do you believe if a person wholeheartdly gives his life to the Lord that God will remove their addictions and lustful thoughts?
2006-11-13 16:02:25 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Be careful how you read the previous answers. Be careful how you read this one. Because...
The question under the surface that I am hearing is this. (whether about you or a friend would not change it) "I have lustful thoughts and I have addictions, and I am Christian and I am terribly afraid that the fact that I am still struggling with these things must mean that I'm not really or that Christ doesn't really love me."
We will always until we die struggle with sin. If we didn't, we might be tempted to believe that we could control all of this stuff ourselves, instead of submitting ourselves to His will.
The Devil wants you to think that all of these problems would disappear if you were a "real" Christian, so that you will give up and lose your faith.
The truth? You will struggle with sin and temptation as we all will until the last day.
But!
Know this with all your heart, mind, and soul. Christ will be with you and walk with you and carry you through the struggle. The struggle will be there, but so will he, and in the end, you both will triumph, even if it isn't in the specific way you think it should be or have planned.
2006-11-13 16:45:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hello Living for Jesus,
I do believe that if a person wholeheartedly gives his/her life to the Lord that God will remove their addictions and lustful thoughts, if that person is willing to be set free from these problems and that person no longer wants this crap in their life. then God will remove it totally.
2006-11-14 00:18:08 · answer #2 · answered by JOSEPH M 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes, but you need to pray and ask God to help you not want to look at lustful things or think lustful things. You have to pray for God's help in fighting addictions.
2006-11-14 02:39:24 · answer #3 · answered by ironchain15 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think He can, or...we can still struggle with it day by day. God is perfect in all His ways....sometimes I think He does remove addictive needs, such as people who give up smoking and never look back. Other times it seems He allows a person to make that choice, day by day, to seek God's strength for not commiting that sin. His reasoning for these different "deliverances" are His alone.
There are some sins I still struggle with, day by day...He has not removed the desire for them, so I have to "take every thought captive to Christ" when they come into my head. I have to resist the sin, when the urge comes to me. I believe in this, He is teaching me obedience. It's very hard, and sometimes I fail.
But as the bible tells us, God chastises whom He loves. And He is the perfect teacher, that we can believe.
2006-11-14 00:37:04 · answer #4 · answered by Esther 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God will remove their addictions and lustful thoughts if they wish them to be removed, ask God to remove them, and then submit to the discipline and sacrifice(s) that God asks of them.
That is, it is a cooperative process. It isn't magic. God requires our obedience to and trust in him.
That said, be prepared for a flaring up, perhaps, of any such addictions and lustful thoughts before God removes them. Do NOT get discouraged. It has been my experience again and again that I will wholeheartedly ask God to remove something from my life, and he then permits me clear vision of all of its ramifications...so that I become entirely willing to have him remove it. If you ask for God's help, and you seem to be getting worse, this could very well be evidence that things are getting better. You have to hang in there, keep asking God for the strength to overcome, continue trusting him to transform your life--and your suffering will bring rewards. God does grant freedom, but you must want it, believe he can provide it, and be willing to walk through the fire that will purify you.
2006-11-14 00:11:57 · answer #5 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I don't think that GOD would remove their addictions and lustful thoughts. According to the Christian religion, it's not God's job to do that. It's your job. It's a part of resisting temptation.
2006-11-14 00:07:45 · answer #6 · answered by Jess H 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No! I think that it takes a lot on our part. Remember the Bible says to put off the old man, put on the new. Those things mentioned, take a lot of prayerful consideration and faith. Eventually they will be removed. God is not a genie in a bottle that will grant your every wish. But if someone humbles himself, prayerfully and faithfully, God will answer, and lead you to a place in His will. Are you having a problem with the above?
2006-11-14 00:12:01 · answer #7 · answered by sunny 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He doesn't remove them completely. I think he leaves them there as a reminder of the choices we have made. After all we have free will and he wants to also see what we do with our free will when it comes to addiction.
2006-11-14 00:18:58 · answer #8 · answered by booellis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone who says no to this answer is pathetic. Obviously they don't know that God is truely sovereign and cannot be boxed in, He's inconceivable.. and so yeah. Ted Haggard will be delivered from whatever the heck is going on with him and all weapons formed against him will perish. You do have to ask though for forgiveness and to take it away, because if you don't, you're not requesting help.. but God's will be done.
2006-11-14 00:17:18 · answer #9 · answered by clouds 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends...He does for some, and others they struggle with their habits (sins ) for longer before they get delivered. I think it may have to do with the depth of the dependence, and how much hold it has over their lives. Sometimes He does it spontaneously just to prove He's real in the lives of the new born believer and for others around as a testimony to His power....He's God....He works these things out on an individual basis, for the good of the person, and for HIS glory!
2006-11-14 00:10:43 · answer #10 · answered by lookn2cjc 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