Flesh or Spirit?

temporary fun on earth vs eternal life, peace and joy.

As I was witnessing to a colleague of mine of how we in Christ are supposed to obey and be holy in all our ways, he replied to me saying, "Basically anything that's fun is a sin." What he really meant by his idea of fun is basically doing whatever he wanted to do contrary to what the Lord thy God commands us to NOT to do such as sex outside of marriage, drugs and excess alcohol abuse,  participating in man made pagan , etc...Pretty much all carnality and worldliness. According to Merriam-Webster, the word "fun" as a noun is what provides amusement or enjoyment; As a verb it's to indulge in banter or play: joke; As an adjective, it's providing entertainment, amusement or enjoyment....He tried to initiate that God doesn't wants us to enjoy things in life, which isn't true. Indeed God does wants us to enjoy things in this life as long as it is in HIS will..."But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness and all these things will be added unto you.." ~ Matthew 6:33...Sex for instance; God allows and gives sex to a couple who is married. They can enjoy the act of that type of "fun" because they are indeed conjoined as one. God takes marriage very serious and sacred. "Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help the up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone?" ~Ecclesiastes 4:9 "Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh." ~Genesis 2:24 "Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be their own husbands in every thing. Husbands, love your wives even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it." ~Ephesians 5:22-25 ... The act of sex is much more than just a mere physical act like how today's culture plays it out to be. It's actually very spiritual. It's more than pleasure, it's the ability to be able to feel so close to a person, so connected, so comfortable that it's almost breathtaking. Nakedness and sex is so much more. It's easy to take off your clothes and have sex as people do it all the time; but opening up yourself to someone in the most vulnerable way, letting them into your thoughts, fears, future, hopes and dreams is what REAL nakedness and sex is about. That's why God commands us to be married before we commit such an act. It's quite unfortuante how we in today's society and culture has perverted God's command and washed it down to one night stands with random and multiple people, adultery, sodomy, and so much more immoral things that God has ordained in which we have corrupted...SAD

----- Using drugs as another example, Before Christ, I never used any heavy drugs ever but I was a pothead for a good year. (whether the drug is as "light" as a cigarette or marijuana or as "heavy" as cocaine or meth, it's still a drug which is against God's will. He looks down upon it and it's all equally bad to his point of view. Just like any other sin)..Towards my last moments of living the college life before dropping out, I started using weed A LOT! "Wake and bake", smoking before going to bed, smoking while working on my fashion stuff, my favorite was smoking before eating and  then I would blast the music into my ears while being highly under the influence of the excess use of the marijuana; escaping reality at the moment feeling like Alice In Wonderland, thinking it was so "fun". Now reflecting back at it, that "fun" was so temporary, especially when having to constantly smoke back to back in order to stay in that la-la land, unsober state that I was enjoying. Then, when I'm gone off of the feeling, I'm back to reality. No more of that "fun" and then what??? Marijuana is a great prime example of temporary "fun" and good feeling that you get for a little while to escape whatever reality or mood that you're feeling. I'm sure a plethora of my wordly peers can relate on that one...The feeling of "fun" no matter what we personally think is fun is so short and so temporary, leaving you empty and forsaken when it's all done and over with. It's a blink of an eye compared to the ETERNAL LIFE, JOY and PEACE that God has ordained for his people. "Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." ~Matthew 5:6-10 "Enter ye in at the straight gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because  strait is the gate and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few be there that fid it." ~Matthew 7:13-14 "And Jesus said unto them, 'Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.'" ~Matthew 9:15 "And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it." ~Matthew 10:38-39 "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls." ~Matthew 11:28-29 "

"He answered and said unto them, 'He that soweth the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angles. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The son of man shall send forth his angles, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into a sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world: the angles shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.'" ~Matthew 13:37-50 

"And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had recieved his mark upon their forheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years." ~Revelation 20:4-6 "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And he that sat upon the throne said, 'Behold, I make all things new.' And he said unto me, 'Write: for these words are true and faithful.' And he said unto me, 'It is done. I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.'" ~Revelation 21:1-7 "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still... Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie." ~Revelation 11,14-15 

----- God of course wants all of us to take up our crosses and follow him but unfortunately not everyone is willing to do so...He didn't create robots and he did give us free will to do what we want. We have the choice to enjoy and live our best lives and have all the "fun" we want and can for a temporal period of time here on earth followed by misery in the next life OR we can live our lives out for the Lord thy God and whatever persecution we go through in this world won't at all be in comparisson for what's prepared for the saints in Christ. [Revelation Chapters 19-22] ...This is encouragement not only to me but to all my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to keep your head up, stay strong, hold fast to the faith. Let the carnal, wordly ones have their corrupt "fun"...Our REAL FUN is when we leave this life and unite with God and reign with him forever and ever. WE MUST ENDURE TIL THE END!!! The wordly, temporal fun is so dung in comparrison to the eternal life, peace and joy that is the kingdom of heaven! :)

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