What is the benefit of saying, “I believe in God,” while living in sin?
“What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? – – – You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? – – – You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. . . For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.” James 2:14, 19-20, 24, 26
Porn cannot give you anything because it has NOTHING to give.
Rather, porn takes from you every precious and God-given treasure you have. It takes them one by one until you have NOTHING left.
“What kind of treasure?”
Prayer, thirst and hunger for the things of God, self-control, confidence to speak about God, peace, joy, rest, good and restful sleep, love, patience, ability to focus, think and reason, on and on and on, including your precious God-given sexual desire.
Let’s financially support those who have lost their loved ones and all they had in Shashamene, Ethiopia.
Very, very sad stories! One person left from the whole household. All his families, mother, father, sister and brother were beheaded. What was their crime other than working hard to make a living? Continue reading Support For Shashamene Victims→
“Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.” John 14:27 NASB
Don’t you love that? I do!
One of the main identifying characters of “peace” this world gives is fluctuating. It goes up and down. It comes and goes, depending solely on what we feel at the moment.