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Struggles by Non-Christians
I think I'm unregnerate, reprobate, vessel of wrath, despairing, tried all I can think of
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<blockquote data-quote="aiki" data-source="post: 74264009" data-attributes="member: 178791"><p>A pretty self-centered and childish thing to do. Not uncommon behaviour for a five-year-old. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is true for all who don't know God. It's the BIG PROBLEM between God and us. We want to be God, to be the Center of our existence, to serve ourselves. But this isn't what God made us for. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, you're just human. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, the Bible has answers for all of these questions. Good answers. True answers. You - and everything else - came from God. God is not God if He was made by something else or had a beginning. By definition, God is uncreated, always existing, without beginning or end. He exists, as philosophers say, as a necessity of His own being. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The Bible, God's word, says that after you die, you are judged according to how you've lived. There is no coming back as a cow. Reincarnation is a lie. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This you must study out for yourself. There is no quick route to settling for yourself what the truth is about life's Big Questions. I would say, though, that God is not keeping Himself hidden. If you earnestly seek Him out, He will be found. He draws near to those who draw near to Him. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Do you think this is so because you are too full of yourself? What room is there in you for God?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Which should tell you that you weren't, in fact, a Christian. No where in the Bible does it say that being confirmed makes you a disciple of Christ, a Christian. You will know a tree by the fruit it bears, Jesus said. Your fruit was not the fruit of one truly in Christ.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, this is exactly how the person you've described yourself to be will see God. He threatens you. He is God, not you; He is the One who controls everything, not you; He is the One to whom you will answer one day; He is the One who says you aren't, and never will be, good enough on your own. So, of course, to someone like you, He seems very threatening. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, so long as you are your greatest concern, your highest interest, God cannot be. But God will be nothing less than God in your life. You know this and simply don't want to relinquish the throne of your life to Him. But God never meant for that throne to be occupied by you. It is His throne and when He sits upon it you are as He intended you to be. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>But, you see, you're making it all about you. You're doing here what you've always done: Put yourself at the center of things. And so long as you remain so self-absorbed, so fixed upon yourself, you cannot see God properly. </p><p></p><p>If you could change how you are, though, you would have done so long ago. But this is exactly why God must save us, why He must rescue us from ourselves. He changes us, He transforms our desires, He makes us new within. You can't do these things for yourself. Your just too weak, to self-centered, too sinful. You must appeal to God to do what only He can do in making you a "new creature in Christ." You see, all that God wants from you, He must first supply to you. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, you're certainly far too focused on yourself. Your walk with God, though, isn't about you and your capacities to be a good person; it's about God and what He can do in you and through you. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually, acknowledging these things is where walking well with God starts. God doesn't need you. But He does love you. Yes, you are bad. Very bad. But God still loves you and will transform you, if you'll let Him. There is no hope for you in you. But there is much hope in God. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Of course there is hope for you. But you'll have to stop looking at yourself, focusing on you. It's only as you "look unto <u>Jesus</u> the Author and Finisher of your faith" that your weaknesses, and failings, and shortcomings sink from view. Consider him, let your mind dwell upon him, let him fill your thinking and heart. It is only as you do that you will begin to come free of your Self. </p><p></p><p>Philippians 1:6</p><p>Philippians 2:13</p><p>Philippians 4:8</p><p>Hebrews 12:1-3</p><p>Hebrews 13:20-21</p><p>1 Thessalonians 5:23-24</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aiki, post: 74264009, member: 178791"] A pretty self-centered and childish thing to do. Not uncommon behaviour for a five-year-old. This is true for all who don't know God. It's the BIG PROBLEM between God and us. We want to be God, to be the Center of our existence, to serve ourselves. But this isn't what God made us for. No, you're just human. Well, the Bible has answers for all of these questions. Good answers. True answers. You - and everything else - came from God. God is not God if He was made by something else or had a beginning. By definition, God is uncreated, always existing, without beginning or end. He exists, as philosophers say, as a necessity of His own being. The Bible, God's word, says that after you die, you are judged according to how you've lived. There is no coming back as a cow. Reincarnation is a lie. This you must study out for yourself. There is no quick route to settling for yourself what the truth is about life's Big Questions. I would say, though, that God is not keeping Himself hidden. If you earnestly seek Him out, He will be found. He draws near to those who draw near to Him. Do you think this is so because you are too full of yourself? What room is there in you for God? Which should tell you that you weren't, in fact, a Christian. No where in the Bible does it say that being confirmed makes you a disciple of Christ, a Christian. You will know a tree by the fruit it bears, Jesus said. Your fruit was not the fruit of one truly in Christ. Well, this is exactly how the person you've described yourself to be will see God. He threatens you. He is God, not you; He is the One who controls everything, not you; He is the One to whom you will answer one day; He is the One who says you aren't, and never will be, good enough on your own. So, of course, to someone like you, He seems very threatening. Well, so long as you are your greatest concern, your highest interest, God cannot be. But God will be nothing less than God in your life. You know this and simply don't want to relinquish the throne of your life to Him. But God never meant for that throne to be occupied by you. It is His throne and when He sits upon it you are as He intended you to be. But, you see, you're making it all about you. You're doing here what you've always done: Put yourself at the center of things. And so long as you remain so self-absorbed, so fixed upon yourself, you cannot see God properly. If you could change how you are, though, you would have done so long ago. But this is exactly why God must save us, why He must rescue us from ourselves. He changes us, He transforms our desires, He makes us new within. You can't do these things for yourself. Your just too weak, to self-centered, too sinful. You must appeal to God to do what only He can do in making you a "new creature in Christ." You see, all that God wants from you, He must first supply to you. Well, you're certainly far too focused on yourself. Your walk with God, though, isn't about you and your capacities to be a good person; it's about God and what He can do in you and through you. Actually, acknowledging these things is where walking well with God starts. God doesn't need you. But He does love you. Yes, you are bad. Very bad. But God still loves you and will transform you, if you'll let Him. There is no hope for you in you. But there is much hope in God. Of course there is hope for you. But you'll have to stop looking at yourself, focusing on you. It's only as you "look unto [U]Jesus[/U] the Author and Finisher of your faith" that your weaknesses, and failings, and shortcomings sink from view. Consider him, let your mind dwell upon him, let him fill your thinking and heart. It is only as you do that you will begin to come free of your Self. Philippians 1:6 Philippians 2:13 Philippians 4:8 Hebrews 12:1-3 Hebrews 13:20-21 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 [/QUOTE]
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