The End Time and YOU

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Moving on:

As noted herein Satan has both a kingdom and a time, as prior noted.

Where one sees then 'kingdom' rising against 'Kingdom' one can certainly be led down the dead end of viewing the various kingdoms of man only, which is the most common pitfall of end time views. The reality is that these various 'kingdoms' of the flesh have been in perpetual battles from the beginnings of man, starting first between Cain and Abel. One man killing another.

Scriptures present us with an 'internal' view of these matters.

The kingdom that arose in the heart of CAIN was in reality not Cain whatsoever, but the kingdom of the MURDERER, Satan, the wicked one who entered the heart of Cain. Cain was 'of the wicked one.' The wicked one within Cain 'prevailed' over him.

Was it then merely Cain alone? Nope. It was Cain and the wicked one in his unseen wicked kingdom.

Any casual glance about us in the 'real world' shows this activity superabundantly does it not? Yet in all of that sight we are not seeing the rising of earthly kingdoms, but of the wicked one in his current 'dust' habitation. One can sit and stare at the 'results' of the equations from the outside, OR one may inevitably be 'led' to see that the causes of all of these matters originate within the heart, as that is in fact where EVIL comes from ala Jesus' WORDS here:

Mark 7:21
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

There are other similar citings to the above. But that is sufficient to show that EVIL is in fact an 'internal matter' of MAN.

Is man alone then in this EVIL? No.

Jesus provided us with the facts of 'how' these matters come about and points us to view them as INTERNAL in origination.

Evil is, in effect, the kingdom of SATAN rising within the hearts of MAN.

When we look at the kingdoms of 'flesh men' and try to pinpoint the problem, any of us who are believers KNOW that it is in fact A HEART problem. What goes on on the outside of the cup of man is merely a sideshow of evil and wicked hearts being GAMED and PAWNED by:

INTERNAL SLAVESHIP.

On the surface it is quite easy to see isn't it? Many believers have come into this understanding. It is not like this is 'new' information for believers. We all know this to be a fact for the most part.

The difficulty for us as believers is when we try to apply this understanding personally.

It is then that the INTERNAL KINGDOM of Satan gets riled up. And in fact this internal arousal is ORDAINED to transpire. Satan has from the beginning only and ever resisted Gods Words and does so in the HEARTS of mankind.

Those who know this prevail 'personally' OVER that working. Yes, even while having that operator and operation within us.

Examples? Abundantly so. Let's take a look at Paul's disclosures for himself.

Paul as the blinded pharisee Saul was in fact 'turned' from the POWER OF SATAN, the cause of his prior blindess:

2 Corinthians 4:4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Was it just a question of Saul, the unbelieving blinded one? Of course not! It was Saul and the god of this world upon his MIND.

The above is also a fact I keep 'in mind' when sharing Jesus Christ with others. It is never a question of 'just the hearer.' I know that I have an ENEMY that must be overcome BY THE TRUTH OF GOD'S LIGHT in Christ. It is also GODS JOB whether or not HE ALONE elects 'who' will hear and who will not. And it is so because it is only HIS POWER that can 'draw back' that blinding power. This transpires 'internally.' None of us who 'witness' controls these matters. I'm quite surprised people even believe today, given the state of distortion in the world of christianity. It is truly a MIRACLE.

So, Saul is turned by THE LIGHT OF CHRIST:

Acts 26:18
To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

Were we to view Saul/Paul in his 'external state,' that of being a MAN, we would really have no idea that there was an 'internal change' in Saul. That 'change' or 'turning' has always been an 'internal' matter. The CHANGE comes from within and does so by turning 'us' away from a POWER of an entity therein, unseen.

It is not difficult then with INTERNAL SIGHT to see:

Where Satan's kingdom is: INTERNAL

and

IN MAN.

Any form of theology that has no 'internal' accounts will remain DEAD ENDS as it pertains to END TIME understandings. Why? Because there is no accounting of what is 'really' going on, where the KINGDOMS are or even who the players in the drama really are. It is and will remain quite utterly pointless to keep staring on the outside of the CUP of man when the 'issues' have always been INTERNAL and with ENTITIES unseen.

Will follow Paul into this matter in more depth in the next post considering his 'post salvation' status.

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Based on your statement, I am asking you to quote the scriptures in the new testament that should quite thoroughly dispel that notion as this fact is shown on nearly every page of the Gospels.

