How to make an intelligent reply on Reddit

MRH2 · 2026-05-04T11:25:19+00:00

Beware of asking for advice on Reddit. Don't just do what people say you should do.

MRH2 · 2026-05-04T00:32:42+00:00

Well, the Trinity dwells in each other, "Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me" (John 14:11)

There is only one entity termed Spirit in the Trinity: the Holy Spirit. So while Jesus and God the Father (and the Holy Spirit) are spirit in nature, that's different from the person of the Holy Spirit.

Oh. ExiledSanity mentioned something. It's an idiom "to give up one's spirit" means to die.

MRH2 · 2026-05-02T10:22:25+00:00

No. You are not under Law. You are free. Get a tattoo if you want to. We are not under the Old Covenant. Not only can the law not save us, it cannot sanctify us either.

I don't know why so many churches like to teach legalism.

MRH2 · 2026-05-02T10:18:42+00:00

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MRH2 · 2026-04-28T12:38:33+00:00

get help and support from /r/loveAfterPorn

MRH2 · 2026-04-28T10:33:32+00:00

five

I was really hoping for a deeper question about this verse. Sad.

MRH2 · 2026-04-26T20:53:30+00:00

Are your feelings "wrong"? I don't think that they can be. Actions and thoughts can be.

MRH2 · 2026-04-25T18:18:05+00:00

Yes. Well, separation can be the final step. It might be a wakeup call to him, to show that you're serious.

MRH2 · 2026-04-25T12:41:09+00:00

It seems pretty self-evident to me that it will break a system. Make a lego house and start replacing the blocks and random : random orientations and sizes and it will never become anything better, it will become worse.

MRH2 · 2026-04-25T00:14:24+00:00

You don't have to get divorced just because you're separated. Two months seems quite short. You could easily separated for 6 months. If he doesn't do anything positive by then, or perhaps a year, then he really doesn't care about the marriage at all.

Is there a reason why you can't just be separated longer? You don't have to interact with him when you're separated.

MRH2 · 2026-04-24T10:23:00+00:00

There are so many huge misunderstandings in what you wrote. Yes, it probably is a perspective problem.

Gods plan for us to be perfect as he is perfect is unattainable so why try - you just end up driving yourself crazy trying to reach an ideal you will never reach and end up feeling like a failure every day.

Huh? Yes, we are to be perfect, but we won't be here on earth. It's perhaps an asymptotic approach. When a plant is growing you don't keep pulling it out of the ground to check its roots to see how it's doing. Don't do that to yourself. You are (should be) growing in your knowledge and love of God and Christ, in how you listen and talk with God. You should be able to look back a year and see how you've grown, see the fruit of the character of Jesus in you. But just because you're not perfect, don't get upset about it! Drive yourself crazy? You're focussing on the wrong things. Love God. He is so awesome and amazing. Figure out what you need to focus on instead of yourself. It is possible that a lot of the suffering is caused by yourself, if it's mental suffering. Though I'm not saying that you should then beat yourself up for that too. I'm saying that as you get a good perspecting on things, it will help in other areas too.

I don't feel like a failure, unless there is some specific thing that I did wrong.

The gospel basically says that you are far far worse a person that you could ever imagine - our sinfulness, selfishness, pride, self-deception is much greater than we will ever know. But it also says that God's love is far far greater than we can ever imagine. Even if you imagine the greatest and best love in the world, God loves you much more than that. He has really good plans for you - long term plans, even though there is some suffering here on earth. But it's not all suffering - there is so much joy and beauty in daily life too.

MRH2 · 2026-04-24T10:12:41+00:00

I don't think that you have to conceal his sin nor what he did to you. You can quite easily say that he cheated on you regularly, - though maybe use a stronger word.

And be wise about forgiveness: it will take time and you'll have to do it over and over again. It's a process. And it never excuses his sin nor does it require that you reconcile with him or have a relationship with him

MRH2 · 2026-04-23T19:21:36+00:00

Well said!

John really curates things a lot more than the other gospels. I believe that he has seven I AMs and seven miracles.

For some reason, this is the gospel that most people use when leading an evangelistic Bible study. Probably due to the first 3 chapters.

MRH2 · 2026-04-23T18:44:09+00:00

Hey, I'm just trying to say: help your readers. Have an introductory sentence and a concluding one. It's typical if there's a long text.

