Questions:
Q: Is pornography wrong?
A: You are what you eat. Think about it.
Q: Is homosexuality wrong? What does God say about it?
A: I'm not at liberty to go into it. Since homosexuality has become such a hot topic, I'd rather you do your own Bible study on the subject.
4 comments:
Once doesn't seem very frequent, but oh well, I'll make up for it.
A) Is there any way to quiet ones spiritual loud speaker? Kind of feel like I'm saying everything towards God and it seems like that might come off as being rude. Maybe like an indoor voice.
B) It seems a little presumptious to me to ask God for things. Really there isn't much that I feel I need or desire to ask for. It seems a little more like taking than letting give. I think there's a question in there, just not quite phrased as one.
That's about it on the basics. Ali says you're smart, I'm tending to agree with her. Have a good day. [all appologies for any spelling errors that might be included, I can't spell and rarely check]
Ha. Yah, once doesn't seem frequent. But that's because I've been teaching off-line for a longer time than this blog has been on-line, and the questions come from there. Good to meet you, say hi to Ali for me!
I'll answer as best I can; the "smarts" came from asking God for wisdom, so this is what He's given me so far.....
A) Hmm. Well, first don't worry about being rude; the Book says God looks on the intentions of the heart, and if it's not your intention to be rude or nasty on purpose, He certainly won't see any 'shouting' as being so. He's a very hospitable and kind person. He knows what you meant, rather than what you said. And he's always on your side.
As for being the one who does all the talking, it may be that God won't respond much until you're ready for Him to talk back. God is extremely polite; He will only talk to you if He is invited to do so. You may not hear His voice as words, often we don't. But if you let yourself relax and be quiet, at peace, and just focus on the center of your chest, the very inside core of you, and let it speak to you. The Bible often instructs us to 'be still' and 'wait on the Lord.'
You may just get "impressions" of things that will tell you what you need to know. If he needs to be specific, you may "hear" words, but they will be "silent" words, like when you talk to yourself in your head... only they come from your heart (chest area). Some people refer to God's voice as 'gut instinct' or 'hunches' because God will talk to anyone who will hear Him, even the unsaved (how do you think they get saved? They hear the need to from Him, and they finally obey.)
Don't worry about all that fuss about "hearing voices" and stuff. That's just the world throwing up a big smokescreen to make us afraid to hear anything. We know the difference between God's voice and the evil buggers. It's pretty obvious; your soul will just KNOW when it is God. Demons on the other hand always bring with them an aura of fear and confusion.
B) This has to do with how comfortable you are with God. After you get to know someone for a while as an intimate friend, you become a lot more relaxed with asking them things, and for things. So don't worry about asking Him for things until you feel comfortable doing so.
You can, however, ask God for things for other people. You may have more confidence if it's not for yourself, but it's doing a good deed for a friend, family, or church member, guy at work, or even a stranger. God will heed our requests, and He seeks to do good. He loves to do good.
As for being presumptuous, I know what you're talking about. I used to feel that way too. Then I learned from Him that the life God wants for us is so much better than this, that our life now can be compared to a homeless person living in an alley. If there was a kind-hearted rich man who lived next to an alley where a homeless guy lived, and that homeless guy came to the rich man and asked with real humility for a drink of water, don't you think the rich man would want to give him so much more? But the rich man will give the homeless guy what he asked for, and hope that by showing kindness and gentleness of spirit to the homeless guy, eventually the homeless guy will get up the courage to ask for real help.
Sorry, think maybe there was a bit of confusion on A). (it happens (especially when I haven't slept much.) So I think maybe i should clarify it a little. I don't have much of a problem talking to God, or with having God talk back (at least not as far as I'm concerned (I think Gods OK with our chats too).) For the most part I have trouble not with the not broadcasting so to speak. For instance, like when driving and getting upset and swearing. I know that I'm not swearing at God, and I pretty sure that God knows that I'm not swearing at God, but it's kind of like swearing around a grandparent. It's just something I feel better avoiding if at all possible. I hope that makes sense, as I said earlier I'm a bit tired and my skull warmer isn't working so good.
Oh and C) Is it inherently bad to joke with God? Not neccesarly jokes about God, more of a friendly teasing. That probably makes less sense than I really want it to, but hopefully you get the jyst.
Ah, comprendo. I think it's a great thing that you are aware of God's presence at all times. Some people can't seem to get in touch with Him and they'd climb the wall to be able to know He's around.
As for how to keep Him from hearing everything..... well, you can't. This may seem a bit harsh, but the things you do that you are embarrassed about Him seeing or overhearing are probably things you shouldn't be doing. When you're living in complete confidence before God, it's when you've cleared out all the stuff you know He isn't too keen on.
This is a tough subject today. Maybe it always has been, but I think today we are under great strain when it comes to being "clean." The world is throwing mud, how are we supposed to be teflon? Yet we are commanded to be. But we can do it, since God won't tell us to do something we can't do.
It's a matter of switching systems. God's world is so much better than the normal world that it's not funny. The normal world is made to constantly sap strength and take away little pieces of us. God's world is built to constantly build us up to power. In the normal world you get mad when someone acts like a jackass on the freeway. In God's world, you reach out with compassion to the jackass and bless him with brains so he won't kill himself, poor guy.
I could go on a lot longer than is good for a little comment; if you want you can email me at adahlael at gmail and I can give you longer blurbs.
C) Are you kidding? When I first gave myself totally to God and "died" to myself as the Book says, He nursed me back to life on jokes. Jesus (Yeshua) is a really fun person, you know. And he understands our culture completely. He used to do things like show me these kind of daydream-things (he was using my imagination like a projector screen and showing me things using it) of Yoshi dancing to INXS and lip-synching. Especially that lines like, "are you ready for a new sensation" and "the son comes like a God into our room..." It was hilarious.
He jokes with me all the time. But there's a time to be familiar, and a time to be respectful. Just like when you know a big brother or a respected father or uncle... if you can't goof around with dad at home, there is something wrong. But when you are with him at work, you better be like "yes sir".
If you feel you're being inappropriate with Him, don't worry. Just tell Him, "hey, God, I'd like to change this." Then let Him change you, and relax. We start off as rough stones, with lots of sharp edges; but over time He polishes us into gemstones.
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