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Feelings don't go very far in this life. They cloud thoughts and judgments and cover up the truth that first made us happy. Letting go of the negative feelings and holding tight to the truth that brings joy and peace won't leave room for this negativity you run into. It's good that your wife is strong in the Lord, and that leads me to remember that if you occupy all your time loving her as God commands in scripture, then you will know you're not alone. I hope this helps :)
God is 100% pure, holy and good. That is His standard. We, as fallen men, can never, ever measure up to God's standard: perfection. That is why God became a man for us, and as a man destroyed the grip death had over us. What you must do is surrender yourself to obedience and, not perfectly, learn, grow and mature in the Lord. You can never do it alone. Impossible. We are to see our weakness, be humbled and depend upon Christ to cleanse us so that He may pour His love through us to others.
The road that leads to Jesus is a narrow path, feeling like an outsider is a normal thing. Suffering for Christ is a great Joy, pray for others and share the Gospel to them, if they don't accept it right now or ever, you are still doing your job of evangelizing for The Lord. The Lord loves you and you will be awarded in the Kingdom of God if you are not of this world as Jesus spoke of. Keep your head up we are the Body of Christ and we're in this together.
Your statement is correct and I'm impressed that truth can still come from non believers. It was His plan all along to use lowly people to carry His message....literally. His Spirit in us preaches the message of the gospel, so, it is really God that is doing the preaching. And you're right on the question, He doesn't need us to threaten and bully people. It's not supposed to be done that way. The bible don't teach using those tactics. Good observation!!!
The idea that looking at a woman with lust is "committing adultery in your heart" is ridiculous. Sexual attraction is natural, and cannot be turned off. If it weren't for attraction, we wouldn't be here. If god made us, he gave us that desire, and then condemns us for having it? Condemns us to hell for a thought? How is that reasonable?
@dukeLegend505 there is a difference between "resisting temptation" and attraction. Just because I find a woman attractive doesn't mean I am doing anyone any harm if I don't *act* on it. Actions should matter, if they hurt someone, thoughts should not. A god would know that.
That still doesn't explain why. It seems a very clumsy method to reach people. Basically he's condemning most of humanity to hell right from the start, because most have been born in times and places where Christianity is unknown or preached against. He also seems to leave no room for the fact that people need to be reached in different ways. Many (like me) can't be convinced without evidence. When I say can't I mean it. I couldn't believe in something seemingly illogical even if I wanted to.
It is good that people know this sort of thing exists, but God is so much bigger than a perverted version of scripture. It is good to point out any false gospel that says a sinner, no matter what the sin, and it should be done in love and compassion.
Seeing as you believe (I assume) that God created everything personally (as in without evolution), he must have made people like me with logical brains which require evidence. Being omnipotent he would also have known I wasn't going to believe in him. In which case what was the point of creating people like me? I also don't like the notion that we shouldn't be able to question God's "will" or "methods" Whether he is to be seen as a father or a ruler (and I always see confusion about that in
Christianity) a good one of either would explain the reasons behind their actions. I would and I expect you would too. I wouldn't expect my children or subjects (if I were a ruler) to obey me without at least explaining myself first.
Hey you guys. Just watched a few minutes of the history channel's bible series and I feel like throwing up. King Jesus is demoted to just a teacher in less than 10 minutes. Praise God that the wicked will be destroyed.
Ho chose to use humans Michael. We cannot chose for God, how He operates. To attempt to do so is to violate the second commandment, by creating a god in your mind that operates the way you think he should.
If I can assume you believe everything came to be outside of God, then you must believe that everything came to be out of nothing. That is not possible. If you are an evolutionist, you believe in something very illogical. If you are not an evolutionist I would be very interested in how you believe all of this came to be.
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Voysov it is not ridicules god wants us to become more spiritual to resist the fleshly needs like that. The only way is to get closer to god.fill your mind with the word of gods word
