TO: DAVID S.
/ TEMPTATION
(RE: David S (7 June 2012)
"To Patti C Re: "How born again
Christians should relate to homosexuals/ Temptation")
HI DAVID!
YOU ASKED:
Do you
believe when a person is born again God removes their
primary temptation?
YES!
EVERYONE’S
GREATEST TEMPTATION IS “SELF”AND TO LIVE FOR SELF. EVERYTHING ELSE
STEMS FROM THAT…ALCOHOL, DRUGS, SEX, ARE JUST THE
SYMPTOMS OF OUR DISEASE, OF LOVING OURSELVES, AND OUR
LIVES, IN THIS WORLD, MORE THAN LOVING GOD.
WHEN WE ARE
BORN AGAIN, FROM ABOVE,
THIS SELF MUST DIE IN ORDER THAT CHRIST CAN LIVE IN US,
VIA THE HOLY SPIRIT.
IN ORDER TO
BE BORN AGAIN, ONE HAS TO DIE. EVERYONE DIES
TO THEMSELVES IN THAT MOMENT WHEN CHRIST STANDS BEFORE
THEM AND SAYS “COME”.
AND,
IF WE SAY “YES” HE BAPTIZES
US WITH FIRE, THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO HELP
OVERCOME THE TEMPTATIONS IN THE WORLD.
CHRIST IS THE LIVE
WIRE CONNECTION, AND THE HOLY SPIRIT IS THE ELECTRICITY
THAT MAKES IT ALL COME TO LIFE, IN US!! ONE WITHOUT
THE OTHER DOES NOT WORK.
IT CAN BE A LIKENED TO HAVING A WONDERFUL MODERN
APPLIANCE AND HAVING A PLACE TO PLUG IT IN, BUT NO
ELECTRICITY TO MAKE IT RUN. THE ONLY WORK
THAT MAN MAY DO, THAT IS ACCEPTABLE TO THE LORD, IS TO DIE TO
SELF, AND THEN HE
CAN WORK THROUGH US.
ALL OTHER WORKS DONE, WITH OUT BEING PLUGGED IN
AND TURNED ON, ARE BUT THE WORKS OF SELF, AND THEY ARE
MEANINGLESS.
WITHOUT THE
HOLY SPIRIT WE CANNOT EXPERIENCE CHRIST IN OUR LIVES;
THAT IS WHAT BEING BORN AGAIN IS ALL ABOUT!
THE MORE WE
ARE ABLE TO KEEP DYING TO OUR SELF, AND LETTING HIM TAKE THE REINS OF
OUR LIFE, THE MORE WE ARE ABLE TO OVERCOME AND KEEP
RUNNING THE RACE.
JESUS IS
THE REASON WE ARE RUNNING THIS RACE, TO CLAIM THE
VICTORY OF HAVING HIM IN OUR LIVES, AND TO BE WITH HIM, FOREVER.. HE IS THE WAY AND THE GOAL. WE MUST RUN
INTO HIS ARMS,
WHEN WE NEED THE STRENGTH, TO OVERCOME OURSELVES, IN
THIS WORLDLY LIFE.
EVEN IF WE
FALL, IT IS HE THAT
PROVIDES THE STRENGTH TO GET BACK UP!! DEPEND ON HIM FOR
EVERYTHING…THE MORE WE DO THAT, HAVING FAITH, WITHOUT
TURNING BACK TO OUR OWN POWER, AND CONTINUE TO ASK FOR HIS HELP, NO MATTER
HOW UNWORTHY WE MAY FEEL, WILL ALL BE TO HIS GLORY!! IF WE LET HIM
RUN THE RACE, FROM WITHIN US, WE CAN KNOW THAT OUR
VICTORY IS ASSURED.
BECAUSE HE DIED AND ROSE AGAIN, SO SHALL WE.
GET UP AND KEEP
DYING TO OURSELVES…AS HE DIED FOR ALL OF US.
BEING BORN
AGAIN MEANS WE GET A CHANCE TO FEEL WHAT IT IS TO BE
JOINED TO OUR BELOVED. IN THAT MOMENT
WHEN WE SAY “YES” TO HIS
MARRIAGE PROPOSAL, HE
GIVES US THE PROMISE OF BEING WITH HIM FOREVER BY GIVING
US THE HOLY SPIRIT; THUS, THE SPIRIT OF CONNECTION THAT
CONNECTS US TO HIM,
UNTIL HE COMES TO
BRING US HOME. IT
IS OUR ENGAGEMENT RING THAT REQUIRES A PERSONAL
ENGAGEMENT ON OUR PART, AS WELL AS HIS.
JESUS DIED
FOR OUR SINS, FOR ALL SINS, FOR ALL TIME. WE ARE HEAVY
LADEN WITH SIN, THE LAW PROVES THAT. ONLY BY YOKING
OURSELVES WITH JESUS CAN
ONE RUN THE RACE AND CROSS THE FINISH LINE.
