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To: I want the USA back

I disagree. A person can’t decide what form their temptations will take. In other words, Christians don’t necessarily believe the temptation itself is a matter of choice. The choice part is whether or not to act on temptation. For example, I’m a Christian who is tempted to have sex with women who are not my wife. I can’t stop being attracted to women. What I can do is make a conscious decision to resist that temptation, and fortunately, resistance becomes easier as one builds Christian self discipline.

Another example: I know Christians who are recovering alcoholics. Some of them have went decades without a drink, but the temptation is always there. It gets easier for them, but they always have to watch themselves from falling back into sin. Alcoholism is like a wound that never fully cures. The scar fades with time, but it will never be fully gone until the resurrection.


13 posted on 03/07/2015 6:30:29 AM PST by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: CitizenUSA

Excellent. Simple. And, true.


24 posted on 03/07/2015 7:53:57 AM PST by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming)
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