Crutch?? Is that what you call one's testimony?
Revelation 12:11
[11]And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
My testimony is of Christ ....what He has saved me from, and what He has saved me through. I have just as much right to share my testimony as anyone here, whether you approve or not. You are not my husband, nor my God.
He is the one I strive to please. And I'll share where He opens the door.
2 Corinthians 12:10
[10]Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
I guess Paul also had a "crutch" as you call it.
2 Corinthians 11:16-33
[16]I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
[17]That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
[18]Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
[19]For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
[20]For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
[21]I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
[22]Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.
[23]Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
[24]Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
[25]Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
[26]In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
[27]In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
[28]Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
[29]Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
[30]If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
[31]The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
[32]In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
[33]And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
With all due respect, Sister...what a load of crap! WHat you just said does not make sense.
2 Corinthians 12:10
[10]Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Paul didnt use a crutch, he had a thorn in the side. You ca't honestly compare you and Paul ok? I dont read all your posts on this board but I do some of them and to the best of my recollection I've never heard you speak of sra or cult stuff as someting you take joy in. If I missed that post of you talking like that somewhere please post it for me and watch me apologize!
But the way come across to me about all that stuff is that you use it like a crutch. WHen someone asks you an uncomfortable question, you seem to retreat into sra mku and hold that up as some sort of affliction that you demand princess treatment for. I'm sorry, but that's how you come across to me.
You should probably leave your husband, he's a weirdo. I've talked to several other girls who all experienced sra and none of them said they chose to stay in it. They all wanted to get out and distance themselves from those evil people. But not you for some reason?
Now I know Jesus enough to know that His IS the Name above all names (Even SRA & MKU!) Yet you have no victory story? It's all doom & gloom when you talk, about men, about your husband, about sra and stuff. Your husband still lets them access you is what you said. So you go willingly with them? Have you ever held up the ame of the Lord to them and said no? Have you ever prayed, Lord dont let them take me?
I dont remember you saying anything like that. So I since you posted to me, expressed your faith and trust in Jesus, I thought, wow maybe this girl is hanging in there to dismantle the works of the dark kingdom thru Jesus? Which is a high calling in my book! SO I thought it was obvious that you are a Sister in Christ and a member of the body of Christ, praise the Lord. SO I asked you a few questions and look at how you are responding to a Brother in Christ? Accusations of disliking you being a satanist or of a different God and defensive stuff. That's weird if what you say is true that you trust the Lord and imply that you do moreso than the average Christian. And we already know that you are intelligent so why can't you speak with Brothers in Christ about the Lord and not hey dont judge me sra sra blah blah blah...Sorry but I am not following you. Is sra above the name of Jesus? You don't sympathy, you need empowerment.
I think I know what your difficulty is. I would not question your faith in the Lord. You said it and so I believe you. It's not a faith problem, it may be a Belief problem. So I don't know yet for sure but you might have been Is she spreading a thin sheet covering of Jesus over the top of a bed full of Unbelief? Maybe. It happens.
I may not have experience with sra or even mku, but I know some about spiritual warfare. Jesus said it only takes the faith as much as how big a mustard seed is, a teeny seed! It is the Unbelief. Why else would you tell us your husband still allows the cult to access you? That certainly implied to me that you go with them willingly? Is there some portion of what they do that you like it? Why do you go with them? Unbelief.
If what you say is true that you trust Jesus then can you tell me why you never posted (that I seen) that you said no, I'm not going? That would be walking in belief. Back in the original language the word that was translated to Belief means faith accompanied by an action. When you walk in that faith with your actions and words it becomes belief.
That's why Jesus couldnt do many or any miracles in His home town where He grew up. Everyone knew him. The carpenters kid, so they may have had faith in God, but they didn't recognize Jesus and walk in that! And that hindered Jesus work.
I have faith in God, Lord help my unbelief! I trust Jesus, Lord help my unbelief. And when I began to understand that you must believe means walk in it and so I have done that several times and I have a big list of Testimonies that I could tell you what happened when I walked in the trust in the Lord. At a few times, I was called to the plate. There were times that I went to the plate. There were ties that I chickened out! (No better way to say it lol). Lord help my Unbelief! You want to hear some supernatural Testimonies? How many?
When I seen what could happen whenever I walked in my faith and trust and went to the plate and said, I can't do it Lord, will you do it? I'll watch! And that is where all my testimonies came from. I hit the ball of Belief into the Lord's court and he's either there or He isnt, right? The ball's in His court now, what will He do?
You have not because you ask not. Start asking! Walking in it. Every time I walked in it and didnt chicken out he always came through for me in some way. Every time without fail. So I know Him a little bit and how He is. And if you had inclinations to walk in it with Belief, a big one has been laid on your plate and to combat it (with the Lord!) is a serious undertaking. I know some things about spiritual warfare and might be able to help you some? That's the reason I even responded to you. I wasnt replying to any of your posts before you posted to me and I wasnt going to because last time time we talked you did the same thing. You got real defensive and started calling names and making accusations and blah blah blah, my husband, the cult blah blah blah.
I'm sorry those evil things happened to you but you said you choose to stay with him and so...walk in the path that he allows? I dont understand, where is your Belief?
Tell me about the time the cult came for you and your husband said she's in there go get her...and you stood up and said, you have no power over me in the Name of Jesus whom I belong to...! DId that ever happen? If not, why not? Do you understand that if you go willingly with them, you are walking in agreement with them and with the evil spirits which hold the people in the cult and your husband? You can't be in agreement with evil spirits. Put on the armor of God (Eph 6) and stand on your spiritual feet and walk ten steps in your trust in Jesus!
If you dont intend to bring down that evil stronghold then why did you stay?
