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Understanding the Gospel

It was fresh in my mind when I posted that something had improved my memorization. Being active, taking a photocopy of the pages I'm memorizing and constant practice. These are all by the flesh but it does work. Lately my focus on my study is to understand the Gospel. To find answers to the questions I had when I was younger, like why did Jesus prayed with blood on the night before he was crucified if He knew from the beginning that all this will going to happen. Also when he was on the cross why did He say "Father, why have you forsaken me". Some sermons by Paul Washer, reading Psalms, bible study, earnest prayer to the Lord to help me understand...these things leads me to somehow grasp a little, if its the "tip of the ice berg" so to say. To understand that it is not the beating that our Lord feared, it was not the nails or the torture, it was the "Cup of Wrath" that God had given to him to drink on that cross, its the full measure of just punishme

I DECLARE ALL OUT WAR AGAINST SIN

April 8, 2016 I'm exceedingly glad to update I had finished John’s Gospel, not meaning it is already in my permanent memory, maybe it takes 6 months to a year to do so. I embarked on 1 John and it is not a coincidence that when we meet our elder, he discussed the exact chapters (1 John 1-3), those things I badly need to live upon. Firstly I want to say the Spirit had many times lead us as a church on similar verses and we were surprised when we meet we would brought up the same Scripture portions and would like to study about it. It’s amazing, but it is a supernatural blessedness which is normal in our small church. Our elder show us a YouTube video by Paul Washer titled “Examine Yourself”. I thank God for chastising me through 1 John, He broke me to my knees that I would be sure I had no other hope but Him. This scripture helped me to understand what sin is and how I should declare all-out war against it. 1 John 3:3-6 says “Everyone who hopes in Him purify himself for He