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You have confessed to the Lord. He has done this:
Micah 7:19
New International Version
19 You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
So I think it's appropriate for you to Cast it into the sea of forgetfulness.
You shouldn't be feeling guilt about this sin. If you want to tell your wife about your past struggles, fine. But the Lord has forgiven, and freed you. It's possible it's our adversary trying to make you feel guilty.
Micah 7:19
New International Version
19 You will again have compassion on us;
you will tread our sins underfoot
and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
So I think it's appropriate for you to Cast it into the sea of forgetfulness.
You shouldn't be feeling guilt about this sin. If you want to tell your wife about your past struggles, fine. But the Lord has forgiven, and freed you. It's possible it's our adversary trying to make you feel guilty.
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Because prefall humans had no knowledge of lust or other evil of the wicked heart in the fallen world. Everything in Eden was perfect where the Kingdom of God and the earth were in perfect alignment. . Human hearts were absolutely pure as God had intended. It’s the idea we humans had no shame or embarrassment in us also. “naked and unashamed” plus Eve was created for Adam. They were married in Gods eyes and they were in complete union together and in perfect Union with God. Sins didn’t exist, perverse thoughts didn’t exist and death didn’t exist till Eve took that bite and Adam chose to go passive and follow Eve over being obedient to God. We are a long way from Eden. Maybe when heaven and earth are renewed and the Kingdom is fully here we will be naked and unashamed again. 🤷♂️
See, I told him before. In the sight of God everyone's naked no matter what you wear or where you hide. When there were only Adam and Eve, there was no need to clothe them, for they were of ONE FLESH and they were both in the plain sight of God. God clothed humans to hide their bodies from each other, not God himself.
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I’d even add after the fall God was gracious enough to allow them to be clothed before he banished them because he still loved them even in their disobedience.
“The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.””
Genesis 3:21-22 NIV
“The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them. And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.””
Genesis 3:21-22 NIV
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Christ’s sacrifice was for the ability to be reconciled with God. It gives us sonship with him and a brotherhood with Christ to enter into training as saints for the Kingdom to come . We will not fully be delivered till the second coming or we enter the Kingdom from this life to life eternal in heaven. We are holy priests in training but still are temporarily housed in a fallen world. We live in the in between times where much of things are Not as God intended because of the Sin of the fallen world that is left apart from Christ. We can make much progress in our training but We will not see naked and unashamed literally till he returns
OP, have you made any progress on this? My initial reaction when I saw your post was, "No! Don't tell her!" because I felt like there was no point hurting her if you were past it. The more I read the thread, though, I saw that scripturally it may be the right thing to do. I think she can understand that you have struggled with this, and she can help you as your wife and life partner. I just think it's important to be delicate about how you tell her in order to hurt her as little as possible. Just right from the very beginning make sure she knows this was in the past, and you're already done with it because you love God and because you love her. Just don't hurt her for the sole purpose of clearing your guilty conscience. Like I wouldn't want to know that you still think about your ex that way. That would only hurt. There's nothing you can do to stop that except redirect your thoughts to something else when you recognize that you're doing that. But the porn is so etching you can actively, purposefully not do. You know what I mean? I just hate when a spouse hurts their spouse with confessions of something long since past that will only hurt. So be careful how you do it. Pray, pray, pray for God's guidance. Pray before you do say whatever you're going to say. Pray with her that you'll have the right words and that she'll have a heart if forgiveness. I'm just sharing my thoughts and feelings here. Don't listen to anything that contradicts what you've seen in scripture or heard from the Lord. God bless.
just saying