How are we to reckon ourselves as being dead to sin?

[amigo de christo]

Are you a shut in, you don’t have to answer? I’m just sometimes curious as to the lives some of the people I speak too on here live.

What on earth is a shut in . By that do you mean i am shut in and live in isolation . IF so , NO
i am not a shut in .

 

[ChristisGod]

Define gospel . His verision of said word dont line up with the gospel of CHRIST that the apostels taught or believed .

I’m sure he wouldn’t define suffering as triumphant or persecution or cancer or your spouse or daughter being raped.

 

[Waiting on him]

I’m sure he wouldn’t define suffering as triumphant or persecution or cancer or your spouse or daughter being raped.

It’s be hard for me to make that assessment, being I’ve never met the man.

 

[ChristisGod]

It’s be hard for me to make that assessment, being I’ve never met the man.

One has to change the meaning of triumph to make it mean what I asked in my last post .

A victory, celebration , achievement.

 

[Waiting on him]

What on earth is a shut in . By that do you mean i am shut in and live in isolation . IF so , NO
i am not a shut in .

I was just curious, it’s hard for me too understand peoples perspective when they are total strangers.

 

[Waiting on him]

One has to change the meaning of triumph to make it mean what I asked in my last post .

Your post just sounded a little judgmental to me that’s all.

 

[Waiting on him]

What on earth is a shut in . By that do you mean i am shut in and live in isolation . IF so , NO
i am not a shut in .

Do you have family?

 

[amigo de christo]

I was just curious, it’s hard for me too understand peoples perspective when they are total strangers.

Though things on the internet can be mistunderstood
my message remains pretty simple . Its much easier to witness over the phone or in person
cause things can get figured out faster like that . But believe me , my message is quite a simple plain one .
I suppose i could sum it up real easy .
BELIEVE IN CHRIST JESUS , Read them bibles constantly to learn .
Make sure one follows the JESUS of the bible , cause way too many are preaching and following another jesus .
My message is quite simple . It will point TO GOD , TO HIS CHRIST
and not to men . TO his teachings , to the teachings of the apostels .
One thing i have learned . Things could be much simplier in time
IF we read the bible for ourselves and not through the lens of men .
I mean actually read it for you . Things can start clearing up rather quickly too .
Sure a few things are harder to be understood at first . BUT mostly its very simple .

 

[Waiting on him]

Wife, children.

 

[amigo de christo]

Do you have family?

I have a dear sister who is my family . Oh and some other sisters and brothers too .
We are the true family of Christ .
You would be amazed at how fast natural family and natural friends
will reject you if all you want to do is focus on Christ .
No hard feelings against any of them . HECK i was worse than them all and GOD sent me GRACE in CHRIST
so my prayer is the same for them . Even for my enemies i pray the same , May they be BLESSED OF GOD
and come to the saving knowledge of CHRIST . I dont hate anyone . Though many do hate me and accuse me
of being a hater . But my love for them is why i point them to Christ and the things He taught , to the bible
and etc .

 

[ChristisGod]

Wife, children.

Wife been together since 1976, 4 children and 6 grandchildren

 

[amigo de christo]

Wife, children.

Yeah , this pig cheated on his wife twenty plus years ago . It was before i truly came to CHRIST .
TRUTH is i was a whoremonger of a man . SLept with mens wives . Even had a child with another mans wife .
yeah i was a hog of a man . And that aint even touching the surface of how bad i was .
THANK GOD FOR CHRIST is all i can say , WHO SAVED ME and CHANGED ME .
I came to CHRIST about four years after me and my wife had seperated .
I was flipped around and have never dated since .

 

[amigo de christo]

Wife been together since 1976, 4 children and 6 grandchildren

I was just a four year ol tot in seventy six my friend .

