Comments on: Adult Sinners with Big Problems – 3.0 http://www.competentcounseling.com/2009/10/29/adult-sinners-with-big-problems-3-0/ People Seeking Solutions Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:32:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1-beta1 hourly 1 By: Rick Thomas http://www.competentcounseling.com/2009/10/29/adult-sinners-with-big-problems-3-0/comment-page-1/#comment-1622 Rick Thomas Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:31:32 +0000 http://www.competentcounseling.com/?p=10700#comment-1622 D. B. said, My husband and I are in the youth ministry at our church and this year we are going through the book "Growing Up Christian" by Karl Graustein with them. It deals with this issue as well as a lot more pitfalls along those lines. Highly recommend it for any teen (or adult struggling with these issues) that have grown up in a Christian environment. D. B. said, My husband and I are in the youth ministry at our church and this year we are going through the book “Growing Up Christian” by Karl Graustein with them. It deals with this issue as well as a lot more pitfalls along those lines. Highly recommend it for any teen (or adult struggling with these issues) that have grown up in a Christian environment.

]]> By: Cara http://www.competentcounseling.com/2009/10/29/adult-sinners-with-big-problems-3-0/comment-page-1/#comment-1621 Cara Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:13:58 +0000 http://www.competentcounseling.com/?p=10700#comment-1621 I appreciate all your articles and posts. They are helping me grasp the gospel better. Thank you! I appreciate all your articles and posts. They are helping me grasp the gospel better. Thank you!

]]> By: Rick Thomas http://www.competentcounseling.com/2009/10/29/adult-sinners-with-big-problems-3-0/comment-page-1/#comment-1620 Rick Thomas Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:27:14 +0000 http://www.competentcounseling.com/?p=10700#comment-1620 That was very good Beth. It was actually quite awesome. I think you get the Gospel ;-) How cool. Thank you for your humility. I'm sure the people you get to serve feel and know that you are/were in their shoes. This is one of the many things I love about the Savior. He became sin, though he knew know sin. He walked our path. You are modeling this, in that you realize you are (or were) no different than the folks you are seeking to help. What joy! This not only serves your friends, but it makes God's name great, which is the real point of it all. Thanks for being humble enough to share part of your story. rick That was very good Beth. It was actually quite awesome. I think you get the Gospel ;-) How cool. Thank you for your humility. I’m sure the people you get to serve feel and know that you are/were in their shoes. This is one of the many things I love about the Savior. He became sin, though he knew know sin. He walked our path. You are modeling this, in that you realize you are (or were) no different than the folks you are seeking to help. What joy!

This not only serves your friends, but it makes God’s name great, which is the real point of it all. Thanks for being humble enough to share part of your story.
rick

]]> By: Beth Fisher http://www.competentcounseling.com/2009/10/29/adult-sinners-with-big-problems-3-0/comment-page-1/#comment-1619 Beth Fisher Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:18:20 +0000 http://www.competentcounseling.com/?p=10700#comment-1619 Great article! In some ways, I was one of those "good kids", that is until I went to college. I know not exactly when I was officially saved, but the Lord preserved me from a lot more than He should have, a fact for which I am most grateful. I did experience, to a degree, some of the darker sins, but it wasn't until I was 23 that I realised how dark these comparatively 'light' ones were. I know now that it was the Holy Spirit showing me and preparing me for the many types of sinful lifestyles of those around me would struggle with. It prepared me to put myself in their shoes. For example, I was preserved for my husband for our honeymoon, but I now count the many ways that I committed adultery. I dressed to attract men, wasted kisses on people not my husband, and spent time being flirtatious (which is also lying). So when someone comes to me and confesses adultery (and it's happened several times now), I know that even this act is forgivable in Christ's Blood and I cannot cast stones at them. This one cannot be an accuser because she was one, too. That said, I will, if the circumstance allows, attempt to show this sin as such for the purpose of restoration to God and man. I have literally broken every Commandment, sometimes overtly and sometimes covertly. I think that for those people that don't think they have, if the Holy Spirit is present, He'll eventually convict them that they actually have broken them. And what a humbling time it will be! Great article!
In some ways, I was one of those “good kids”, that is until I went to college. I know not exactly when I was officially saved, but the Lord preserved me from a lot more than He should have, a fact for which I am most grateful.
I did experience, to a degree, some of the darker sins, but it wasn’t until I was 23 that I realised how dark these comparatively ‘light’ ones were. I know now that it was the Holy Spirit showing me and preparing me for the many types of sinful lifestyles of those around me would struggle with. It prepared me to put myself in their shoes.
For example, I was preserved for my husband for our honeymoon, but I now count the many ways that I committed adultery. I dressed to attract men, wasted kisses on people not my husband, and spent time being flirtatious (which is also lying). So when someone comes to me and confesses adultery (and it’s happened several times now), I know that even this act is forgivable in Christ’s Blood and I cannot cast stones at them. This one cannot be an accuser because she was one, too. That said, I will, if the circumstance allows, attempt to show this sin as such for the purpose of restoration to God and man.

I have literally broken every Commandment, sometimes overtly and sometimes covertly. I think that for those people that don’t think they have, if the Holy Spirit is present, He’ll eventually convict them that they actually have broken them. And what a humbling time it will be!

]]> By: Seth Wartak http://www.competentcounseling.com/2009/10/29/adult-sinners-with-big-problems-3-0/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 Seth Wartak Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:27:17 +0000 http://www.competentcounseling.com/?p=10700#comment-1617 Wow! Wow!

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