Overcome

Re: Overcome

feeds@kickapps.com (Gilbert) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:05:06 PST

In reality, most people stray away from God most of their lives. You can call it their choice but as you know humans weak by nature "they know not what they do". In my opinion it will take a devotion to stay away from God to not be accepted to his kingdom knowing its consequences. However most of us don't want that but we do wrong anyways, in the end all you can do is accept God's forgiveness.

Re: Overcome

feeds@kickapps.com (David) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:26:32 PST

Yes, I agree completely Lori. My wife Krista is a living example of this, she was turned off from Christianity by a cult group that really did a number on her and many others. She used those words and told God to leave her alone, but God didn't listen thankfully! LOL

Re: Overcome

feeds@kickapps.com (lori) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 11:20:52 PST

I don't believe it is as "easy" to lose your salvation as your devotional would seem to indicate. If, tomorrow, I decided I couldn't continue to live for the Lord any more, the Holy Spirit would work in my heart again and again, until I came to the point of repentence, and/or I hardened my heart and told God to leave me alone. Many of us, when tired or frustrated, or even just plain fed up with living on this planet, have muttered the words, "God, why don't you just leave me alone for ONE day?" The day you say that, well, lets just say you have jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire. But not likely the eternal fire. Because that is the day the Holy Spirit really starts working on you.

The one verse that really holds me when I can't hold him is Phil 1:6 which states "For I am confident of this...

Overcome

feeds@kickapps.com (David) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:41:13 PST

"He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God." Revelation 2:7 (KJV)

Some of us are deceived, deceived to believe that it's supposed to be easy to be a Christian. This verse mentions overcoming, overcome what? If Christianity is easy, then what is there to overcome? But guess what? It's not easy, so there's plenty to overcome! We go through many trials as believers, and we are persecuted by many people. Each trial and persecution we will be rewarded for. If we overcome then we will have eternal life...

BUT if we give up, no matter how much we've endured before we gave up... It's all for nothing. You could live for Jesus for 75 years and then stop the last 2 years of your life and guess what? You miss out on God's Kingdom, you...