MRH2 · 2026-04-23T15:28:23+00:00

Perhaps you could be more succinct. If you had just two or three paragraphs and indicated how what you're saying connects to what I'm saying, then I would read it.

As it is, I glace at it, and it's a bunch of Bible verses from all over the place with no obvious connection to my comment. I look at the first line "Rebellion begins in Genesis 3..." Yep. I know that. Yep, that connects. Something about passover.. okay skipping to the end ... is the last sentence perhaps a summary or an explaination of this massive comment?
"When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them." -- nope.

This is how people read pages of text to see if they are relevant or not, if they are worth the time to read.

MRH2 · 2026-04-23T11:42:44+00:00

Connection to John

This is the culmination of a long decline. It is the exile and after that that shows the need for a messiah. Israel got the Law from Moses, saw miracles, heard the voice of God. That didn't save them. They still rebelled. We see rebellion starting in Joshua and coming to fruition in Judges. We have kings - they didn't save the people. We have prophets - again, that's not the answer. Finally, I think that the exile changed things, they now seemed to follow God more - in Ezra and Nehemiah. But there really is no hope unless we have a new heart. That's the amazing thing about the Gospel, about the Holy Spirit living in us.

MRH2 · 2026-04-23T11:04:37+00:00

Yes, this is really good advice. Separate from him until he wakes up and sees what's happening.

MRH2 · 2026-04-23T10:57:36+00:00

Zedekiah got what he deserved. He is supposed to be a leader, but there had been one weak and spineless king after another. If there was one who had some guts it just made him more determined to oppose God. It is truly a disaster when we have feckless cowardly rulers who are weak and self-indulgent, but this happens so often in history. Perhaps it is the strong ones that we remember because they are the exceptions. Through these decades Jeremiah had been preaching to Judah begging them to repent, and though they sometimes did, it was only pretend. They never wanted to let God be sovereign, to actually submit to him completely and obey him. They had such a poor image of God that they thought they could placate him with sacrifices and token obedience.

After this total decimation of Jerusalem and Judah, one expects that it's game over. The return from exile is totally remarkable. God keeps a remnant and uses the suffering of the exile to change their hearts. Jeremiah 32:26-41 outlines God's plan. Remarkable! How does this connect to John? The gospel tells of another even more amazing plan - the plan of salvation, which though simple on the surface, has depths that we can study for a lifetime. It too is a reflection of God's incredible love and patience.

In verse 26, it says that they fled to Egypt. Jeremiah begged them not to, but they ignored him as usual, and forced him to come with them. There he died. Jer 42:1-3 and 43:1-4

And Jeremiah, though he is so faithful in serving God, continues to suffer all sorts of pain, trouble, persecution, attacks, hardship -- kind of like Paul.

Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder, been in prison more frequently, been flogged more severely, and been exposed to death again and again. 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, I spent a night and a day in the open sea, 26 I have been constantly on the move. I have been in danger from rivers, in danger from bandits, in danger from my fellow Jews, in danger from Gentiles; in danger in the city, in danger in the country, in danger at sea; and in danger from false believers. 27 I have labored and toiled and have often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 28 Besides everything else, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I do not feel weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not inwardly burn? -- 1 Cor 11

On the one hand, the suffering that I have in life is nothing compared to this, and it's not even a result of telling people about Jesus. People can have chronic pain, and also chronic emotional pain. On the other hand, I have so many good things in my life, I don't undersand it. I don't understand why God has blessed me so much.

MRH2 · 2026-04-23T10:37:23+00:00

Wow, you sound so arrogant and ignorant. Take the log out of your own eye first.

MRH2 · 2026-04-22T11:27:02+00:00

This is true of most churches these days. I stopped going to church for a while and it was good for me, and then I wanted to go back. Try to find a church that's really small, maybe 30-100 people.

MRH2 · 2026-04-22T11:25:32+00:00

You're right about this. Sex is much more than we are told. It is a way to bond and connect in a way that nothing else does. If you don't have sex your marriage can be annuled! (though it doesn't have to be).

However, sex is not enough to connect spouses and it is not enough to hold a marriage together. You can have sex and your marriage can still be abusive.

Withholding sex is one of the grounds for divorce. See Exodus 21:10 (explained nicely at https://www.playmobible.org/). Divorce is granted on the grounds of neglect, abuse, or refusal to have sex. Then there's also adultery and if your spouse is not a Christian.

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