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Originally Posted by Jeffrey
And then we could take this whole conversation back to the subject of Grace, which we won't. But this shows how different people with differing perspectives on grace approach this topic differently.
TS probably also thinks they have attained perfection.
A guy with a habit of thinking about a supermodel, or a gal that thinks about Brad Pitt for a moment during sex... on their way to the hot place? How much progress do I need to show I am "in the process?" How can I be assured here that He will keep his promise of salvation to me?
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You don't know what TS thinks until he types what he thinks.
I think we all know how far we can take something like that. If I thought of Brad Pitt when I'm intimate with my husband, I'd have to be stupid to think there is nothing wrong with that. If I find myself doing something like that, I need to ask God to help me stop doing it. I think you would have to train your thoughts over and over until you stopped.
We also cannot allow condemnation to overtake us either. We have to know that we must keep trying until we have overcome the thing. We just have to keep trying.