Christianity us made up of believers and believers that get into the place of being hard on themselves or saying they are not worthy or they are worthless - are really not seeing what Christianity is. Christianity is -two- that have come together to be made one. That is precisely what happens to a sinner that get's saved. They go from death to life in a moment in spirit. When I think I'm bad or whatever it is that comes to mind it is the expression of the believer that is short in life not spirit. That is the proper way to look at christianity. If you look at me you can find a thousand things wrong with me because my expressor (your soul mind unique creation) will always have distortion to it.
A great scripture is 'raise a child in the way they should go and when they get old they will return.'
Now look at it like this (I understand what this verse is saying but look at this) when a person is born into this world they will have a fallen depraved death life nature that is separated from God. Though they are still created in the image and likeness of God but distorted by their fallen nature. Most of us don't even know that and do a pretty good job of living that death life. I know when I die I did not leave much on the table I have pretty much used it up - sin Satan death fall separated life nature - without the help of anyone. When I was a young man I had the meanest cousins (still do ha) they would get me to do mean things - but it was a natural thing to do that because of fallen depraved sin life. Rock fights, flipping off neighbors, shooting people with BB guns and all kinds of crazy and it gets worse the older you get. I grew up like that and it came natural.
That's what is in a nature - living a natural life.
The point is; when we get saved born again our minds have dealt with that old sin nature all of your life and the mind is still programed by the sin nature. You cannot compare what happened in spirit at the cross to what is happening in soul. I'll say it again. What happened in spirit is a complete product - finished product - that is what scriptures teach a believer. And then we start trying so hard to live up to some religion or whatever is going on with you - no renewed mind or at least is still getting out the spooks of the past knowledge and you judge and everyone judges if you really got saved.
It is quite a conundrum to say the least. But what it does do is keep a hungry heart searching - they want to know truth. I say keep knocking, keep asking, keep seeking!
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. - Matthew 7:7-12.
A great scripture is 'raise a child in the way they should go and when they get old they will return.'
Now look at it like this (I understand what this verse is saying but look at this) when a person is born into this world they will have a fallen depraved death life nature that is separated from God. Though they are still created in the image and likeness of God but distorted by their fallen nature. Most of us don't even know that and do a pretty good job of living that death life. I know when I die I did not leave much on the table I have pretty much used it up - sin Satan death fall separated life nature - without the help of anyone. When I was a young man I had the meanest cousins (still do ha) they would get me to do mean things - but it was a natural thing to do that because of fallen depraved sin life. Rock fights, flipping off neighbors, shooting people with BB guns and all kinds of crazy and it gets worse the older you get. I grew up like that and it came natural.
That's what is in a nature - living a natural life.
The point is; when we get saved born again our minds have dealt with that old sin nature all of your life and the mind is still programed by the sin nature. You cannot compare what happened in spirit at the cross to what is happening in soul. I'll say it again. What happened in spirit is a complete product - finished product - that is what scriptures teach a believer. And then we start trying so hard to live up to some religion or whatever is going on with you - no renewed mind or at least is still getting out the spooks of the past knowledge and you judge and everyone judges if you really got saved.
It is quite a conundrum to say the least. But what it does do is keep a hungry heart searching - they want to know truth. I say keep knocking, keep asking, keep seeking!
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. - Matthew 7:7-12.
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