Yes i can fully understand how it is an "in your face" attitude but believe it or not, although i am willfully sinning i do actually have remorse for it.
So you reject the message of my post? You attest that you are willfully sinning and preach that you are willfully sinning..
If you are correct in your belief then you are doomed..
Hebrews 10:
26 "For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, {27} But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries."
But of course i am sure you are wrong and i am correct.. Wilful sinners never have remorse for their sin.. quite the opposite they Love their sin and are proud of it..
I realise however that actions speak louder than words and common sense would have anyone say that if i really did have any remorse i would simply stop this repetative sin but it actually isn't as simple as that...
Proverbs 14:
12 "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."
There are sins that i have stopped since becoming a believer such as blasphemy and fornication but my drug addiction continues despite my wishes to be free from it.
So you never find yourself looking at a woman and lusting (having sexual thoughts about her) ??
Jesus said::
Matthew 5:
27 "¶
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: {28}
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart."
common sense says i do really have the power to do so as i am the one in control.. Crazy right?
Well yes i do think your thought is crazy.. If we all have the power to cease sinning. If we really where in control to that level then we could all cease all sinning.. Note sinning is not just the evil one does but we sin when ever we fail to do a good thing we know we should do.. A lot of people don't think about all the good things they could have done but failed to do..
James 4:
17 "Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin."
I have cried out and prayed and begged God to remove my desire and need for drugs and replace it with a desire for Him and a desire to constantly seek Him and study His word but the opposite has begun to happen.
Maybe God is allowing you to fall even deeper into this drug habit to give you a message by demonstration.. But i would hope you would avoid going through such trauma and suffering to learn the hard way, The actual way of salvation.. Not by personal effort in achieving sinlessness. But by being forgiven all ones sins..
2 Corinthians 12:
{7} And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. {8} For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. {9} And he said unto me,
My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."
I was many years into this addiction before i became a believer and have now been using drugs longer than the time i wasn't using drugs so simply stopping isn't gonna happen by my power alone. I lived all my life without God and just look at the mess i made!! Sorry for such a long reply but i hope you can understand that i do have remorse for my sins and do wish to change despite still sinning.
I never said you don't have remorse.. I believe you do.. Therefore you sin is not wilful, that's the message i was delivering..
And your reply is not too long.. Thanks be to God there are people who are not hindered by a short attention spans
.. At any rate my reply is longer then your post
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