Funny how, after all this TIME, we're still here "discussing"...


--Previous Message--
: Romans 7:15-20 (NIV)
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: 15 I do not understand what I do. For what
: I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I
: do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do,
: I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is,
: it is no longer I myself who do it, but it
: is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good
: itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my
: sinful nature. For I have the desire to do
: what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19
: For I do not do the good I want to do, but
: the evil I do not want to do his I keep on
: doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to
: do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is
: sin living in me that does it.
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: This verse has always created dissension
: among its readers there being an awareness
: that Paul of Tarsus remains obsessed with
: his flaws, or sinful nature as he prefers to
: describe his human condition. Paul informs
: his readers that the things that he wants to
: do, he is forbidden from doing...and there
: are things that he does not want to do, and
: he is obliged to do...at The Spirit's
: request.
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: ...The Spirit of God tests our trust in Him
: by ensuring that we do not follow the will
: of our flesh.
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: The Spirit of God tries our patience,
: testing our will to do things...our own way;
: for the flesh expects us to follow its
: timing. Here we recall the Prophet Job
: living the life of a good man, according to
: his agenda...not God's...and God reminding
: Job that it is His plan, and timing...not
: Job's that reveals the faithful child.
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: ..and Abraham's wife, Sarah persuading
: Abraham to father a child with her servant,
: rather than wait for God to honour his
: promise to Abraham to provide Sarah with a
: child...according to His timing.
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: Timing is an important factor in our
: covenant relationship with Our Father, there
: being among many of us a lack of patience
: when waiting on God, to honour his
: promises...reminding us that we have a
: reciprocal relationship with our greatest
: friend who can never lie, mislead, deceive,
: or reverse His love of every human person.
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: Abraham's son Ishmael was born out of
: bondage, or dependency to the flesh, whereas
: Isaac's birth revealed to Abraham, and Sarah
: that God keeps his word...according to His
: timing.
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: When we live in the care of The Spirit the
: outcome of God's promises is always
: guaranteed according to His word.
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: The wise are well aware that hurrying
: through life is never a rewarding, or
: sensible choice.
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: Ecclesiastes 3 (NIV)
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: A Time for Everything
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: There is a time for everything, and a
: season for every activity under the heavens:
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: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ecclesiastes+3&version=NIV
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