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1 | where is the joy of my salvation? | Bible general Archive 4 | tar2480 | 210243 | ||
May I first say that I have been in similar circumstances. There are a few questions that I would like to ask... not for an answer, but for your own contemplation. I had a friend who asked them of me during one of my own doubting periods and they seemed to help. My prayer is that thinking through them will bring you some peace as well. The only people who truly know if you are saved are you and Christ. I would suggest you do an assessment of your beliefs. Who do you believe God to be? Jesus? Man in relationship to them? Then contemplate whether or not you really believe what you think you believe. What do you act on? Do you worry about God's pleasure? Are you convicted when you do something wrong? Check out the fruit of the spirit in Galations 5. Do you see these things in your life? I think that you will probably find that you are saved and I would say cling to that truth. Try reading Ro 8. Are you going to and involved in church? The only reason I ask is because our gifts are given to us to be used to build each other up. Though definately not the only place, church is one of the most common places people find they can use their gifts. What is/are your gifts? Are you using them to the glory of God? Check out 1 Corinthians 14. I also think it is important to see the difference between happiness and joy. Happiness is temporary. It is a feeling. We will not always walk around happy and we should not try to for then we are putting on a mask and hiding from those who are intended to build us up. Joy is in a way equivalent to hope. We have joy not because we are happy, but because we know the future and the fact that we are saved. It is a peace and a knowledge that we have something to look forward too. Look up the exact definitions and see if you can see the difference. I would also be careful about taking scripture out of context. Never just read one or two verses and think you have the whole. In 1 Peter 1: 3-9, Peter is talking about more than just happiness. Verse 3 talks about where our hope comes from. Verse 6 talks of us having to suffer now for a short time (not always having a great life). Verse 6 also talks about how these difficult times will build us up and refine us so that Christ may be all the more glorified. Verses 7 and 8 talk about how we can look forward to eternity and draw hope and strength from the knowledge that we have. I hope this helps. God bless you. tar |
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2 | was the ten commandments done away with | Matt 22:40 | tar2480 | 210094 | ||
Val, You were fine and correct. I should have posted to the original question. I have limited time and so saddly will be sparatic in getting back. I agree with you that their are some commands that God gave to the Isrealites and some he also intended for the "church". For in Acts 10 and 11, we see Peter first approaching gentiles after a vision. There is no talk of them following the law, but only God and what is right. However, I also believe that by this they are talking about the law beyond the 10 commandments. I believe that the first 4 tell us about Gods nature and how we are to relate to him. God did not create once and then stop. He is in a constant state of creation... simply take a look around. In the beginning work was meant to be fun and what is the first impulse for man kind with anything that is fun? We over do it. I too meet with other Christians on Sunday, but I also meet with them on other days as well. I believe that for one day God wants me to rest from my work... what I tend to over do. That does not mean that I sit around and do nothing which is something I do not really see in the character of Jesus either. It simply means that I do not do on the seventh day the same thing I do on all the other days and when I follow this advice my mind and physical body work better because of the break. Does that day need to be on Sunday... well there is another question floating around about that. In Mathew 5 (below), Jesus is teaching and flat out tells us that until the end of the Earth the law is still in effect. The trick is to follow the True Spirit of the law in relationship and not a check list. Do we need a Sabbath? I believe the answer is yes. Does my Sabbath look exactly like everyone else's? No. If it did, my work would be the same as everyone else's and then where would we be? Matt 5:17 "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. Matt 5:18 "For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. Ex 20:8 "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. |
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3 | was the ten commandments done away with | Matt 22:40 | tar2480 | 210043 | ||
Something to remember, the Isrealites had trouble following the intent of the law. The law was not made to save them, but to show them how much they needed their God. Instead of seeing that as I believe David did, most Isrealites saw the law as a check list to be followed with no or little relationship to back it up. Many times in the Old Testament (Prophets especially. try Isa 1:11) we see God saying that your sacrifices mean little when your heart and actions do not match (paraphrase). When we come to the New Testament, things have simply gotten worse. The leaders have now added law upon law so that there is no way to break the law... such as not walking more than a mile at a time on the Sabbath day. Then of course they also instituted laws that allowed them to break their own laws... such as when they set up their tents and then took them down to walk another mile. Jesus actually reinstated the true Law of God when he gave us the two greatest commandments. Love the Lord your God... and Love your neighbor as yourself. If we Love the Lord our God, then we will serve him, honour him, love him, get to know him and want to be like him. If we love our neighbor as our selves, we will treat them as we want to be treated and thus will not steal, murder, etc. In many ways, these 2 laws encompass the "spirit" of the ten commandments. The Sabbath I too am having some difficulty with. Where I am right now is that God took time from what he did on a daily basis for a day or rest. If we want to honour God we should follow his example and rest for atleast one day of the week. Does that have to be Sunday/Saturday? I really don't know. But it was Jesus who said that the Sabbath was made for man and not the other way around (Mark 2:27). tar |
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