That doesn't mean for you to quote more of your theories, SCRIPTURE!

JLB

You have already shown that you do not accept that 'your sin' may in fact actually be 'of the devil.'

If you get around to looking at that fact, let me know.

I view 'no man' as them alone.

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Let's take the EXAMPLE that Jesus gave us and apply it to PAUL, the APOSTLE. The example is the PARABLE to understand ALL parables/allegories.

First stop, what part of THE WORD is 'allegory?'

Mark 4:33
And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.

Had Jesus came outright and told them the 'meaning' of every parable they would have been instantly offended.

WHY?

Because the PARABLES are 'personally offensive' by their nature. The parables address the fact of EVIL in our hearts. And many are simply not able or enabled to take them IN or to understand them. There is a 'reason' this is so, and that REASON is the THIEF OF WORD in the hearts of mankind, just as Jesus showed.

Again, the PARABLE delivery of WORD:

Luke 8:11
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

AT this point of realization, the realization that the WORD OF GOD is PARABLE most would rather just walk away rather than roll up their sleeves and get to work on it. THE WORD is THE PARABLE.

Is this some 'new and recent' disclosure? No. We have already seen that the Old Testament prophets spoke and communicated by SIMILITUDES.

The LAW itself is a PARABLE. And was said to be so in the Old Testament, here:

Psalm 78:
1 Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

If you don't get it, just read it real slow...;)

If you are starting to get the connection that the LAW and that EVERY WORD of God is in fact and always was PARABLE and ALLEGORY you are on the right track.

Are parables and allegories REAL? Of course they are!

When Nathan the prophet confronted David with his sins, Nathan did so via what avenue?

PARABLE!

Convictions of REALITY are brought to us courtesy of PARABLE:

2 Sam. 12:
1 And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.
2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.
4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
5 And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:

Did any of the above 'really' have anything to do with what 'really' happened? Uh, YES. But in the WAY of God the delivery mechanism was what?

THE PARABLE!

Of course is was a real matter! The PARABLE in this way was MORE REAL than the actual 'event' because it is conveyed as GOD WOULD HAVE IT conveyed, not as MAN would see it!

7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man.

Was God then lying about the Particulars of this event? That would HAVE to be the case as the parable depictions of the EVENT do not match whatsoever with the actual 'external event.'

Why then would GOD choose to convey these facts as PARABLES when they were literal external events that matched the parable on NO COUNT?

Are we 'getting the picture yet?'

12For thou didst it secretly

The SOURCE CODE for evil actions begins and originates IN SECRET. That would be LIKE 'within' the temple of David.

Let's take a LOOK inside the FLESH TEMPLE of David and see what happened where THE LAW to not commit adultery or to KILL a brother was sown:

Mark 4:15
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

Was the parable conveying this matter REAL? Yes. Was David then alone in his temple? Uh, no. The THIEF got to him on the inside. And it was a very very REAL matter.

There was INTERNAL SIGHT provided to us in the penalty from God:

11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

What happened with David happened SECRETLY and from within just as the PARABLE of FACT shows it to be.

Sin is in fact 'of the devil, period.' There is no way to extract Satan from the equations of SIN.

It is a matter UNseen in originations, therefore the FACT of the matter is delivered in PARABLE form.

Trying to gauge this matter on the external event is ugly, but the real truth of this matter within is MUCH uglier!

So, Paul takes us into these matters in intimate and personal detail for himself in Romans 7 to give us 'in'sights:

Romans 7:
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.

The identical working happened within David. The LAW, do not commit adultery prompted SATAN to enter David, to STEAL that WORD LAW and to work the workings of SIN beginning first within him when he looked upon another man's wife in LUST. That is the beginning of the work of the TEMPTER, to TEMPT LAWLESSNESS within just as it did with Paul above.

That is the 'origination' point of INTERNAL lawlessness:

Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Paul had in effect no different of a working of SIN, which is of the DEVIL, within himself in Romans 7 than David did.

This led Paul to conclude a very certain matter about himself in his 'fleshly' state of being, also from Romans 7:

"I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me."

Was Paul then evil? NO!

Paul is describing to us exactly 'how' the parable of Mark 4:15 actually works 'within.' The Word is sown and EVIL enters the heart in the form of SATAN!

AND the first howling of denial from every believer is, NO! Paul the Apostle could not have had SATAN or 'a devil' in him!

