Jonah2005bt
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We are not perfect, there's no getting away from that, and GOD realizes that fact.
But what GOD does expect from us all is to at least try, with all our might meaning the very best we can do & to continue on trying, never-ever giving up. {Deuteronomy 6:5, Mark 12:30 & 12:33, Luke 10:27, Deuteronomy 4:29} And this means to try with all our might not to SIN!
Just because we see so & so sinning, getting away with it & making progress - doesn't mean that it's OK - it is still not righteous. These people that live their lives in sin are usually very unhappy & end up never -or- not really knowing GOD for who HE really is. {Ezekiel 3:18-19, James 4:1-17, Ephesians 4:17-32}
And just because we may see so & so 'hardly ever' sin, doesn't mean when he/she does sin it's OK, for a sin is still a sin, no matter what. {Ezekiel 3:20-21, James 4:1-17, Ephesians 4:17-32}
Yes Jesus did die for us all, in hope that we would be saved. And His death was the ransom sacrifice for us all - for our sins.
This doesn't mean that it's OK to go out into the world and sin just because you might feel the need to. NO! Heaven forbid! That would be like saying that Jesus' teachings and His sacrifice was for nothing.
Some times, though we do sin by accident, but what's so important to remember is NOT TO SIN ! Why? Because we are imperfect? Yes!
But also, because the more we sin the more we are trapped into the prison of sin, meaning bad habits are being formed - and bad habits are hard to break.
And the more we do not sin, the more good & righteous habits are being formed & the more holy we become.
Even if; "we are pressed on every side by troubles, but not crushed and broken. We are perplexed because we don't know why things happen as they do, but we don't give up and quit." {2 Corinthians 4:8}
"We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going." {2 Corinthians 4:9}
So when Jesus does come for us, He will find us doing the things that He had asked us to do. He will find us living according tho GOD'S Rules & Regulations. The work we were meant to do.
Concentrate on righteousness & do your very, very best not to sin, so that you won't form more & more bad habits, but instead making good & righteous habits.
This is what it means to be strong & to stand firm with all our might, until the end. {Matthew 10:22}
Go to Church & to the Congregation, hang around with people that you know want to Worship & Serve The Almighty GOD. Get to know them & share what you have learned & listen to what they have learned. {2 Peter 1:20, Proverbs 3:5} *genesis!
But what GOD does expect from us all is to at least try, with all our might meaning the very best we can do & to continue on trying, never-ever giving up. {Deuteronomy 6:5, Mark 12:30 & 12:33, Luke 10:27, Deuteronomy 4:29} And this means to try with all our might not to SIN!
Just because we see so & so sinning, getting away with it & making progress - doesn't mean that it's OK - it is still not righteous. These people that live their lives in sin are usually very unhappy & end up never -or- not really knowing GOD for who HE really is. {Ezekiel 3:18-19, James 4:1-17, Ephesians 4:17-32}
And just because we may see so & so 'hardly ever' sin, doesn't mean when he/she does sin it's OK, for a sin is still a sin, no matter what. {Ezekiel 3:20-21, James 4:1-17, Ephesians 4:17-32}
Yes Jesus did die for us all, in hope that we would be saved. And His death was the ransom sacrifice for us all - for our sins.
This doesn't mean that it's OK to go out into the world and sin just because you might feel the need to. NO! Heaven forbid! That would be like saying that Jesus' teachings and His sacrifice was for nothing.
Some times, though we do sin by accident, but what's so important to remember is NOT TO SIN ! Why? Because we are imperfect? Yes!
But also, because the more we sin the more we are trapped into the prison of sin, meaning bad habits are being formed - and bad habits are hard to break.
And the more we do not sin, the more good & righteous habits are being formed & the more holy we become.
Even if; "we are pressed on every side by troubles, but not crushed and broken. We are perplexed because we don't know why things happen as they do, but we don't give up and quit." {2 Corinthians 4:8}
"We are hunted down, but God never abandons us. We get knocked down, but we get up again and keep going." {2 Corinthians 4:9}
So when Jesus does come for us, He will find us doing the things that He had asked us to do. He will find us living according tho GOD'S Rules & Regulations. The work we were meant to do.
Concentrate on righteousness & do your very, very best not to sin, so that you won't form more & more bad habits, but instead making good & righteous habits.
This is what it means to be strong & to stand firm with all our might, until the end. {Matthew 10:22}
Go to Church & to the Congregation, hang around with people that you know want to Worship & Serve The Almighty GOD. Get to know them & share what you have learned & listen to what they have learned. {2 Peter 1:20, Proverbs 3:5} *genesis!
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