tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post6909738253367917747..comments2023-10-04T10:57:51.940-05:00Comments on Defined: The Librty Of ChristNatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11286219824281974297noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post-82868567787858192782009-06-19T22:13:38.286-05:002009-06-19T22:13:38.286-05:00something else
;-)something else <br /><br />;-)Valorosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879571162743027865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post-2472560833891010502009-06-11T22:40:44.915-05:002009-06-11T22:40:44.915-05:00I am glad to see that there is some understanding ...I am glad to see that there is some understanding of what I have said. The freedom comes after understanding. It is really cool when it happens, it is "something else."Natehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11286219824281974297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post-84020692397553410792009-06-04T14:13:31.189-05:002009-06-04T14:13:31.189-05:00"The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he ..."The Spirit of the Lord is on me,<br />because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor.<br />He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." Luke 4<br /><br />To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free..... <br /><br />Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. <br />John 8<br /><br />... whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.<br />Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.<br />But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. <br /><br />II Corinthians 3<br /><br />:-)Valorosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07879571162743027865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post-18058064707659296252009-06-01T11:26:46.995-05:002009-06-01T11:26:46.995-05:00I am like Mike in that I haven't worked too hard t...I am like Mike in that I haven't worked too hard to find any way to "fit" God in for a service type of feeling in my life. I DO serve people - I could tell you some stories from recent weeks that would surely get credit for "service" to those in need but... I don't count it as that. I just call it doing the right thing.<br /><br />I have more freedom today than I EVER had in church life or even in my first stages of deconstruction. I went from feeling confined in religious rules to feeling lost (and therefore afraid to move) without them.One Voice of Manyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406711453291558817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post-7806105384893474862009-05-25T07:19:07.359-05:002009-05-25T07:19:07.359-05:00Very true, Nate. I can SO relate to this.
As for ...Very true, Nate. I can SO relate to this.<br /><br />As for feeling the liberty of Christ again, I don't really know that I do - but I do feel liberty from the church, which is a start.<br /><br />More to come on my own blog - it's about time I started posting again too, I think.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18344399473884127122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post-31824703183139944972009-05-25T02:14:08.771-05:002009-05-25T02:14:08.771-05:00Good to have you posting again, Nate.
Interesting...Good to have you posting again, Nate.<br /><br />Interesting when I allowed God to rule my life I did start going to church yet I was not given much instruction at all. However I found myself making up my own rules about the very things you are talking about - behaviour, dress, prayer, Bible study. <br /><br />Why did I do this to myself? Looking back I think it was initially out of a sense of gratitude to God but it quickly became a way to measure my spirituality and tell myself how 'good' I was because of all the good things I was doing. I didn't want to feel so dependent on God's grace. I wanted to show God what a 'good' person I was.<br /><br />Fortunately I have come to grips with how holy God is and how dependent on his grace I really am.Susan Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07673626395112361592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post-7298143179266188692009-05-24T10:31:04.568-05:002009-05-24T10:31:04.568-05:00I was reading something at Free Believers along th...I was reading something at Free Believers along these lines...about how we serve the "church God" , but when we come out of that we have to demolish that God and find a new God.<br /><br />It's so true...church was very much my God...because it was all very neat and orderly and easy to follow because the rules were clear. Problem was, the rules were<br /><br />a) unrealistic<br />and<br />b) not of God<br /><br />And it was unhealthy to try to keep them.<br /><br />However, it has come to my attention that I have still been trying to keep some of them. Go figure. So I'm going through yet another new season of deconstruction...it never ends, I tell you...and finding more beauty and love and freedom than ever.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067954787472463337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2712693260203313540.post-18798423271948641072009-05-24T00:17:08.487-05:002009-05-24T00:17:08.487-05:00Hiya Nate ~ Glad to see you posting again. I know...Hiya Nate ~ Glad to see you posting again. I know exactly where you are coming from in this as I have essentially left the organization for good. <br /><br />It seems though that through all I have been through in the last couple of years, I have also lost track of God and I just can't seem to find a way to fit him in. I'm not saying for a minute that I blame him for anything but I do sometimes ponder what the purpose is at all...<br /><br />Seems funny to hear myself say this after all I have written....but it IS where I am at right nowMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283586290804985847noreply@blogger.com