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S. Michael Houdmann
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Most words in the Bible that are translated "lust" mean "a passionate desire." Strong desire can be either good or bad, depending upon the object of that desire and the motive behind it. God create...
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Shelton Seward
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God will be the primary cause of how we "overcome" lust. And it's all a Process He operates Ezekiel 36:26-27 And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, AND CAUSE YOU to walk in my statutes and keep mine ordinances, and ye shall do them. We can not do this on our own. This is all an act of God within us. The most "painful" part being: the "taking away" of the stony and stubborn heart that's in each and every one of us. Then God will "create in us a clean [and new] heart" to shun those lusts (Psalm 51:10) This "taking away" is a process of "dying to self" and to the flesh. The process of the New, is Christ dwelling within and yes, that involves some suffering Galatians 2:20 I am CRUCIFIED with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. This is not a one time deal: ITS A DAILY OPERATION. We deny ourselves daily by Christ in us. And it will point back to us being crucified with Christ 1 Corinthians 15:31 I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day! Philippians 2:13 for it is God who works in you both the willing and the working according to [his] good pleasure. Galatians 5:24 But they that are of the Christ crucify [remember, DAILY] the flesh with the passions and the lusts. HOW we overcome by God is given as well. It is by the Faith given to us by God. And it this faith that will be tried by fire on a daily basis - it's all about a Process. He said above: "I WILL give you a new heart...I WILL put a new spirit in you, and cause you" --- he WILL: our weakness, is WHEN. Never give up: it's all a process. Ephesians 2:8 For ye are (BEING) saved by grace, through faith; and this not of yourselves; it is God's gift: ---> ~ this is a process Romans 12:3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the MEASURE OF FAITH that God has assigned. ---> God has assigned you a measure of Faith. 1 John 5:4 For everyone who has been *born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world— our FAITH ---> this "overcoming" of the world, can include Lust, hatred, un-forgiveness etc etc - yet it is accomplished through our Faith. YET, do not neglect the first part of this verse. "BeING Born of God". That involves painful trials which is a process Hebrews 12:6-7 for whom [the] Lord loves he chastens, and scourges EVERY SON (or Daughter) whom HE RECEIVES. Ye endure for chastening, God conducts himself towards you as towards sons; for who is the son that the father chastens not? ---> this is all for His glory through our Faith (which he gave us, by which, we are being saved) 1 Peter 1:7 ~ NLT These trials will show that your faith is genuine. It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more precious than mere gold. So when your faith remains strong through many trials, it will bring you much praise and glory and honor on the day when Jesus Christ is revealed to the whole world. So all in all: Paul did not say this in vain. PRESS ON. And PRAY Philippians 3:14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Jack Gutknecht
Supporter
I know and Satan knows this is my weakness. Maybe it's yours too. So we have to do something To overcome lust you and I could memorize 4 verses detailing: • The need for "eye commitment" (Job 31:1; Psa. 101:3—“I will refuse to look at anything vile and vulgar. I hate all who deal crookedly; I will have nothing to do with them.”--NLT) • The seriousness of eye sins (Matt. 5:28—" But I say, anyone who even looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”--NLT) • The growth of eye sins (Prov. 27:20--: Just as Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so human desire is never satisfied.”--NLT) --SMF Let's say there's a beautiful woman with whom you have to work. She is dressed in skimpy clothing. Why doesn't the company enforce its dress code? Pray a prayer like this suggested by George Wither: Veil, Lord, mine eyes till she be past, When Folly tempts my sight; Keep Thou my palate and my taste From gluttonous delight. Stop Thou mine ear from sirens’ songs, My tongue from lies restrain; Withhold my hands from doing wrongs, My feet from courses vain. Take Up and Read I was weeping in the most bitter contritition of my heart, when I heard the voice of children from a neighboring house chanting, “take up and read; take up and read.” I could not remember ever having heard the like, so checking the torrent of my tears, I arose, interpreting it to be no other than a command from God to open the book and read the first chapter I should find. Eagerly then I returned to the place where I had laid the volume of the apostle. I seized, opened, and in silence read that section on which my eyes first fell: “Not in revelry and drunkenness, not in licentiousness and lewdness, not is strife and envy; but put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts.” No further would I read, nor did I need to. For instantly at the end of this sentence, it seemed as if a light of serenity infused into my heart and all the darkness of doubt vanished away. - Augustine Source Unknown The Bible verses Augustine referred to (above) were Romans 13:13-14. St. Augustine had a weakness in the first part of his life before he became a saint and before Jesus saved him. That weakness was lust. It was mine, too, before I was saved, but since then we found our strength to overcome this temptation through the indwelling, empowering Spirit of God!
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