Godly Sorrow vs. Worldly Sorrow

2 Corinthians 7:11

See what this godly sorrow has produced in you: what earnestness, what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what concern, what readiness to see justice done. At every point you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter.

If a person has world sorrow, then that leads to death.

Goldy sorrow leads to repentance.

Paul (the writer) is telling them that Godly sorrow is good. That leads to an eagerness to be clear of their sin, etc.

If you are sad about sinfulness but your sadness leads you to want to repent then that's Godly sorrow.

Worldly sorrow leads to death (i.e. suicide).

Judas Iscariot and Peter betrayed Jesus but there was a difference.

Peter had Godly sorrow which lead to his repentance. Judas had worldly sorrow which lead to his death.

Peter cried really hard and ended up being an amazing church leader. Judas hung himself.

Tithe

Malachi 3:8-12

8 "Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me.
"But you ask, 'How do we rob you?'
"In tithes and offerings. 9 You are under a curse—the whole nation of you—because you are robbing me. 10 Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. 11 I will prevent pests from devouring your crops, and the vines in your fields will not cast their fruit," says the LORD Almighty. 12 "Then all the nations will call you blessed, for yours will be a delightful land," says the LORD Almighty.

Here, tithes is not money. The tithes Jesus is talking about is the offering of the crops.

floodgates of heaven = rain

Why Study the Word for Yourself?

Matthew 13

verses 1-9 & 18-23

The Parable of the Sower

1That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. 2Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. 3Then he told them many things in parables, saying: "A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. 6But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. 7Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. 8Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. 9He who has ears, let him hear."

18"Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: 19When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path. 20The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. 21But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away. 22The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful. 23But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it. He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown."


This was sent to me from Spiritual Understudy. At the end, it wrote for me: "Don't be the red, be the blue". I see how the red is me. I have recently became a Christian. I was happy. But when people ask me certain question about the Bible and God, I feel like I can't answer very well. Meaning, I have no roots in the ground of the Bible. I need to start learning the Bible to have a strong foundation and not let my faith waiver.

Happy Valentine's Day

So I send out some a text message that said the following to my friends:

Roses are read.
Some condoms are blue.
STD's are contagious
So watch out who you screw!
Happy Valentine's Day!

These are some of the replies I got back:

- Damn. I am gonna skip sex today since you just said that. Hehe

- But I thought you were clean?

- Hahaha are YOU trying to tell me something Hmm..??

- I hope that wasn't targeted at just me lol

- It's ok if you like blue condoms, it's not that weird!

- Likewise! use condoms!

- U too. No screwing tonight. Just supporting them single moms ;)

- But I need a screw!

-Haha....thanks for the advice!

Church

Church is the name given to believers. It is not a religion. The goal of any religion is to absolve sin but that is where religion falls short. It absolves nothing. Only belief in God's grace will absolve sins and that DOES NOT REQUIRE going to church service!

Ephesians 6:13-17

"Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God."