Interpreting the evidence at work

I laughingly admit that I never really finish sharing what I write as much as I usually have to try and find a stopping point. So please know that this one tops the list off long and could be prove to be enough for a short book.

Gen 18:25-26

Far be it from you to do such a thing — to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and the wicked alike. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?" 

The office (mind) of a corrupt world seems glad to offer up their certifiable doctorate in discernment as such that will interpret an individuals thought life as to all that they do see and hear while participating in this world.

With regards to "who" the self proclaimed church is here in the earth today, it's getting increasingly harder making heads or tails out of what one hears or sees without some investment made in God's word.

Heb 4:12-13
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
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Could that be the cause of a limited ability to hear and see things as we should according to the intentions of one sovereign creator that is over all humanity?


1 Thess 2:13
And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.
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The scary consideration is that "Dust shadow" as if undeniable evidence as to where the words of God in most people's lives ultimately finds as a resting place. The place of rest intended for Gods words is in the heart of man, yet how will it get there without the Love and desire for it having also placed it their?

That's not even to mention maintaining some degree of respect for the patriarch's through whom God also chose to preserve those same words so that we today might have them available.

I don't know about you but I have no problem finding something sweet to eat when I get a sweet tooth. Unfortunately my girth provides the evidence of  how frequently I've tried to satisfy that same sense of taste.

The problem is not everything that is thought to taste sweet will satisfy that urgent "Sense" of our individual taste once consumed. When the sense of satisfaction does come some might say, "It hit the spot"!

Ps 119
How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.
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In case you're asking what does he mean, I'm simply contemplating how someone can differentiate between Christians and unbelievers "By what one Observes" having taken note of others going about their day to day ritualistic lives.

That is to suggest in the "Light" of truth, what do the righteous and unrighteous here in the earth appear as as seen through Gods eyes?

That is to further acknowledge that "Yes" while we are considered as human "beings" and not just human "doings" there is still much to consider as to how our beings do participate in a shared existence once Christ inhabits and then becomes the "central" portion (Lord) of that same being.

I placed emphasis on the word "do" to hopefully stress that while we do observe others in action what we've also observed are the combined result(s) of a the thought life of their said "being" (spirit, soul & body).

Some might suggest that all God can see is Jesus when he looks at man, yet I'm suggesting what if the "Evidence" of the presence of "Christ in you" can not be seen (observed)?

What if you were to reverse that visual. What do you then see as you reflect on your day(s)? Do You see Jesus within you in ever possible scenario in all that you do or in the midst of all that you think?

2 Cor 10:5
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
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Better yet, what is the immediate thought or visual of yourself once we do allow truth to revisit? Does that visual then have you alone on your knee's because of "Who" you did not see acting outward towards others?

2 Cor 13:5
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you — unless, of course, you fail the test?
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Is it that all you do see are others standing round about you (outside of your being) while comparing?

What do you see in every scenario when you look at your ways, means and methods of doing whatever it is that you do from one moment to the next?

Are we only able to see the patterns of what we do as if the need to see (those around us as if the world)  once taken to task by someone else? Do we continue to govern ourselves while comparing ourselves to other worldly bound citizens or to the pattern of Christ as given to us by way of the knowledge of God?

What does the "Pattern" of your human nature try to say to you when you look around in order to compare yourself? Do you observe others in order to find comfort or do you rely on the Love of Christ contained within you?

In one context (love) the Apostle Paul advises the church to make a comparison of our own earnestness with that of others as if something of value in our Christian walk. Paul wasn't speaking about observing those which live according to the pattern of this world as he was acknowledging the value of others that have been reborn of Gods spirit (as if one and the same womb).

In the flesh one is not considered your brother unless they too came from the same womb, yet how different having been born of one and the same spirit? Where is the value of the brethren in the form of like minded brethren?

