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To: BlueDragon; metmom
"the Lord Himself sees all, and is fooled by none of it, although He can forgive nonetheless."

Amen and thank God He does,He isn't and He does!

All things are open and naked before Him,He knows every thought and intent behind every single word posted here,even if we don't.Our own "desperately wicked and deceitfull above all things" heart is not fully knowable to us but it is to Him.Which goes a long way in explaining why He is so good at what He does.The fight is allowing God to reside in our heart and be Lord instead of our own wicked heart remaining lord over our minds.The result of which is sometimes all over the RF like a rash.

195 posted on 02/01/2014 6:40:51 AM PST by mitch5501 ("make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things ye shall never fall")
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To: mitch5501

The flesh keeps rearing its ugly head and it’s easy to fall into operating out of it.

Thank God that He nailed it to the cross that it no longer has any power over us unless we grant it.

I wish I could be done with it forever, though. It would make my life much easier.


196 posted on 02/01/2014 6:54:03 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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To: mitch5501
well put. Thank you for focusing on that which you have, and expanding upon it. It touches upon what is wrong with "us" (human beings in general).

do I really need enter a "guilty" plea here? not just of "human" but having long been among the sinners here?

I cannot kid myself, that I am not. The Spirit convinces me (and convicts me) daily, moment by moment.

But no, my own guilt in this regard is not a get-out-of-jail-free card for any others, whether those persons be living within His Kingdom, or not...

The same rules others may seek or wish for to be applied to myself (which I have had applied to myself) are they (the infamous "they") not themselves subject to?

Let he is free of bigotry himself, be the judge of bigotry --- itself.

Who could that be? have any here met that man?

203 posted on 02/01/2014 8:04:12 AM PST by BlueDragon ("the fans are staying away from the ballpark...in droves" Yogi Berra)
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