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Comments on: Monday’s Blog: “Being The Light In The Darkness” By Mark Hunter https://www.sharingtruths.com/?p=404 Sharing the Truths Behind the TRUTH Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:20:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.12 By: Amanda Beth https://www.sharingtruths.com/?p=404#comment-5059 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:19:32 +0000 http://www.sharingtruths.com/?p=404#comment-5059 In reply to Brandy Hatcher.

Hi Brandy,
I’m sorry. I didn’t catch that when I read it. I think what Mark was saying is that we need to strive to come up higher to let those characteristics of Christ shine through us. Of course, we always won’t act perfect. Just this last weekend, I failed miserably and in fact, that’s why I wanted to post this message from Mark’s blog. It’s a great reminder that others are watching us and we need to not just talk the talk, but walk the walk. Of course, we can do nothing without Christ, but we can walk in His fruits with His power.
I’m sure that is what Mark was trying to say in this message. Sometimes our words don’t always get perceived the way we intended them to. Sorry about that. I agree with your message. I always remember Joyce Meyer saying that she led Bible studies in short shorts whole blowing smoke in everyone’s face, and it was actually anointed. God met her where she was at the time. Thank God that He knows how to change us:)

Thanks for your comment!

Blessings to you:)

]]> By: Brandy Hatcher https://www.sharingtruths.com/?p=404#comment-5058 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:39:09 +0000 http://www.sharingtruths.com/?p=404#comment-5058 I enjoyed Mark’s blog! It’s great to see God changing hearts. In the last paragraph (the questions) there are some things I must comment on. I understand the point of these questions-the demonstrative form of the Fruit of the Spirit. Mark says that a “true Christian” will reflect all the positives of the following questions: “Are they happy or depressed? Are they focused or lost in life? Are they positive or negative? Are they able to cope with stress and difficulty or are quick to anger and argue? Are they kind and compassionate or cruel and unkind? Are they always helping others or not? Are they always giving and supporting or are they unhelpful and closed off? Do they avoid social ills or jump right in? Then they need to ask the same questions of themselves. A true Christian would reflect all of the positive answers to these questions.”
But how do we define a “true/real” Christian? How do we know where a person is in their walk with Christ? A person may be a new Christian dealing with things they’ve never dealt with before. Or they may be a long time Christian going thorugh a very difficult situation. Better yet, they may be a Christian dealing with issues of the past and don’t even know why they are they way they are. These types of Christians may not be demonstrating the positive side of each of the aforementioned questions due to overwhelming circumstances, lack of knowledge, mental challenges. etc. But does that mean they are not a “real Christian”? We must becareful the expectations we think are on us as Chrsitians b/c we can never meet the expectations of others. As a Christian, I struggled with depression, purpose, negativity, arguementative nature, cruelness, unkindness for a very long time until God got me into a place where He could set me free. Does that mean I was not a “real” Christian during the years I was like that? No. It simply means that I was a Christian struggling with these issues, but I didn’t know why. Then God had me move to another town, start fresh at a new church and meet new people that could influence me, help me see the root of my issues and move me toward freedom. I had prayed many times for deliverance, but it took years, a move, many classes/books, lessons learned the hard way, prayer and lots of helpful people for that deliverance to come. I cried through my struggles when I was unfairly judged by sinners and other believers for “not being ‘Christian’ enough” and was even told I wasn’t really saved. But how did they know my hurts and my heart? I wish I could go back and change many things I did and have “do-overs”, but I can’t. I can ask forgiveness, pray for those who I feel I hurt purposely or accidentally. And now, I can look at a person who is a struggling Christian and have more grace, more love and more compasssion toward them b/c I have felt their pain. Now I can say that I am a Chrsitian who better demonstrates the Fruit of the Spirit and I am still a work in progress. We are the light of the world, but we also are still human. As Christians we should pray for those who we feel are not demonstrating the love of Christ that God will give them to tools to overcome the obstacles holding them back, that we can be one of those tools and that the people who have had a negative encounter with a struggling Christian will have their eyes opened that Christians are not perfect but we are being perfected through Christ daily. That is why Paul said, “I die daily”. We must cruify the flesh daily. If it is a daily act, then surely God knows that, while we walk by the Spirit, sometimes the flesh shows through and may cause us to demonstrate less than savory behavior. That is why we have an advocate, Jesus Christ, to whom we can go when we have sinned or fallen short of the task at hand. As we mature and grow in Christ, these outbursts of fleshly man will become less and less, thank God!

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