EACH
TEMPTATION WE OVERCOME, IN HIS NAME, AND WITH HIS HELP, WILL ONLY
BRING YOU CLOSER TO HIM.
“HE, WHO IS
FORGIVEN MUCH, LOVETH MUCH!!”
LOOK AT THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL…THEY WERE FORGIVEN
MUCH AND THEY LOVED MUCH.
ONE DENIED HIM AND THE OTHER MURDERED HIS FOLLOWERS!! WE ARE TO BE
LIKE THEY WERE; REPENTANT SINNERS ALWAYS STRIVING TOWARD
THE GOAL OF BEING MORE LIKE CHRIST, BY LETTING HIM TAKE OVER, OUR
LIVES, AND LIVE IN US.
WE ARE ALL
SINNERS. WE
MUST CONTINUE TO REPENT EACH STEP OF THE WAY. WE MUST CONTINUE
TO POUR OUT WHAT CHRIST
FILLS US WITH, INTO THE WORLD, IN ORDER TO BE
CONTINUALLY REFILLED….ENOUGH OIL IN OUR LAMPS TO BE
LIGHTS IN THE DARKNESS, AND ENOUGH OIL TO TRIM OUR LAMPS
WHEN HE COMES FOR
US.
THE ONLY ONE
WE CAN TRUST IS JESUS,
AND HE DIED FOR OUR
SINS. IF WE
LOVE HIM, WE WILL
CHANGE AND GROW WITH HIS
HELP… AND HE
WILL DECIDE WHAT WE NEED TO KEEP, AND TO LET GO.
IN ALL
TEMPTATIONS WE MUST STAY CLOSE TO HIM, DO NOT LET SIN
SEPARATE US FROM THIS PRECIOUS CONNECTION, AND, WHEN WE
TRULY KNOW HIM, WE
WANT NOTHING TO SEPARATE US FROM HIS AMAZING GRACE,
FOR THAT BECOMES THE MOST PAINFUL PUNISHMENT WE CAN
EXPERIENCE. THEREFORE,
OUR DESIRE TO DO HIS WILL,
OVERCOMES THE DESIRE TO DO OUR OWN WILL.
IT ALL BOILS
DOWN TO LOVE…HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE HIM? ENOUGH TO GIVE
UP EVERYTHING WE KNOW, AND GO INTO THE WILDERNESS OF
SUPERNATURAL FAITH; THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST?
WHEN WE ARE
CHRIST’S, WE MUST
ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT HE
DIED SO THAT WE COULD LIVE FOREVER, IN HEAVEN. BY CONSTANTLY
REMEMBERING THIS, AND HAVING HIS STRENGTH THROUGH
THE HOLY SPIRIT, WE WILL OVERCOME EVERYTHING IT TAKES TO
SEE THE FINISH LINE.
THE MORE WE LOVE HIM THE LESS WE WILL WANT TO GRIEVE
HIM WITH OUR LACK
OF FAITH.
WHEN ONE IS
BORN AGAIN, ALL THE BAD IN THEIR LIFE, IS USED TO THEIR
ETERNAL GOOD. IF YOUR ARE HIS, EVERY
CIRCUMSTANCE HAS A BLESSING OR A LESSON THAT WILL
ULTIMATELY BRING YOU CLOSER TO HIM.
THE ENGAGEMENT
RING HAS BEEN GIVEN, IN THE SKY FOR ALL THE WORLD TO
SEE…ALL THAT IS LEFT IS FOR ALL THAT ARE HIS, TO SAY “YES”.
I HOPE THIS
GIVES YOU A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT I WROTE IN MY FIRST
POST.
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I WOULD LIKE
TO ADD, HERE, HOW IMPRESSED I AM WITH YOUR RECENTS
POSTS, DIRECTLY ANSWERING SOME GOOD QUESTIONS WITH SOME
REALLY GOOD ANSWERS!!
THANKS FOR
THE INTRIGUING, AND WELL SUPPORTED STUDIES…I LOOK
FORWARD TO MORE.
IN HIS LOVE,
AGAPE!
Patti C.
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David S (7 June 2012)
To Patti C Re: "How born again Christians should relate to
homosexuals/ Temptation
Hi Patti,
Thanks for your
input and scriptures.
You wrote: Therefore, all those who overcome temptation
are still saved, and grow stronger in Christ with each
temptation they overcome, in His name. When we are born
again, Christ gives us the strength to overcome, and
provides the way in which we can overcome.
I certainly agree with what you wrote and although
many are beset with more difficult circumstances and
surroundings then the average person but God is always
faithful.
Do you believe when a person is born again God removes
their primary temptation?
For instance is
every alcoholic cured of the desire to drink, every
adulterer no longer lusts, every thief has no wish to
steal or any homosexual desires the opposite sex? Or does
our flesh still have these temptations but with the Holy
Spirit we are able to stand firm and overcome. It would
certainly seem, from the Bible verses you quoted, that our
temptations remain and we resist and become stronger with
God’s help. What do you or others think?
Blessings,
David S