Slimsavery - a thankyou

[slimsavery]

Thanks for all your replies to my other threads concerning Luck, Curses etc As you may have read on other threads I have stated I am writing a piece and all your help will guide me in doing this. The piece I am writing is on OCD, which i used to suffer from ( and sometimes still get pangs from ) and how a Christian life can help.

My OCD used to be concerned with numbers, ie if i did something in my life for the last time and then saw a number 13 I would have to do that activity again. The last time I did the activity that bothered me the most I saw 1913 on a gravestone the next time I walked through a Church`s graveyard. Ever since then I have been worried ( as silly as it sounds )that it could be God cursing or punishing me but putting that 13 there as to mean I would have a painfull death! The reason i thought this is as i used to promise God that I would never give into the compulsuions again - if i did some sort of harm would come to me or my family - I gave in one last time a few months ago and then saw the gravestone -hence the worry over the 1913 Gravestone. Which i also deep down know is silly as there is no room for superstition in christianity

I know God will forgive me for breaking my promise but as I have written in other threads I have been worried about being cursed or punished. I no longer promise God things against myself or my family but worry God might discipline me as i know he disciplines us "As King David stated in Psalm 32, discipline causes us to confess and repent of sin we have not yet dealt with. In this way discipline is cleansing. It is also a growth catalyst. The more we know about God, the more we know about His desires for our lives". but if i am to understand correctly what I have learnt so far the above bold tells me that at the end of any discipline God gives to me ( and im thinking the way God has dicsplined me is by making my worry and regret over my past actions and to repent ) I will be cleansed - hence starting over a new leaf so I would have no need to over worry about a nasty death?

I guess what I need to realise the most is that God loves me, he wont curse me ( How can a child of God still be under God’s curse (Romans 8:1) ) or punish me in a bad way - only in a way that will bring me closer to him. Also I cannot curse myself or others as God is the only One able to pronounce judgment.

Would you agree with what I have written? I will post my final piece on the forums when it is finished. Some thoughts on the above would be great if you have time.

Can I again say thanks for all your help. Your kind words have helped me through a difficult stressfull period in my life, my parents are going through a very rough patch at the moment and being the eldest son I can be rather stuck in the middle of it all!
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[slimsavery]

Can i just add a quick theroy regarding psalms 32

0] A Psalm of David. A Maskil.
[1] Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
[2] Blessed is the man to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity,
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
[3] When I declared not my sin, my body wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
[4] For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. [Selah]
[5] I acknowledged my sin to thee,
and I did not hide my iniquity;
I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD";
then thou didst forgive the guilt of my sin. [Selah]
[6] Therefore let every one who is godly
offer prayer to thee;
at a time of distress, in the rush of great waters,
they shall not reach him.
[7] Thou art a hiding place for me,
thou preservest me from trouble;
thou dost encompass me with deliverance. [Selah]
[8] I will instruct you and teach you
the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
[9] Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
which must be curbed with bit and bridle,
else it will not keep with you.
[10] Many are the pangs of the wicked;
but steadfast love surrounds him who trusts in the LORD.
[11] Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous,
and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!

verse 4 uses the word thy, this word means your hand as in Gods hand?

Thanks again - no more questions!

 

[Chad]

God bless you brother!

Psalm 32

Matthew Henry's Commentary

The happiness of a pardoned sinner

Sin is the cause of our misery; but the true believer's transgressions of the Divine law are all forgiven, being covered with the atonement. Christ bare his sins, therefore they are not imputed to him. The righteousness of Christ being reckoned to us, and we being made the righteousness of God in him, our iniquity is not imputed, God having laid upon him the iniquity of us all, and made him a sin-offering for us. Not to impute sin, is God's act, for he is the Judge. It is God that justifies.

Notice the character of him whose sins are pardoned; he is sincere, and seeks sanctification by the power of the Holy Ghost. He does not profess to repent, with an intention to indulge in sin, because the Lord is ready to forgive. He will not abuse the doctrine of free grace. And to the man whose iniquity is forgiven, all manner of blessings are promised. (Ps 32:3-7)