Time for a Change

[Isaiah 6:8]

@wyguy--.....

Thats about the best response to Wyguy....

[j102]

I understand what you are saying, and I generally agree with you... but...

What about the fact that though we are not of this world, we are still in the world?

There were times in my life when I tried forsaking the things you mentioned... and God became the number one in my life.

But later on... he "brought me back" -- not like the way it was before, of course -- but still in the world.

Because God trusts me that the world will not again take his place as my number one priority in life.

For I now know the truth, and the world can never blind me again....

This has been my personal experience, and I cannot yet say that this is really biblical....

But the answer that I am getting from God is this:

He has put me "in the world" so that I can really understand the lost. So that I can bring them to Christ.

For example, I listen to rock music, but I also try to understand the lives of those who sing and write those songs....

And I watch worldly movies, but again, it is also to try to understand the lives of the characters being portrayed... To try to understand the ways and thinking of this fallen world....

And I admit it, being "in the world" makes me sin more than if I am purposely trying not to be in the midst of it....

But like Fez said, I too live under grace. And I can only trust God's love for me. Trust his plans for me.

amen

pretty much the same with me.

[j102]

forgot to add that we should think about what jesus said- ITS NOT WHAT GOES INTO A MAN THAT MAKES HIM UNCLEAN, BUT RATHER WHAT COMES OUT OF THE HEART.

[2Joyful]

Greetings and welcome...

Many times people will find any and every excuse to stay in sin. When the Word goes forth and touches the heart, nothing (hell or high water) will be able to stand in front of them (well thats the way it happen to me). I agree that we Do set an example. But I also feel if you are living it then that person whom you are witnessing to should NOT be able to cast you into the lot with the others thats not living right or isn't convicted.

Its great to enjoy the original Amazing Grace if thats what you like. BUT we must stop putting God in a box and tell others how He is to be praised. If a Gun and Roses fan turns their life over to Christ and wants to belt it out in that way and does it by the anointing of the Holy Ghost, then more power to him/her and may God receive all the honor and glory... We are living in the last days and I have witness God taking what the devil has used for ages to defeat our young people and turn it around...at my church on 4th Sunday, the young people are allowed to serve the Lord in gladness in the way He has anointed them. We have a great group of people who has been called into that ministry to uplift and edit when necessary. I hate rap, but when I listen to a young man, praising God (theres a screen up so the words can be understood) I'm standing and praising God, because its filled with the Spirit and spoken in truth.

I have lost taste in many of the movies made in this time and just recently have began looking at older films, but I have found if you really want to be the best judge to not always take some others word about how bad a movie is...see it for yourself. Conviction comes from within and should not be shoved down my throat because it offend the other guy. Much of my understanding of the world and young people (times has changed way from when I was a child, and when my kids was small) has come from watching films and reality shows, where I am able to sit back and receive how will I react or what will I say to someone in that situation. Now I won't sit in a film or watch a show that beeps every two word that comes out a person mouth. But, I will chill to a little Al Green and B J Thomas, Rolling Stones, Tina Turner.....

Blessings