Compromising your faith in God

[missmuffet]

What do you think compromising your faith in God is?

[Vine Abider]

14 minutes ago, missmuffet said:

What do you think compromising your faith in God is?

Unfortunately, I must confess I probably do it everyday.  That is, for instance, I watch some program I know the inner Anointing is not pleased with.  Or make some other decision that causes me to loose His sense of life & peace within.

But hallelujah!  He knows we still have a wretched flesh hanging on us, so I can claim His blood and righteousness and turn back to Him any time without condemnation!

[missmuffet]

16 minutes ago, Vine Abider said:

Unfortunately, I must confess I probably do it everyday.  That is, for instance, I watch some program I know the inner Anointing is not pleased with.  Or make some other decision that causes me to loose His sense of life & peace within.

But hallelujah!  He knows we still have a wretched flesh hanging on us, so I can claim His blood and righteousness and turn back to Him any time without condemnation!

But is that right in the eyes of God? Isn't that mocking God?

[Neighbor]

46 minutes ago, missmuffet said:

What do you think compromising your faith in God is?

Well, I don't know; since Jesus' faith has never been compromised.It is His faith that is my own hope certain. My faith by comparison may be weak, as I am sometimes weary, or it may be energized beyond all reason.

Neither case,  weak nor energized, mocks God, but both  keeps me humble.

[BornAgain490]

19 minutes ago, missmuffet said:

But is that right in the eyes of God? Isn't that mocking God?

God is not mocked, no matter what man does.  When we stumble and fall, there's chastisement and correction and repentance and refreshing and merciful renewal and perseverance and, in the judgment, loss of reward. 

[Vine Abider]

1 hour ago, missmuffet said:

But is that right in the eyes of God? Isn't that mocking God?

In what sense do you mean?

[missmuffet]

54 minutes ago, Vine Abider said:

In what sense do you mean?

To keep committing that sin over and over again and then saying" I am saved so what does it matter. I like doing this". Taking advantage of God's grace is not good. We are all sinners and we sin everyday without even realizing but if we know something we are doing is going against God and is a sin then we should try our best to stop doing it.

[Vine Abider]

3 hours ago, missmuffet said:

To keep committing that sin over and over again and then saying" I am saved so what does it matter. I like doing this". Taking advantage of God's grace is not good. We are all sinners and we sin everyday without even realizing but if we know something we are doing is going against God and is a sin then we should try our best to stop doing it.

Some things are just strongholds we've let happen.  I don't think I have the strength in myself to stop certain things (like what I would call "evening entertainment"), so I just keep giving it to Him as He's the One able to finish what He started. May He have mercy!

[Marathoner]

16 hours ago, Vine Abider said:

Some things are just strongholds we've let happen.  I don't think I have the strength in myself to stop certain things (like what I would call "evening entertainment"), so I just keep giving it to Him as He's the One able to finish what He started. May He have mercy!

Is it a stronghold, or is it a habit? If watching television programming has been a part of someone's life, and it's difficult or even impossible to cease, then it's most assuredly a habit. Let those who are free of all manner of habits judge their fellows. 

Ah, but then, is watching television programming forbidden by the Lord? There are some who claim that it is, but all they have is an opinion to justify their claim. You might recall how I've mentioned that I don't watch TV programming, but this isn't a matter of virtue-signaling that I'm somehow holy or righteous because I don't. Nonsense. I never developed the habit, my friend. When I was a child, escaping the house and finding refuge outdoors was my custom, yes? And then many years later, decades of homelessness meant no creature comforts like a kitchen, a bedroom, or a television set. 

If you are troubled by what is otherwise a custom, ask the Lord about it. You might be surprised by His answer.  

[Sower]

 

 

                              "Everything that is not from faith is sin"     (The words of God)

                                                      
              "What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound?

                        By no means! How can we (who died to sin) still live in it?"