Think again. God actually laid one on Paul just to keep an ever present reminder of this fact:

2 Cor. 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."

Can 'believers' actually have a DEVIL? Well, maybe only the ones who can SEE the fact for themselves?

I might suggest that if an Apostle had one you should maybe do the simple calculation of the parable of Mark 4:15 and come to an honest conclusion. Does this mean your head is going to spin around 360 degrees and spew green pea soup like Linda Blair in 'The Exorcist?'

Uh, no. Stop watching movies and look inside with the CANDLE of HIS WORD LIGHT in your own temple.

You will probably find 'a man of sin' seated therein if you take a close look, God allowing honesty to enter therein.

At the moment of recognition, which can only come to those 'in Truth,' they might then see the above also as this:

"Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me."

and this:

"And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus."

and this:

"He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil."

But unfortunately these are they who can not 'accept this' as a fact for themselves and they can not because they are quite simply being RIPPED OFF within themselves.

"And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts."

Will write more of this matter later. Turkey time!

enjoy!

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[JLB]

You have already shown that you do not accept that 'your sin' may in fact actually be 'of the devil.'

If you get around to looking at that fact, let me know.

I view 'no man' as them alone.

s

When you make a statement like -

I'd suggest any casual read through the N.T. Gospels should quite thoroughly dispel that notion as this fact is shown on nearly every page of the Gospels.

Then you are asked to show where these scriptures are, you answer with more rambling opinions!


That is why you are not taken seriously!


Here is a scriptural fact!

The man of sin is a flesh and blood man!

He does not occupy the body of Christ because hi is in fact a man!

You are mixed up, because you have blurred the lines of understanding of three separate things:
Sin, Satan and man.


All the rambling Mumbo Jumbo in the world will not reconcile these three things.


JLB

 

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When you make a statement like - Then you are asked to show where these scriptures are, you answer with more rambling opinions!

That is why you are not taken seriously!

That's the interesting part of making the observations. They can be made in plain and open sight, yet remain unseen.

Take a stroll through Paul's facts, prior noted, even many times to you. You still can't see it.

Here is a scriptural fact!

The man of sin is a flesh and blood man!

Yeah, I know. It's always and only the other guy or the supposed coming boogie man, the anti-Christ as some guy. Why don't you start your own thread on that one as it's a yawner.

He does not occupy the body of Christ because hi is in fact a man!

As stated prior, why don't you see if you can simply 'get real' and match up with Paul's statements for himself? Does this pose a challenge and personal offense for you? Obviously so. Better that it be some other guy than you.

You are mixed up, because you have blurred the lines of understanding of three separate things:
Sin, Satan and man.

Put your own measures next to Paul's. See if you stack up or run away. OR put up a kicking screaming fight that those things are not so for you.

Not really my call. I just observe the reactions and that tells me what is going on in the reader.

All the rambling Mumbo Jumbo in the world will not reconcile these three things.

As stated, just set your 'personal situation' next to Paul. That should tell you everything you need to know.

If you can.

Paul: "evil is present with me" Romans 7:21
Paul: had a messenger of SATAN in his flesh 2 Cor. 12:7
Paul: the chief of sinners 1 Tim. 1:15

Listen to your claims by simple comparison.

This is in fact the battle you are presently engaged in by reading these facts. Will Gods child prevail?

Only by being honest 'within.'

LIGHT is shed by the candle of the Lord within, ever searching the 'inward parts' where NOTHING will be hidden from His Eyes.

Micah 7:8
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.

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If anyone reading DOES happen to miraculously see the factual conditions of Paul and come to grips with these matters themselves in similar fashion, these will be moved into MORE LIGHT.

And yes, as some can see the fight is on in this direction. It does tend to get ugly sometimes, to be truthful.

s

 

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If we see Paul 'factually' in 'honestly' according to the scriptures, it is quite easy to see that this happened to Paul:

Mark 4:15
And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

Paul lined up his own 'revelation' exactly on this ground of disclosure from Jesus in Romans 7, showing how the LAW prompted every form of concupiscence to transpire within himself, concluding therefore TWO matters of fact.

A. the sin that indwelt his flesh was not him
B. that evil present was in fact 'with him.'

If one actually BELIEVES Jesus statement about 'who' enters the heart where the Word is sown the connection isn't hard to make about Paul's co-occupant in the flesh is it?

That fact however is not allowed to be seen by the resisting party in MAN.

