Sunday, April 29, 2012

Experiential Truths of Spiritual Warfare

Experiential Truths of Spiritual Warfare


Posted: 29 Apr 2012 06:38 AM PDT

You may have noticed over the years that I publish my posts only to withdraw them again soon afterwards. Many times I have written on an issue or subject which I feel God has put into my heart to reveal and discuss. Then I deliberate over what I have written and weigh up the things I have said to try and discern the implications first to God, then to you my audience. Over the years I have felt that God gives me complete freedom to publish what I feel is right. Luckily the destroyer is always there to make me feel accused for this or that. That is typical Satanic strategy for interfering with what God promises as part of the strategy outlined in Matt 10:26:
"So do not be afraid of them. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known."   

Sometimes, if I feel the post is an important piece - something which really attacks the heart of darkness, I get a sense of its impact in the spirit shortly after publishing it. Usually in moments of spiritual weakness, which may occur after wrongdoings or sins, a Satanic attack through a wile may be brought into play and this form of attack, usually in the dead of night, compels me to get up and delete the post without time for careful consideration or weighing up the consequences. I have lost much of my posts this way and it angers me, but I know that the content of those pieces are areas of knowledge which are dormant in my mind for the moment, but will be brought to light at the right time in the future, along with more clearly conveyed ideas and hopefully more convincing writing.

From the recent HOTMAIL crash which appears to have left many account holders bereft of carefully managed content, I would strongly advise that all sensitive information and historical blog posts be stored in a place on the web not vulnerable to account hacking and intrusion. I am totally fed up with Microsoft. Trying to explain a situation to them is futility because they simply do not care for their account holders and their PR team now seems to be headed by bots. How do they expect people who have recently had their accounts suspended to remember recent email headers or contact addresses. Give this company and other free email providers and cloud servers a wide berth. Rather pay a small monthly sum for offshore email storage. Personally I would recommend a solid state drive which one can use for home storage.

I kindly request that if any of you have a historical record of my posts, that you please forward these to me and I will re-publish them. I would also like to suggest going forward, that someone out there not prone to compulsive episodes, be kind enough to create a mirror blog and duplicate my postings. It would mean that Satan's retributive attacks are thwarted by a duplicate backup system.

Having said that I would like to add that if any Christian has any insight, idea, realization, epiphany or midnight guidance or inspiration prompting them to act on something in the dead of night, that they would understand that this compelling feeling should be very carefully discerned. A stream of mental communication coming from outside the mind or from within the body should not be believed to be from God until one is clear-headed and refreshed to process it in the mind.

During the midnight and early morning hours, the soul is in a resting state and this is primarily due to the mental faculties being relaxed and passive. Often this is the reason why it can be hard to understand or discern night-time dreams and visions immediately upon experiencing them. Satan makes every effort to guide men, and communicate with them using internal dialogue within the spheres of flesh and soul, or by the utterances spoken through their spirit-men in night-time dreams and visions. If your spirit man says something, shouts something or sings anything, how can you be sure that is from God? So for this reason, the words in Matt 10:27,
"What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs." should be carefully discerned, because whisperings at night are a favourite way of Satanic communication to believers.

So, with the mental faculties at night, dulled and passive, these transmissions from the devil are absorbed and taken to be truth from God and this in turn gives immediate grounds upon which evil spirits work to establish more bondage and oppression in the mind. Better to wait until the morning to run through what you feel you have received from God.

If a person feels strongly compelled to act in any way on this type of communication during the course of the night and there is a doubt, then this should be very carefully weighed in the heart during the waking hours. If the message is not fully understood the first time, then God may well impress upon us the same feeling with more urgency and conviction and only when the mind is fully engaged and in an active state of concentration. This is the very reason why New age practices such as meditation are spoken against in the Christian faith, because they weaken the mind and render it a passive tool, which is exactly what Satan desires so that he may seize it and hold in a vice-like grip for the transmitting of false doctrine and blatant lies.

Much of this information can be gleaned with improved comprehension through Secrets of Spiritual Warfare, by Jessie Penn Lewis. I have not made much mention of the contents of this book before - I should have reviewed it, but I plan to present my findings in more detail and clarity, over the months ahead. Thanks for reading my blog and for your patience.


