"Satan disguises submission to himself under the ruse of personal autonomy. He never asks us to become his servants. Never once did the serpent say to Eve, 'I want to be your master.' The shift in commitment is never from Christ to evil; it is always from Christ to self. And instead of his will, self-interest now rules and what I want reigns. And that is the essence of sin."
-- Dennis F. Kinlaw
"You're walking closer to God, which is everything. By no means does that entail that life gets easier, quite the opposite if you look at it biblically. But when you realize how short our existence truly is in the grand scheme of things, and this pain is all temporary, and all that it comes down to is your salvation and nothing else. It becomes a little easier."
Wise words fren.
In my experience this is not taught by most church leaders - in fact, the opposite is taught (although they will deny it), and this is an enormous source of angst and confusion for many.
CONTROLLED OPPOSITION. DISINFORMATION. SOCIAL ENGINEERING.
"It's so twisted together. Truth and lies. All on purpose. They do this so we sound like we are crazy. Thank God for His sound wisdom to give us sound minds through all the deceit."
Well expressed fren