Farouk quoted a verse from Philippians and stated it was a wonderful verse........it wasn’t a question, but a statement ...... the posts that followed were positive one, in agreement ...... then you post one asking a question ‘ how to overcome habitual sin ‘.......... it’s pretty easy to follow this thread as their are very few responses.... your post just seems random, and doesn’t seem to tie in with the OP, or any posts that follow - so I was just asking you why you posted it........just curious !
Rita
COOL! Thanks !
To properly answer, unexpected even to me (I didn't think anyone would ask/ follow through) ....
Remember when some people came to Jesus and made statements or asked Him questions, what did Jesus DO? How did Jesus always reply - (each and every time) ?
This is important here, because Jesus always said His disciples are taught, trained, and supposed to DO the same as Jesus did,
for the same motive, with the same attitude as Jesus.
While obviously I may not yet have reached the level Jesus calls us all to in Himself, as He trains us, as God permits and guides us,
but this I DO, ("A WONDERFUL VERSE")
"Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own.
But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
Berean Study Bible"
Philippians 3:13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have laid hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
Actually, now looking, I was only quoting that to refer to straining to what lies ahead in Jesus, NOT having "made it my own" fully yet, as written,
and the "forgetting what lies behind" (an act of the will of man - doable in Christ Jesus)
also happens A LOT, JOYOUSLY - yes indeed and in truth, a WONDERFUL VERSE !
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So, in few words, what does Jesus train and teach us disciples to DO (in all of our words and deeds) as well as
"think on these things" ?
(that is my hope, joy, goal, motive, and desire)