Doing Your Part!

[lampwicke]

2-15-03
All sin is composed of :
the lust of the eye,the lust of the flesh, and
the pride of life.
All facets of extreme selfishness.

It is not enough to say "I repent Oh! Lord".
For it takes the crushing force of the cross,
to bring deliverance.
Words won't do it,sin must be crucified,and
one must experience the pain and suffering of the
process of the cleansing.

The agony of salvation, the confronting,
the putting down of the pride,the reaching of
the bottom of your barrel: to surrender your selfishness
to God,is a repeat putting to death of sin.

This is what this time on this earth is for?

This is the process, as we also learn of a loving
forgiving God.
This the tempering of the spirit,which God expects.
Gaining more and more of Jesus,as the self is destroyed,
as the heart is yielded, it is constantly crushed
through the renewing of the mind by the word
and the Holy Spirits guidance.


" Behold,I have refined thee, but not with silver;
I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction."
Isaiah48:10

" And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased;
and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted."
Matthew23:12

" I have set the Lord always before me;
because he is at my right hand,
I shall not be moved."
Psalms 16:8

In His love, lampwicke xxx

 

[desi]

God has made Lucifer as well as the punishment for following Lucifer. What is a mortal to do? Follow the sin available to humanity or the rules afforded by God knowing the punishment for infringing upon those rules? It is a fools question, wouldn't it be nice to be ignorant and partake of such carnal sins without knowledge of the recourse. To taste the sweet nectar of the forbidden fruit! It is there for all to taste in defiance of God's wrath.

 

[lampwicke]

dear Desi,
Your question may, in your eyes look to be a fools question but have you ever gone further with How your God may look at such a thing you call a dilemma?
To partake in your theory,much applies if a person is "unsaved",or( a new carnal christian) for only then could that person partake in the process of sin,without conviction of their own heart.This is the old way, which a person knows well after coming out of the world.Sin,which is nothing but "Selfishness" basically,is the "biggie" which many christians aren't even aware of that Their God expects them to eliminate in their now born-again lives?Your question is not foolish, but I believe the beginning of us cleaning up our act,and knowing what God wants from us? Of course God made lucifer,yet He fell from heaven,from what, from his sin of vanity, (a facet of selfishness) his sin of thinking he could be greater than the creator.Don't you think he knows how powerful a weapon it is,since he uses it against all christians?(selfishness)(sin).Let me further blow your mind,God did create lucifer?(Human choice has been,to be a drone,and do as society tells us to do?)but; go deeper into the why He did? Could lucifer be the patsy,the catalyst to enable Gods plan for us all? Could God who knows all things from the beginning to the end, (Alpha&Omega) be using lucifer(satan=evil) as the opposite of what (God=good) is? God works in the parameters of both realms.this world and the spiritual,we can see this in "opposites"(good vs.evil)etc.HIs purpose for us, is to teach/prepare us through His love,to change? Change what? Change from the worlds ways to His ways.This we must want to do out of free choice,for He did give us a free will to do so? Through the reading of His word,(to renew our minds),the learning of His love,through the salvation from His Son),we through the faith and His qualities we learn through, He slowly perfects us/shapes/molds us into a spirit being which will be able to enter into heavenbeing guided by His Holy Spirit) as the spirit beings we really are? I know this is much input,and you may not get it all at once? but: "To think",for any christian is a great accomplishment?
In answer to your question,(wouldn't be nice to be ignorant and partake of carnal sins,without knowledge of the recourse?) "No", as a christian who loves God,I know it won't work, why? because I came out of such a world and have found something better, (His Love)!There is no sweet nectar in sin, for you know it is only for a season, then death?Of course it is there,always will be,until we reach heaven,where it will not enter.It will always be a choice we will do battle with while we work our salvation,in these human bodies? It too is a catalyst in changing us in our sinful nature,into Gods perception of who we really are, Sons of God, His Sons just like the Firstborn Son, our Jesus. No matter how we as christians look at the whole,I believe for me,and this is my Gods plan for me, if somethings sound similiar then we have something in common,we know and love the same God. Each of us, will love Him to different depths,such is the dilemma of the flesh vs spirit. Thanks for your response,there is no foolish questions when it comes to God, only ignorance(not knowing)def.
In His love, lampwicke xxx