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Christinyou
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There is only one way to cleanse the flesh, it must die, or else flesh and blood could enter the Kingdom of Heaven. It cannot and the flesh must die and be planted in the ground and come forth a new and living flesh and bone body like that of Jesus Christ. Then we can enter the kingdom of Heaven bodily. We have already entered it in spirit, for we now have the Holy Spirit and the Spirit of Christ in us and seated in the heavenlies with Christ.

No matter how much we wash the flesh it must die. We overcome this in our lives daily by walking in the Spirit of which I wish I could do 24-7, I am better than I was, but not better than I want to be. Like Paul; Romans 7:21-25 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.

In Christ: Phillip


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 2010/9/11 20:06Profile









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I would guess the reason most marriages fail is because of lust which began while still single that have never been brought under the Blood of Jesus.



Here is another classic quote (ignorantly spoken, we all say it), certain sins having not been put under the blood.

Either His blood covers all or it doesn't at all.

All our sins have been put under the blood, the right wording is that we have not surrendered that thing under the reality that Christ died for our sins and having died we died with Him. We GREATLY lack the understanding to reckon ourselves to be dead indeed unto sin and not to remain under the bondage of a besetting sin.

Someone also said in a recent post in this thread that we need to die. We speak eloquent words when we use these terminologies but no one can give an explanation on how to go about such a feat. It's easy to quote scripture, and quoting the shadowy scriptures does not bring victory, only the Holy Spirit bringing to life the meaning of the letter will we see the light. Many are left to themselves with these cliches and one liners having no knowledge as to what in the world it all means. It's definitely an experience and more importantly growing in grace and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ. See, I have done the same thing. I've quoted a passage and leave nothing as to what that knowledge is that we must grow.

If the knowledge of Jesus Christ is what we debate over in these forums, it's not worth it because it sets nothing free. The mind is in turmoil with doing this that and the other.

 2010/9/11 21:32









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I rarely see God intervening on man's behalf in satisfying a lustful relationship with porn by giving him a wife.



I don't think this is a fair statement to automatically lump someone who struggles with lust into the same camp as someone who struggles with lust AND pornography. Lust existed long before pornography.

It's perfectly possible to struggle with lust towards the opposite sex and not be addicted to, or even a user of pornography.

Being that guys are filled with testosterone and quite prone to a more physical drive (if you will), I can see Paul saying that a wife could give a man an outlet for this "burning desire" so he wouldn't be tempted to fulfill it somewhere sinful instead.

Lust is a sin. Pornography is a sin. Having testosterone is not.

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Paul was referring to men who were not married, who were finding themselves in houses of ill fame and he was telling them, "look, get married, it's better for you be with one woman than to cruise broadway trying to fulfill that burning urge."



I also do NOT think Paul was referring to men (and women too, who were included into this statement from the preceding verse) who were cruising brothels. I really don't think that he would have mixed words when referring to burning with passion vs committing fornication. Also, if Paul would suggest that marriage would be given as a fix for hitting up cat houses, why would it then be stated that it would be unlikely that God would fix a porn addiction with a wife (which by the way, I also do not believe He would do)?

I think Paul might have just been stating what it looks like he was stating. If you think that your physical drive could get you into any sort of sin, it's better to get married and have a God ordained outlet for such a drive, instead of trying to just repress it and live with a terrible burning and potential lust. Guys will understand that it's probably one of the hardest things to battle against, especially the younger ones.

 2010/9/12 10:19









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'I really don't think that he would have mixed words when referring to burning with passion vs committing fornication.'


Yes, because this is in a letter to Christians. There is an assumption that they know the difference between the idolatry of fornication (unclean), and that change of heart which now thirsts for righteousness and has the desire to worship God, wherein there is a 'right' way to fulfil natural God-ordained sexual maturity.

 2010/9/12 16:39





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