Destined for Greatness Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Destined for Greatness-------------------------- Date: 4/30/2001 Keywords: "greatness" "likeness" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: Romans 8:29* For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. Question How can Paul's axiom apply to your struggles against pornography?   Practical help Die-hard Armenian? Set aside your theology for a moment to catch this bit of encouragement from the apostle Paul. Even freewill fans can appreciate this message: God predestined us to be conformed to the likeness of Jesus. News flash: The Son of God does not check out the latest pornographic pics on the Net. These facts add up to some powerful anti-porn ammo for believers. God has already assured us that we will win this battle. We're destined for greatness. Yet many of us do not act like conquerors. We stumble. We fall. Some of us stay down. What to do? We need to remember that many things we believe are not visible, like angels and the Holy Spirit. Our godliness may not seem apparent to us. But if God mandates our holiness, who are we to argue? Better to praise him for his completed work. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 2001 by eXXit *Scriptures are from The Holy Bible: New International Version © Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. All rights reserved.