Godly men.......

Well after a lot of thought I have decided to make this post.. The topic of how to be a godly man is a big one, these are just a few rambling thoughts on such a big topic. The idea started from talking with some Christians, on overcoming sin, and latter through people running for focus community.

The first concept I want to explore is overcoming sin. It is I believe when over coming sin contearly to what I misstakenly took a Christian ti say "Concentrate on overcoming big area's of sin in your life before you worry about evangelizing to people or uni work of for that matter any thing else I want to point out to some people this is not actually an effective way of overcoming your sin, as sin is consterantly then on your mind many your maybe temtped even more and even more likely to give in as your mind is often on the sin, this is not to say that this is you being tested more then what you can handel because god never tests us in a manner in which we can not handel. Rather I find its helpful to repent from our sin, and spend time in praying for gods help in overcoming the sin, however once we have reacived god forgives we should no longer feel guilty because god has forgiven us. Hence when I find my self in this position after receiving gods forgiveness I still concentrating on working for god because this shows faith in the lord that he has helped you overcome this area of sin. The manner in which you contue to evangelize people is also important, as it is important not to claim to be some thing you are not and if you have reacently had a proublem with a sin, do not pretend to be perfect or to take the high and mighty ground rather admit your faults and use it as a oppitunity to point out with out christ you still fall short of the glory of god. It is also important to remove aspect of our life that encourage you to sin because this is acting in a godly manner but rather we should also act in faith.

This does not mean people should put their names for for roles in the church in which by their sinfully acts they do not fulfill the requirements for ie: elder-ship / leadership. While we are forgiven by God actually wants people who have overcome the sin for a period of time as they are more likely to remain blameless on the topics of sexual sins and drunkenness while in the respective role. Even if from a a worldly sense they would do a good job (ie would be very effective at) and from a biblical sense they are all most their,if their are area of recent sin in their life that they have resecentily overcome or still needs to work on the should not run. As people need to realize it does not actually matter how effective you would be at that job if you do not fit the requirements that god places for the job you are actually undermining god's Authority as you are not respecting the requirements that he places on the job. If no one can fulfill the role, well then it is better that no one is in the job then some one who does not meet Gods requirements. This is why I didn't run for the focus comity this year because of my problems earlier in the year with achole. This is not to say I will not meet the requirement in a a year or a few years however, rather merely means god needs to refine them further first. And if I or another Christian was to runing for a role in the church that I could not fufil gods requirments for for I would actually hope Christians would speak up, as it is their duty to speak up over wise they would also be undermining God's Authority. I have found from previous experiences this is easier said then done as it involves bringing up personal details about some one else that have often required trust to be built up over a period of time, however in the end it comes down who is your master? God of your friendships!

On another topic Random thoughts on Adultery and sexual sin.
In the area of sexual sin aka adultery I realized that lust is in some ways a different sin to masturbation, as when you lustfully look at a women, you are sinning with your mind, When people masturbate they are actually also committing two sins a "sexual act" as well as a "sin of lust". While having sex with a women out of wedlock is a worse sin again because it is actually three sins, a sin of lust, a sexual sin, while also causing another to sin and hence is worse again. So while all sins are equal depending on the extent people act on the sin they may actually be committing more then one sin.