Comments for declare http://www.marcusjlewis.com The Lewis Family. Campus Outreach Thailand Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:06:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on 2 Types of Forgiveness We Can’t Overlook by marcusjlewis http://www.marcusjlewis.com/2011/05/24/2-types-of-forgivness-we-cant-overlook/comment-page-1/#comment-4135 marcusjlewis Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:06:29 +0000 http://www.marcusjlewis.com/?p=1288#comment-4135 Yes sir. Thanks for sharing Shane. I too enjoyed our conversation yesterday. Talk with you soon. Yes sir. Thanks for sharing Shane. I too enjoyed our conversation yesterday. Talk with you soon.

]]> Comment on 2 Types of Forgiveness We Can’t Overlook by Shane http://www.marcusjlewis.com/2011/05/24/2-types-of-forgivness-we-cant-overlook/comment-page-1/#comment-4134 Shane Thu, 02 Jun 2011 11:46:29 +0000 http://www.marcusjlewis.com/?p=1288#comment-4134 Good word brother. I was thinking about this a little more after our conversation, and I definitely agree with your post. I was also thinking that forgiveness is difficult and requires some pain and anguish, which I think is necessary. If we say forgiveness is easy, it mostly likely isn't forgiveness at all, but probably just a sweeping under the rug of an incident so we don't have to deal with the pain or hurt that the incident caused. True forgiveness is first acknowledging the hurt you've experienced or the pain you feel, then allowing that to remind you of the hurt and pain God experienced when you sinned against Him, then remembering that He didn't just sweep your sin under the rug, but had Jesus brutally punished for your sin, then remembering His sweet forgiveness of ALL your sin, then realizing that we have no right (Biblically) to withhold forgiveness from whoever has injured us. This thought keeps coming to me in instances where forgiveness is needed: whatever your claim or injury, Jesus died for that. What I mean by that is, it rolls off the tongue to say that Jesus died for our sins. We've been hearing and saying that since childhood. What's harder to say is that Jesus died for the pain I feel when my brother or sister or wife or whoever intentionally injures me. But whatever i am feeling, Jesus died for that. For instance, He died for the pain I feel when I am deceived by someone, He died for the loss I feel when someone takes something from me that is not my own, He died for the betrayal I feel when someone talks about me behind my back, He died for the physical pain I feel if someone injures me intentionally, He died for the pain I feel if someone takes away or even kills someone I care about deeply. He didn't just die for my sins, He died for my pain, my loneliness. . well, you get the picture. I think if we, as believers, can recognize this ahead of time it will make it much less difficult to forgive when the event occurs. Thanks for bringing this topic up bro. And I really enjoyed our conversation yesterday. Shane Good word brother. I was thinking about this a little more after our conversation, and I definitely agree with your post. I was also thinking that forgiveness is difficult and requires some pain and anguish, which I think is necessary. If we say forgiveness is easy, it mostly likely isn’t forgiveness at all, but probably just a sweeping under the rug of an incident so we don’t have to deal with the pain or hurt that the incident caused. True forgiveness is first acknowledging the hurt you’ve experienced or the pain you feel, then allowing that to remind you of the hurt and pain God experienced when you sinned against Him, then remembering that He didn’t just sweep your sin under the rug, but had Jesus brutally punished for your sin, then remembering His sweet forgiveness of ALL your sin, then realizing that we have no right (Biblically) to withhold forgiveness from whoever has injured us.

This thought keeps coming to me in instances where forgiveness is needed: whatever your claim or injury, Jesus died for that. What I mean by that is, it rolls off the tongue to say that Jesus died for our sins. We’ve been hearing and saying that since childhood. What’s harder to say is that Jesus died for the pain I feel when my brother or sister or wife or whoever intentionally injures me. But whatever i am feeling, Jesus died for that. For instance, He died for the pain I feel when I am deceived by someone, He died for the loss I feel when someone takes something from me that is not my own, He died for the betrayal I feel when someone talks about me behind my back, He died for the physical pain I feel if someone injures me intentionally, He died for the pain I feel if someone takes away or even kills someone I care about deeply. He didn’t just die for my sins, He died for my pain, my loneliness. . well, you get the picture. I think if we, as believers, can recognize this ahead of time it will make it much less difficult to forgive when the event occurs.

Thanks for bringing this topic up bro. And I really enjoyed our conversation yesterday.

