I feel, one has to by heart remember this verses..
Ja. 1:14 but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is
dragged away and enticed.
Ja. 1:15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin,
when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Ja. 1:16 Don’t be deceived, my dear brothers.
Yes, it's true everyone are tempted by our own desires, after conversion, you have to be very careful, you are not old, you are new in Christ, there should be some difference, and you must observe a difference in you, like.
1. you will be meek, slow.
2. you will be honest to yourself.
3. you will be honest to others.
4. you won't tend to speak, unless it's important.
5. you will be at peace.
6. you will be courageous.
7. importantly you will be analyzing always your condition in spirit.
8. you will updating yourself, by comparing you life with past.
9. if anything need to asked for forgiveness, you will do it with heart.
and there will be many more depending upon the level you are in the spirit, these are few which I have observed.
But, again as we are human's we suffer with memory loss, but true Faith will help us out of it, because it's just like a spring, never stops itself. Which will balance our condition to be ON in christ always.
I think, we need to be very cautious of every step we take after conversion,
1. whom we talk with.
2. what we talk.
3. whom we make friends.
4. How to deal with old friends.
5. How to tackle a situation if it is non spiritual.
They are certain things, which we should be very careful about, because these are points where we communicate a lot. Which may lead to astray our self from the Lord very easily.
So, as per the above verse, unknowingly we might have desires for something, and we might be enticed with it. We might sin again and again. If you consider these as three stages, you have to know at which stage you at. And fourth stage is, Sin when it fully grows gives birth to death.
I consider my self, that I'm nearer to fourth stage, one point I clearly want to state is that, in my life I have seen number of times, if you sin after conversion, you will go back ten times worst of your previous life, and it's hard to resume again to spiritual condition. It will take so much of time.
I say, Better dedicate our self firmly.
Finally,
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when
he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that
God has promised to those who love him.(James 1:12).
Try to face test Boldly, keep in mind that whenever you are about face temptation, feel it as a test.
Faithfully, ask God for help.
Ja. 1:5 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives
generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to
him.
Ja. 1:6 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he
who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the
wind.
Ask with no doubt, Keep Faith alive..
Keep sharing your experiences also, as a fellowship, we need to encourage one another like this, I feel..
May God be with us..
No comments:
Post a Comment