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Saturday, April 28, 2012

Experiential Truths of Spiritual Warfare

Experiential Truths of Spiritual Warfare


Compulsions have left me bereft of blog posts

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 12:38 PM PDT

You may have noticed over the years that I publish my posts only to withdraw them again soon afterwards.  Many times I have written on an issue or subject which I feel God has put into my heart to reveal and discuss.  Then I deliberate over what I have written and weigh up the things I have said to try and discern the implications first to God, then to you my audience. Over the years I have felt that God gives me complete freedom to publish what I feel is right. Luckily the depth dweller is always there to make me feel accused for this or that.  That is typical Satanic strategy for intefering with what God promises as part of the strategy outlined in Matt 10:26:

"So do not be afraid of them. There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known."

Sometimes, if I feel the post is an important piece - something which really attacks the heart of darkness, I get a sense of its impact in the spirit shortly after publishing it.  Usually in moments of spiritual weakness, which may occur after wrongdoings or sins, a Satanic attack through a wile may be brought into play and this form of attack, usually in the dead of night, compels me to get up and delete the post without time for careful consideration or weighing up the consquences.  I have lost much of my posts this way and it angers me, but I know that the content of those pieces are areas of knowledge which are dormant in my mind for the moment, but will be brought to light at the right time in the future, along with more clearly conveyed ideas and hopefully more convincing writing.

From the recent HOTMAIL crash which appears to have left many account holders bereft of carefully managed content, I would strongly advise that all sensitive information and historical blog posts be stored in a place on the web not succeptable to account hacking and intrusion.  I am totally fed up with Microsoft. Trying to explain a situation to them is futility because they simply do not care for their account holders and their PR team now seems to be headed by bots. How do they expect people who have recently had their accounts suspended to remember recent email headers or contact addresses. Give this company and other free email providers and cloud servers a wide berth. Rather pay a small monthly sum for offshore email storage.  Personally I would recommend a solid state drive which one can use for home storage.

I kindly request that if any of you have a historical record of my posts, that you please forward these to me and I will re-publish them.  I would also like to suggest going forward, that someone out there not prone to compulsive episodes, be kind enough to create a mirror blog and duplicate my postings. It would mean that Satan's retributive attacks are thwarted by a duplicate backup system.

Having said that I would like to add that if any Christian has any insight, idea, realization, epiphany or midnight guidance or inspiration prompting them to act on something in the dead of night, that they would understand that this compelling feeling should be very carefully discerned. A stream of mental communication coming from outside the mind or from within the body should not be believed to be from God until one is clear-headed and refreshed to process it in the mind.

During the midnight and early morning hours, the soul is in a resting state and this is primarily due to the mental faculties being relaxed and passive.  Often this is the reason why it can be hard to understand or discern night-time dreams and visions immediately upon experiencing them.  Satan makes every effort to guide men,  and communicate with them using internal dialogue within the spheres of flesh and soul, or by the utterances spoken through their spirit-men in night-time dreams and visions. If your spirit man says something, shouts something or sings anything, how can you be sure that is from God?  So for this reason, the words in Matt 10:27,

"What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs." should be carefully discerned, because whisperings at night are a favourite way of Satanic communication to believers.

So, with the mental faculties at night, dulled and passive, these transmissions from the devil are absorbed and taken to be truth from God and this in turn gives immediate grounds upon which evil spirits work to establish more bondage and oppression in the mind.  Better to wait until the morning to run through what you feel you have received from God.

If a person feels strongly compelled to act in any way on this type of communication during the course of the night and there is a doubt, then this should be very carefully weighed in the heart during the waking hours.  If the message is not fully understood the first time, then God may well impress upon us the same feeling with more urgencey and conviction and only when the mind is fully engaged and in an active state of concentration.  This is the very reason why New age practices such as meditation are spoken against in the Christian faith, because they weaken the mind and render it a passive tool, which is exactly what Satan desires so that he may seize it and hold in a vice-like grip for the transmitting of false doctrine and blatant lies.

