To give you personal insight on the matter.
Do you know WHY I contend for the faith (Gods word) soo much?
Because it has the know how in whom to go to.
For example: The FEAR of the Lord is the BEGINNING of wisdom.
1. Mankind is carnal.
2. Obeying God is contrary to OUR desires.
Before I was born again I did: sex/drugs(alcohol that is)/rocknroll...
If I thought for one second having sex outside of marriage "now becomes ok" under Gods sealing of the Spirit (which becomes broken when in blantant sin) I would.
And why not? I am carnal as the word says. If I am Once Saved Always Saved regardless of repentance or actions- why not have my pie AND eat it too? - I ask you.
So... your councelling probably has helping a countless number of families and individual lives, Amen!
However....a stern help in stopping a single sin is not the same as RETAINING THE FEAR OF THE LORD. In so much that our earthly actions affect our Eternal domain.
**I am not perfect myself, but the fear of the Lord has kept me from many problems. THE MORE LOVE I EXERCISE FOR GOD GOES EVEN FURTHER FOR HIM, THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
++++ WE DO ALL HAVE OUR CALLING. THAT IS TRUE. ++++
My advice, you can argue with the Holy Spirit about the reasoning if you like, up to you....
Start showing in scripture that those actions can take a person to hell, and that it is not merely a temporal fixation that causes hardship and stife.
FOR...Once they conquer sexual addiction- they may replace it with something else afterwords. (REV 21:8)
I pray God forgive me for my trangressions against him. I pray he continues to build me up for his purposes. I thankyou for your friendship and everyone on this board.
Amen.
It is a puzzling thing. The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling.
Stop by the ETERNITY board for a contrarian approach to all mattersof life