free to struggle..
2007 November 6
…so I have a thought that might jack with you…
“We do not struggle with our sin to be free from it…
We are free from our sin to struggle with it…”
I have really been thinking a lot about this recently and I am convinced that my sin does not define me, however, I am always wanting to take the struggle back. Then, when I do, I feel defeated, ashamed, and embarassed, when it is my freedom that defines me. Its a radical thought.
So, here’s the question, does the struggle make us any more free than we already are???
wow i was just thinking about that. accually having this conversation today..
my dad. i worry about his salvation. not only that but i wonder if i am in the wrong. my dad basicaly tells me that once when he was 35 or whatever. god told him he mad him this way and to stop fighting. ive never understood and always had a hard time with that. beacause i know god didn’;t create him that way. but he did give us our ucky human flesh that we fight with..
so the whole point of jesus is to have your sins washed away. but what happens when people say.. well i just do whatever i want beacause i am forgivn? it that write or should you strive to live the life he wants for u and struggle with ur sins?
dude i just read what i wrote and i spelt alot of things wrong!! sorry thats what i get for typing fast!!
and i wanted to show u this video
Nikki…I am praying for your dad about that…thank you for being so open and honest about that issue with your dad. I know that this comment can be taken to extreme to make you think that you don’t have to do anything after you are forgiven. I want to remind you of the verse that says, “Faith without works is dead.” You can’t just stop living for Christ and fulfill all your evil desires/passions. That is what commitment is all about. My wife would be a little bit ticked if I just kept bringing home different women, and Jesus is the same way. His expectations for me is continual obedience and a desire to want to please him and live a Holy life. Does that make sense??
I loved that video..it completely made me cry.
Yes! completly and i think that this was just a way for satin to twist things in my mind. but what u said is excatly the agrument i have with my dad.. and its just hard and it makes me sad… for him beacause all my days have recently been obcessed with heaven and hell im just so intrested in it and I worry for him… and it SUCKS!! that video is amazing and just makes me more sad for not just my dad but all of US! sin seperates us from god… UGH SATIN!
lol anyways thanks guess what i went to dare to share last night
and it was so cool i got to meet this girl from Kenya who was raised through compassion inc. and i told her all about neema and i got a letter from neema the other day i told ally i would call and read it! to you guys… IT S PRETTY DANG COOL!
hope all is good