so it's like facebook Q&A:
Q: 9:51pm Wednesday, Apr 25
Alright, family. Get your Bibles out and take a look at Luke 9:23-25.
(I rock the King James Version)
"And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?"
Now the way i see it, Jesus is telling us that to we need to submit to God, because a life w/o Him means nothing and an eternity with God means everything.
But is it cool if being scared of Hell becomes are reason for loving God? I don't really believe love can be true based on fear...
I asked this question at a Bible study thing and the man continued to try and brainwash me with little anecdotes. And it wasn't even cute! So i propose the question to you all.
Hit me back
i'm curious to see what madison's gonna say...
A: (this is (was) me) i don't understand what the contention is. u have this way of complicating very simple issues. but at that same time, i appreciate u cause it's not a lot of people our age willing to ask questions like this. but i will say this to you. God does not require deepness. he requires obediance. to take up your cross and walk means just that. we are to be like christ. and obedience for him, just as for us, means sacrafice.
and i fuck this up EVERYDAY man. esp. at the place i'm week at. u kno me man. like last night i was at an amazing party, but i felt INCREDIBLY lonely. robert glasper, bilal, all my idols there and i know them, we cool peoples. but like......inside man. u can be in a room full of freinds and be lonely....and i've always been a bit prone to that phenomenon ANYWAY.
but the way i delt with it was to get and drunk as possible. i had one long island ice tea. and this fat, funny, but very very unattractive gay man bought me a second one.
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Calvin Brown wrote
at 8:40am
and that was my way of coping. knowing that niggas just don't be buying other niggas drinks, i was just going for it. the life of the party. superstar status. but at the end of the line, drunk, and very alone.
to deny myself would have been to just be lonely, and to try to engage those people and build relationships with them. but i get tired of that shit man. people suck. i've had my fill of people
and that's how i know only Christ can fill me.
on fear vs. love: perfect love casts out all fear. obedience is better than sacrafice. meaning that we should just walk simply in life, with integrity. i'm finding that life is MAD simple yo. it is us who complicate it. but yea, i LOVE Christ because he first LOVED me. beucase i'm in my right mind. because i am alive. because because. just because. just it's pretty outside.
my obedience comes out of that yo. i want to be a living breathing thanks you to God. a writing, playing, love letter to GOD.
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Calvin Brown wrote
at 8:41am
in all my ways, i'll acknowledge him, and he will direct my path.
and i won't have to want 4 nuffin!
aight my dude! peace--calvin
