RE: how do we know its from god
How do you know if something is from God? Here are a few examples movies, songs, tv, your mate, job, etc.One may say this movie or song is goddly is it really? I am a huge fan of watching tv, movies, and listening to music. I will be the first to say the Tv programs I watch arent very good lots of sinful things, but with movies its so so. I do tend to like alot of the histortial movies that come out and few actions movies. How do we know the person we suppose to marry is from God. Also the job we chose is this what God wants us to do. The devil is control of alot of people and earthy things. The devil can make it look like its good but in reality it isnt.
Brother, this was already covered a couple days ago by Buster T...Here's what God's Word says about a little bit of sin.
6Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
7Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
8Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Fred, you are at the Romans 7 place my dear friend..
Romans 718I know that my selfish desires won't let me do anything that is good. Even when I want to do right, I cannot. 19Instead of doing what I know is right, I do wrong. 20And so, if I don't do what I know is right, I am no longer the one doing these evil things. The sin that lives in me is what does them.
21The Law has shown me that something in me keeps me from doing what I know is right. 22With my whole heart I agree with the Law of God. 23But in every part of me I discover something fighting against my mind, and it makes me a prisoner of sin that controls everything I do. 24What a miserable person I am. Who will rescue me from this body that is doomed to die? 25Thank God! Jesus Christ will rescue me.
So with my mind I serve the Law of God, although my selfish desires make me serve the law of sin.
At this place...we can do either of 2 things..
1. Settle for this miserable life and say stuff like I'm only human and this is as good as it gets...or
Go to chapter 8 and walk the obedient . mortifying , cross bearing life. The Spirit filled life. The bridge between Romans 7 and Romans 8 is much broken prayer. A prayer of deliverance .
Brother..I was instructed by a saintly person in whom I have much respectfor to stay a long time in the gospels. Therefore, I read St. John quite a bit. For our example and role model is supposedto be Jesus, and Him alone.
God bless,
C7
PS I'm praying with you my brother.
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