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Laura-bell
June 6th, 2006, 11:16 PM
Has anybody ever sat down and seriously/fearfully saught God and asked Him which one you are? I mean where do you fit in with the descriptions, and which letter in the book of Revelations do you suppose God would have delivered to your door?
I've often questioned this for myself, I just don't want to be a white washed tomb full of dead men's bones. Ya know what I'm saying? I mean, I am sure we have all asked but do we look at the answer when it is revealed? And when we ask do we already have the assumption that the answer is good, therefore no sense in seeking futher? I see so many harsh judgemental attitudes and so many christians that are backslidden and seem happy there, that I wonder how my real heart attitude is. How do I appear before God? I have several backslidden friends whom I pray for often, but sometimes I get angry and frustrated with them because they say they want to live holy lives, but they don't seem willing to give up the world. That's when I really check myself. I don't want to get harsh and judgemental.
I just wanted to put this out there in case there was someone who needed to question themselves, as I often do myself.:):

frisian1970
June 6th, 2006, 11:33 PM
Romans 7

The Conflict of Two Natures
14For we know that the Law is (Z)spiritual, but I am (AA)of flesh, (AB)sold (AC)into bondage to sin.

15For what I am doing, (AD)I do not understand; for I am not practicing (AE)what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.

16But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with (AF)the Law, confessing that the Law is good.

17So now, (AG)no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.

18For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my (AH)flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not.

19For (AI)the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want.

20But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, (AJ)I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me.

21I find then (AK)the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.

22For I joyfully concur with the law of God in (AL)the inner man,

23but I see (AM)a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the (AN)law of my mind and making me a prisoner of (AO)the law of sin which is in my members.

24Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from (AP)the body of this (AQ)death?

25(AR)Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh (AS)the law of sin.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%207&version=49

Laura-bell
June 6th, 2006, 11:37 PM
Yes sir.:): I hate it when that happens.

Laura-bell
June 6th, 2006, 11:47 PM
UUUUhhhh, oops. How'd this get in the apologetics line up? I must have hit the little rolley dial on the mouse. Sorry.:redface :redface

frisian1970
June 6th, 2006, 11:54 PM
"Hit" the lil' policeman on the right next to the post # if you want it moved. That will alert the admins.

Laura-bell
June 9th, 2006, 10:42 PM
"Hit" the lil' policeman on the right next to the post # if you want it moved. That will alert the admins.


Oh, thank you.