It can be shown again and again, and as long as the resisting party is in control, it will not and can not be taken 'personally.' Such will always and only see themselves alone, entirely blessed in all they say and do, only and ever all the GOOD and PLEASANT Word of God unto themselves, but surely none of the other facts.

When HONESTY comes into the TEMPLE one will see that MERCY is not unto the 'evil present' with Paul.

Grace is not shed upon the 'evil present' with Paul.

It will CHANGE the way the reader reads of these matters.

Gods full intentions at the END TIME is to destroy the usurper of the TEMPLE of MAN, starting with BELIEVERS.

Jesus ever pressed to TEACH and to RULE and REIGN in the temple, physical.

That reality is upon those who are led today, in their OWN TEMPLE.

Those who are so led are in effect a king and a priest in THEIR OWN TEMPLE.

So, what kind of priest are you? A truthful one?

What kind or manner of king? A MERCIFUL and GRACIOUS one?

It is quite easy to see what 'manner' of king and priest rules the temple of the individual by the ROD of HONESTY.

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If we see, in honesty, by HIS LIGHT of TRUTH, some will be called 'into' these matters.

They will see, openly, the TWO VESSELS that Paul spoke of were actually quite 'personal' in nature.

There was PAUL, the child of God.

There was EVIL PRESENT with Paul, even A DEVIL.

IF any believer does not believe that there is a 'vessel of dishonor' within our own LUMP of FLESH, Paul is very clear about this matter as well, here:

2 Tim. 2:
20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.
21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

Romans 9 TWO VESSELS is in fact a personal matter as Paul easily shows above. We could make comparisons to numerous other quite lame teachings, but the fact of the matter is that A MAN is to PURGE HIMSELF of the vessel of DISHONOR.

I might observe that the PURGING begins in understanding, and is divided from in honesty, just as Paul did by 'exposing' the reality of himself, internally, to our eyes.

Paul understood well that where The Word is sown, SATAN assuredly enters the heart, and was given A DEVIL to remind him of this FACT.

Therefore, in the flesh, Paul himself stood as A MAN DIVIDED by the WORD of God from that other working, even while 'honestly' admitting the other vessel therein, in his own flesh.

Paul also saw this matter for ALL of unbelieving Israel here:

Romans 11:
8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear; ) unto this day.

How was it that GOD gave them the spirit of slumber? By sowing the WORD and SATAN then entering, stealing, blinding them.

Paul RE-iterates this same understanding here:

2 Corinthians 3:14
But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ.

If one 'believes' Jesus, this BLINDNESS is taken away by SHOWING what happened and WHO is blinding them, personally.

Paul also lays this same form of blindness upon EVERY unbeliever here, again laying that directly on the 'god of this world, even in their MINDS.'

If you've managed to read this far into the thread, and miraculously happen to 'get honest' with yourself, you will also SEE THE TWO VESSELS are in all reality, MAN and DEVIL in the same lump of flesh.

That WORD DISCLOSURE is what might be termed JESUS IN OUR MIDST, DIVIDING US THEREIN, WITHIN OURSELVES, from the vessel of DISHONOR.

If you as a believer are continuing in the fallacy that you NEVER SIN or that your SIN is NOT of the devil, you have not yet had HIS TRUTH enter as He Desires to enter. There is in fact an 'enemy' at the gate of your temple, running interference.

As it pertains to END TIME Jesus did not come to bring PEACE to our evil present. Nope. Just the opposite.

First comes the REVEALING. And on that ground every believer is DRAWN INTO THE FIGHT as the DEVIL knows in these, his TIME is indeed short.



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We've seen that Satan has A TIME.

We've seen that Satan has A KINGDOM.

Here, we will also see that SATAN has A GENERATION, singular tense:

Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 12:34
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Matthew 23:33
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Luke 3:7
Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

If you are reading this thread and still haven't figured out that SATAN is A SERPENT, please move on as you are wasting your time.

Satan and his 'family' of DEVILS are in fact VIPERS and SERPENTS.

If you really want to see the scriptures on this matter, look them up yourselves. It is one of the most basic lessons in all of the texts.

In the scriptures Satan is termed by many 'allegorical' terms: SERPENT/LEVIATHAN/DRAGON/THORN/THISTLE/BRAMBLE/TARE/WICKED SERVANT etc etc.

Where we see then Jesus, speaking about END TIME, we will find statements such as

NATION rising against NATION.

