hazlin on Nostr: [I'm going to be honest, what I wrote is really hard, and I like you Omega, so you ...
[I'm going to be honest, what I wrote is really hard, and I like you Omega, so you may consider not reading it xD Then again maybe I am the only one who gets up set when people challenge me xD If it is any consolation, this is the purest expression of what I believe, that I've written in a while...]
>How else are we to keep the church fit to be a bride?
Honestly I will be pleasantly surprised if more than a tenth qualify. They know not God's Grace, they have not Salvation in this life and deny its possibility. Much less than being "he who over comes" I fear they do not even know God, and may not have enteral life in any form.
What I see is Luke 5 -> "36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better."
And, truly everyone prefers that which please their reason, they prefer the old wine, the first covenant instead of relying on Jesus to cleans them they say to one another "But if you or another brother/sister says something to me I am much more likely to turn from it out of guilt and shame and stop. I WANT you to hold my feet to the fire because I can't always count on myself to do it."
Everyone walking around with dirty feet following Peter's appeal to reason and respect John 13:8 -> "Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet..."
I confront people and say "God is good, Jesus died to save you right now!", and they say "I know, I am saved, I have my salvation, see how clean I keep my own feet!", but it is all for not, for John 13:8 ->"...Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me."
I honestly wish to know Luke 10 in my heart, then I could rest without sorrow for those around me ->"21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight."
The truth I have is a flame, or a sword, how to cut a man free from the chains of death, when they seem determined to fall on it, becoming worse than before I had found them.
Any man who violated the law may be put to death at the hands of two or three witnesses. But, Jesus has destroyed the law, and if someone knowing the truth of His Grace, returns to keeping themselves clean by the their own hands, they are much more worthy of destruction, because they consider the blood of Jesus a worthless thing, which they can counter act with their own faults, which they must aid with the strength of the own arms.
They have not rest, because they rely not on the blood of Jesus, for He would have given them rest. The toil of up holding their own virtue is an eternal toil, from which there will never be any rest.
What is written, is this hard truth, and despite Paul's and Luther's certainty on this issue, I hope that the Grace of God is even enough for those who discount it.
I am seeking guidance from Jesus, and it may be as you say, that I should make a war of truth with my words, but it would be terrible if none could bare such teaching.
>How else are we to keep the church fit to be a bride?
Honestly I will be pleasantly surprised if more than a tenth qualify. They know not God's Grace, they have not Salvation in this life and deny its possibility. Much less than being "he who over comes" I fear they do not even know God, and may not have enteral life in any form.
What I see is Luke 5 -> "36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old.
37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better."
And, truly everyone prefers that which please their reason, they prefer the old wine, the first covenant instead of relying on Jesus to cleans them they say to one another "But if you or another brother/sister says something to me I am much more likely to turn from it out of guilt and shame and stop. I WANT you to hold my feet to the fire because I can't always count on myself to do it."
Everyone walking around with dirty feet following Peter's appeal to reason and respect John 13:8 -> "Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet..."
I confront people and say "God is good, Jesus died to save you right now!", and they say "I know, I am saved, I have my salvation, see how clean I keep my own feet!", but it is all for not, for John 13:8 ->"...Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me."
I honestly wish to know Luke 10 in my heart, then I could rest without sorrow for those around me ->"21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight."
The truth I have is a flame, or a sword, how to cut a man free from the chains of death, when they seem determined to fall on it, becoming worse than before I had found them.
Any man who violated the law may be put to death at the hands of two or three witnesses. But, Jesus has destroyed the law, and if someone knowing the truth of His Grace, returns to keeping themselves clean by the their own hands, they are much more worthy of destruction, because they consider the blood of Jesus a worthless thing, which they can counter act with their own faults, which they must aid with the strength of the own arms.
They have not rest, because they rely not on the blood of Jesus, for He would have given them rest. The toil of up holding their own virtue is an eternal toil, from which there will never be any rest.
What is written, is this hard truth, and despite Paul's and Luther's certainty on this issue, I hope that the Grace of God is even enough for those who discount it.
I am seeking guidance from Jesus, and it may be as you say, that I should make a war of truth with my words, but it would be terrible if none could bare such teaching.