everyone,
well, isnt anyone sick of just being forgiven? oh i thank God for everlasting grace, but im just tired of being full of sin that God hates and that i hate and i just have to keep asking forgiveness.
i mean isnt the blood and the holyspirit supposed to make me able to overcome satan?
Our walk with Jesus must be a balanced one. One of the biggest pitfalls we can encounter is going to an extreme. We can actually begin Hating ourselves because we know how sinful we are. This will begin to reflect in our perceptions and the way we treat other people. We loose sight of the Lord in that we try to please Him by obediance to the Law instead of Trusting Him and following the Holy Spirit. God is very aware of our shortcomings. If we try to deal with it on our own understanding, strength and ability we will fail. If we continue down this road we actually put ourselves in a position of saying to God "I can handle this better then you can". This is not walking in faith in Christ but faith in yourself to be good enough to please God. When we do that God sometimes will allow this so that we fall right flat on our face. We are then humbled by this experience and finally come to the conclusion that God is able to deal with our sin. Once we let go and Trust Him to deal with it and accept our imperfections is when we experience the cleansing power of the Holy Spirit. We learn to overlook sin and love the person the way Jesus does. We begin to love God, ourselves and our neighbor the way we should. We are also more capable to recieve love and to understand and believe the depth of Gods love for us. Day by day we become not of our own plan but by Gods plan a Holy People.
Galatians 5:18 But when you are directed by the Holy Spirit, you are no longer subject to the law.
When we learn to follow the lead of the Holy Spirit we then are no longer under the Law but we are upholding the Law. The minute we go our own way we again are enslaved under the Law. This is my favorite part of our salvation. I am no longer bound by the Law if I simply obey the Lord through His Holy Spirit. My sins aren't held against me any longer they are more like shortcomings of Gods ideal "me" that with a daily walk and fellowship with the Lord will be obliterated with time. He molds me and I don't try to mold myself. It does not come overnight.
After following the Holy Spirit and doing as He asks we learn what love really is by doing it. We don't have to be told any longer what it is because we know. We also discover the deeper truths when we obey the Lord. The more we learn the more we understand our need for Him. We become less in that we yield more of our way over to Him. When this Happens our way becomes His way and as Reann pointed out the layers of sin start peeling off. We begin to think and act Like He would yet we still are unique in who we are as individuals. We become the type of person that God, our neighbor and ourselves can be proud of.
It took several years for God's Holy Spirit to renew my mind and understanding enough to grasp these simple truths. I don't have to do anything accept do what He tells me. He expects me to do the best I can. I don't have to struggle with anything anymore. I have been set free.
When someone approaches me with the Law of the Word I go into "auto ask" mode because I don't wish to become enslaved by the Law or stray from Gods plan of redemption for me. God will tell us who we should be listening to and recieving correction from according to His Good purpose for our lives. It is another reason why we should try very hard to follow His lead so we don't end up messing up His work in someone elses life. When I screw up, I ask Him to forgive me and then ask Him to show me How to do it the right way. I can tell you, I've got along way to go, but Thank God Through Jesus Christ our Lord it's done.
Grace and Peace Be with us Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
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