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The holy spirit would not convict us if it is not with us i feel more convicted now for saying this but convicted in a loving sence..
That the holy spirits conviction is not just about sinning... its also about perfection... meaning a warm loving heart that seeks to see Good in people AND NOT THERE PAST SINS ETC..
That the holy spirits conviction is not just about sinning... its also about perfection... meaning a warm loving heart that seeks to see Good in people AND NOT THERE PAST SINS ETC..
I wasn't a new beleiver when this started.
It started when I suffered a severe knee injury wrecked my potential professional football career.
For fun side of football I played on a Sunday morning and went to church in the evening.
I was laying in a hospital bed and the surgeon told me that my knee wasn't strong enough for this career.
I was gutted.
About an hour after that a Christian came to visit me. I told them what the surgeon said.
Thier response was "God did this to you because you play football on a Sunday morning"
That was part of the process of my downward spiral. Other things contributed to it as well>
I backslid (never lost my faith in Jesus, I was just a shattered person full of guilt) and of course backslidden Christians don't behave like they should do, yet can still hate what they do and call out for help. Like I did every night for 15 years.
Woke up every day at the same time 2:AM in the morning with guilt and fear. Got to the stage where I asked God kill me. Then I would no where I was going. Heaven or hell.
As shocking as that sounds my comfort was that God would look after my wife and 4 kids but that was my comfort.
Condemnation is a bitter pill, and if swallowed it wrecks a person.
There is love in condemnation, it's a breeding ground for fear.
I would encourage us all to not condemn a fellow believer. Just like I felt sat in that hospital bed with the Christian who visited me. His visit to me wasn't with compassion but with condemnation and I believed that lie.
There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus.
Thats the truth and anything different is a lie.
It started when I suffered a severe knee injury wrecked my potential professional football career.
For fun side of football I played on a Sunday morning and went to church in the evening.
I was laying in a hospital bed and the surgeon told me that my knee wasn't strong enough for this career.
I was gutted.
About an hour after that a Christian came to visit me. I told them what the surgeon said.
Thier response was "God did this to you because you play football on a Sunday morning"
That was part of the process of my downward spiral. Other things contributed to it as well>
I backslid (never lost my faith in Jesus, I was just a shattered person full of guilt) and of course backslidden Christians don't behave like they should do, yet can still hate what they do and call out for help. Like I did every night for 15 years.
Woke up every day at the same time 2:AM in the morning with guilt and fear. Got to the stage where I asked God kill me. Then I would no where I was going. Heaven or hell.
As shocking as that sounds my comfort was that God would look after my wife and 4 kids but that was my comfort.
Condemnation is a bitter pill, and if swallowed it wrecks a person.
There is love in condemnation, it's a breeding ground for fear.
I would encourage us all to not condemn a fellow believer. Just like I felt sat in that hospital bed with the Christian who visited me. His visit to me wasn't with compassion but with condemnation and I believed that lie.
There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus.
Thats the truth and anything different is a lie.
