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John 3:16-18 (New Living Translation)

¹⁶ “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷ God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.

¹⁸ “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son.

First off, I know this will sound extremely hypocritical and maybe harsh but I don't care.
We as "believers in Christ" often don't realise that WE ourselves are the greatest obstacle between God and unbelievers. We know we are not perfect, we are forgiven for all our sins and everything we have done because of God; his Love, Mercy and Grace.

From experience there are "Christians" that in my opinion abuse this Love, they sin and say "God has forgiven me so it was ok" well yea sure its fine. But that is not all, the holy spirit is in us to show us when we sin, we feel shame or guilt, that guilt shows us that we have done something wrong but God will forgive us yes that will never change. Then... To sin again and have the same mindset "its ok I'm forgiven"... this is totally crap... You are FREE to do what YOU please... God has given us complete freedom but that doesn’t mean everything is good for us.

1 Corinthians 6:12-13 (New Living Translation)

Avoiding Sexual Sin

¹² You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything. ¹³ You say, “Food was made for the stomach, and the stomach for food.” (This is true, though someday God will do away with both of them.) But you can’t say that our bodies were made for sexual immorality. They were made for the Lord, and the Lord cares about our bodies.

Each time we sin it is we as humans giving in to our earthly inhibitions and temptations, each time we sin it’s like spitting on Jesus on the Cross.
Sure, as humans we are fallible and prone to stumbling and sinning. But we must run from things that tempt us, we must pray for forgiveness when we do sin and pray for strength to be stronger the next time a similar situation comes along. We don’t just say "Sorry God" and continue sinning and apologise every time. We must try, yes yes sure, Sin is unpreventable sometimes, but if we avoid situation that lead to tempting situation doesn't that restrict how tempted we become?

Also Christians that are I AM SAVED I can do what I like. I am saved by God, there is NOTHING I can do to separate me from God

Romans 8:39 (New Living Translation)

³⁹ No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

When of course, God saves us alone if we follow Him with all our hearts.

Proverbs 3:5 (New Living Translation)

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all your heart;
do not depend on your own understanding.

If we truly do follow then we would know that we are called to reach others, called to make disciples of all nations.

Matthew 28:19 (New Living Translation)

¹⁹ Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

We are not called to be selfish and lazily wait till the day comes.

Matthew 25:14-30 (New Living Translation)

Parable of the Three Servants

¹⁴ “Again, the Kingdom of Heaven can be illustrated by the story of a man going on a long trip. He called together his servants and entrusted his money to them while he was gone. ¹⁵ He gave five bags of silver to one, two bags of silver to another, and one bag of silver to the last—dividing it in proportion to their abilities. He then left on his trip.

¹⁶ “The servant who received the five bags of silver began to invest the money and earned five more. ¹⁷ The servant with two bags of silver also went to work and earned two more. ¹⁸ But the servant who received the one bag of silver dug a hole in the ground and hid the master’s money.

¹⁹ “After a long time their master returned from his trip and called them to give an account of how they had used his money. ²⁰ The servant to whom he had entrusted the five bags of silver came forward with five more and said, ‘Master, you gave me five bags of silver to invest, and I have earned five more.’

²¹ “The master was full of praise. ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!’

²² “The servant who had received the two bags of silver came forward and said, ‘Master, you gave me two bags of silver to invest, and I have earned two more.’

²³ “The master said, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant. You have been faithful in handling this small amount, so now I will give you many more responsibilities. Let’s celebrate together!’

²⁴ “Then the servant with the one bag of silver came and said, ‘Master, I knew you were a harsh man, harvesting crops you didn’t plant and gathering crops you didn’t cultivate. ²⁵ I was afraid I would lose your money, so I hid it in the earth. Look, here is your money back.’

²⁶ “But the master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy servant! If you knew I harvested crops I didn’t plant and gathered crops I didn’t cultivate, ²⁷ why didn’t you deposit my money in the bank? At least I could have gotten some interest on it.’

²⁸ “Then he ordered, ‘Take the money from this servant, and give it to the one with the ten bags of silver. ²⁹ To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and they will have an abundance. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away. ³⁰ Now throw this useless servant into outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

We as Christians are called to be Salt and Light to the Earth.

