The man with six marriages is accusing me of being "judgmental" for exposing it as sin.
This folks is the state of the modern apostate church. Only about a generation ago this man would have been put out of the church for the first divorce, he either would have repented and come back restored or he would never return, in which case he would not be a bad influence to the younger generation.
Sometimes I want to go out back to the trees, cry out to the Lord for the pain of watching the endorsement of sin in our culture.
Grace is not an excuse to sin, it is freedom to obey Christ. Grace is also what Christ extended to us, Someone has no conscience toward God when they love their sin. When you regard sin as a luxury rather than a shame, you couldn't possibly be born again.
Romans 6:1-2 "1 What then shall we say? Shall we continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer?…"
I'll bet that when you became a Christian, Christ cleaned up your life and you were on fire for the Lord, questioning all things to make sure you knew God's principles to obey them. Suddenly all those Christian friends and family members began to fall away from you.
They got angry when they were challenged in the most mild terms to question their unBiblical stance on something, they avoided you at gatherings and even gossiped about you, saying things that were not true. When you found out about the gossip, they refused to engage with you, making you out to be a trouble maker for wanting to clear it all up through honest discussion.
When you became born again, those you thought would be excited and come along side you, suddenly became your enemies. You were perplexed, so much so that you spent time in prayer to discover why this is happening, even perhaps feeling guilt about the life you had before you were forgiven by Christ. Which I might add, was the goal of the self righteous.
The devil loves to use "Christians" to beat up on one another when our life has been cleansed. Guess what!!! Those same people who didn't like you while you were a sinner, despise you even more as a believer, because in so many cases these self righteous types hated it when you found Christ, they loved that you were beneath them before, how dare you be equal to them now.
But we are not equal to them! They spent their years elevating self so much so that they have not grown an inkling in all those years. But we have grown, our eyes have been opened to see the phoniness of the walk of the self righteous.
These people can not tolerate our growth, our love for Christ and our pure joy at His dwelling in us.
The clue: When we walk with Christ we are excited at the changed life of another person who was once lost and now is found. We even want to be their friend!
When God said "it is not good for man to be alone", He was not speaking about divorced people remarrying.
This has been taken out of context to justify remarriage after divorce, it is silly to use that verse in that way.
Removing Scripture from their context to justify sin is sin!
Because of my broken foot, my husband has been doing the cooking. He has done that before when I was sick but the other day was a red letter one for us.
My husband learned how to operate the washing machine for the first time in his life, yes all his life someone else did his laundry, first his Mother and then me after we were married.
He has worked hard all his life to earn a living for this family so I never expected him to do laundry. For the first time in 46 years of marriage my husband did the laundry. I should have taken a picture or something!
Laughing Out Loud!!!
Words mean little, it is our actions that prove what is inside of us.
Matthew 15:17-19 "…17“Do you not yet realize that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then is eliminated? 18 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.…"
What we do on the outside is the proof of what's on the inside.
God said if we do not have trials we are illegitimate children, those who do not are not saved.
"Prosperity Preachers" aggravate me, they are used of the devil to say that we are not spiritual and lack faith if we are having trials, that God doesn't want us to go through difficulties. It is the opposite of what God says about His children.
Hebrews 12:7-9 "…7 Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father? 8 If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. 9 Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?…"
James 1:2-8 "2 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,
3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
4 And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
6 But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."
If someone is an adult and still finds themselves wanting to engage all the time in play adventures, I would suggest that person has not yet learned what it means to walk closely with the Lord.
Our walk with Christ is more satisfying than any amount of play. Play seems like a useless endeavor to those who love the Lord. Personal gratification in useless activity demonstrates a heart that has not yet matured.
Colossians 3:23 "23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,"
1 Corinthians 13:11 "11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways"
The more spiritual we become the less we enjoy play or self gratification. Our gratification comes from our walk with the Lord and remaining in obedience to Him.
Play is not very important to me anymore, but rest is very enjoyable, only after a day of a certain amount of accomplishment.
Idleness is boring and useless, unless it is rest after working.