Shane

]]> Comment on How do we end our love affair with toxic food? (Matthew 5:6) by marcusjlewis http://www.marcusjlewis.com/2011/04/16/how-do-we-end-our-love-affair-with-toxic-food/comment-page-1/#comment-4055 marcusjlewis Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:11:46 +0000 http://www.marcusjlewis.com/?p=1220#comment-4055 Great question. Thanks! The article is not about eating real earthly food, like fried chicken and bags of doritos. If it were, then yes, for the believer, he or she would most likely see Jesus, face to face, "faster". We do know that eating toxic food will kill us physically faster. However, the article is about eating of Christ instead of "other foods". In other words trusting in Jesus over everything else. The believer hungers and thirsts for God but battles with hungering and thirsting for other things, but God is faithful and continues to sanctify his children. For those who do not believe and continue to feast on the gods of this world and their own ways will one day receive the wrath of God. "For the wages of sin is death...Praise God for his gift of eternal life found in Jesus (Romans 6:23). Again the article is not about preserving our physical earthly lives by eating fruits and veggies, it's about feasting on Jesus now, the true Bread of Heaven, and being satisfied in Him. It is about resting in his righteousness, not ours. Thanks again for the clarifying question. Great question. Thanks! The article is not about eating real earthly food, like fried chicken and bags of doritos. If it were, then yes, for the believer, he or she would most likely see Jesus, face to face, “faster”. We do know that eating toxic food will kill us physically faster. However, the article is about eating of Christ instead of “other foods”. In other words trusting in Jesus over everything else. The believer hungers and thirsts for God but battles with hungering and thirsting for other things, but God is faithful and continues to sanctify his children. For those who do not believe and continue to feast on the gods of this world and their own ways will one day receive the wrath of God. “For the wages of sin is death…Praise God for his gift of eternal life found in Jesus (Romans 6:23). Again the article is not about preserving our physical earthly lives by eating fruits and veggies, it’s about feasting on Jesus now, the true Bread of Heaven, and being satisfied in Him. It is about resting in his righteousness, not ours. Thanks again for the clarifying question.

]]> Comment on How do we end our love affair with toxic food? (Matthew 5:6) by Sylvia http://www.marcusjlewis.com/2011/04/16/how-do-we-end-our-love-affair-with-toxic-food/comment-page-1/#comment-4054 Sylvia Mon, 18 Apr 2011 23:07:58 +0000 http://www.marcusjlewis.com/?p=1220#comment-4054 So ... if certain eating habits are not right or healthy and will lead to death, doesn't that mean that those habits will lead us to seeing Jesus and God faster? That would be just as logical a conclusion as some of those in the rest of this article. So … if certain eating habits are not right or healthy and will lead to death, doesn’t that mean that those habits will lead us to seeing Jesus and God faster? That would be just as logical a conclusion as some of those in the rest of this article.

]]> Comment on How do we end our love affair with toxic food? (Matthew 5:6) by Cindy http://www.marcusjlewis.com/2011/04/16/how-do-we-end-our-love-affair-with-toxic-food/comment-page-1/#comment-4045 Cindy Sat, 16 Apr 2011 12:42:49 +0000 http://www.marcusjlewis.com/?p=1220#comment-4045 awesome! awesome!

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]]> Comment on About by bill http://www.marcusjlewis.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-3961 bill Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:45:09 +0000 http://www.marcusjlewis.com/?page_id=2#comment-3961 Hi im bill i love kk my wife live there i was trying to find a place she can get some questions answerd .love God Hi im bill i love kk my wife live there i was trying to find a place she can get some questions answerd .love God

]]> Comment on Important element in evangelism. Embracing Jesus! by Karl Dahlfred http://www.marcusjlewis.com/2010/08/27/important-element-in-evangelism-embracing-jesus/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Karl Dahlfred Fri, 27 Aug 2010 07:45:44 +0000 http://www.marcusjlewis.com/2010/08/27/important-element-in-evangelism-embracing-jesus/#comment-211 Nice post. You say, "They are choosing a Person not just heaven, they are choosing a master not just a wise teacher, they are choosing to die and no longer live for themselves." I think that much modern evangelism fails at exactly this point. It becomes about going to heaven, not about being reconciled with God. It becomes about finding instructions/guidance for a better life, not a master that they want to submit to (regardless of whether they achieve their "best life now" or not). And while there is much to be said for the abundant life that Christ gives us, too little is said about the dying to self that is involved as well. Nice post. You say, “They are choosing a Person not just heaven, they are choosing a master not just a wise teacher, they are choosing to die and no longer live for themselves.” I think that much modern evangelism fails at exactly this point. It becomes about going to heaven, not about being reconciled with God. It becomes about finding instructions/guidance for a better life, not a master that they want to submit to (regardless of whether they achieve their “best life now” or not). And while there is much to be said for the abundant life that Christ gives us, too little is said about the dying to self that is involved as well.

]]> Comment on Join Us. by Karl Dahlfred http://www.marcusjlewis.com/2010/02/17/join-us/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Karl Dahlfred Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:25:47 +0000 http://www.marcusjlewis.com/?p=180#comment-120 Great list, but you missed one! 11. Quit your job, sell your house, and come join us as a long-term missionary here in Thailand! More Gospel witnesses and ministers of Christ on the ground is all the better! Great list, but you missed one!
11. Quit your job, sell your house, and come join us as a long-term missionary here in Thailand! More Gospel witnesses and ministers of Christ on the ground is all the better!

]]> Comment on The GOOD of the good news by John http://www.marcusjlewis.com/2010/02/15/the-good-of-the-good-news/comment-page-1/#comment-119 John Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:44:19 +0000 http://www.marcusjlewis.com/?p=176#comment-119 wish we could have been there! wish we could have been there!

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