wonderful thoughts
“It has taken me most of my life to have that kind of faith in him. And I still get attacked with that often. But the thing I can't get out of my heart, is that our Creator visited us, and people crucified him. Dear Jesus. If we would only view all sin that way, we would never do it.”
yes i agree completely I think the process is a life long one we are planted and we begin to sprout , then grow and produce a stock and leaves , and later buds begin to form and still later they mature and eventually there is a fruitful tree that produces good fruit but I also have grown over a lifetime of persevering
sometimes I fell flat on my behind and failed God miserably other times I walked along in step other times I took a wrong path other times I just got lazy other times I worked hard and tried to run
what I know now is all the while God was trying and testing me and repairing me and healing me. So from the day I believed I was on a path there were many valleys and hills ahead many trials and struggles much to endure and many mistakes to make tomlewd me to where I am now in faith a lifetime in a world not ours but enduring in faith that first seed has grown into something better and more fruitful
the key to all of it was tbat Jesus was right there with me planting that seed and when I fell he picked me up and encouraged me , when I took a wrong path he rebuked and corrected my compass , when I got lazy he poked me with a prod , when I had no strength he picked me up and carried me , when I did good he blessed and praised me like a son , whe. I did wrong willingly he admonished me and I’ve felt his rod more than once
what I’ve found is I forgot everything but Jesus and his gospel and now he’s still right here with me still ready to help me correct me teach me embrace me lift me comfort me rebuke me
Its a lifetime and for me it has been a wild ride ups and downs and all around truly a broken road but it lead somewhere tonthe top of a mountain where I can see better things ahead even as I’m old I have more hope of a future than when I was but a lad filled with wonder towards this world
sits really about what Jesus has done for us , is doing in us , and where he’s leading us and whether we’re willing to follow where that leads
“Yes, it does matter whether God may give someone a repentant heart by how we present it, in meekness, as God may deem that act alone, or along with other kind acts believers have shown unbelievers, enough for them to have believed. “
yes brother kindness is defiantly good but to come to repentance we also have to accept our need for it sometimes we just have to speak the truth so for instance someone who really believes the Bible may need to hear this truth in order for them to realize how important repentance is
“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.”
2 Corinthians 5:10 KJV
see this kind of thing ( that is repetitive in scriptire ) isn’t there to offend us or sound rude , but it’s an important part of the doctrine of the gospel that if we accept it as a believer it’s going to begin making us think that we need to pay attention to what we do and don’t do because we have to answer for it and will reap that which we sow in our earthly life
the truth needs to be heard along with everyone being nice and doing kind acts in his name
If we think we don’t have to answer for what we do and won’t reap what we sow , it’s extremely important to accept what the scripture declares about that. It isn’t always pleasant people see a Christian and realize they are easy to target because they don’t believe in retaliation easy to defame because they bless those who say bad things about them ect
a we’re not all there yet but it’s about persevering and pressing forward towards the goal and trusting jesus to be there with us and see it through
