At least you understand grace is far more important to know, than having perfect theological understanding of Trinity. The bible stresses grace, it is the new covenant. The bible does not stress the demands of some on the internet who make theological demands that are extra biblical
The post of mine that you quoted, you seemed to have missed where I said "it is a mix between your fleshly body and demons".
Nicotine addiction is part of your fleshly body. If you became addicted to nicotine and then become Born Again... God knows, and understands what Nicotine does to your body and what happens when you try to deny your body the chemical and what kind of chemical reactions it has within your body and how it can affect how your brain works. I really doubt that a nicotine fit has anything at all to do with demons, though I wouldn't be surprised that if a smoker is trying to quit, that a demon could come and try to poke them into doing something irrational to get a cigarette, including causing wrath and/or the temptation to steal or be lazy at work, and/or break company policy by sneaking out to smoke or what-not.
We serve a loving, longsuffering and merciful God. While I believe that smoking is something that should not be done, I also believe that there is extra mercy for things like chemical addictions (assuming said addiction was started before becoming a Christian). There have been studies that have been done that show people who quit smoking can throw their bodies into chaos and cause even more harm than if they would have merely done something like go to e-cigs or the patch and try to slowly back off and quit.
Many former smokers (my dad included) oftentimes end up hooked on sweets and end up obese which is just as bad. Chemical addiction to nicotine got replaced by gluttony for sugar. Is really any better?
I want to be clean, I want to be without sin.. I like the feeling I get right after prayer, It's like a clean pure feeling, But it does not last, Sooner or later temptation happens..
My sins and desires offend me, And even though I try to resist, it's not so simple, The flesh is wicked and it desires what it does. Is there a way to make temptation go away and never come back. I dislike my temptations, I want them to stop completely, forever..There is no need to go into detail. And lest I be judged, No man is without sin. But, I am offended by my wickedness, it pulls at me like a chain coming straight from hell. To know the love of God, And then to feel the pull of Satan,, It's unfair, God deserves better then me, And I want to do better. But the devil knows my weakness.. And I am weak. How can someone make temptation stop? It's like a sickness that does not go away..
A never ending battle, And I just want peace,...Please note, I am not insane, I am just very spiritual,, I promise, My sins are not that different from any other male,, most likely..
But its not fair that Satan gets to try, over and over and over again,, it's like I am a stone and he is a stone cutter.. He picks at me until I am weak. And I fall to temptation..
It's not fair... I want it to stop...
I want to be clean, I want to be without sin.. I like the feeling I get right after prayer, It's like a clean pure feeling, But it does not last, Sooner or later temptation happens..
My sins and desires offend me, And even though I try to resist, it's not so simple, The flesh is wicked and it desires what it does. Is there a way to make temptation go away and never come back. I dislike my temptations, I want them to stop completely, forever..There is no need to go into detail. And lest I be judged, No man is without sin. But, I am offended by my wickedness, it pulls at me like a chain coming straight from hell. To know the love of God, And then to feel the pull of Satan,, It's unfair, God deserves better then me, And I want to do better. But the devil knows my weakness.. And I am weak. How can someone make temptation stop? It's like a sickness that does not go away..
A never ending battle, And I just want peace,...Please note, I am not insane, I am just very spiritual,, I promise, My sins are not that different from any other male,, most likely..
But its not fair that Satan gets to try, over and over and over again,, it's like I am a stone and he is a stone cutter.. He picks at me until I am weak. And I fall to temptation..
It's not fair... I want it to stop...
Verily verily I say unto you.
Ye MUST be born again john3:3
Someone who has been born again of the spirit DOES NOT need extra inducement to change for they have been born again.
Someone who has not been born again isn't a christian. Christ was specific on that point
I'm not sure I understand your first paragraph, can you ellucidate?Therefore you are saying to all those who become fearful and anxious because of what is in their minds and thoughts that they are not born again.
Christian was a name placed on the early church members by outsiders, the name of the Church was the "Way".
What does that mean to you especially knowing the persecution that these early followers were subjected to. And why are modern Christians tolerated. There is a time coming when Christian's will actually persecute the followers of the "Way" that Jesus has revealed by example. The Pharisee mentality is still active even today.
The body is the temple and there is access into the Sanctuary and Holy Place.
If you're a once saved always saved person, you might want to drop that mindset, as it leads people to compromise. I'm not saying that such is what is going on with you, but you really need to think about not risking your soul, as that is what sin does. It is deadly. Every time you feel the desire to sin, think, "is this worth risking my salvation over", and you're more likely to have victory over your temptations.
I want to be clean, I want to be without sin.. I like the feeling I get right after prayer, It's like a clean pure feeling, But it does not last, Sooner or later temptation happens..
My sins and desires offend me, And even though I try to resist, it's not so simple, The flesh is wicked and it desires what it does. Is there a way to make temptation go away and never come back. I dislike my temptations, I want them to stop completely, forever..There is no need to go into detail. And lest I be judged, No man is without sin. But, I am offended by my wickedness, it pulls at me like a chain coming straight from hell. To know the love of God, And then to feel the pull of Satan,, It's unfair, God deserves better then me, And I want to do better. But the devil knows my weakness.. And I am weak. How can someone make temptation stop? It's like a sickness that does not go away..