 

[ChristisGod]

Yeah , this pig cheated on his wife twenty plus years ago . It was before i truly came to CHRIST .
TRUTH is i was a whoremonger of a man . SLept with mens wives . Even had a child with another mans wife .
yeah i was a hog of a man . And that aint even touching the surface of how bad i was .
THANK GOD FOR CHRIST is all i can say , WHO SAVED ME and CHANGED ME .
I came to CHRIST about four years after me and my wife had seperated .
I was flipped around and have never dated since .

Wow the Lord transformed you like He did with Paul.

 

[amigo de christo]

Wow the Lord transformed you like He did with Paul.

Yes HE did my friend . He alone did that .
My flesh sure didnt change me , It was the LORD .
Thats the beauty of the LORD , HE saves and changes us . Yep .

 

[Waiting on him]

I have a dear sister who is my family . Oh and some other sisters and brothers too .
We are the true family of Christ .
You would be amazed at how fast natural family and natural friends
will reject you if all you want to do is focus on Christ .
No hard feelings against any of them . HECK i was worse than them all and GOD sent me GRACE in CHRIST
so my prayer is the same for them . Even for my enemies i pray the same , May they be BLESSED OF GOD
and come to the saving knowledge of CHRIST . I dont hate anyone . Though many do hate me and accuse me
of being a hater . But my love for them is why i point them to Christ and the things He taught , to the bible
and etc .

So how is it you were introduced to who Christ is. I guess what I’m asking is was it an individual that demanded you see it their way?

 

[Waiting on him]

I was just a four year ol tot in seventy six my friend .

I think maybe I was in the Sixth grade. Mom still has tha bicentennial school picture.

 

[amigo de christo]

So how is it you were introduced to who Christ is. I guess what I’m asking is was it an individual that demanded you see it their way?

preaching CHRIST is not the same as demanding anyone . Warning them is not wrong either .
Paul rebuked them quite sharply at times when they rejected Christ . HE was always preaching Christ
But we dont demand one to change . We preach the truth and if they reject we shake the dust off and move on .
As far as me , i had heard the gospel at the age of four . Then again at the age of eight .
But my dad was atheist and my mom a non praticing catholic so , it never really stuck .
Now pull up a chair cause you need to read what i am about to type .
I told you i had head knowledge of Christ and the gospel .
SO i remember real clear many years ago , me and a friend of mine joseph ,
we were telling one of our atheist friends he had to believe in Christ to be saved .
Course the atheist saw through our hyprocrisy . I mean me and joseph were partiers
drunkards and etc . This was while i was still in the marines .
Do you wanna know what we told that atheist . We didnt yell at him either
but we told him the truth . We told him he must believe in Christ to be saved .
SAD THING IS if all three of us had died in a car wreck that night
the atheist would have had company with him in the lake of fire .
TRUTH is me and joeys punishment would have been even worse . CAUSE we had head knowledge
and claimed to believe , YET lived like the devil . TOTAL hyprocrisy my friend . Total hyprocrisy .
Lip service without heart service is VAIN .

 

[amigo de christo]

So how is it you were introduced to who Christ is. I guess what I’m asking is was it an individual that demanded you see it their way?

When GOD truly drew me to saving Faith in CHRIST , that was may thirtieth of two thousand and six .
He pricked my conscious and reminded me about Christ and the gospel .
And man HE FLIPPED ME AROUND and put such a love for truth upon my heart . Right in that bible i went .
GOD put a love for HIM upon my heart and i truly wanted to know more about HIM .
So He put me right in the bible . And man i loved it , love it still .
GOD is good and when i say he flips one around , HE sure does . A whole new heart with whole new desires
pleasing to HIM .

 

[amigo de christo]

So how is it you were introduced to who Christ is. I guess what I’m asking is was it an individual that demanded you see it their way?

I was alone in my house when it occured .
I was even supposed to meet another mans wife later that evening .
YEAH .
And then suddenly that desire was GONE and i was flipped around .
I remember i still went to the lake to visit her , but i couldnt even touch her
and we both left and i never looked back . WHEN GOD changes HE CHANGES a person .