2 Cor 8:8
I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others.
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Rom 12:1-2
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God — this is your spiritual act of worship. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is — his good, pleasing and perfect will.
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Since we do not have the aid of knowing another's (reasoning) thoughts we tend to rely on what they're actions display as if the information needed which fills in the gray area's of all that we've assumed as if the net result of  a persons reasoning ability(s).

It's easy to summarize what do we see in terms of a God that doesn't seem to have feelings the way we do as physical beings, yet what is the net result of all that we have assumed in such a way? Could the sum total of what we do once making the good confession of Jesus as Lord be the response to how we each do see Him as God?

Some have even gone as far to try and portray Him as a God that is sitting on a throne eating grapes while His servants polish his endless supply of lightning bolts in preparation for His bi-annual inspection of earthlings.

An earth bound version of that might sound like, "You better be on your best behavior NOW, because your father just pulled into the driveway"!

With respect to what Christianity claims to believe that same belief should include the understanding that "Jesus is God" and as our God one that is "Present, Alive and Aware" of more than we're willing to acknowledge at times.

Otherwise a mans every action would have been governed accordingly in light of that same state of awareness. A tainted version of that might be "Be careful what yo do or say because God is watching" or maybe "God's gonna get you if you..."!

I almost hate suggesting such, but that's just the opposite of a relationship that is true and heart felt. Heart felt to mean as if He's your faithful Husband or Wife to whom we remain loyal (faithful) even out of their immediate sight or range of hearing.

Short of going into a tail spin on this point that very approach towards a heart felt relationship could describe the early signs as to what leads many today into withdrawal, separation or even divorce from their spouse and or family members at some point.

Rom 9:5
Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen.
NIV

Grief is something mankind has become a master at doling out at any given moment, yet where is such grief encountered? Isn't it in the depth all that makes up ones soul?

Jesus expressed in words several times what man today accepts and understands as his emotions and in others times He exhibited what humans clearly interpret through the expression when tears fall.

As is every word that Jesus spoke, there are a multitude of different things to consider, yet in this piece I wish to stay focused on the more obvious in that He as a man actually "Felt" as we do.

Matt 26:37-38
He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled.

Then he said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death.   
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Have you ever wondered whether being able to know what someone else was thinking at any given moment whether that full experience would be realized as a curse or a gift? I suppose that would depend upon the intent of the heart and how "what" you know in advance were then used?

Certain things in this world interpret however they do and for just as many reasons, yet what about someone that "KNOWS" exactly what they're looking at?

Rev 3:16
I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm — neither hot nor cold — I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
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I think many misread the following passage and in most instances only because they too have only heard it expressed the same way (traditionally). Having done so the weight of a persons thought life gets catalogued as if something God may or may not know at any given moment.

Think carefully for a moment about when someone does want to clearly convey the essence of a thought towards another. Maybe they'll scowl with furrowed brow or as a dog want to dredge fear from within the one that's approaching by the show of teeth as if a universal language spoken.

I think it even more of a precise consideration when weighing the notion of being sifted on a threshing floor where our thoughts and our actions find themselves separated from each other at least to the point to where the opportunity arises where a glimpse of a repentant heart could be recognized.

Some might even recognize such as the evidence of humility or truly humbled heart.

Rom 5:8
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners , Christ died for us.
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I might add to that thought the word(s) "Struggle or Struggling". That to mean something that's attempting to be defined as if a "Struggle" without there being some form of resistance which can be discerned.

More often than not I think we can convince (justify) ourselves that God doesn't know or has forgotten what a struggle looks like? Anyone can put on an outward display (act) as if they are struggling with something enough to convince or manipulate someone outside of themselves, yet have they or can they make a fool of the Lord?

Matt 5:28
But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart 
NIV

I had to think about some event that might have turned out differently enough to where knowing something in advance would have caused me to respond differently. Doing this required that I put that whole consideration on a much smaller scale in terms of knowing someones thoughts before they actually acted in a certain way towards me.

It proved to be much easier rather than trying to fathom knowing something ion's in advance (in terms of eternity).

