The Plight of The New Christian

JesusChrist is MyGod said:

1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit,
but try the spirits whether they are of God:
because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1 John 4:2
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God:
Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

I confess unto you
that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh.
Yours truly,
the Lord's anointed
in Spirit and truth

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Ziggy said:

Thank You friend :)
Sometimes I get talking and I don't always look it up..

There are always consequences of our actions regardless if they have good intentions.
If you know stealing is a sin... then you should find another means to curbing your hunger.

The more I read that verse, the more complicated it becomes.
Just because the theif is hungry doesn't mean he should just be left off the hook for stealing.
What if he is never found, and does it in the next town, and next town...
And the answer is.. The Good Lord has a book. And everything we do is written in it. Be it good or bad.
And there's only one way to settle that debt.
And if you don't know what you don't know, you will surely find out later.

Can you imagine having the authority to judge angels, and I'm stuck on whether to despise a theif or not.

I still got some thinking to do..

Thank You amigo
Hugs

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Waiting on him said:

Think on that little fella that Jesus asked to invite Him to dinner.

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Ziggy said:

can I have a hint.. :)
which little fella?

Hugs

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Ziggy said:

Luk 19:1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
Luk 19:2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
Luk 19:3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
Luk 19:4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
Luk 19:5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
Luk 19:6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
Luk 19:7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

:)
HUGS

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Waiting on him said:

yea that’s the one the chief of all stealers.
Wonder what he was so hungry for?

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lforrest said:

Repented yet "The lord's anointed in spirit and in truth?"

@TheRootOfDavid

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Ziggy said:

Luk 19:1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho.
Luk 19:2 And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
Luk 19:3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature.
Luk 19:4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
Luk 19:5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
Luk 19:6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.
Luk 19:7 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

:)
HUGS

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KoT said:

So now you have said the sinner's prayer.
And you said you accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior.
You asked Jesus into your heart. You confessed with your mouth
that you believed upon his name or by whatever doctrine you
believe you have became saved by...

AND THEY HAVE TOLD YOU THAT YOU
ARE NOW BORN AGAIN AND ARE A NEW CREATURE.

So for the next week or so
some more than less
You have declared to everyone
you are born again and are a new creature.
But one morning you woke up and got out of bed and

YOU SAY TO YOURSELF
WHERE DID THAT GREAT FEELING GO?

And then you noticed that all the problems
you use to have...ARE STILL THERE
waiting on you just like the times before
you thought you had escaped reaping
what you had already sown
by trying to use Christianity as your refuge from
the fruit of all your sins .

+++++++ SO NOW WHAT DO YOU DO +++++++

You have been taught from the very beginning
of your time here on Earth, to be evil.
Just about everything that you have learned,
in some way shape or form, is connected to evil.
So not only is the addiction to all your bad habits
and evil that you have learned, and acquired through
your love for sin, has to be broken and purged from
your heart mind and soul...

You now have to start
all over and
+++++++ LEARN TO DO GOOD +++++++

You were taught
from the very beginning of your time
here on Earth to do everything to promote
yourself and others you love
to bring yourself and others you love all
the pleasures and goods of this world.
Just about everything that you have
learned in some way shape or form,
was connected to feeling the wonderful
sensation of the good and pleasures of this world.

So not only did the addiction to all the bad habits,
and evil that you have learned and acquired, has to be broken,
but feeling the sensations and desires of all the goods and
pleasures of this world, you have to also overcome.

YOU HAVE TO LEARN
+++++++ TO DENY YOURSELF +++++++

You have been taught from the very
beginning of your time here on Earth,
to do everything to relieve and stop
and avoid the suffering of yourself
and others you love of this world,
to bring yourself and others you love
all the pleasures and goods of this world.
Just about everything that you have learned,
in some way shape or form was connected to
feeling the wonderful sensation of the good
and pleasures of this world

AND TO AVOID ALL SUFFERING.

So not only did the addiction to all
the bad habits and evil that
you have learned and acquired has to be broken,
but feeling the sensations
and desires of all the goods and pleasures
of this world, has to also be defeated.

YOU MUST LEARN TO
+++++++ BECOME LONG SUFFERING +++++++

NOW you must learn to be OBEDIENT to God.
Obedience is doing exactly everything
as in accordance to what is acceptable to the Lord.
Anything that is not acceptable to the Lord
is disobedience. YOU MUST LEARN WHAT IS AND
WHAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE TO THE LORD.

To do this
YOU MUST KNOW THE LORD.
TO GET TO KNOW THE LORD
YOU MUST FALL IN LOVE WITH THE LORD.

Regardless of what they say and what you are told.
Most all the people on Earth. DO NOT KNOW THE LORD.

Even if they read the bible...
study the bible...pray every day....
say hail Mary no matter how many times a day...
bow down on a rug 5 times a day...
rub beads all day long...go to church every
time the doors are open...
watches Christian TV all day long...
THEY STILL DO NOT KNOW THE LORD.

