The struggle

[Corn Pop]

Why i find it so hard in this world and to follow Christ is because the beast man made system is made specifically to take with no mercy. Its demon inspired.

No matter what i do, the world wants to rob me blind in anyway it can possible.

Its all about take no give. Nothing is free or ever freely given back.

And i fight against myself in greed because of the filth this world has tried to brainwash me in temptations. Because of the filth tries make me think filth.

And im not innocent. I have to fight myself every day. And many times i fail.

Only God can save me from myself.

Only God can save you from yourself.

 

[Eugene]

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Dan, the Apostle Paul must have thought much the same as you when he wrote in Rom 7:15, For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. It's a wonderful thing when you realize the thing in you you don't like.

Like Paul, read through these verses and with that in mind come to the conclusion of:
Rom 7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Rom 7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Rom 7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

Looking at all of this Paul concludes in Rom 8:1. "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus," and this includes you and me Dan.

 

[Ph8th]

Why i find it so hard in this world and to follow Christ is because the beast man made system is made specifically to take with no mercy. Its demon inspired.

No matter what i do, the world wants to rob me blind in anyway it can possible.

Its all about take no give. Nothing is free or ever freely given back.

And i fight against myself in greed because of the filth this world has tried to brainwash me in temptations. Because of the filth tries make me think filth.

And im not innocent. I have to fight myself every day. And many times i fail.

Only God can save me from myself.

Only God can save you from yourself.

The good of the world is an illusion
expectation of the world being fair is delusion

Psalm 16:2
2I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord;
I have no good besides You.”

Oh wretched soul I am

Why do You love the one
Who sought the world
To understand things of You
Trying to make sense of a life
And the things You do.

Oh wretched soul I am

To seek the world to please
When what was important
I was too blind to see
No longer was it about You
It became about me

Oh wretched soul I am

How is it You wait for me
While I wander as I do
Father You wait so patiently
As I endure the misery
Being apart from You

Oh wretched soul I am

Time after time I am here
With no desire to go on
Not seeking Your face
Nor living in the grace
That came from Your Son

Oh wretched soul I am

Why do You continue
When I wander away
I feel so far from You
Why do You love me
As You do

Oh wretched soul I am

It s Your love
Why
You love me
I do not know
I am blessed
You are my
Father
Who loves
this
Wretched soul​

peter

 

[righteyealenna]

How about you all speak to each other in the words of the spirit for a change rather than bible bash each other with the words of God long past, I think he is getting pretty sick of it.

You know you can do that right?

 

[Ph8th]

How about you all speak to each other in the words of the spirit for a change rather than bible bash each other with the words of God long past, I think he is getting pretty sick of it.

You know you can do that right?

Sister you seem to be in disagreement with most. Some of the things you say makes me question the spirit which you speak from.
On this site there are some who are babes that want nothing more than milk, some who are maturing, some mature and some lost.
Although all are in different places there is one thing for sure God is working on all of us.

 

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Why i find it so hard in this world and to follow Christ is because the beast man made system is made specifically to take with no mercy. Its demon inspired.

No matter what i do, the world wants to rob me blind in anyway it can possible.

Its all about take no give. Nothing is free or ever freely given back.

And i fight against myself in greed because of the filth this world has tried to brainwash me in temptations. Because of the filth tries make me think filth.

And im not innocent. I have to fight myself every day. And many times i fail.

Only God can save me from myself.

Only God can save you from yourself.

There are very certain workings that come to most people who've "experienced" God in Christ within them. The utter repulsion of sin and evil. The desire for change. The desire for more intimacy with God in Christ. We really are different people in so many ways. In the process of time we come to know our own evil, intimately, and detest it as well. It tends to provide us more sympathy for others. We also realize other aspects of Gods Words, in His Dealings with us, because of our own sin and evil, even in a more passive (not controlling) setting. This can be very unsettling, but the trust in God in Christ that comes with it is quite astounding, and can be quite transforming, these various changes. When I was first saved I wanted everything of God in Christ NOW. That's not how God Works. It has helped me to find solitude at times, to observe creation, how God's Handiwork is put together, to understand also, myself. We are correlations in many ways. A planting of the Lord. A peculiar treasure. Plantings are done in the darkness of the earth. Diamonds are formed under great pressures. IN many ways there are spiritual correlatives to observe and to contemplate. You'll often find that we don't really have much control over these courses either. We can learn that we are quite entirely helpless, weak. In weakness there is a certain amount of Grace, Mercy and Forgiveness that we come to know more intimately, and there we find the real Power of God in Christ. Many long years ago, as I was being tortured by the pressures of this world, I cried so deeply to God, deep sobbing tears. And God did show more of Himself to me. More than I could take in. Were even the smallest glint of God in Christ really exposed to us, we would find ourselves instantly overwhelmed. God does have that kind of power. More really than any of us could stand, in this current state.

