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Hidden In Him

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Being a real disciple, will find you in the world but not of it.
You're not going to fit in, and you will be made to feel that you are the problem.
And the reason that happens, is because The world is Dark, Spiritual darkness, and wants it that way, and we the born again are LIGHT.
Light, possesses Heat. Heat in the Kingdom of God, is righteousness and conviction and truth.
The world wants none of this. The world wants to bathe in decadence and pretend its moral.
The world presents wrong as right, and darkness as light.

Here is something that isn't taught much, but should be...

The 1st Commandment is more important to God.
The 2nd Commandment is more important to the World.
The 1st Commandment can't be politically corrected.
The 2nd Commandment was twisted to create "social justice" "Gay rights", "political correctness", and socialism and communism.

IN REAL Christianity, God is #1, and the rest of the Commandments, are not.
In secularized Christianity, the 2nd commandment is given precedence over the 1st.


This post I couldn't agree with more, Behold. Those who love the Light will come to it. Those who hate the Light will flee into darkness and try to hide from it, only the Light will expose them, so it is a losing proposition one way or another. Their only hope is to voluntarily come into the Light while there is still time to, because the darkness will eventually be revealed, and that goes for all who dwell in it as well.

God bless, and enjoyed this post very much.
 

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I agree. For the past few years people tend to be radio noise and a distraction.
In my circle people felt they had a right to say what they think God wants while i felt the opposite or someone else felt it.
I believe God wants us to have friends but not put them above him
God wants us to not forsake the assembling of believers. This includes any Christians.
Was i putting this friend i mentioned above God? Perhaps but it's like finding a rare gem who has good insight and supports you.


I find it amazing how God does things. In my case, the need for friendship was too great for a time, but He used those circumstances to meet me where I was, even if I feel in some ways now like I may have been exploited. But He works all things for good to those who love Him, and in the process you can indeed enjoy the company of others even if that fellowship isn't based as much on the Lord as maybe it should have been. You just end up thankful for the time you had with them and for the lessons you learned in the process, and choose to think fondly upon the good things in that other person during the time you had them in your life. :)
 
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This is another way to know Him even more, the fellowship of serving. As we serve others in His work, we learn of Him. We learn what His love for others is like, as we do it too.

Yes I noticed he blesses us with his spirit when we serve him, and that allows us to get to know who he is and his fruits of the Holy Spirit.
 

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I have to be abit careful what or how much I say, so I can only give some small examples. Just one small example is that there is a ringing sound in my flat which goes all day and night every day and night and is impossible to block out because the type/pitch of sound it is it penetrates regardless and it has been going constantly for 3-4 years now and everyone purposely refuses to cooperate to find and fix the source (which I am sure is either heat pump(s) or plumbing in neighbours flats), and it causes me major trouble so I can't study etc and have to spend all day on computer. (It is definitely not in my head or ears it is a real external sound though not easy to prove to others because its just low enough some can't hear it only listening briefly for a few minutes during the day.)
Hello, I was wondering if you hear this ringing when you're not in your flat. Or if you have similar issues at other times or other locations.

I have lived with constant high pitched ringing in my ears since 1997. It was coupled with other things... EMF and V2K (voice-to-skull). This is called electronic harassment. It has never stopped. It was enough that I wanted to die and asked God to let me die. At that moment, I heard Him reply to me twice, "Your life is hidden with Christ in God." He didn't prevent the attacks or battles, but He has kept me through it.
 
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Hello, I was wondering if you hear this ringing when you're not in your flat. Or if you have similar issues at other times or other locations.

I have lived with constant high pitched ringing in my ears since 1997. It was coupled with other things... EMF and V2K (voice-to-skull). This is called electronic harassment. It has never stopped. It was enough that I wanted to die and asked God to let me die. At that moment, I heard Him reply to me twice, "Your life is hidden with Christ in God." He didn't prevent the attacks or battles, but He has kept me through it.

I only hear it inside the flat and just outside the back door. Not anywhere else except 2 or 3 other places I've heard a similar sound. Definitely not in my head or ears. I'm sure it is either heat pumps or plumbing in neighbours flats. It stops me from doing my studies all the time and it is torture being forced to always keep hearing it all day and night and not be able to block it out. I have never heard of V2K I'll look it up. I am so sorry to hear you have also had similar. It doesn't seem right the God would not stop it, but if you are happy he is helping you through it then thats at least something, but I can not cope with this going on all day every day for the rest of my "life" as it is forcing me to accept to never be able to do my paper studies for the rest of my life (one of the only two hearts desires of my life I've always had) and to suffer torture every day for life. And even if he stops the ringing sound there are some other things that need fixing too. I know at least 6 people who say they have tinnitis all the time, but mine is not tinnitis and it sounds like yours is not tinnitis.

Anyway I'm sorry this is abit off topic I posted a topic a year or so ago here how can I love the lord & have faith when and a recent blog post in my Christianity Board blog. More on topic it is true to put God first, but we do need others (prayers, help/love/care/encouragment) second. But it is impossible for me while suffering such constant daily hell unless faith in God/Jesus somehow becomes so strong that it is stronger than the massive bad things.
 
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I know at least 6 people who say they have tinnitis all the time, but mine is not tinnitis and it sounds like yours is not tinnitis.
The ringing I live with is damage caused by electronic harassments for so long. It never ends no matter where I go. It was once so very loud, it kept me awake except for exhaustion. That went on for months and years... lessening a bit over time. It's so "normal" for me now.

I still have excellent hearing....thank God.