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<blockquote data-quote="razeontherock" data-source="post: 59741783" data-attributes="member: 263091"><p><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/wave.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wave:" title="wave :wave:" data-shortname=":wave:" /> Hi, and welcome to CF. I wish to thank you for using this forum the way it is intended - for sincere questions. You are indeed at a junction in your life where you want to "look before you leap." Jesus Himself tells us to "count the cost." (Not as a way of warning against following Him, but as a way of bracing for the realities it entails)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This describes someone attempting to do the Lord's will, "in their own strength;" if not legalism outright. Without Him, we can do <strong>nothing!!</strong></p><p></p><p>What you have NOT described, is coming unto Him and finding rest for your soul, for His burden is light and His yoke is easy. This should give you Hope that Biblical Christianity is not returning to the old way you have known, but something new in front of you.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The last part of this point is Pascal's wager, which is indeed a weak argument. </p><p>Plus, someone HAS returned from the dead to tell us this is how it is! Christianity is all about trusting Jesus <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>I don't think He looks favorably on the entirety of this life being 1 inch of rope. Heck, you can't even tie a knot in that!?! How 'bout, all the rope you've ever seen is this life, and you don't want to make a tangled mess out of it? That you've heard there's more even to it, but you need God's help with just handling what you've got on your hands now??</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>First of all, congratulations. Second of all, I didn't know such a place still existed. Next, know that you are not alone in this struggle; it's the biggest one many of us face. And finally, I'm sure there are a lot of people, good Christian people, that would be interested in you. Christianity =/= celibacy.</p><p>(Those are 2 separate things)</p><p></p><p> I urge you to follow HIm, the best you know how, as best as you are able <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>No Saint has ever done more than that. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/old/hug.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hug:" title="hug :hug:" data-shortname=":hug:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="razeontherock, post: 59741783, member: 263091"] :wave: Hi, and welcome to CF. I wish to thank you for using this forum the way it is intended - for sincere questions. You are indeed at a junction in your life where you want to "look before you leap." Jesus Himself tells us to "count the cost." (Not as a way of warning against following Him, but as a way of bracing for the realities it entails) This describes someone attempting to do the Lord's will, "in their own strength;" if not legalism outright. Without Him, we can do [B]nothing!![/B] What you have NOT described, is coming unto Him and finding rest for your soul, for His burden is light and His yoke is easy. This should give you Hope that Biblical Christianity is not returning to the old way you have known, but something new in front of you. The last part of this point is Pascal's wager, which is indeed a weak argument. Plus, someone HAS returned from the dead to tell us this is how it is! Christianity is all about trusting Jesus ;) I don't think He looks favorably on the entirety of this life being 1 inch of rope. Heck, you can't even tie a knot in that!?! How 'bout, all the rope you've ever seen is this life, and you don't want to make a tangled mess out of it? That you've heard there's more even to it, but you need God's help with just handling what you've got on your hands now?? First of all, congratulations. Second of all, I didn't know such a place still existed. Next, know that you are not alone in this struggle; it's the biggest one many of us face. And finally, I'm sure there are a lot of people, good Christian people, that would be interested in you. Christianity =/= celibacy. (Those are 2 separate things) I urge you to follow HIm, the best you know how, as best as you are able :) No Saint has ever done more than that. :hug: [/QUOTE]
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