Boxed Closet Talk Writings

     You can't love God and sin. I could not continue sleeping and living with a man that I was not married to while wanting to serve in the church. When I was growing up, my great-grandmother made sure that all the children learned the law to include the ten commandments by heart and the books of the bible. Every child was able to quote the commandments, know its author and verbalize the scripture. The bible explains that if you train children in the way that they should go, even when they are old they would never depart from it. I made sure to follow the law, but never went deeper into understanding the entire law and how I must live until a pastor at a church checked me.      When I moved to Atlanta, GA in 2017, I met a man within the same week of me being there. He told the girl that I was with that I would be his wife. I laughed it off mainly because I never considered marriage. Even as a little girl, I never thought about getting m...

         What is salvation? First let me tell you what salvation is not. Salvation is not a public acceptance speech for people to make false claims about believing their eternity is secured based on their life's work. Salvation is not a statement written in the bible that can be altered to fit what you want it to mean. Salvation is a precursor for eternal life. This means that in order to be accepted in the Kingdom of God, one would have to live out salvation through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.      The first mention of the word salvation is not from the New Testament. It is first mentioned in Genesis 49:18 NIV when Israel(Jacob) states that he waited for God's salvation. Another is from Matthew 1:21 and it explains the angel of the Lord speaking to Joseph, who was contemplating on not marrying Mary due to her being pregnant. The angel tells Joseph that the child she is carrying is a male and that he is to name Him Jesus because He will sav...