Matthew 5:13-16 (New Living Translation)

Teaching about Salt and Light

¹³ “You are the salt of the earth. But what good is salt if it has lost its flavor? Can you make it salty again? It will be thrown out and trampled underfoot as worthless.

¹⁴ “You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. ¹⁵ No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. ¹⁶ In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.

Yet the are so many times when our saltiness and Light are OVERSHADOWED by our failures and those wrongs are what "TAG" us as Christians, no wonder the 3 top perceptions of Christians in the US are as follows
1- HATE Gays
2- Judgemental
3- Hypocritical

How come it is the negative parts that are always highlighted. Those were the TOP3 perceptions of Christians... I don't see "Christ-like" and Loving being up there. When these are 2 of the most important traits that we should show and reflect in our lives.
Many many many times WE the "followers of Christ" are what keep unbelievers apart from the Truth of God. Sometimes we are just too afraid to speak out when we can make a difference we have become too comfortable with society and earthly things around us.
And since when has one Christian been a "better" Christian than another? Never, You are a fool to believe You are better. You have no right to judge and we are all equally bad. No matter what sin we commit, we are all sinners. There are no grades/rank/levels of sinner, just sinners!

So yar we are to spread the gospel and Love everyone basically right? Sounds hard... Well how much are You willing to give for God, who freely gave so that we may receive.
Grace = Giving us a gift we don’t deserve.
Mercy = Not giving a punishment that we deserve.

So maybe if we thought more about how our actions will affect others rather than how they will affect ourselves...

1 Corinthians 8:4-13 (New Living Translation)

⁴ So, what about eating meat that has been offered to idols? Well, we all know that an idol is not really a god and that there is only one God. ⁵ There may be so-called gods both in heaven and on earth, and some people actually worship many gods and many lords. ⁶ But we know that there is only one God, the Father, who created everything, and we live for him. And there is only one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom God made everything and through whom we have been given life.

⁷ However, not all believers know this. Some are accustomed to thinking of idols as being real, so when they eat food that has been offered to idols, they think of it as the worship of real gods, and their weak consciences are violated. ⁸ It’s true that we can’t win God’s approval by what we eat. We don’t lose anything if we don’t eat it, and we don’t gain anything if we do.

⁹ But you must be careful so that your freedom does not cause others with a weaker conscience to stumble. ¹⁰ For if others see you—with your “superior knowledge”—eating in the temple of an idol, won’t they be encouraged to violate their conscience by eating food that has been offered to an idol? ¹¹ So because of your superior knowledge, a weak believer for whom Christ died will be destroyed. ¹² And when you sin against other believers by encouraging them to do something they believe is wrong, you are sinning against Christ. ¹³ So if what I eat causes another believer to sin, I will never eat meat again as long as I live—for I don’t want to cause another believer to stumble.

Our actions should benefit others before ourselves. That doesn't mean to say we should put ourselves in direct danger for the benefit of others. Read the sentence properly; our actions should benefit others before ourselves.


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On a totally different note, because I like to have the attention sometimes too. Currently feeling "Dry and distant from God" and like I'm continually pushing Him away. But yea things aren't always as they seem on the surface. Deep down I really don't feel the same way as I am on the outside, outside I don't know why but I'm slowly again coming to the breaking point of my fakeness. I thought a few weeks ago my mask broke and I was vulnerable on the outside as well as the inside, but after a bit of time I was able to resume my facade; pretending things are getting better, things are "okay". Well that isn't necessarily the way things are going, I still find "some things" extremely difficult to face. XYZ still constantly disrupts my life, making it mental torture for myself... XYZ always dragging me down with crap, XYZ wants something to benefit XYZ whilst claiming it is for me, well howsabout no, I'm not that stupid, I've been too naive on too many occasions so now things will be taken with extreme caution analyzed to the very last detail before acting. Again similar to my previous post, don't pretend to commit to something when You so clearly have no plan to follow it through. Your fake commitment and empty promises and BULLSH*T LIES. So seriously I know You can read this... This will either provoke You to act in a way which will not make me go completely insane.... or prove a point that You can't even be bothered to know about the things closest in my life. So go screw Your selfish ass self...

Ironic isn't it? That I can't even follow what I've been saying above...

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Isaiah 40:8

8 The grass withers and the flowers fade,
but the word of our God stands forever.”