Hello all! I pray that you are doing well this morning. Today I would just like to share. A lot of people have the idea that they are better Christians than others. I, myself have had fleeting thoughts of "being a better Christian" when I see brothers and sisters who have fallen. Thank God for His Spirit which quickly corrects us. We are all brothers and sisters in Christ. We all fall, occasionally. We just fall in different directions. There is the adulterer, the drug addict, the thief, the boastful, etc. So is the drug addict better than the adulterer? Or is the boastful better than the thief? In God's eyes, no. We are all the same. God extends His mercy to ALL of us. When a fellow Christian falls, shouldn't we extend the same mercy? Of course we cannot be as good as God. But, shouldn't we try to be understanding, instead of thinking " we are a better Christian than they are" and looking at them with pity. What about when we fall?
2007-07-31 03:07:54 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Won't we want a fellow understanding, mercy given brother or sister to help pick us up and give us encouragement?
I pray that I have brought some needed words to someone this morning. Please feel free to e-mail me with prayer requests if you wish. I love you all, Cat
2007-07-31 03:09:33 · update #1
Thank you for the kind words-I usually don't answer such long posts but appreciate the spirit in which you are speaking.
2007-07-31 03:13:04 · answer #1 · answered by Makemeaspark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Image those who asked Jesus the same question felt a little put off when the Master bent down and wrote in the dirt. Some say it was the ten commandments being those who had questions at the time were living by the law but not according to it. How some of us must feel let he who is with out sin cast the first stone, Jesus was saying it then and is saying it now only through the Holy Spirit. Mercy and Grace are full in the Love of Christ only to be wrapped up in the Spirit that we walk in day by day in His Word.
2007-07-31 04:18:24 · answer #2 · answered by Healing_Rain 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sweet Pea that is what you call a word of WISDOM. You are correct, but the bible truly says there is not a sin bigger than the other. Now, the world has it owns objectives about that, but God see's it differently. We should encourage all people in Christ. Thank God we have a forgiving God because he has mercy and grace that last forever. See, when we do falll we repent. People in the bible fell al the time but the thing is they repented every time with a pure heart. We don't have the right to judge because no one person is perfect, just thank God he doesn't view people as we sinners saved by GRACE do! Be blessed my brother/sister!
2007-07-31 03:15:53 · answer #3 · answered by b n real 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Cat ! and all Truth-lovers !
Good words of spiritual love and inspiration you are sharing here with us. Thank you.
Yes, each and every human person on earth is Created with the same spiritual destiny potential to eventually be perfect in doing God's will just as JESUS NOW IS !
All sins are not the same degree of badness. There are many levels of error, evil, sin and iniquity.
A small Child may do many little errors and evils UNKNOWINGLY --that is normal and to be expected. A loving father and mother would certainly want to be merciful with their beloved little Children. God is infinitely loving and merciful to you and me and to all ! He is no respecter of persons; He has the rain fall on the just and the unjust.
An older Child, maybe age 15 could willingly do many sins. He or she could steal one paper-clip from work for personal use, or steal $500,000 from a bank. Are both of these sins the same in God's View? in human's views of justice? Or a far worse sin would be the rape, torture and murder of 20 humans !
Now, if a serious sinner knowingly desires to keep sinning, and while fully knowing that this is not God's will -- then the sinner has degenerated much much further down into INIQUITY ! Fallen, very junior, Sons of God Lucifer and Satan both did that here earlier -- willful iniquity against God and Jesus' Sovereignty ! -- and thus our earth is still far behind in God's normal Plan for a human life planet to develop and perfect. This is not the fault of any human; and we each will be more rewarded for our Godliness and living faith later on up in a higher Heaven, and even here and now in the Spirit Presence and peace of our Master Jesus here with us ! Amen !
With all sinning humans, Christians or not; we should do as God and Jesus, One here in Spirit, do: love the individual human son of God, and try to mercifully remove his sins if we are so Spirit-led and thus qualified.
Psalms 1:6 "...the WAY of the sinner shall be destroyed." (not necessarily the sinner shall be destroyed; but the certain destruction of his SINNING WAY or WAYS)
Jesus Christ here is the True Light Who Shines
and the darkness is not ... Amen !
Read again now, in His Spirit, John 12:31-32 SO TRUE !
Peace and progress,
Brother Dave, a Jesusonian Christian
http://www.PureChristians.org/
large Good News website
2007-07-31 07:38:49 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your words ring true. thank you. what a way to start a morning Tho there is grace, we must all give our daily lives to God and desire to be just like Jesus, as that is a command of God.
We all need each other to encourage, love and forgive, all of those are of GOD.
WE must weep when we see someone fall, and pray they quickly return to God, for the longer they remain it sin, the harder it is usually for them to run back to God, as the devil will bring shame, blame, and all that is of him, and NEVER about God. Great thoughts this morning. Love ya for it. keep living the truths of God, as well as speaking them, without fear or compromise. God loves ya, and so do we.
Press on Cat.
2007-07-31 03:38:09 · answer #5 · answered by full gospel shirley 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God dwells in the contrite spirit and the broken heart. Pride and arrogance drives away the Holy Spirit. Humility is the fastest way to bring the presence of God.
2007-07-31 03:11:13 · answer #6 · answered by jeremiahjjjjohnson 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thank you for the words. i believe god made us all equal! and when a friend is in need we should be there for them. do as to other as you would do onto yourself.
but we do not live in a perfect world. we all don't have the same beliefs. even in my family men are treated far more superior than women. and that is a crock! i will pray for you! o and may be you will enjoy this.....................
How Heavy Is Your Bag?
One of my teachers had each one of us bring a clear plastic bag and a sack of potatoes. For every person we'd refuse to forgive in our life, we were told to choose a potato, write on it the name and date, and put it in the plastic bag. Some of our bags, as you can imagine, were quite heavy. We were then told to carry this bag with us everywhere for one week,
putting it beside our bed at night, on the car seat when driving, next to our desk at work. The hassle of lugging this around with us made it clear what a weight we were carrying spiritually, and how we had to pay attention to it all the
time to not forget, and keep leaving it in embarrassing places.
Naturally, the condition of the potatoes deteriorated to a nasty slime. This was a great metaphor for the price we pay for keeping our pain and heavy negativity! Too often we think of forgiveness as a gift to the other person, and while that's true, it clearly is also a gift for ourselves
2007-07-31 03:21:16 · answer #7 · answered by sunshinembf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cat,
You may speak with me at this time. Thank you for the encouragement. You placed this at a time when I really needed it. I have been ill and taking care of another who is also ill. I have been remodeling and not getting enough rest and I am behind in my emails. Please pray for those who are overseas and those who are ill. I am doing so and I would just like to say
T H A N K S ! Have a wonderful week.
Thanks again,.
Eds (Christian)
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2007-07-31 03:15:03 · answer #8 · answered by Eds 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have definitely made mistakes, and I think God for his grace and mercy in forgiving those mistakes. I just hope I can use what I learned from those mistakes to help, not judge, others.
2007-08-02 02:13:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
between the main usually used words in the recognize God is "Take Heed" meaning "pay attention" or "safeguard your self" all nevertheless the be conscious we are informed to "Take Heed" this isn't a request yet particularly a command of affection that we would desire to not fall into the flaws of the international. So specific usually we are guarding from human beings. yet I submit to in recommendations the conflict isn't mine yet God's! some thing i will basically triumph over via the recognize God and the blood of the Lamb. thank you Cat! Norman
2016-10-01 02:29:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