 

[Eugene]

How can you all work together with one heart when your 2000 years out of date, do you really believe that God wanted to stop writing scripture after the 12? No wonder Christianity is such shambles today.

2 Tim 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
And no, the twelve were not the end of scripture. By Revelation the Apostle Paul was given the fulfilled word..
Col 1:25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;

 

[Blake]

There are very certain workings that come to most people who've "experienced" God in Christ within them. The utter repulsion of sin and evil. The desire for change. The desire for more intimacy with God in Christ. We really are different people in so many ways. In the process of time we come to know our own evil, intimately, and detest it as well. It tends to provide us more sympathy for others. We also realize other aspects of Gods Words, in His Dealings with us, because of our own sin and evil, even in a more passive (not controlling) setting. This can be very unsettling, but the trust in God in Christ that comes with it is quite astounding, and can be quite transforming, these various changes. When I was first saved I wanted everything of God in Christ NOW. That's not how God Works. It has helped me to find solitude at times, to observe creation, how God's Handiwork is put together, to understand also, myself. We are correlations in many ways. A planting of the Lord. A peculiar treasure. Plantings are done in the darkness of the earth. Diamonds are formed under great pressures. IN many ways there are spiritual correlatives to observe and to contemplate. You'll often find that we don't really have much control over these courses either. We can learn that we are quite entirely helpless, weak. In weakness there is a certain amount of Grace, Mercy and Forgiveness that we come to know more intimately, and there we find the real Power of God in Christ. Many long years ago, as I was being tortured by the pressures of this world, I cried so deeply to God, deep sobbing tears. And God did show more of Himself to me. More than I could take in. Were even a the smallest glint of God in Christ really exposed to us, we would find ourselves instantly overwhelmed. God does have that kind of power. More really than any of us could stand, in this current state.

I love having the pleasure of reading little spiritual nuggets like this on the forum. It resonates with my spirit. You have been in the Holy of Holies. The refiners fire has done a work in your life.

 

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I love having the pleasure of reading little spiritual nuggets like this on the forum. It resonates with my spirit. You have been in the Holy of Holies. The refiners fire has done a work in your life.

We have, right now, within us all, the Power of God in Christ. The ability to dispense Mercy to others. Forgiveness. Love, oh, yes LOVE. The Greatest HIDDEN TREASURE in the church that is waiting to be BROKEN OPEN and spilled upon the planet. What a wonderful sharing to have and to dispense. I will guarantee every believer here that we do NOT want to leave here without dispensing His Love to everyone we meet. Not just lip service, "believe my doctrinal positions" or else, but LOVE. Real genuine LOVE.

These are the Treasures of God in Christ to dive headlong into. And there is a dark side that comes with this sharing. You will see, with your own eyes, the captivity of the god of this world. I have heard Satan speak from the lips of his slaves. It can be quite shocking, to the core even. And a greater power will be with you and in you, that you did not know was there, to confront these matters.

God in Christ will show any believer who enters into His Eternal Matters, things beyond our imaginations, in real time. And we WILL face our enemy as well. That is part of the shaking, stirring, that God has held in His Storehouse. When you look upon anyone who does not know God in Christ, see them as they are. They are, just as we WERE:

Ephesians 2:
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:

God in Christ has shown me, that there really is TWO walking there. The person and the spirit of disobedience. We are to love one, and confront the other, in resistance. To PRY them loose from that other power. The TOOLS for this are His Love, Mercy and Forgiveness, that they may find HIS Grace, and that God Himself would HONOR this witness. And HE WILL.

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.

To do this is to SHINE ourselves, in what we have already received and have had handed to us, within. IN this way His Treasures and Treasury MULTIPLIES in the holders. The more LIGHT you have, the MORE LIGHT will be given.