Is This Possible?

[April_Rose]

Hello April_Rose, sorry about that. Let me know which parts of my post you're having trouble understanding .. or do you mean that it's the entire post that you're struggling with? Whatever it is, just let me know, and I'll try to clear things up for you

Thanks!

--David

Can you summarize the whole entire thing maybe?

 

[Sabertooth]

For @April_Rose (and anyone else feeling the same way),

Who Am I? (Casting Crowns, 2003)

 

[St_Worm2]

Can you summarize the whole entire thing maybe?

Sure, I'll try to anyway

 

[St_Worm2]

Hi @April_Rose, hopefully this will help a bit. If it does not, just let me know and I'll try a different approach. Thanks

Hello @April_Rose, unfortunately, I don't believe that's possible on this side of the grave. That's why the Lord prayed that the Father would sanctify us, and why we are commanded to lay aside our old self/old nature, renew our minds, and choose to put on our new self/new nature, day by day/moment by moment (to help get us closer and closer to such lofty desires/closer and closer to Him) .. e.g. John 17:17; Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:22-24.

Once God justifies/saves us, He begins to sanctify us (IOW, He begins to make us more and more Christlike). I believe that more than anything else, the changes that our sanctification is making in us can best be seen in our 1. growing trust in and dependence upon God, and 2. in our growing love for God and for others.

So, if we FULLY trusted God (100%), and we ALWAYS chose to love God with ALL of our heart, with ALL of our soul, and with ALL of our mind, and with ALL of our strength, and we always (and truly) loved our neighbors as ourselves, then we would already be sanctified (but none of us are yet).

God bless you!

--David
p.s. - I'll finish the rest of my reply to you in my next post. Do you have any questions about this post before I do however? Thanks

 

[kvolm]

and does the praying give you any insight to the doubts?

 

[April_Rose]

and does the praying give you any insight to the doubts?

Like what?

 

[kvolm]

Like what?

as a result of your praying, do you find that you have more clarity about the cause of your doubts?

 

[April_Rose]

as a result of your praying, do you find that you have more clarity about the cause of your doubts?

I don't know sometimes.