Originally Posted by
dcontroversal
Be in the world, but not of the world.....EVEN Paul who wrote almost half of the N.T. had difficulties with doing what he should and not dong the things he should not do...
JOHN 17:15
1. The least of the apostles to
1st Corinthians 15:9
2. The least of the saints to
Ephesians 3:8
3. The number one chief sinner
1st Timothy 1:15
To enjoy the fruits of our labor is from the hand of God<--Solomon said this....
Ecclesiastes 3:13
You can live a normal life, have successes and failures,
give up the worldliness and still be in the world serving God...
Just know that you are not alone in these difficulties as your brothers and sisters in Christ are gong through the same things...maybe different levels
1st Peter 5:9
If you are going to mouth me and one of my posts as being unbiblical I suggest you study more and open your eyes to the reasoning behind the post. Everything I said was based upon biblical principles! The whole point is to put God first and that EVEN PAUL had a difficulty with doing what he needed to do and that everybody has difficulty with something...YOURS is MOUTHING before you have ALL of the FACTS!
There goes the big font. I must have posted in Greek in post #26 because you couldn't have understood it and that I didn't deny your list of 3 statements made by Paul - but merely expanded on how the Apostle made other statements also that went further in how he described himself.
No, I think you just didn't even bother to read it, but instantly got offended and went into the defensive mode and reacted.
No use in asking that you read it again.
Except I'd like to clarify a main point - Paul did Not have "difficulty doing what he needed to do". Not at all!
I don't know why you had problems with that post but I'm not interested in defending myself but I will defend an absolutely incredible man that was found without fault and nothing that you interpret as his "problem" Was his problem but your misinterpretation of Romans 7.
Rom 13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Rom 13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Rom 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Rom 13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Rom 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Rom 13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
Rom 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Rom_14:13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather,
that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
Eph 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
Eph 6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
Eph 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
Eph 6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
Eph 6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
Eph 6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
Eph 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Eph 6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Eph 6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
Eph 6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Last time I defended Paul was regarding him going to Jerusalem and those who thought he was 'out of the spirit' by going - when if one read the whole of Acts they'd see that it was ordained by God.
2 Timothy was Paul's last letter from his house arrest in Rome where he was used mightily despite being warned that he'd be "bound" in Jerusalem --- it was obvious that he obeyed God by all that happened with Paul in Jersusalem [Act 23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.] and on that ship on his way to Rome [Act 27:22-26 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.]
And he stood before "kings" [Caesars] as Jesus told His disciples that they would.
And remember all that he had gone through even before he left for Jerusalem and Rome -
2Co 11:22-28 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
Yes Sir. Paul could confidently say - "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ" and no one can find a fault in him, unless they misinterpret the clear Word.
