One thing I've learned about God is that, even though He relates to me on a level that I can comprehend, much of Him is incomprehensible to me. Faith bridges this gap. Faith is my hand reaching out to Him; reality is Him taking hold of it.
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Jesus believed in Himself as being God, the Son. There is also God, the Father, and God, the Holy Spirit. There are three people to God, and yet God is one.
This doesn't make sense to our natural minds, but our natural mind is limited. This is another matter that is accepted by faith. It's sort of like trying to comprehend a dimension that one's not aware of.
It is most important to me to know that He loves me.
I don't think that is true.
It's not about what we do, it's about what God knows is good for us.
Thank God! I have not suffered all the consequences of my misdeeds!
My one experience with crystal meth was this . . . Back in the day . . . I was walking down my alleyway, and saw some of my friends passing a pipe in my neighbor's garage. I was a pot smoker, and thought they were passing a pot pipe. I stepped up, a fellow passed me the pipe and lighter. I put it to my lips, lit the Bic, and Sean, my neighbor, grabbed my arm, pulled it away from my mouth, and said, "You don't want that!". It was meth. Knowing me . . . I'm the guy that would get addicted my first time.
And that was NOT like Sean!! But praise God He saved me that day!
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The problem with self-medicating is that we aren't always on target.
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Where else does someone use beliefs other than for what they don't know?
(Do newly born babies have the inborn capacity to believe? Or is it the society around them that causes them to believe?)
You must reason that what I am saying about believing not only goes against current religious thinking, but the whole of society. (I do not take this knowledge lightly)
I've arrived at the place where, for me, medical use is the only valid reason to take a substance.
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(This doesn't make sense to our natural minds)
To you it doesn't make sense. Your own belief reasoning doesn't make sense to your rational mind.
For me, I first believed because of what I experienced. I heard, I experienced, I believed. It all happened in an instant. It was a supernatural thing that happened to me. From what I understand, it was rather unusual.
I believe that my natural reasoning can be my enemy. My natural mind says that it can't take 15 seconds to fall over backwards. But it happened to me. I was alone at the time. It happened just before I was baptized with the Holy Spirit.
Okay that happens to lot's of people, the unusual experience's we all share in nature. But far to many people stop there, thinking it's enough of something to go on. Yes. Oh yes.
Unfortunately, yes. There's a saying, "Salvation is a free gift, but it will "cost" you everything you have. In that one, with time, becomes willing to lose everything they hold dear. And allowing the Lord to decide what stays and what goes.
As a follower of Jesus, I would tell you that I wouldn't trade what I have for anything, and also that, at least for me, it has been hard.
There are mountain-top experiences, and there are valleys. Scripture advises one to consider these things before moving forward into them. But the beautiful thing is that we don't have to do it alone. The Holy Spirit is promised to be with us, and there are other Christians.
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