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Yes, and that battle has already been won. Not by me, not by you, our lives aren't worth that. Only Jesus! For that I am thankful, my repentance is demonstrated by my faith that it was real. Not by a constant state of being repentant. That would just paralyze me.
I am moving forward with God in His Glory, by His grace. My focus is on Him, not on repeating a cycle and going back to the battle that is finished. I am in a state of constant thankfulness to Him. I live out of the abundance of what He has already given me, which is everything I need for life and godliness. Satan has done a work on believers by paralyzing them with this constant fear of sin. (Usually other peoples sin). Your relationship with God can only truly grow when you move on and stop believing that God holds your sin against you.
I am moving forward with God in His Glory, by His grace. My focus is on Him, not on repeating a cycle and going back to the battle that is finished. I am in a state of constant thankfulness to Him. I live out of the abundance of what He has already given me, which is everything I need for life and godliness. Satan has done a work on believers by paralyzing them with this constant fear of sin. (Usually other peoples sin). Your relationship with God can only truly grow when you move on and stop believing that God holds your sin against you.
seariously... i didnt expect this from you..
being in a state of repentance is Good brother.
being in a state of repentance is Good brother.
I was just trying to draw from you what you meant when you posted
In a sense what I saw was you have sinners need to repent. Who are those sinners?
Believers or non beleivers or both?
I was trying to ask you to expand your position. That's all
No i was simply implying that repentance is a Good works that must come from the believer... even if it repenting for not doing enough..
It was you who took offence not me i only said repent.. Now dont get me wrong here but to repent is to be humble too...
So where is your humblesness if ye say you are my brother why do you get mad at being asked to repent...
It was you who took offence not me i only said repent.. Now dont get me wrong here but to repent is to be humble too...
So where is your humblesness if ye say you are my brother why do you get mad at being asked to repent...
Did Jesus die and rise from the dead so you could go on sinning?
Imagine your life is on the line. What you have to do is list all the sins
you know or condemn yourself about and find them in scripture.
After listening to many I am sure the sins they feel bad about are not
listed but the real issues are, and the ones they feel worst about, God
has forgiven them but they cannot.
So many talk in generalities, it could mean anything, and they are scared
to face the truth. Our lives depend on these things, or you think sin is just
General and not specific to YOU!!!!
Until people start to see themselves as Christ does, warts and all little will
progress. God bless you all, saved and unsaved, young and old, rich and
poor, wise and challenged
Imagine your life is on the line. What you have to do is list all the sins
you know or condemn yourself about and find them in scripture.
After listening to many I am sure the sins they feel bad about are not
listed but the real issues are, and the ones they feel worst about, God
has forgiven them but they cannot.
So many talk in generalities, it could mean anything, and they are scared
to face the truth. Our lives depend on these things, or you think sin is just
General and not specific to YOU!!!!
Until people start to see themselves as Christ does, warts and all little will
progress. God bless you all, saved and unsaved, young and old, rich and
poor, wise and challenged
Very intersting.
We as limited tempora human beings can judge based only on what we see. That's outward workings.
Yet we dont know what truly is going on inside a persons heart.
A person may be really really struggling and may not act as they should and walk as the should.
BUT in their heart they are crying out to God "I need you, I hate what I'm doing, I don't get what I'm doing please please help me"
I had a severe gambling problem, hated it with passion. The truth is it was an escape as a result of my faulty believe of me as as a person and my hurts from past experiences and how I felt how god felt about me.
A useless person, not fit for purpose and unless I shaped up I'd be shipped out.
Yet something changed.
Someone who had no idea what I was going through pulled me aside and said "continue to be like Jacob"
Then it hit me.
God I will not let go, I'm gonna cling on and on to you.
That reversed what some said to me "Stop gambling and God will bless you"
See the difference between the two?
I have not gambled for the last 7 years and not even had an urge to. This is a man who would find himself gambling and had no idea he was actually in a gambling establishment.
We as limited tempora human beings can judge based only on what we see. That's outward workings.
Yet we dont know what truly is going on inside a persons heart.
A person may be really really struggling and may not act as they should and walk as the should.
BUT in their heart they are crying out to God "I need you, I hate what I'm doing, I don't get what I'm doing please please help me"
I had a severe gambling problem, hated it with passion. The truth is it was an escape as a result of my faulty believe of me as as a person and my hurts from past experiences and how I felt how god felt about me.
A useless person, not fit for purpose and unless I shaped up I'd be shipped out.
Yet something changed.
Someone who had no idea what I was going through pulled me aside and said "continue to be like Jacob"
Then it hit me.
God I will not let go, I'm gonna cling on and on to you.
That reversed what some said to me "Stop gambling and God will bless you"
See the difference between the two?
I have not gambled for the last 7 years and not even had an urge to. This is a man who would find himself gambling and had no idea he was actually in a gambling establishment.