YOU HAVE TO BREAK YOUR ADDICTION TO EVIL.
AND BECOME ADDICTED TO GOOD.
You must learn to
DO GOOD.
You must learn to
DENY THYSELF.
YOU MUST LEARN TO BECOME LONG SUFFERING.
You must learn to become OBEDIENT to God.
YOU MUST LEARN TO OVERCOME TEMPTATION.
YOU WILL HAVE TO LEARN AND MASTER
ALL OF THESE.
BUT MOST OF ALL
YOU MUST LOVE GOD
MORE THAN YOU LOVE
ALL ELSE AND PROVE IT
EVERYDAY AND NIGHT
TO ENTER
INTO THE STRAIT GATE THE REST OF GOD
TO CEASE FROM YOUR OWN WORKS
TO TRAVEL THE NARROW PATH
THAT LEADS TO ETERNAL LIFE WITH JESUS CHRIST
THE LIGHT OF LIFE.
or you will never see
the new Earth.
The world to come.

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Ziggy said:

The first thought that came to mind was,
right after Jesus was baptised the Spirit took him into the wilderness where he had to rely on God (not by bread alone but every word) for forty days and nights. All the while being tempted by the devil to concentrate on his stomach, his ego, and his pride.
Some people come to the Lord because they are broken and have hit bottom and there is no other way up than by clinging to faith in the Lord.
Others feel a stirring in their hearts and they know that they are being drawn to Him.
Others come to him due to peer pressure, my friends say, my family says.. this is what I have to do. But they don't necessarilly feel a need or even a desire to.

I was born again when I was 18. But I wasn't at rock bottom, I didn't feel pressured.. I was curious.
I was brought up in a good moral family but we never talked about God or Jesus. My mom taught me a couple prayers and my dad played a couple songs on the guitar, but we weren't religious.

What attracted me to the bible was prophecy and the end of the world and what was it going to look like.
Would I know it when I saw it?
I would dabble in the bible from time to time. When things got rough I would pray. But I didn't really KNOW the Lord.
That came years later.
Sometimes Jesus' 40 day test period can be 40 years to another.
We have to be tested in various ways.
The world comes at you with a vengence. Look at me I'm nice and shiny. Look at these games, you like games, and you get sidetracked on whatever the world can catch your attention with. I liked my job. I poured everything into being just as good as the next guy, to prove I could do a man's job.
Ego...
I never was much for material things. I wore old jeans and t-shirts wore sneakers ate at mc'donalds or cooked my own.
The social scene was never for me. I like being by myself. But that ego.. when it came to a challenge, I had to prove to others I was just as strong and smart as anyone I worked with.

And then I couldn't work. I became weak and my body didn't do what it used to do.
My attention was brought back to the Bible and prophecy. That always seemed to get my attention.
I'm 56 years old now. I've KNOWN the Lord probably about 20 years now, even though I was born again almost 40 years ago.
It took me about 20 years to put aside the "childish" things and really desire to learn why I'm here. What is my purpose?

The more I investigated the bible like a riddle, the more I learned about the one who wrote the plan.
The more I learned about the the plan, the more inspired I became.
The more inspired I became, the more I realized how much I needed Him.
The more I needed Him, the more I loved Him.
When the realization that everything that happens in your life was created for the very purpose of bringing you to know Him..
Every decision you have ever made was one step closer to being where you were meant to be..
And the reason for everything is because He Loved you.. first..

Once that bond forms.. there is no turning back.

So if you are a newbie, and you have only just come to hear or learn of the Lord,
not everyone comes to that bonding stage the same way.
Some it may be instantly, others it may take a life time.

All I can say is Never give up seeking and learning about why your here, and what is your purpose.
Because the Lord will show you eventually, it's always been about the love He has for everyone of us.
And He wants you to get to know Him.
In His word, in your daily life, in your thoughts and in your hopes... He is there just waiting for you to call on him.
Never give up. Never despair.

I found that the times I was closest to the Lord in my life, before I really came to lean on Him for everything...
Was when I was at my lowest, saddest, scariest, hopeless times of my life.
He was always there when I needed Him. And always will be.

This Poem sums up my life as well as many others.

Footprints in the Sand

One night I dreamed a dream.
As I was walking along the beach with my Lord.
Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand,
One belonging to me and one to my Lord.

After the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that at many times along the path of my life,
especially at the very lowest and saddest times,
there was only one set of footprints.

This really troubled me, so I asked the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said once I decided to follow you,
You'd walk with me all the way.
But I noticed that during the saddest and most troublesome times of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why, when I needed You the most, You would leave me."

He whispered, "My precious child, I love you and will never leave you
Never, ever, during your trials and testings.
When you saw only one set of footprints,
It was then that I carried you."

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