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Surely you know me well enough by now to know that it was never my strength that mattered to me. No the strength I speak of has nothing to do with me or my effort and isn't what others might consider strength, the strength I speak of is only known when one look to Jesus, look at him and I see how strong his love is I see how he stands for poor and for weak I see how far he is willing to go to save just one lost child this is the strength I speak of. as for my conditions i made it isn't as it appears there is more than meets the eye.
in prayers in my speaking to others and even in my speaking on cc he will speak through me sometimes to others and sometimes his words are meant for me. In these conditions I spoke of while it would appear I was making demands for god it was in this time that he was instead speaking to my heart the reasons why we would seek such strength. If you notice the conditions I made aren't from the human heart and I never had such desires before this was spoken, however at the time i didn't realize that it was God speaking to me through me as I had yet to learn his voice and I didn't trust myself to keep and uphold these conditions and even to this day i don't trust my heart to do it so I handed it over him because I trust him I gave him the power and authority to make sure these conditions would always be met and upheld and he has more than kept his promise to ensure them.
And also when I speak of fighting the enemy I don't see him with my physical eyes I see him with a different pair of eyes, this isn't a battle of physical blades and armor it's a battle of the unseen and yet more profound and more powerful than that of a physical battle, in fact everyday we are in battle and most don't ever realize it. when I speak of how our words and actions cause a ripple effect and affect the lives and hearts of others and when I say that both God and satan are very active on these forums and how we are the tools and the pawns in this chess game especially in all these heated debates we have I wasn't just giving advice.
Again I ask everyone to search their hearts and to ask themselves what their blade is for and likewise what is their armor for?
in prayers in my speaking to others and even in my speaking on cc he will speak through me sometimes to others and sometimes his words are meant for me. In these conditions I spoke of while it would appear I was making demands for god it was in this time that he was instead speaking to my heart the reasons why we would seek such strength. If you notice the conditions I made aren't from the human heart and I never had such desires before this was spoken, however at the time i didn't realize that it was God speaking to me through me as I had yet to learn his voice and I didn't trust myself to keep and uphold these conditions and even to this day i don't trust my heart to do it so I handed it over him because I trust him I gave him the power and authority to make sure these conditions would always be met and upheld and he has more than kept his promise to ensure them.
And also when I speak of fighting the enemy I don't see him with my physical eyes I see him with a different pair of eyes, this isn't a battle of physical blades and armor it's a battle of the unseen and yet more profound and more powerful than that of a physical battle, in fact everyday we are in battle and most don't ever realize it. when I speak of how our words and actions cause a ripple effect and affect the lives and hearts of others and when I say that both God and satan are very active on these forums and how we are the tools and the pawns in this chess game especially in all these heated debates we have I wasn't just giving advice.
Again I ask everyone to search their hearts and to ask themselves what their blade is for and likewise what is their armor for?
I'm asking what are you fighting, especially given it's not visual. Name the darts coming at you. Name what you're cutting with the sword. You speak of a battle on here, but most of the time, on here, all I see is a way to hone the sword. Discussions about pre-, post, and a- are merely honing stones. "What is the gospel" and "Are you a Christian," are nothing more than wiping the sword after sharpening. They neither bring more truth nor send truth packing, because that stuff is fluff. A smoke screen at worst. (A way to try to condemn people that can't be condemned because this armor is Jesus, who does protect us.)
But there are fights worth having on here on occasion to protect the naive/babes in Christ/targets of false gospels.
BUT we don't live here. Sooner or later, we put down our keyboard/smartphone/tablet to face the life around us. And then we are facing bigger monsters. Ones that take the fight to a more personal level. Ones where the thickness of the armor matters and the sharpness of the sword matters more. What are they? How are you doing with them?
Or is the armor merely something we use to protect ourselves and everything else matters so little it doesn't phase us? Because, so far I'm getting philosophical metaphors and I'm really asking what do people do with the armor.