Faith and Salvation
Posted a year agoHello again. Today I come to all of you to ask a few simple questions: Do any of you wonder what happens when you die? Have you ever noticed how when you get something you want, you tend to want more, or something else? Well; there is an answer: and it lies in the Bible. (Ecclesiates 1:1-9);
"Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
What does man gain by all the toil
at which he toils under the sun?
A generation goes, and a generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.
The sun rises, and the sun goes down,
and hastens to the place where it rises.
The wind blows to the south
and goes around to the north;
around and around goes the wind,
and on its circuits the wind returns.
All streams run to the sea,
but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow,
there they flow again.
All things are full of weariness;
a man cannot utter it;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear filled with hearing.
What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done,
and there is nothing new under the sun."
The things of this world are much like the salt water of the ocean, you drink and drink, and yet it never satisfies. Always one will want more of what the world has to give them, but only to then want more or something else. This was my issue with looking at furry erotica. At first I'd do it only for a few hours, maybe twice a week after school. Then as I got older: I'd want to look at it every day. Then at work, then I'd have it open all the time on my PC, careful to hide it from my parents. (Who eventually found out, and then I kept on.) Never was I satisfied.
In May: I was shocked to learn about the rampant seriousness of porn addiction. One night I was browsing some and, all of a sudden, for no real reason: I decided to look up porn addiction. What I then read kept me up well past midnight as I felt intense guilt and shame. But then, I tried to look for a way to justify it. Over the next few weeks, I tried to look up articles to see if the passage in Matthew 5:28 was somehow "misinterpreted" or "mistranslated." I chatted with friends on discord about it, and they tried counseling me that not matter what way to translated it; the passage still spoke about the inner desire that leads to committing the act of sin. And not just one: but several! Idolatry: as it begins to consume your time. Adultery in the sense that you are giving into the desire that leads to it. Deceit; as one will try to keep it secret. Greed, as you gather ever more of it, and sometimes not legitimately. Sloth, as porn/erotica makes us unproductively waste time.
Just a few sort days ago one may have noticed that all my adult favorites are gone. I am still in this process of freeing myself from sin, and more suggestive favorites may go as well. I come before you now to tell you, to want all who might listen and heed. Hell is real. God and Jesus Christ are real. The sacrifice the Lord made so that we might have freedom from sin is real. Even those who stumble will be forgiven. The scripture talks over and over again about the concept of repentance. Jesus himself speaks on it many times. “Unless you repent, you will all likewise perish” (Luke 13:5), "The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent." (Acts 17:30), and so on. Jesus called on us all to repent that we may be free of that which consumes our lives, drives us to never be satisfied and then turn towards the Father. The Gospel, as well as the rest of the Word, has a passage for every situation one may find in life.
I would ask then, to all those who read this: pray for me, confess and repent of your own sins, and seek out repentance. And then would call upon you to, as Jesus told the adulteress in John 8:1-11. For think of how this world could be if all people carried their cross, endured the evils of this life and chose, even though they will still fail and need to repent again from time to time.
In closing; I do not seek to condemn you, only to gently rebuke as Matthew 18:15-20 commands: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
I say these things because I love you. Christ and the Father love, and they want to call you away from this world and into eternal life.
May God bless you.
"Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher,
vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
What does man gain by all the toil
at which he toils under the sun?
A generation goes, and a generation comes,
but the earth remains forever.
The sun rises, and the sun goes down,
and hastens to the place where it rises.
The wind blows to the south
and goes around to the north;
around and around goes the wind,
and on its circuits the wind returns.
All streams run to the sea,
but the sea is not full;
to the place where the streams flow,
there they flow again.
All things are full of weariness;
a man cannot utter it;
the eye is not satisfied with seeing,
nor the ear filled with hearing.
What has been is what will be,
and what has been done is what will be done,
and there is nothing new under the sun."
The things of this world are much like the salt water of the ocean, you drink and drink, and yet it never satisfies. Always one will want more of what the world has to give them, but only to then want more or something else. This was my issue with looking at furry erotica. At first I'd do it only for a few hours, maybe twice a week after school. Then as I got older: I'd want to look at it every day. Then at work, then I'd have it open all the time on my PC, careful to hide it from my parents. (Who eventually found out, and then I kept on.) Never was I satisfied.
In May: I was shocked to learn about the rampant seriousness of porn addiction. One night I was browsing some and, all of a sudden, for no real reason: I decided to look up porn addiction. What I then read kept me up well past midnight as I felt intense guilt and shame. But then, I tried to look for a way to justify it. Over the next few weeks, I tried to look up articles to see if the passage in Matthew 5:28 was somehow "misinterpreted" or "mistranslated." I chatted with friends on discord about it, and they tried counseling me that not matter what way to translated it; the passage still spoke about the inner desire that leads to committing the act of sin. And not just one: but several! Idolatry: as it begins to consume your time. Adultery in the sense that you are giving into the desire that leads to it. Deceit; as one will try to keep it secret. Greed, as you gather ever more of it, and sometimes not legitimately. Sloth, as porn/erotica makes us unproductively waste time.
Just a few sort days ago one may have noticed that all my adult favorites are gone. I am still in this process of freeing myself from sin, and more suggestive favorites may go as well. I come before you now to tell you, to want all who might listen and heed. Hell is real. God and Jesus Christ are real. The sacrifice the Lord made so that we might have freedom from sin is real. Even those who stumble will be forgiven. The scripture talks over and over again about the concept of repentance. Jesus himself speaks on it many times. “Unless you repent, you will all likewise perish” (Luke 13:5), "The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent." (Acts 17:30), and so on. Jesus called on us all to repent that we may be free of that which consumes our lives, drives us to never be satisfied and then turn towards the Father. The Gospel, as well as the rest of the Word, has a passage for every situation one may find in life.
I would ask then, to all those who read this: pray for me, confess and repent of your own sins, and seek out repentance. And then would call upon you to, as Jesus told the adulteress in John 8:1-11. For think of how this world could be if all people carried their cross, endured the evils of this life and chose, even though they will still fail and need to repent again from time to time.
In closing; I do not seek to condemn you, only to gently rebuke as Matthew 18:15-20 commands: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
I say these things because I love you. Christ and the Father love, and they want to call you away from this world and into eternal life.
May God bless you.
A change in course.
Posted a year agoSome who watch my page and have added my works as a favorite might now notice that they are all gone. I do understand that some may have enjoyed these works, however; I can no longer. Being honest; I have now become ashamed of what I wrote, and I wish to start anew with my OC Arganos. To be candid: no, deleting these stories will never permanently remove the fact that I did write them and the words and subject matter within. Even so, to start fresh, I must have a clean slate. I am also currently in the process of pruning my collection of furry art. Both private and here on FA. As most of it was simple, salacious pornography. Over the past few weeks I had come to the realization that it is simply not healthy for me, in any way one might think of (spiritually, mentally, physically).
That being said, some of this de-toxing is still a work in progress, as I more clearly define what is and is not acceptable for me to indulge or take part in. I just did not want to leave those who might wish me well in the dark. Not to worry, Arganos will return in some form in the future. And he will be very different to what he originally was. While I cannot demand of others: I would ask to find it in yourselves to pray for me.
-With all the best wishes;
Arganos, the big dragon.
That being said, some of this de-toxing is still a work in progress, as I more clearly define what is and is not acceptable for me to indulge or take part in. I just did not want to leave those who might wish me well in the dark. Not to worry, Arganos will return in some form in the future. And he will be very different to what he originally was. While I cannot demand of others: I would ask to find it in yourselves to pray for me.
-With all the best wishes;
Arganos, the big dragon.