Saved and Stumbling?

[Denise37]

He let's us stumble & fall bc He wants us to be faithful & come to Him for help.. He wants us to stand strong in what we believe in.. That God is ALMIGHTY & He can help with anything & everything. He already knows our life, since He's the author.. So y not ask for His help??

"Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us." (1John 5:14)

"& He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." (2cor. 12:9) {Infirmities= when sick, or even when u walk away from the Lord}

Plus, we have to carry our cross everyday & no1 said that following Jesus was gonna be easy.. But that's why we have His help!!

"Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, & take up his cross daily, & follow me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it." (Luke 9:23-24)

"So I say to you, ask, & it will be given to you; seek, & you will find; knock, & it will be opened to you." (Luke 11:9)

"& not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perserverance;" (Rom. 5:3)

"But He said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God." (Luke 18:27)

Also, we have to try REAL hard to go to heaven..

"STRIVE to enter through the narrow gates, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter & will not be able." (Luke 13:24)

*juss to add in.. Jesus is a gentleman.. He won't come in unless He's invited.. It's up to us to keep our salvation.. God gave us the key, we juss gotta take it & use it*

Edited February 16, 2012 by Denise37

[lance.dunlop]

He let's us stumble & fall bc He wants us to be faithful & come to Him for help.. He wants us to stand strong in what we believe in.. That God is ALMIGHTY & He can help with anything & everything. He already knows our life, since He's the author.. So y not ask for His help??

"Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us." (1John 5:14)

"& He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." (2cor. 12:9) {Infirmities= when sick, or even when u walk away from the Lord}

Plus, we have to carry our cross everyday & no1 said that following Jesus was gonna be easy.. But that's why we have His help!!

"Then He said to them all, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, & take up his cross daily, & follow me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it." (Luke 9:23-24)

"So I say to you, ask, & it will be given to you; seek, & you will find; knock, & it will be opened to you." (Luke 11:9)

"& not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perserverance;" (Rom. 5:3)

"But He said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God." (Luke 18:27)

Also, we have to try REAL hard to go to heaven..

"STRIVE to enter through the narrow gates, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter & will not be able." (Luke 13:24)

I know what you are saying, that being said though we have to remember that trying and earning are different.

Ephesians 2:8 "For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."

Part of the fruit of the Spirit in our lives is an ongoing repentance. A constant proving of our salvation by being sanctified and turning away from our sins. Now we all stumble from time to time. 1 John says that if we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves. But Jesus stated very plainly, that His sheep know his voice, so if we are of him, then we will eventually give in to the call to repentance and submit to walking in the Spirit.

I can say from experience as I was someone who was once stumbling around blinded by the world. For almost 2 years I was like this. I was alone in my faith, no one around to keep me accountable, I tried early on, but eventually it became hard and I began to slip into my old life style. But I struggled living like that, in my sins. It hurt me to do those things, even though I had the wool pulled over my eyes. Now this entire time of me being in amongst the filth that this life offers there was still a voice that called out to me. Sometimes audible, sometimes it was merely a speaking to my spirit. But this voice called me to repent, to evangelize, to read my Bible, to fast, to stand up for my faith that I was forgetting. I was fearful to do so however for sake of what others might say. I tried to do all those things many times, but I always gave up. The problem was that I didn't even realize I was in my sins because I was blinded so much. After I moved home, after about 3 months I finally made it back to my home church, where the Holy Spirit was ministering powerfully that day, at least to me. I walked through the front doors and He just hit me. I knew then what my life was like. I stood there exposed and broken, in the sanctuary I cried, I realized I was wronging the Lord. He has taught me so much about holiness and repentance since then, that I had never known. But the biggest thing about that experience was that I was the one who was sinning, not God. I had known the Love of God and walked in my sin, even though I was trying to live holy and right, I was under so much oppression that I would just give in, and allowed myself to believe I was helpless.

What we have to remember is that God doesn't tempt us, the enemy tempts us, and we tempt ourselves (James 1), and worse we willingly jump into our sin. This is inevitable. The joy in this however is that we have a high priest who makes intercession for us. Hebrews 10:14 "For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified." Not those who are sanctified, but those who are being sanctified.

Needless to say, it will take my entire life to finally get to the point where I am sanctified. I won't be until I am resurrected and free from the flesh. And even that is not my doing. Every act of treason against God's commands in the law were given to Christ on my behalf. So now the Holy Spirit begins His work to form me into the victory of the risen king. Sanctified, a new heart, a life of obedience of the Holy Spirit, glorifying God in all...I will still willingly sin. There will be many times I will have to come to repent for my ways. But I know that I am forgiven, and despite my childish ways at times He will be there to discipline and set me on the right path again whenever I need it.

If there's one verse I trust for help when it comes to temptation though, it's 1 Cor 10:13 "No temptation has seized you except that which is common to man. And God is faithful, he will not let you be tempted beyond what you car bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it." So when we are tempted He provides an escape, and when we sin we are in the blood of Jesus. Now whether we sin willingly, incidentally, or habitually, we show our depravity and point to the need of a savior, and show the glory of His mercies and forgiveness. And in our forgiveness which we have already received in Him we can find a place of rest and peace from the trials of the flesh, live by the Spirit, and continue in sanctification without fear of judgment despite knowing that we deserve it, yet have escaped it.