KINGDOM rising against KINGDOM.

These are in fact 'all and entirely' allegorical statements of the POWER OF GOD rising against the POWER OF EVIL.

And that RISING is INTERNAL.

It will never be seen by staring at Israel of the flesh or Barry Obama or at the Islamists.

Everyone who stands looking in that direction will be snarred and in fact has already been snarred by A SIDE SHOW put on courtesy of the local CIRCUS FREAK who has stolen the reader BLIND.

s

 

[JLB]

We've seen that Satan has A TIME.

We've seen that Satan has A KINGDOM.

Here, we will also see that SATAN has A GENERATION, singular tense:

Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 12:34
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Matthew 23:33
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

Luke 3:7
Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

If you are reading this thread and still haven't figured out that SATAN is A SERPENT, please move on as you are wasting your time.

Satan and his 'family' of DEVILS are in fact VIPERS and SERPENTS.

If you really want to see the scriptures on this matter, look them up yourselves. It is one of the most basic lessons in all of the texts.

In the scriptures Satan is termed by many 'allegorical' terms: SERPENT/LEVIATHAN/DRAGON/THORN/THISTLE/BRAMBLE/TARE/WICKED SERVANT etc etc.

Where we see then Jesus, speaking about END TIME, we will find statements such as

NATION rising against NATION.

KINGDOM rising against KINGDOM.

These are in fact 'all and entirely' allegorical statements of the POWER OF GOD rising against the POWER OF EVIL.

And that RISING is INTERNAL.

It will never be seen by staring at Israel of the flesh or Barry Obama or at the Islamists.

Everyone who stands looking in that direction will be snarred and in fact has already been snarred by A SIDE SHOW put on courtesy of the local CIRCUS FREAK who has stolen the reader BLIND.

s

Ok, yeah, I see what you are saying now. Why didn't you just say so before?

I couldn't understand they way you were putting it before, but now after you explained it that way, I see what you're saying.

It all make's sense now!

It's Allegorical!

Thanks JLB

 

[reba]

Ok, yeah, I see what you are saying now. Why didn't you just say so before?

I couldn't understand they way you were putting it before, but now after you explained it that way, I see what you're saying.

It all make's sense now!

Wonder how many times this could or should have been posted! Thanks for the smiles...

 

[JLB]

Wonder how many times this could or should have been posted! Thanks for the smiles...

Well now that I know everything Jesus said was allegorical, and not to be taken literally, His words are open to any private interpretation that comes along.

JLB

 

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No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Mark 13:32
The questions is are you ready? Will you go to heaven? The earth moans and groans for change as seen by the the forces of nature. The bible tells us more than two billion people will die on earth.

 

[reba]

Well now that I know everything Jesus said was allegorical, and not to be taken literally, His words are open to any private interpretation that comes along.

JLB

Why not just leave it as just a light heartedness. goodness I wonder what Jesus thinks of these battles

 

[JLB]

So we're all basically possessed? Is this internal division and possession with us until we die, or is there a way to be free of while even still here on earth?

Frankly, you scare me pretty bad. (prolly means I'm on the right track). I fall back to the knowledge that the Lord will not put more on me than I can bear. Pray for me. :yes

Brother, you are not possessed. You are a child of the living God.

Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

We may struggle with the flesh, until the Resurrection, but you are a child of God, if you have been born again.

JLB

 

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We are human we sin. Sin is in the world about like the cold germ... Some catch this one some catch that one.... I do not see it as a 'possession' because we (christians) are not over taken by it.. we can be Jabbed.. poked..slapped...hit..kicked.... but we have victory in Christ.! Satan doesn't not own me... i am a child of God.. Washed in the Blood of the Lamb.. I was bought by Him...

 

[reba]

Ed quoting scripture is what Jesus did that puts you in the best company!

 

[JLB]

Well said and very uplifting.

Along the same line, it is said that out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. This scares me a little because sometimes I unconsciously curse. Other times, I have unclean thoughts enter into my head. I know that I am to change my heart, to prepare myself for the habitation of the Holy Spirit within me, so I have taken to talking back to the voice, quoting scripture. NO, Thou shalt worship the Lord The God and him only shall thy serve...I am to the point that I can stop the unclean thoughts. My heart is changing with time and becoming more in alignment with Gods will.
One day I will hear the words well done thou good and faithful servant.

Good job Bro. Keep up the good work!


JLB