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Old 6th October 2011, 01:12 PM   #17
Raymond
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Re: Muslim marriage general advice...

You ask a lot of questions Itsasecret which isn't a bad thing.

The law is not null and void but Jesus brought in a new covenant whereby we can come to Him, become a new creation in our spirit and if we are faithful in living that out we fulfil the law from our heart and not by trying to keep the law in the legalistic sense. We are saved by grace (not through anything good we have done) through faith and not by works (keeping of the law).

Yes Jesus did mix with prostitutes and sinners and pointed out that they needed a physician (Him). He was there to help them, not to partake of their sin. Where people came to Him in repentance He forgave their sin (through His payment of their sin on the cross) and gave them power to live a new life by bringing forth a new creation in their spirit sometimes know as being born again. The same is going on today when people come to Him and ask Him into their lives.

He also gives His saved ones the power of the Holy Spirit (see Acts 2) which gives them power (if they use it) to be able to follow Christ daily.

The church is the people who have received Him not the building or even a denomination. The church is always people in the new testament.

I know you have had a deprived upbringing and are simply acting out the seeds which have gone into you as a child. You have the chance however to repent and hand your life to Jesus by saying a simple prayer, receiving His forgiveness and starting a new life. Not in your own strength but His.

Chocolate, Easter eggs, statues etc. is all irrelevant to this and are simply man's trappings. Forget all that stuff. It is not about that. It is about your relationship with Christ, whether you will receive Him personally or not.
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