God has the power to do anything, including hardening the hearts of others, but why would he? Am I wrong for fighting Jesus over this matter?
 

Yeraza_Bats

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This same God who brings blessings and honor to people has also been known to bring disaster on his servants for seemingly no reason.
Did Christ not go through great suffering for you? We are told by God Himself that He will in fact put you through suffering, all for the sake of bringing us closer to Him. He tells us that Christians will be captured and killed, and He tells us when it happens, to let it happen with faith in Him.

Think about it. There are Christians being put to death today merely for having faith in Christ. Do you think being unmarried equals that? This life ends, it is but a vapor. It is meaningless, the bible even tells you that. Put all your lifes focus on loving God. It will lead you to far better things than anything this earth has to offer.