Much of this information can be gleaned with improved comprehension through Secrets of Spiritual Warfare, by Jessie Penn Lewis.  I have not made much mention of the contents of this book before - I should have reviewed it, but I plan to present my findings in more detail and clarity, over the months ahead. Thanks for reading my blog and for your patience.

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Modern March | a Christian blog

Modern March | a Christian blog


A Testimony of God’s Grace

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 06:45 PM PDT

I woke up hungover on the floor in the bedroom of my best friend. I called myself a Christian, I had done so since I was 14 years old. Perhaps I was truly saved, perhaps not. One thing I know: I was not following the Lord’s will in just about every area of my life. That beautiful morning in 2007 I was alone, emotionally broken, spiritually without direction, and “looking for love in all the wrong places.” God knocked me off my horse that morning, introduced me to the Book of Ecclesiastes soon after, and to this day I have never recovered.

It has been a whirlwind of God’s undeserved favor in my life over the past few years:

2007: Bernie Gerald gave me my first opportunity to teach the Word in a church gathering and sit around the leadership table. I knew my call from the beginning would be a North American missionary and promised to follow that calling when/if God extended it.

2008: Bernie hired me as his youth pastor, something I’m still trying to figure out today. (I know, I know… providence.) I met Christa Williams, the most beautiful and God-fearing woman I’d ever/have ever met.

2009: God gave me a new passion for theology and education, and I began pursuing a Bible degree at Dallas Baptist University.

2010: I had the privilege to begin working with SBC Voices and PLNTD, two ministry opportunities that taught me many things in very different ways. I met David Keuss and was part of the planting team of Woodbridge Bible Fellowship. I proposed to Christa on her birthday, August 20.

2011: I followed Tom Knoff from WBF to become his associate pastor at First Baptist Church of Ben Wheeler, Texas. I made Christa Williams a Smith and cried in front of everyone I know while doing it.

2012: I began studying missiology at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. I was offered the opportunity by Rick White to become a church planting resident at CityView Church of the Acts 29 Network, a church and network that I’ve admired greatly.

This is a very short version of God’s sovereignty and how each of these events led to the next – all of them random and explained only by the providence of God. I am thankful to Him for loving a wretch like me, and am proud to call myself His child. His mercies are new everyday, and I’m constantly amazed at how He has blessed me. 2 Cor. 5:17 says that we are new creations in Christ, and I am a living example.

I am extremely excited to see what God has in store for us next! Thank you to everyone for your support and prayers over the years, you never go unnoticed.


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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Experiential Truths of Spiritual Warfare

Experiential Truths of Spiritual Warfare


Posted: 14 Apr 2012 04:55 AM PDT

For the last four years I have taken a keen interest in the law, which I feel many Christians overlook for various reasons.  Usually there is a mistaken impression that the law has been done away with, so why bother understanding it.  Well the religious leaders who assembled the bible felt it expedient to add Leviticus and the law was intended to make us conscious of sin.  Why should we feel it necessary to overlook that which makes us conscious of sin?  In my opinion, not being well versed in the law, contributes to ignorance and does not aid our understanding of where we go wrong or why.

There is something which has been bothering me lately concerning the law, which I feel I would like an explanation for.  I have prayed into it and I would appreciate feedback from followers of this blog on my opinions.  It relates to the impurity laws which state that emissions of semen and the female monthly menstrual flow are sins.  Why does a just God who is good, righteous and loves us, create a human being with the capacity for love and sex, only to make the origin of procreation sinful?  It makes little sense and it means that the root of all evil is sexual desire and the natural workings of the body to deal with childbirth.  If the law applies to all humanity, then it would mean the first time Adam ever experienced a sexual release, then that was sinful.  How can this be possible?

For the most part, male creative thought is directed at sexual fulfilment, assisting in the procreation of the human species.  Much of our instinct has a sexual foundation.  Sex is good for us and we enjoy it.  Why then does our good God reveal a law which hinders the spread of humanity and goes against the very ethos of "be fruitful and multilply"?  Then similiarly for woman, a law is put forth which states that the female monthly menstrual flow is sinful.