A never ending battle, And I just want peace,...Please note, I am not insane, I am just very spiritual,, I promise, My sins are not that different from any other male,, most likely..
But its not fair that Satan gets to try, over and over and over again,, it's like I am a stone and he is a stone cutter.. He picks at me until I am weak. And I fall to temptation..
It's not fair... I want it to stop...
You haven't responded to what I wrote.
Do you agree the new covenant hinges on two core facts, and do you agree with what I have written concerning those facts?
I recommend watching the series on God's mercy which Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church is teaching at the moment, at saddleback.com.I want to be clean, I want to be without sin.. I like the feeling I get right after prayer, It's like a clean pure feeling, But it does not last, Sooner or later temptation happens..
My sins and desires offend me, And even though I try to resist, it's not so simple, The flesh is wicked and it desires what it does. Is there a way to make temptation go away and never come back. I dislike my temptations, I want them to stop completely, forever..There is no need to go into detail. And lest I be judged, No man is without sin. But, I am offended by my wickedness, it pulls at me like a chain coming straight from hell. To know the love of God, And then to feel the pull of Satan,, It's unfair, God deserves better then me, And I want to do better. But the devil knows my weakness.. And I am weak. How can someone make temptation stop? It's like a sickness that does not go away..
A never ending battle, And I just want peace,...Please note, I am not insane, I am just very spiritual,, I promise, My sins are not that different from any other male,, most likely..
But its not fair that Satan gets to try, over and over and over again,, it's like I am a stone and he is a stone cutter.. He picks at me until I am weak. And I fall to temptation..
It's not fair... I want it to stop...
Concerning your first paragraph. It certainly I not a mental exercise devoid of the spirit to accept the core foundation on which the new covenant is built. It is a tradgedy that so few ministers preach on the core of which the new covenant stands.The problem with wordy explanations is that the mind is absorbed in an intellectual exercise only and it becomes devoid of Spirit. It becomes a work of the flesh. The scriptures are divine inspiration therefore that is good but then interpretation is added and this is distorting and a difficult mental exercise. This can take the life out of a relationship with God because this is Spirit. Did Jesus ever write anything?
Everything that has been shown to me is direct. I was shown within my mind how my mind did not measure up to the mind of an immortal, the mind Jesus thinks from. This is where sin is hatched from.
I was shown how the same mind could be attained to and immortality is a possibility and hope.
At this point there was no atonement or at one with God, but there was grace. I had been given a quick, very short look beyond the veil in the mind and it placed me in some shock.
At that time the understanding of the temple with the sanctuary was not understood. I had never read the Bible but had known some Christians at work and had heard stories about Christianity generally.
I thought the God that had been revealed powerfully and of the Bible was the God they spoke of.
Years later when a fast was taken the Spirit that was some what withered and dormant revitalized a belief.
Simple prayers, and a work of faith developed a deepening real belief in the heart and some purity began to be attached to words of scripture and revelation as they were spoken out. This eventually lead to the exposure of a realm of the mind that was full of attachments or fixtures (demons) that were in control of my will. These determined my behavior in any situation and the emphasis on words as they were delivered in conversation.
This came from inside and this was established from the company that was being kept. It is even in the responses to own close family. A human does not truly Love because it is usually conditional. Everyone is bonded in familiar emotions.
Atonement occurred when I broke inwardly deeply enough in an act of laying every last bit of my own self aside and then the nature of Jesus settled over me. This nature is unconditional Love and it is energized by God. There is no sin in this nature because it is perfect and it is acceptable to God and He indwells. My will was released from the influence of my own self and then it was one with the will of God. That is atonement, at one with.
The temple is the body and the example is that the 10 commandments on stone tablets were in the ark under the mercy seat with the cherubim. The heart of stone, the law, is replaced by one of flesh. There is actually a release around the heart area in the chest as all the old encumbrances on the personality fall away. This is circumcision of the heart.
The nature of Jesus is impossible to imagine because of its gentleness and quietness.
"Jesus is an atonement for your sin" as you write is not functionally correct. Atonement is to place -at one with- By example Jesus through His sacrifice has revealed the way back to God.
1 John 2:2 Jesus is an atoning sacrifice for our sin and not just ours but for the whole world.
Jesus is Our Advocate
…4The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; 5but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: 6the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.
If the heart is changed and the Love of God is perfected the words spoken will be truth and will impart some power of unconditional Love energized by God. This is what everyone falls short of. Everyone is still playing in the mud puddle of a mixture of thoughts and reasoning.
I am a "once saved always saved" person and that belief has NOT led me to compromise my faith. Would you please explain the way those OSAS people comprise their faith?
John
No born again christian could possibly view the new covenant as you have mentioned, whether they believed I osas or whether they didntMany people who have been of OSAS have felt, "what does it matter if I'm sin, I'm going to Heaven anyway and nothing can change that".
I'm not sure I understand your first paragraph, can you ellucidate?
Do you know why the fist century christians( the way) were persecuted?
Brothers if I still preached circumcision( ie law) why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offence of the cross has been abolished gal5:11
People who go to church today persecute those who accept Paul's message of grace, for they have pharisiac tendancies. They want to be praised before men.
The pharisee mentality I indeed alive today.
Demand of others what you fail to live up to in your own life. Stress what the individual must do while failing to do what you demanded of others
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