The returning....

[Not me]

Proverbs 24:16a (NASB)
For a righteous person falls seven times and rises again, ............

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The falling is not being spoken against, but the rising is applauded...

For times of missing the mark shall be experienced, it is in the rising, in the turning back and the returning that is the measure of the heart...

For the heart knows when it is being instructed from above... It can turn a deaf ear, or it can be quick to humble itself and return... For in this will one find itself growing, in the quickness of one to return to the Christ one finds in one....

For Christ has come to take up His abode in the heart for the one purpose of perfecting those that are His... So to know and not be afraid of this inward voice towards righteousness....

For in this is the heart that would be made righteous made known to itself... It sees its wickedness, it sees where it needs to be, it sees its returning and in this returning does the righteousness of God make itself known...

For the returning is a constant state of repentance from oneself.... For this is what the falling is, a being exposed to a more deeper view of the wickedness of oneself... For self is all the wickedness one possesses and being freed from one’s personal wickedness is the purpose of one’s salvation....

Blessed is the day that the falling and the rising become one and the same motion, that is, the heart is constantly looking to Jesus regardless of any outward circumstances... Than riches or adversity become all the same and the scripture, I can do all things through Christ Jesus becomes tasted in one’s life....

Be blessed in the returning....

A fellow servant of His, Not me 

 

 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Not me

[Debp]

An encouraging verse on the subject...

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with His hand.  Psalm 37:24

[Not me]

12 minutes ago, Debp said:

An encouraging verse on the subject...

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with His hand.  Psalm 37:24

Hi Debp, be blessed in the growing!  

A brother in the faith, Not me 

[Heleadethme]

We just have to think the Lord wouldn't have had it written to go on to perfection if we didn't truly need perfecting.  Only He can search and find out with His light the hidden faults and iniquity that live in the darkness within, not to condemn us but to cleanse us of them.  "It is no longer I who sin but sin living in me".

When we start to realize our need and allow Him to shine His light into the dark corners of our being we are walking in the light as He is in the light, and we grow thereby.  Like trees planted by the water....they need water as well as light to grow.  Welcome the searching and ask Him for it, seek to understand, but try not to form too many preconceptions about what His light will reveal, or what the roots of one's problems are....it might be something a bit different from what we think, but faithful are the wounds of our Friend.

If we hunger and thirst and crave for righteousness we will be filled...as He is our righteousness.  This is what being likened to a Bride is all about, bridal intimacy.  "Search me and 'know' me oh God and see if there be any wicked way in me."  Craving the Bridegroom, craving His righteousness and searching and cleansing, which brings forth His fruit in the womb of our life.  Oh my, is it getting hot in here? 

[Not me]

1 hour ago, Heleadethme said:

We just have to think the Lord wouldn't have had it written to go on to perfection if we didn't truly need perfecting.  Only He can search and find out with His light the hidden faults and iniquity that live in the darkness within, not to condemn us but to cleanse us of them.  "It is no longer I who sin but sin living in me".

When we start to realize our need and allow Him to shine His light into the dark corners of our being we are walking in the light as He is in the light, and we grow thereby.  Like trees planted by the water....they need water as well as light to grow.  Welcome the searching and ask Him for it, seek to understand, but try not to form too many preconceptions about what His light will reveal, or what the roots of one's problems are....it might be something a bit different from what we think, but faithful are the wounds of our Friend.

If we hunger and thirst and crave for righteousness we will be filled...as He is our righteousness.  This is what being likened to a Bride is all about, bridal intimacy.  "Search me and 'know' me oh God and see if there be any wicked way in me."  Craving the Bridegroom, craving His righteousness and searching and cleansing, which brings forth His fruit in the womb of our life.  Oh my, is it getting hot in here? 

To the heart that would be made perfect be so blessed...  

A fellow follower, Not me 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Not me

[Riverwalker]

the only difference between the saint and the sinner, is that we get back up after a fall

[Not me]

58 minutes ago, Riverwalker said:

the only difference between the saint and the sinner, is that we get back up after a fall

Simple words, great truth, be blessed in the experiencing...

A fellow believer, Not me 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Not me

[Heleadethme]

19 hours ago, Riverwalker said:

the only difference between the saint and the sinner, is that we get back up after a fall

Well let's think about it a bit more.....it's true that if we sin we can be forgiven and carry on (even though we may have to live with the consequences and chastisements of the Lord), but as believers we have received and put on a whole new nature....Christ's nature and spirit within us that we are to walk in.....so that makes another huge difference between the sinner and child of God.....though we may not be perfect yet, Christians don't go around committing sin to nearly the same extent as those who are lost and don't know the Lord.  When we received Jesus' nature we also received His fear of God which is a great help to us when we need it:

Heb 5:7

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

Dealing with the main outward kinds of sins actually is foundational (repentance from dead works) that needs to be settled before we really can start to grow and "go on to perfection", with the Lord searching and cleansing the inside of our cups.

[Not me]

2 hours ago, Heleadethme said:

Well let's think about it a bit more.....it's true that if we sin we can be forgiven and carry on (even though we may have to live with the consequences and chastisements of the Lord), but as believers we have received and put on a whole new nature....Christ's nature and spirit within us that we are to walk in.....so that makes another huge difference between the sinner and child of God.....though we may not be perfect yet, Christians don't go around committing sin to nearly the same extent as those who are lost and don't know the Lord.  When we received Jesus' nature we also received His fear of God which is a great help to us when we need it:

Heb 5:7

Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;

Dealing with the main outward kinds of sins actually is foundational (repentance from dead works) that needs to be settled before we really can start to grow and "go on to perfection", with the Lord searching and cleansing the inside of our cups.

Edited April 25, 2021 by Not me

[Not me]

49 minutes ago, Not me said:

Removed post, not my place to speak...

Be blessed in Him, Not me