The cyclical cleansing of the uterus, which one would think is a natural process designed by God, is strangely a transgression of the law.  How utterly paradoxical, perplexing and peverse.  Paul in Ephesians helpfully tells us the law is "righteous holy and good".

I am passing through a phase in my faith walk which is opening my eyes to Satan´s attacks on human sexuality.  Apart from one "ïntimate" encounter, I have lived as a celibate since since early 2002.  I took time off to deal with depression, which I have managed to overcome through a severe spiritual struggle.  Now I am facing a returning libido which presents a challenge to chaste living.  Quite literally, I feel the best years of my life are going to waste.

Lately I discovered that in accordance with the Mosaic law, there is nothing which outlaws sex before marriage.  I feel that passing this information on is liberating.  I would like to challenge disagreeing readers to present me with scriptural eveidence which proves contrary to my findings.  A man takes a wife, is joined or united to her and the two become one flesh.  The word marriage is not specifically mentioned.  Yes there are biblical marriage in the bible, such as the wedding at Canaan, but for the most part, there is little said about what exactly constitutes marriage.  We have a religious ceremony passed down to us where vows are made before God and rings are exchanged.  Does that have anything to do with the spiritual union God intended? 

Researching marriage on en.wikipedia.org revealed a number of different types of marital arrangements which can be entered into today.  An example is the marriage which allows a woman the benefits of a roof over her head, in exchange for sexual favours.  There are other arrangements such as polyamoury, poligamy and especially group marriage.  These are obviously not for everyone.  I am neither a latter day saint nor a mormon, but I am intrigued by the idea of variety in marriage.  For men who have a tendency to marital infedelity, wouldn´t two wives be a more open and transparent option than concealing an affair?

Personally I feel that if you love someone from your heart, that is satisfactory to God.  How many perfectly good relationships are ruined by poceeding to marriage?  Surely marriage has become important because humans have acquired property, which was not a feature of primitive man´s hunter gatherer existence.  When primitive man fell out of love, he moved on to the next love interest.  There weren´t any material possessions which could be handed to the wife as compensation.  These days, married women have much more material security, perhaps on account of the fact that Satan has made man into a materialistic creation.

Lately I have been considering that our human selves are predominatly sexual and we don´t always want to fall in love and marry.  We would prefer to focus on love, but love isn´t always something worthy of pursuing, because it can cause untold heartache when rejected.  In between episodes of love, there is a desire and a need for sex.  The animalstic side of human sexuality is what we have become adept at repressing in "civilized" society.  The mere mention of it does not enjoy expression in church circles.  Humanity has has elevated itself above the animal kingdom, but I feel that God is humbling us to understand that through sciences like genetics, we are more apelike than previously thought and less monogamous than we would be comfortable accepting.  Yes I am a believer in creation, but I also know that apes are alot more intelligent than we give them credit for and are more like us than previously thought.  Humans are very often behaving in a fashion which makes them appear less human than many simians in their natural habitat.  You only have to switch on your TV and observe people protesting and in mob gatherings to recognise this.  As custodians of the animal kingdom, how superior are we, when so much has been revealed about the rate of planetary animal extinction.

We ought not to forget that the human spirit which God created before life on earth, is an instinctual creation. The feeling and emotion component of the heart are subject to social and cultural norms and social boundaries, but the spirit has desires which are legitimate and we are supposed to live in societies which allow us to satisfy those desires in a healthy way.  Are we not entitled to have our sexual needs fulfilled?  Do you think sexual fulfilment is something God hinders or would you say that Satan is responsible?

1 Cor 7:32-38, Paul tells us that an unmarried man is is concerned about the Lord´s affairs - how he can please the Lord. A married woman is concerned with the affairs of this world - how she can please her husband.  The married man is also concerned with the affairs of the world - how he can please his wife. Interesting how Paul presents marital union as a type of relationship which exclude God´s affairs.

