Hello,
I want to get some thoughts from you please. I think that I got saved 18 years ago when I was 20 after thinking I had been a Christian for as long as I probably could think. I had asked Jesus into my heart and believed he existed, but when I was 20 is when I realized that as I was I could have no place with him and believe I first began to see what he really did for me/us.
I spent about half the time since then growing in the Bible and church activity, then about the last 10 years with almost no church or Bible reading.
I had gotten married and 6 months later she wanted a divorce, this was during my time not reading the Bible, she moved out, and I had thougth Biblically since she left me I was free from sin, however, she couldn't drive and didn't have money, so I thought that I should take care of the divorce for her and did all the paperwork and going to the court so that it said I am the one who divorced her. On top of this I later got married again.
"And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her." Mark 10:11 KJV
"But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery." Matthew 5:32 KJV
"And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery." Matthew 19:9 KJV
I didn't realize I sinned by doing the paperwork or by getting remarried. So it seems I should not have gotten remarried, that that was a sin, but I do not think I should leave my current wife, I think that would be more sin, and I think it is okay to love her and treat her normally as a husband should a wife and all activities that would involve.
Also today we went strawberry picking with some unsaved friends, I prayed for boldness and took gospel tracts with me, I had intended to give it to staff and people we saw at the place to pick strawberries, I gave to no one due to the fear of man, fearing my wife getting mad at me for giving out tracts in front of her friends, and peoples thougths and what not.
I think that I am to still trust in Christ and not worry after having apologized to God and asking him to forgive me, but I do not feel like I am feeling feelings very much these days, but I feel like that does not matter, feelings are irrelevant, God is true and faithful, and I do not work for my salvation, it is of faith in Christ and his righteousness, so this does not mean I am not saved, and I just try to keep listening to the Spirit and to follow God.
We later stopped at a store and my wife went in, I thought about how I could put Gospel tracts on car windows, but I felt like it was okay not to and didn't do it. I think I am supposed to trust God to guide me, I do not want to misuse this verse but it came to mind:
"Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia," Acts 16:6 KJV
That listening to and walking in the Spirit is about following God's guidance and not pushing ahead if it doesn't seem like what to do, but how do I know how to listen to the Spirit, we stopped at a second store and I didn't do it there either, is that wrong?
Technically if I give out gospel tracts wether to someone's hand as I am walking along or on a car at a store or parking lot that is not public property, they have the legal right to tell me not to do it. But if they have not told me not to, and I haven't asked, is it wrong to give out tracts? People die and go to hell, am I supposed to hope they come by public property? I can't witness on private property? I don't think I should stand there at the entrance to a grocery store and hand them out, but I think I can offer them to people as I walk by them or something at least until they tell me to stop, as I think maybe it would be wrong to continue at that point, but not sure that it should prevent me, I mean there are tons of people and opportunities not on public property, how much do we follow the law vs God in this?
Please let me know your thoughts, am I right in understanding salvation and not works, though I should have given out tracts it doesn't mean I am lost as long as I keep trusting in Jesus?
The divorce and remarriage doesn't mean I am lost as long as I keep trusting in Jesus?
Right about loving my wife that it was sin to marry?
Right about listening to it being ok not to put tracts on the cars?
What about following the law on witnessing via private property?
Thank you.
I want to get some thoughts from you please. I think that I got saved 18 years ago when I was 20 after thinking I had been a Christian for as long as I probably could think. I had asked Jesus into my heart and believed he existed, but when I was 20 is when I realized that as I was I could have no place with him and believe I first began to see what he really did for me/us.
I spent about half the time since then growing in the Bible and church activity, then about the last 10 years with almost no church or Bible reading.
I had gotten married and 6 months later she wanted a divorce, this was during my time not reading the Bible, she moved out, and I had thougth Biblically since she left me I was free from sin, however, she couldn't drive and didn't have money, so I thought that I should take care of the divorce for her and did all the paperwork and going to the court so that it said I am the one who divorced her. On top of this I later got married again.
"And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her." Mark 10:11 KJV
"But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery." Matthew 5:32 KJV
"And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery." Matthew 19:9 KJV
I didn't realize I sinned by doing the paperwork or by getting remarried. So it seems I should not have gotten remarried, that that was a sin, but I do not think I should leave my current wife, I think that would be more sin, and I think it is okay to love her and treat her normally as a husband should a wife and all activities that would involve.
Also today we went strawberry picking with some unsaved friends, I prayed for boldness and took gospel tracts with me, I had intended to give it to staff and people we saw at the place to pick strawberries, I gave to no one due to the fear of man, fearing my wife getting mad at me for giving out tracts in front of her friends, and peoples thougths and what not.
I think that I am to still trust in Christ and not worry after having apologized to God and asking him to forgive me, but I do not feel like I am feeling feelings very much these days, but I feel like that does not matter, feelings are irrelevant, God is true and faithful, and I do not work for my salvation, it is of faith in Christ and his righteousness, so this does not mean I am not saved, and I just try to keep listening to the Spirit and to follow God.
We later stopped at a store and my wife went in, I thought about how I could put Gospel tracts on car windows, but I felt like it was okay not to and didn't do it. I think I am supposed to trust God to guide me, I do not want to misuse this verse but it came to mind:
"Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia," Acts 16:6 KJV
That listening to and walking in the Spirit is about following God's guidance and not pushing ahead if it doesn't seem like what to do, but how do I know how to listen to the Spirit, we stopped at a second store and I didn't do it there either, is that wrong?
Technically if I give out gospel tracts wether to someone's hand as I am walking along or on a car at a store or parking lot that is not public property, they have the legal right to tell me not to do it. But if they have not told me not to, and I haven't asked, is it wrong to give out tracts? People die and go to hell, am I supposed to hope they come by public property? I can't witness on private property? I don't think I should stand there at the entrance to a grocery store and hand them out, but I think I can offer them to people as I walk by them or something at least until they tell me to stop, as I think maybe it would be wrong to continue at that point, but not sure that it should prevent me, I mean there are tons of people and opportunities not on public property, how much do we follow the law vs God in this?
Please let me know your thoughts, am I right in understanding salvation and not works, though I should have given out tracts it doesn't mean I am lost as long as I keep trusting in Jesus?
The divorce and remarriage doesn't mean I am lost as long as I keep trusting in Jesus?
Right about loving my wife that it was sin to marry?
Right about listening to it being ok not to put tracts on the cars?
What about following the law on witnessing via private property?
Thank you.