Serving two masters! Being deceited by one!

[MeCajunboy]

You cannot serve two masters at one time. If you believe you can , simply try it. If you stil think you can, you are not deeply rooted in the beliefs of God and HIS Word. Certainly, you can serve the powers of satan for the moment, and at that moment , it is my discernment you you are NOT acting as a TRUE Christian of Christ. Until you are in repentence and you hear God's Spirit and feel HIS comfort, you cannot call yourself a Christian. Certainly, God has allowed satan much power over us, but that only applies when you allow yourself to be distant from God. That only applies when God is speaking to you and you ignore HIM even for an instant. And I am as guilty as everyone else. But I have also seen and acted on God's gifts for the betterment and advancement of HIS people. The gift of discernment is a very powerful gift when used with God's Spirit directing one. And many Christians possess it. Many don't even realize they possess it for many years in their lives. But once you recognize it and direct it with it's proper use and energy and blessings, it can be a mighty weapon against satan. You will notice that some time after you sin and while you're being delivered from that sin, God reveals Himself sometimes more than even when you are going through any ordinary day. That's not to say you must purposely try to commit sin because only God knows your weaknesses and vulnerabilities and only HE can carry you through them to HIS light to and enable you to see more clearly what your direction and path is in Christ's name. But I have to say , the few times I have carried through with my dreaded cross in shame and degradation to Christ's Cross and realized that God has seen me through it, I have come through a more concise, accurate, and focused Christian and seemed to have much better vision and direction. Even my words seemed to be coming from another source and flow much more freely than when I am just imagining to be living in God's Word and still carrying bits and pieces of satan's dirt and grime along the way.

For me, the only way I accomplish this is "From the moment I awake, I begin thanks and praise and each encounter with life I put God before me and God directs my thoughts and steps each moment of my life. This can be very tasking on many people depending on how many other obsticles you may have before you; even depending on your age. Your spiritual walk age can also determine how successful you are with this type of relationship. Many Christians seem to always have one foot planted firmly in God's Word and the other in the secular world. God is patient and generous and is willing to wait what we consider "a lifetime" which is only a blink of an eye for HIM. My prayers are with you all this New Years as we all regain focus on the one True God!

Blessings

Cajunboy

[kittylover0991]

Amen Cajun,

I'm ashamed to say that even just recently I was told that I still try to have one foot in the word and it's true, you can't serve two masters. There is a huge blessing from being just completely surrendered to God and I can't thank you enough for this thread, it's been a huge encouragement to a very discouraging day...

As Christians even, it's easy to see that sin, see the pleasure it brings, and go for it knowing that it will give that pleasure, if nothing else, for that season... but one needs to see that the destruction and pain and suffering (the shame especially) that comes afterwards greatly outweighs that moment of "pleasure" from the sin itself.

Why is it so hard, EVEN as Christians, to get on our knees and pray, admit and confess our sins to God? Becuase he knows everything, it can be hard to go to him becuase you have to face every single detail that you might even wish to hide from yourself, but there are blessings laying on the other side of that door....

Unfortunately, one foot where it should be and one foot in the world, it's like being in a raft with one side rowing harder or faster than the other... it doesn't move forward, but rather, it just goes in circles because the two can not work well together.. they just don't mix and so you go in circles forever unless the problem in solved....

There is pleasure but for a season with sin, and yes, there are things that are pleasant when it comes to sin (anywhere from things like lying to sexual sins to things like murder, etc), but it only leaves pain and suffereing afterwards.... What many try to ignore is that sin also does not just affect the Christian or God, but it affects just about every single person around you... like a ripple in a pond, the effects of it spread and hit every corner of "the pond"... it can have an effect on your family, friends, coworkers, classmates, church family, etc... saved or unsaved.

It's not worth it having two feet in two different place. Thank you so much Cajun for the reminder....

[MeCajunboy]

Amen Cajun,

I'm ashamed to say that even just recently I was told that I still try to have one foot in the word and it's true, you can't serve two masters. There is a huge blessing from being just completely surrendered to God and I can't thank you enough for this thread, it's been a huge encouragement to a very discouraging day...

As Christians even, it's easy to see that sin, see the pleasure it brings, and go for it knowing that it will give that pleasure, if nothing else, for that season... but one needs to see that the destruction and pain and suffering (the shame especially) that comes afterwards greatly outweighs that moment of "pleasure" from the sin itself.

Why is it so hard, EVEN as Christians, to get on our knees and pray, admit and confess our sins to God? Becuase he knows everything, it can be hard to go to him becuase you have to face every single detail that you might even wish to hide from yourself, but there are blessings laying on the other side of that door....

Unfortunately, one foot where it should be and one foot in the world, it's like being in a raft with one side rowing harder or faster than the other... it doesn't move forward, but rather, it just goes in circles because the two can not work well together.. they just don't mix and so you go in circles forever unless the problem in solved....

There is pleasure but for a season with sin, and yes, there are things that are pleasant when it comes to sin (anywhere from things like lying to sexual sins to things like murder, etc), but it only leaves pain and suffereing afterwards.... What many try to ignore is that sin also does not just affect the Christian or God, but it affects just about every single person around you... like a ripple in a pond, the effects of it spread and hit every corner of "the pond"... it can have an effect on your family, friends, coworkers, classmates, church family, etc... saved or unsaved.

It's not worth it having two feet in two different place. Thank you so much Cajun for the reminder....

No ma'am , Thank You K.L. for your kind response. You always make so much sens Kitty and you seem to have so much wisdom.

Have a Happy New Years and may God bless you and yours

In God's Love

Cajunboy