Paul then goes on to say, an unmarried woman or virgin is concerned with the Lord´s affairs.  Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit.  Paul speaks of the man who has settled the matter on marriage in his own heart, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin - that this man also does the right thing.  He who marries the virgin does right and he who does not marry her does even better.  Paul does not specify that the virgin will remain a virgin once with the unmarried man.  Merely, that the virgin or unmarried woman is the preferred partner to those serving God.  Doesn´t this stand in contrast to Paul´s advice for men who can´t control themselves and who burn with passion, to marry? 1 Cor 7:9

Perhaps if this message were to be more widely preached in churches there would be less sexual frustration amongst Christians.  I would say that our sexual freedoms and ultimate fecundity are not stymied by God, they are deliberately thwarted by Satan who relishes frustrating God´s creation.  Rom 820-21 tells us "the creation was subject to frustration not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in the hope that the creation itsself will be liberated from the bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God."  The question is, who subjects the creation to frustration? God or Satan. Are we not told, if Christ sets you free, you will be free indeed?

In the interests of sexual freedom, I recently carried out an interesting "social experiment" on a popular adult contact website.  My main discovery was that majority of members trolling for casual relationship encounters were Christian women.  Many of them for the sake of social acceptance, state that they are married or only seek dalliences with married men.  The main reason of course is that a man who says he is married presents a "prequalified" mate that has been "accepted" by other women and who also may be less likely to want to get involved emotionally.

The Social boundaries governing out lives, present a tougher challenge for the Christian male.  By exploiting relationship tactlessness common to men and by amplifying the fickleness of women, Satan delights in frustrating Christian men sexually. 

It is not uncommon for older single men to need a sexual outlet.  This is something which has no doubt let to the historical rise of the "oldest profession".  Women should not be put out by this or see it as a threat to their emancipation, as current evidence is revealing that more and more professional working women are opting for male escorts instead of bothering with the highs and lows or complexities of conventional relationships.  Perhaps it can be taken as an omen of greater male fickleness, which will hopefully balance out the equilibrium.  As a man who is good looking, well-maintained and self sufficient, I have  battled inexplicable situations on dates and nights out, which result in added frustration and can only be the work of Satan hindering my search for a suitable partner.

Do you think I was able to find a wife when I thought I needed to find a long term companion? No! and believe me, it wasn´t for want of trying.  My desire is for a godly, attractive, woman and I feel that patiently waiting for 10 years is long enough.  For sure there are woman who could be likely candidates, but I am shy more than anything else and having narcolepsy is of no help.  I am starting to feel angry with God and I am sure that I am not the only Christian man who has experienced this feeling.

Interestingly, there is nothing said in the scriptures on sexual frustration being part of the sufferings of Christ. Beatings and blows, torments, persecutions and humiliations, but not sexual frustration.  Surely this is against our Godly composition?  Are we not sexual beings and created for the enjoyment of ourselves in a way that is mutually caring, supportive and ultimately loving which does not harm others?  Was the creation not establisehd on the principles of love, sex and the promotion of human well-being?  Doesn´t psychology tell us that sex and love which help a person to feel belonging, are middle order needs on Maslow´s needs hierarchy?

Now the scripture says, "flee from sexual immorality" and I agree that chastity and virtuous living are something we should uphold as Christians.  But I feel that the desire for sex is driving me to  break my celibate phase.  I used to care about being cast into the lake of burning sulpher?  But seriously, as long as there are other souls there to keep me company,  wouldn´t that be a permanent solution to frustration?  The growing anxieties of alonenes and the desire for companionship is making me wonder if God is so extreme in dealing with his creation.

When I was in my 30´s I used to feel proud that I had never paid for sex, because I knew that many of my friends and peers had done so.  In all honesty I never knew that an educated, attractive guy like myself would find it so difficult to find the right person.  I never struggled before I became a Christian, now every effort I make is laced with a sense of pending gloom.  Should I continue to wait patiently, or should I concede that it may be a humbling experience which could be good for me?






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Saturday, April 7, 2012

Experiential Truths of Spiritual Warfare

Experiential Truths of Spiritual Warfare


Who frustrates the creation, God or Satan?

