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Mathew 7:21-28 & Luke 13:23-28
I'm a sinner. There are sins that I struggle with and there are sins that I'm not ready to give up yet; even if I tried, I'm going to slip up. Does that mean that I won't enter the Kingdom of God? These verses come off to me as God expecting us to be perfect. To follow all of his commands. Very discouraging.
Matthew 7: 21-28
I Never Knew You
21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
28 And so it was, when Jesus had ended these sayings, that the people were astonished at His teaching.
Luke 13:23-28
23 Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?”
And He said to them, 24 “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able. 25 When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from,’ 26 then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’ 27 But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’ 28 There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out.
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Permalink Reply by Kayla on
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Char,
It's so ironic that you said that because he has said twice now "you might be a little too innocent for me" and "I feel like I'm corrupting you." But my thing is, if you think I'm a good woman and I'm innocent to a degree, what man who's looking for a relationship would want a woman who's not "innocent?" What man who's looking for a relationship would want a woman who enjoys casual sex (he made the innocent comment after I told him I don't enjoy casual sex)? If he thinks I'm so wonderful or thinks he's not good enough for me, he should feel honored that I wanted him.
I can't find a man who will date me and just get to know me before expecting to have sex. After 3 times of hanging out, they seem to be frustrated with me. I'm not going to wait till marriage for sex. I know that's the right thing to do, but I'm being honest and being realistic with myself. However, I want to have feelings for someone before we go to the next level. No one ever sticks around to get there...Except the last guy I was in a relationship with. Except he cheated on me so I still got screwed over. -
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Permalink Reply by Deserey Velasquez on
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Kayla,
I had very similar experiences as you are having. I was raised in a Christian home with good parents who may not have been perfect but they loved the Lord and did their best to raise me right. I always said I would never give myself to anyone before marriage…I planned to be a virgin when I was married. Then I started dating and that changed. At first I was like no but I soon learned that they weren’t going to stick around unless I gave them what they wanted so I did. I won’t go into everything that happened but I have given you this little background as a foundation to what I am going to say. I can honestly say today that I regret every day the choice I made. Don’t fool yourself into thinking that it is going to make a difference if you give yourself to them. If they don’t respect you enough and care enough for you to get to know you and do things the right way even when that means you’re not giving them anything then you cannot expect any more respect from them when you do. In the end I found that I was respected less…in fact my reputation was destroyed not mention my testimony. It also hurt my self-image. I didn’t respect myself…I don’t even like who I was. There are things I am still dealing with as a result of the choices I made…this is not something you will want to bring into any marriage. If all you are attracting is the kind of guys you have described then you may not be looking in the right places. Do not expect those who are not Christian or who are not showing the fruit of God in their lives to give you any lasting solid relationship.
It wasn’t until I gave everything completely over to God that He gave me my husband. Understand that God is and must always be number one in my life even before my husband. I believe that God settles for nothing less than all of you. You have said and I quote, “ I'm not going to wait till marriage for sex. I know that's the right thing to do, but I'm being honest and being realistic with myself.” If that is your decision then you should not expect God to bless your effort. I know because I tried it that way. God gave me a husband but it was when I had finally learned what He was trying to teach me and I finally submitted myself (my desires) to His will and trusted Him to work it out His way. That is why it is all the more important that you are not about trying to find someone so much as building your relationship with God so that when the time comes and God brings your spouse into your life then you will be ready and a blessing for him. Don’t make the mistake I did of bringing this baggage into your marriage.
I will be praying for you.
Blessings
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Permalink Reply by Amanda on
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That is why it is all the more important that you are not about trying to find someone so much as building your relationship with God so that when the time comes and God brings your spouse into your life then you will be ready and a blessing for him.
Deserey,
Well said.
As far as the baggage -- we all carry baggage, even the best of us. It differs but it's there.
Blessings ...
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Permalink Reply by David Velasquez on
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Dessy -
Love you - you are a beautiful woman of God. I love being your hubby. :)
You are God's gift to me. I am crazy about you girl.
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hahaha what-eeever haha don't hate, don't hate haha J/K yall. Yeah we get plenty of mushy on FB, so we will keep AAG family freindly hahaha
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David,
Who do you think you are fooling? You are not crazy about me...you are just plain crazy. Don't blame me for your craziness. lol jk You know I love you very much despite it all =)
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Ok - ok woman - you are gonna get it when i get home now. haha Yeah I am a bit loco, but that is part of why you get me, cause you are a bit cookoo too. hahaha J/k. You are wonderfully made... :)
Sorry Kayla for kidnapping your thread, but it was the women's fault hahaha
Just when AAG thought they had enough with one Velasquez, here comes trouble... My most sincere apologies AAG hahaha J/K
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hehe I am going to give you grace and not say a word =)
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Permalink Reply by Dearheart on
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Hi Kayla, my name is Linda, I am interested in this discussion and would like to share the experience with you, I am actually a little embarrassed to comment because my English is not good,
I've had experiences similar to your experience and Deserey. I was born from a devout Christian family, my parents taught me about Christian values, and I grew up with a strong oriental custom. A few years ago I met some guy is "wrong" they are Christian men, I think this is the right guy for me but in fact they hurt me, leave me and leave a question in my mind, "what's wrong with me "I thought maybe I was too religious, so I started thinking how to make next boyfriend not to leave me later ... so I changed the principles taught by my parents .... but what happened, I do not get respect, I get wound deeper, and I felt guilty, very guilty and I can not forgive myself, but even when I hurt, God opened my eyes and gave me a sense of "forgiveness" and "wait". When I forgive those who have hurt me I feel free from the bonds of guilt. God changed my heart into a heart that loves and when I obey the "wait" time for God .... Wowwww... all beautiful in His time ...God gave me a good husband, he is the man I prayed for years, and I'm very thankful God put him in my life, until now I am still amazed by God's plan in my life, He "forced" me out of the living men "not good" to bring me to a great man who will fulfill His plan.Blessings, Linda :)
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