how to behave in christianity
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Been there, done that!! To add to this sin is the guilt, not accepting that God cleans you.
But you don't want to repeat this sin, God is with you to help you with your addiction. There are agencies now to help, also. God wants to completely fill you so there is no room for the addiction. Stay quiet in your soul and let God so completely within you there is no room for the cravings.
But you don't want to repeat this sin, God is with you to help you with your addiction. There are agencies now to help, also. God wants to completely fill you so there is no room for the addiction. Stay quiet in your soul and let God so completely within you there is no room for the cravings.
You have quoted almost the entire bible. I prefer "Line upon line, precept upon precept. A little here, a little there." It would take someone an entire year to digest all of the verses you provided, and entire lifetime to actually apply them. Thank you but I'm not really a novice on scripture and feel it is best to follow scripture as the Holy Spirit guides me.
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You have missed totally what the Bible is about. It is about Jesus. God the Father sent Jesus to die on the cross for our sins! That is the glorious message of salvation. (It is not about us! We are a people learning to walk with Christ.
"He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God." Micah 6:8
Why did he send Jesus to die in our place? Because we could never obey the whole Bible. We could never obey the moral laws, let alone the 613 Levitical laws. Only Jesus is perfect. He is the only one who did what he said he would do!'
Now, God did give his moral law, that we might obey it. But God knew we could not keep the law. So he gave us the gift of faith, that we might believe and he would save us. Ephesians 2 explains it clearly.
"And you were dead in your trespasses and sins 2 in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient. 3 We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us, 5 made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace! 6 Together with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens, 7 so that in the coming ages He might display the immeasurable riches of His grace through His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift— 9 not from works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them." Eph 2:1-10
There is a wonderful joy in knowing and serving Jesus. When God saved us, the Holy Spirit comes into our hearts and lives, and makes us new creatures in Christ.
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come. 18 Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation" 2 Corinthians 5:17-18
In all the OP's posts, there is a servile groping to be righteous in your own flesh. The only righteousness we can have comes from God. The Holy Spirit leads a guided us. He points out our sins, and gives us the power to change into the image of Christ.
"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God" Romans 5:1-2
I pray Jesus will save you, instead of works of the law. Every day I try to obey God in everything, and each day I fail, sometimes in a small ways, and sometimes in big ways. But God has made a door to him every daily!
"If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us." 1 John 1:8-10
I have security in Christ, knowing he is leading me and guiding me away from sin, and towards the righteousness of God. When God saved me, I repented of my sins. And each day I try to repent of my sins, and confess them to God. I can do this, because God made me his own. God also knows how and why I fail. Yet, he keeps transforming me into his glory.
"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:2
"And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." 2 Cor 3:18
My hope is in a heart relationship with Jesus Christ. It is not in my own works to keep the law Jesus fulfilled in the cross.
"The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2 Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. 3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. 4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins." Hebrews 10:1-4
"The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:
16 “This is the covenant I will make with them
after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.”
17 Then he adds:
“Their sins and lawless acts
I will remember no more." Hebrews 20:15-17
The law is written in our hearts and minds. Christ has forgiven us and made us part of his kingdom by writing on our hearts and never leaving us.
"You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
4 Such confidence we have through Christ before God. 5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." 2 Cor 3:3-6
Has God made you a living stone? Has he written on your heart? If not you need The Holy Spirit to help you believe that you have been justified by faith, I pray you will turn from this terrible legalism, and find the living Christ right next to you, ready to help you live for Jesus, and obey God with the help of the Holy Spirit.
"He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God." Micah 6:8
Why did he send Jesus to die in our place? Because we could never obey the whole Bible. We could never obey the moral laws, let alone the 613 Levitical laws. Only Jesus is perfect. He is the only one who did what he said he would do!'
Now, God did give his moral law, that we might obey it. But God knew we could not keep the law. So he gave us the gift of faith, that we might believe and he would save us. Ephesians 2 explains it clearly.
"And you were dead in your trespasses and sins 2 in which you previously walked according to the ways of this world, according to the ruler who exercises authority over the lower heavens, the spirit now working in the disobedient. 3 We too all previously lived among them in our fleshly desires, carrying out the inclinations of our flesh and thoughts, and we were by nature children under wrath as the others were also. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love that He had for us, 5 made us alive with the Messiah even though we were dead in trespasses. You are saved by grace! 6 Together with Christ Jesus He also raised us up and seated us in the heavens, 7 so that in the coming ages He might display the immeasurable riches of His grace through His kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift— 9 not from works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are His creation, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time so that we should walk in them." Eph 2:1-10
There is a wonderful joy in knowing and serving Jesus. When God saved us, the Holy Spirit comes into our hearts and lives, and makes us new creatures in Christ.
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away, and look, new things have come. 18 Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation" 2 Corinthians 5:17-18
In all the OP's posts, there is a servile groping to be righteous in your own flesh. The only righteousness we can have comes from God. The Holy Spirit leads a guided us. He points out our sins, and gives us the power to change into the image of Christ.
"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God" Romans 5:1-2
I pray Jesus will save you, instead of works of the law. Every day I try to obey God in everything, and each day I fail, sometimes in a small ways, and sometimes in big ways. But God has made a door to him every daily!
"If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us." 1 John 1:8-10
I have security in Christ, knowing he is leading me and guiding me away from sin, and towards the righteousness of God. When God saved me, I repented of my sins. And each day I try to repent of my sins, and confess them to God. I can do this, because God made me his own. God also knows how and why I fail. Yet, he keeps transforming me into his glory.
"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." Romans 12:2
"And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit." 2 Cor 3:18
My hope is in a heart relationship with Jesus Christ. It is not in my own works to keep the law Jesus fulfilled in the cross.
"The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2 Otherwise, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. 3 But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. 4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins." Hebrews 10:1-4
"The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:
16 “This is the covenant I will make with them
after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.”
17 Then he adds:
“Their sins and lawless acts
I will remember no more." Hebrews 20:15-17
The law is written in our hearts and minds. Christ has forgiven us and made us part of his kingdom by writing on our hearts and never leaving us.
"You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
4 Such confidence we have through Christ before God. 5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God. 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life." 2 Cor 3:3-6
Has God made you a living stone? Has he written on your heart? If not you need The Holy Spirit to help you believe that you have been justified by faith, I pray you will turn from this terrible legalism, and find the living Christ right next to you, ready to help you live for Jesus, and obey God with the help of the Holy Spirit.
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