Posted: 07 Apr 2012 05:30 AM PDT

For the last four years I have taken a keen interest in the law, which I feel many Christians overlook for various reasons.  Usually there is a mistaken impression that the law has been done away with, so why bother understanding it.  Well the religious leaders who assembled the bible felt it expedient to add Leviticus and the law was intended to make us conscious of sin.  Why should we feel it necessary to overlook that which makes us conscious of sin? In my opinion, not being well versed in the law, contributes to ignorance and does not aid our understanding in where we go wrong or why. 

There is something which has been bothering me lately concerning the law, which I feel I would like an explanation for.  I have prayed into it and I would appreciate feedback from followers of this blog on my opinions.  It relates to the impurity laws which state that emissions of semen and the female monthly menstrual flow are sins.  Why does a just God who is good, righteous and loves us, create a human being with the capacity for love and sex, only to make the origin of procreation sinful? It makes little sense and it means that the root of all evil is sex.  If the law applies to all humanity, then it would mean the first time Adam ever had a sexual release, then that was sinful. How can this be possible? 

For the most part, male creative thought is directed at sexual fulfilment, assisting in the procreation of the human species. Much of our instinct has a sexual component.  Sex is good for us and we enjoy it.  Why then does our good God think up a law which hinders the spread of humanity and goes against the very ethos of "be fruitful and multilply"?  Then for woman, a law is put forth which states that the female monthly menstrual flow is sinful.

Are we to believe that the cyclical cleansing of the body, which one would think is a natural process designed by God, is strangely a transgression of the law?  How utterly paradoxical, perplexing and peverse. Paul in Rom 7:12 helpfully tells us the law is "righteous holy and good".

I am passing through a phase in my faith walk which is opening my eyes to Satan´s attacks on human sexuality.  Apart from one "ïntimate" encounter, I have lived as a celibate since since early 2002.  I took time off to deal with depression, which I have managed to overcome through a severe spiritual struggle.  Now I am facing a libido which is raging and I recently turned 40. I feel the best years of my life are going to waste.

Lately I discovered that in accordance with the Mosaic law, there is nothing which outlaws sex before marriage. I would like to challenge the readers of this blog to research the bible and present me with scriptural eveidence which proves contrary to my findings. A man takes a wife, is joined or united to her and the two become one flesh. The word marriage is not specifically mentioned.  Yes there are biblical marriage in the bible, such as the wedding at Canaan, but for the most part, there is little said about what exactly constitutes a wedding.  Instead we have a religious ceremony passed down to us where vows are made before God and rings are exchanged.  Researching marriage on en.wikipedia.org revealed a number of different types of marital arrangements which can be entered into today.  An example is the marriage which allows the woman the benefits of a roof over her head, in exchange for sexual favours.  There are other arrangements such as polyamoury, poligamy and especially group marriage.  These are obviously not for everyone.  I am not a latter day saint or mormon, but I am intrigued by the idea of variety in marriage.

Personally I feel that if you love someone from your heart, that is satisfactory to God. Lately I have been considering that our human selves are predominatly sexual and we don´t always want to marry and fall in love. Very often there is a burning desire and a strong need for sex. The animalstic side of human sexuality is what we have become adept at repressing in "civilized" society.  It does not enjoy expression in church circles.  We are designed much like our ape relatives, contrary to the belief of many Christians.  Yes I am a believer in creation, but I also know that apes are alot more intelligent than we give them credit for and are more like us than we would like to accept.  Humans are very often behaving in a fashion which makes them appear less human than many simians in their natural habitat. You only have to switch on your TV and observe people protesting and in mob gatherings to recognise this.

We ought not to forget that the human spirit which God created before life on earth, is an instinctual creation. The feeling and emotion component of the heart is subject to social and cultural norms and social boundaries, but the spirit has desires which are legitimate and we are supposed to live in a society which allows us to satisfy those desires in a healthy way.  Are we not entitled to have our sexual needs fulfilled?  Maybe we aren´t and we are supposed to suffer from perpetual sexual frustration.  Doesn´t psychology tell us that sex and love which help a person to feel belonging, are middle order needs on Maslow´s needs hierarchy?

