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1 | How close can we get to God? | Is 62:5 | Makarios | 4210 | ||
Is there a limit on how close we can come to know God or to be filled with His presence? I am a single man, but I am already married to our Lord Jesus, being in a constant and complete walk with Him where He experiences everything that I experience in life and every question that I have I seek His answer first.. I believe that we must be intimate with our Lord and Savior before we can expect to achieve intimacy with someone else in a marriage relationship. Now if we are 'married' to Christ, then are there any bounds to knowing Him? I know that we must die, we must be apart from these sinful, corruptible bodies of ours so that we will be changed into incorruptible bodies upon the return of our Lord since no man can see God in heaven and yet live. But really, are there any limitations? The limitations- how we quench the Holy Spirit or our relationship with Jesus- all depends on us and how much control over our lives that we are willing to sacrifice over to Him. We must replace our desires for a desire for real solid faith and holiness. We must desire Him and the Holy Spirit. Then, when we are washed whiter than snow (Isaiah 1:18-20), we can continue to be 'recklessly abandoned unto God'.. Are there any other thoughts on just how close we can get to God? | ||||||
2 | How close can we get to God? | Is 62:5 | melchizedekau | 4311 | ||
dear Nolan i believe that we can only get as close to God as our calling requires. We are bought with a price.What price will you pay? if we marry then we have trouble in the flesh.But what have you been called to do? i feel obedience is better than sacrifice.do what you are called to do and let Jesus say to you, Good and faithful servant.Look at moses and the prophets etc.all their callings were different and so were their encounters with the Lord.Just remember all your desires were placed within you by God to fullfil your destiny in Him.So we cannot glory in anything at all, except Jesus. bless you.YIC | ||||||
3 | How close can we get to God? | Is 62:5 | Makarios | 4318 | ||
Thank you melchizedekau! Great reply! Yes, we must 'go all out' to obey God and to accomplish the calling that He has set out for us. But I believe that the Lord gives us each a calling in His own way and not out of the desires of our hearts. If this was so, then it would open us up to all kinds of sinful tendencies which are against the will of God and can only put us at a disadvantage of accomplishing our calling in the Lord Jesus. Yes, obedience is above sacrifice! But we must also lay off everything that hinders us in our calling and being one with the Lord Jesus, and by fulfilling this calling (and being obedient to Him) can we become one with Him as Jesus is One with the Father, thereby achieving true intimacy with God! For we cannot please Him without having faith that He does indeed exist, and it is because of this faith that we have that helps to empower us to achieve the will of God in our lives. In this way, we can throw off everything that hinders us as we 'recklessly abandon' ourselves to God. | ||||||