This is not a weblog entry. Instead it’s a scratchpad of things I pulled out of the book PassionAndPurity while preparing for an upcomming youth group talk. And no, they really don’t have much to do with the talk, they are more background for me so that I remember where I am comming from and why.
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Does God want everything?
Until the will and the affections are brought under teh authority of Christ, we ahve not begun to understand, let alone accept, Hid Lordship. The Cross, as it enteres the love life, will reveal the heart’s truth.
Jesus and five thousand — took what they had before he gave everything.
The snake’s reasoning – what you want shouldn’t be overruled by god’s plan – you know better what you want – you don’t deserve the best – God is stingy.
Backwards logic – how can I find out what God wants me to do if I don’t now what I want to do –
Love what God commands and desire what He promies.
Difference between duty and desire caused by a heart not set on obidience.
Does God notice? (job)
While purity before marriage consists in holding ourselves from one another in obedience to God, purity after mirrage consists in giving ourselves to and for each other in obedience to God.
