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Good question. In all honesty as much I would love to say yes I really don't know. I guess it would depend what it is. Mind giving an example?
Not_Now.Soon
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If the Lord Jesus came to you and asked if you would do a mission for Him, to go someplace and do something hard for Him...would you do it?
I hope so. My worry is that my doubts would creep in and I wouldn't know it was Jesus asking me. But I can only hope that I would.
I wouldn't even think twice about it and my husband would have no problem with it. If Jesus see's that I am equipped then lead me Lord and I will follow as you go before me setting my feet to follow where you want me to go.
Christ_empowered
Member
i would hope so. i mean...its not false humility for me to say that, either. I hope so. kinda like...i hope id be able to put down my life for Christ, if the situation arose (and I hope it doesn't, of course).
Edward
2024 Supporter
I thought about that after I left for work, lol. AN example. Ok...I thought up a good one today too. It will be a very hard mission and actually even dangerous. Life or death dangerous...however, you wont die permanently because He is God and He is Life, but it would be a mission with a mixture of much suffering and much joy...and if you choose to do this mission...the rewards afterwards will be astronomical, out of this world!
There you go.
Oh, and of course, being in Christ He would be there to help you, but perhaps not physically, so there would be faith involved also.
I don't know it's still a very difficult question for me. If I just automatically said yes without giving it any thought at all I wouldn't be honest with you. As I said, if Jesus actually appeared before me I would kneel down in front of Him and go on and on how I don't deserve to be in His holy presence and that I'm a horrible person.
Edward
2024 Supporter
I understand how you feel, Sister. I was praying something to that effect once, and the Lord told me, when I was on the cross and said it is finished, I meant it. You have accepted my gift of life and repented for your sins and asked forgiveness....so you have been delivered from Sin...why do you not identify with Me, your God and life rather than the old man who is dead now?
...and that made me pause. Then my mind was flooded with scriptures about it...I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus...The born again man is become a new creature...and others. So...I try not to identify myself as sinful or disgusting anymore...and you should not either, Sister! Have you ever wondered how God sees you? I guarantee you He does not see you as a sinful disgusting person!
Oh we are not perfected or fully sanctified yet, this takes time. But you (we) are a new creature, and God remembers our sins no more...really. Of course we stumble. But! (Like King David!) we get back up and repent and turn back to him, And King David is the one in scripture that God says is a man after His own heart...!!
Something to think about.
Edward
2024 Supporter
Good answer. That's how I feel. The Lord is teaching me so very much lately! It is bizarre and awesome! Lately he's teaching me that we have so very much more authority (in Christ) than we realize and admit to ourselves! And I believe it too. It is true!
I understand how you feel, Sister. I was praying something to that effect once, and the Lord told me, when I was on the cross and said it is finished, I meant it. You have accepted my gift of life and repented for your sins and asked forgiveness....so you have been delivered from Sin...why do you not identify with Me, your God and life rather than the old man who is dead now?
...and that made me pause. Then my mind was flooded with scriptures about it...I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus...The born again man is become a new creature...and others. So...I try not to identify myself as sinful or disgusting anymore...and you should not either, Sister! Have you ever wondered how God sees you? I guarantee you He does not see you as a sinful disgusting person!
Oh we are not perfected or fully sanctified yet, this takes time. But you (we) are a new creature, and God remembers our sins no more...really. Of course we stumble. But! (Like King David!) we get back up and repent and turn back to him, And King David is the one in scripture that God says is a man after His own heart...!!
Something to think about.
Thank you brother. That made me feel a LOT better because I spend more time doubting myself and kicking myself more than I actually do believing that what you just said is true. I guess when it comes right down to it I'm my own worst enemy and that's just the devil trying to get to me again and rub my past sin in my face.
Edward
2024 Supporter
I know, Brother. It is not a very small thing. But on the other hand, scripture says that he who loses his life will find it, and...there is no death in the Lord. He is life!
Edward
2024 Supporter
Exactly. It's an identity crisis. Once we know who we really are in Christ...this world is sure going to change a lot. And He taught me that, we have been delivered from sin, but now our (even bigger) enemy that we have to overcome...is ourselves!
That hit me hard too. Very eye opening.
Tessa
Member
Maybe it would be more like a command than a question. Not "Will you?" but "go there, do this." Then the Holy Spirit may take a willing person over?
I suppose it's like saying 'How much do you love the Lord?" And I don't know
Peter told Jesus he would die for Him and then he denied Him 3 times. But what a difference after Pentecost! The Holy Spirit took over. They were all too scared until then.
I suppose it's like saying 'How much do you love the Lord?" And I don't know
Peter told Jesus he would die for Him and then he denied Him 3 times. But what a difference after Pentecost! The Holy Spirit took over. They were all too scared until then.
I guess I also just feel like the Lord would never choose me for a mission because of the fact that although it's common knowledge that He loves everybody I still feel quite distant from Him and it's really rather difficult for me to feel it at times. 
That's a good idea since the Bible pretty much has "I love you" written all over it. In red ink too. 
In red ink too.
Edward
2024 Supporter
That is pretty darn thought provoking. My first instinct when I read your post was to think, well no, the more I learn about the Lord, the more i learn what a nice person He is and He prolly wouldn't command us to do it but ask us...but then I thought, hmmm but we have already given our life to Him and committed our heart and Spirit to serving Him...so in that light, perhaps He would just command us or send us.
I have heard testimonies of BAC who were simply translated somewhere to do something, and it came as a total surprise to them, but they knew what they were to do once they arrived at the new location.They just knew it. So that wasn't exactly asking them to do a mission now was it?
See? You messed me all up on this, Sister Lol. This was kind of a trick question that I posted. I was pondering after all this is said and done and I go to Heaven, How will I be serving the Lord? And if He asked me to go do a particular thing somewhere and what it might be? As I pondered this, The thought(s) entered my head...on earth as it is in Heaven...and that, I. Am. Already. here. Doing. This. Thing. For Him, right now! That kind of blew my mind when I thought it.
I have heard quite a few people over time, here and there, make the statement, I didn't ask to be born here...and, maybe maybe not but the Lord taught me awhile back that we at least agreed to be born here into the specific family and circumstance and life that we live here. (I've mentioned this on the board before, and not a lot if any people agreed with me). So I'm not being dogmatic about this, I merely wondered what types of responses that I would get with this question from Brothers and Sisters!
I do believe it, personally. Not that I have studied it, there's not much to study about it. One scripture says He knew us before we were in the womb, and that made me think so our spirit and consciousness was alive before birth here. I did pray about it, and He told me yes. No one else agreed with me, and I prayed more about it! And He continues to tell me the same thing! That we did agree to come be born into our life circumstance.
Please remember that I am not being dogmatic here. I dunno, I just seem to come up with some strange questions sometimes, and if that turns out to be true, then it mean that our memory is being restrained from us...but that would set the stage for the child like faith that He wants us to have, would it not? So it makes some sense to me. And all that aside, those musings made me think that this would be a cool question to ask to see the responses to it!
But you might have blew me out of the water, lol. But on the other hand...did you? Because now, Romans 8 came into my mind...
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?.../
So maybe I did hear correctly and we did agree? I do try to read His word with a childlike faith and even not fully understanding, just believe what He said and receive it. We don't really have to be able to understand Godto believe in what He says, just believe it as a child would. And how many people do that? Not many I think.
Maybe...just maybe, the Lord has already asked us to do a mission for Him and that is where we are now?! I wondered if anyone might answer, That is what we are doing right now.