The monster I became

Thank God for REDEMPTION!

You have been redeemed from the curse of the law, you just need to walk in it, own it.

I think you brought about a blessing in that man's life when you hit him like that. I know it sounds strange.

I was wondering if I could share this testimony with someone? Maybe several people, maybe hundreds? If you don't mind.

I too have done some very hurtful things to people who spoke about things like that. I had demons in me too.

But somehow or another, I got hit harder than you hit that man. And I looked up at God with pain and fear in my face too. Once you get hit by God, you don't walk the same, and he packs a harder blow than you could ever throw.

God has seen the issues in this world the same as you had seen. But you were not mad at God, you were mad at sin. Does God teach sin, or does he teach to love one another? Many people are spurned by lack of love, both of God, and their neighbor.

Satan is the one who is lord over this world, and over the lives of people who are not protected by Jesus. When Jesus showed me this, my walked changed:

And guess what? I MADE MANY ENEMIES!! Before, I was a monster too, but the world praised that monster. Then I became like an innocent lamb, and then the world hated that lamb.

Now, Jesus came as that innocent lamb, but the world hated that Lamb, and because he was good, he took the same blow that man took from you. This was his blessing.

This is my blessing too because I have chosen it.

But more of the blessing is this, to yet love those who hate you, and pray for those who curse you. In fact, it is the exact opposite of what the world teaches, which is why the world is such a terrible place, departing from the law of a good and Just God.

May Jesus bless you.

Thanks Ramon,

I don’t know…I guess one of the many reasons I was so angry was because as a child I was taught that God was like…this superhero…who came to your rescue whenever you were in trouble. I (like many people) suffered tremendously in life; the clouds never parted, and God never came flying out of the clouds with a cape and a big “G” on his chest to rescue me.

When I became a man I fully understood that there would be consequences for my bad behavior; repercussions as a result of my sin. I understood and agreed with that, I did not claim to be a victim searching for a pity-party. But when I was a child…that is when I suffered most, and that is when I developed the feelings I had as a man.

Christians love to quote the Bible verse where it states that God will “never leave or forsake you”, but I DID feel that God had abandoned me…when I needed Him most…and I guess that feeling was the source of my anger.

Jesus Christ, even on the cross said, ''Abba! Abba! Why have you forsaken me?''

But guess what, he went on to finish what the Lord had given him to do.

I see it as three types of people in a sense:

Those who choose to go against God, and therefore are left to Satan to destroy their lives

And those who are have God, but who are being tested by God, to help them grow

Judas was the first. Peter was the second. Peter was humble, Judas was hardened.

The third I see is that some people are born into a certain condition so that the glory of God would be revealed in their lives, like the man who was healed by Jesus for the glory of God.

Most of the world is in that first group. Some of the world is in the third group. Very few can remain in that 2nd group.

For a follower of Jesus, Jesus never promised things would be better for his name's sake. In fact, you can expect to take the same blows you threw. He promised you would be hated for his name's sake, and for righteousness sake.

There was a man named Saul who was very much of the same way as you, then Jesus threw him off his high horse, and landed him in a pool of humility! And then Saul was given the name Paul. And Paul took the same blows he landed to the Christians, for Jesus's sake, who he strove against, to the glory of God.

You could be the same. May Jesus bless you.

^^^^^Very good, Ramon