1 Cor 7:32-38, Paul tells us that an unmarried man is is concerned about the Lord´s affairs - how he can please the Lord. A married woman is concerned with the affairs of this world - how she can please her husband. The married man is also concerned with the affairs of the world - how he can please his wife. Interesting how Paul suggests that wives pleasing husbands and vice versa are features of human living which exclude God´s affairs.

Paul then goes on to say, an unmarried woman or virgin is concerned with the Lord´s affairs. Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit.  Paul speaks of the man who has settled the matter on marriage in his own heart, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin - that this man also does the right thing.  He who marries the virgin does right and he who does not marry her does even better.  Paul does not specify that the virgin will remain a virgin once with the unmarried man.  Merely, that the virgin is the preferred partner.

Doesn´t this stand in contradiction to Paul´s advice for men who can´t control themselves and who burn with passion, to marry? 1 Cor 7:9  Perhaps if this message were to be more widely preached in churches there would be less sexual frustration amongst Christians.  Are our sexual freedoms and ultimate fecundity stymied by God, or are they are deliberately thwarted by Satan who relishes frustrating God´s creation?  Rom 820-21 tells us that the creation was subject to frustration not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in the hope that the creation itsself will be liberated from the bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
The question is who subjects the creation to frustration. God or Satan. Are we not told, if Christ sets you free, you are free indeed?

In the interests of sexual freedom, I recently carried out an interesting "social experiment" on a popular adult contact website. My main discovery was that most of the people trolling for casual relationship encounters were Christian women.  Many of them for the sake of conforming to social norms, state that they are married or only seek dalliences with married men. The main reason of course is that a man who says he is married presents a "prequalified" mate that has been "accepted" by other women and who also may be less likely to want to get involved emotionally.  If you are a married man, the single female prefers you as a target for a random sexual encounter, probably because your perceived stability is attractive and Satan working in that female seeks to break apart the love bond. Woman want what they are not supposed to have.

The Social boundaries we live under present a tougher challenge for the Christian male. By exploiting relationship tactlessness common to males and by amplifying the fickleness of women, Satan delights in frustrating Christian men sexually.  There is a tendancy, especially for older single men to need a sexual outlet.  In my own experience, this amounts to thoughts  given over to repetitive considerations on seeking out prostitution.  As a man who is good looking, well-maintained and self sufficient, I have  battled inexplicable situations on dates and nights out, which result in added frustration in attracting females and can only be the work of Satan to hinder me.

I was looking for a wife, because I felt that I had reached that "burning with passion" stage.  Do you think I was able to find a wife? No! and believe me, it hasn´t been for want of trying.  My desire is for a Godly, attractive, woman and I feel that patiently waiting for 10 years is long enough.  I notice enough woman who could be likely candidates, but I am shy more than anything else and having narcolepsy is no help.  I am starting to feel angry with God and I am sure I am not the only Christian man who has experienced this feeling.

Interestingly, there is nothing said in the scripture on Sexual frustration being part of the sufferings of Christ.  Beatings and blows, torments, persecutions and humiliations, but not sexual frustration.  Surely this is against our Godly essence?  We are sexual beings and created for the enjoyment of ourselves in a way that is mutually caring and supportive and does not harm others.  Isn´t the creation establisehd on the principles of love, sex and touch?

Now the scripture says, "flee from sexual immorality" and I agree that chastity and virtuous living are something we should uphold as Christians.   However, I feel that the desire for sex is driving me to break my celibate phase.  I feel bad about this, but what can I do.  I have taken "deny thyself" to zelous extremes.  I used to care about Godliness and virtue, but I am tired of feeling like I am going to waste.  When I was in my 30´s I used to feel proud that I had never paid for sex, because I know that many of my friends and peers had done so.  In all honesty I never knew that an educated, good looking guy like myself would find it so difficult to have sex.  I never struggled before I became a Christian, now every effort I make is rejected. What other options do I have?


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Thursday, April 5, 2012

FireSpeaks (Prayer and Meditation)

FireSpeaks (Prayer and Meditation)


The Christian view of Gays

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 07:58 AM PDT

I was reading a post by a John Stone the author of "Why the Christian view of Gays does work", and just like so many others who seek to manipulate the foundation of Christianity. I see Mr. Stone for...

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