Isa 59:7
Their thoughts are evil thoughts; ruin and destruction mark their ways.
NIV

Matt 12:25
Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.
NIV

What if a mans kingdom (personage) were made up of the combined substance of both his thoughts and his actions? Would he then be perceived as if torn at the seams at any given moment?

Trying to move ahead let me ask this question, if Christians were producing an "Outcry" to God today what would it sound like?

Gen 18:20-21

Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so grievous that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know." 

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What allows someone to interpret right from wrong when they do observe something taking place or while interpreting the evidence of a said criminal act "After" something has already been done?

Don't we always hear from human prosecuting office, "We're looking for motive/intent"?

This all might sound very elementary, but how "Easy" is it to recognize when a bank is getting robbed, when someone is being beaten or when a rape is taking place?

Is it only because of the alarms that go off or is the obvious easily discerned simply because we see someone being harmed or hurt while "Taking" something by force? Do we only recognize such because we remain sensitive to those particular types of offensive behaviour?

My hope in presenting all this was to take us to some of those NOT so obviously dark corners of our own lives.

Have you ever been asked, "What has lead mutual reasoning to the point where getting caught has become the focus concerning whether or not a crime was "Actually" committed"?

Have you also noticed that evidence that also paints a clear enough picture that eventually "Proves" the guilt or innocence of someone is now being considered more of a science? Have you also noticed that it is getting harder and harder to even find such evidence and have you asked yourself why?

We all know or at least acknowledge what prison life looks like on the inside thanks to reality shows or TV documentaries. It's hard to miss the dense atmosphere while in the midst of such personalities.

I rate that scenery right next to walking the streets of almost any major city after dark where there's prostitutes or dark shadowy figures on every corner as there's just a thick sense of a spooky element in the air.

Such images make the phrase "A den of thieves" somehow come to life in our minds.

One doesn't have to have the spiritual gift of discernment in those type of environments in order to see or discern what they need to because it's abundantly obvious, yet what about the more subtle instances where said corruption lurks?

Science has been trying and continues to probe the minds of such criminals for years, yet their science has yet to prove itself widely accepted beyond physical evidence through DNA testing, ballistics's and other more specific forensic studies.

Let me ask this, "Why haven't the results of those years of study become more widely accepted or concrete to the point where their science rules the day in any courtroom in America"?

Just how corrupt and how deep does this human element run within any of us once put in play as if the seen and unseen dynamics of ones soul at work?

Am I suggesting that a persons salvation (being saved) is based only upon ones behavior? 

My short response, "No". But I am suggesting that it was the report of their behavior that caused God to come down and see for himself something the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah were doing enough to then determine their (actions) behavior deserved death.

What I would like to keep at the fore front of this thought is that first Abraham was the one that did draw the comparison yet he left it up to the one that did have the power to destroy that would also make the ultimate decision whether or not to go through with it.

In the above passage it's as if Abraham is negotiating with God. It's not only the comparison he (Abraham) draws that made my jaw drop, even more it was the part where he suggest something else in asking God, "Will not the Judge of all the earth do right"?

My point is this, "What if today lets say the population of just one major city were being faced with this same comparison as to whether some were considered righteous or unrighteous? To then add to that God came to destroy only those He considered as the unrighteous?

Did those living in Sodom know the Lords servants were on the way there? Did they get an advanced warning that fire was about to fall from the sky on them? Lot's son-in-law's did.

 Gen 19:14

So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters. He said, "Hurry and get out of this place, because the LORD is about to destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was joking. 

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What is considered as being righteous and how does Gods consideration weigh in as to who the righteous versus the unrighteous are in the earth? Was Lot mentioned as being righteous or was it because of Abraham that Lot and his two daughters were spared?

Gen 19:29

So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived. 

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Abraham draws a fairly clear line in the sand in saying "Treating the righteous and the wicked alike" which doesn't leave much wiggle room when considering that God is the one on sight that's (deciding) distinguishing the differences between the two.

Keep in mind as you consider what Abraham does say while pleading with God, that at this time in history there was no "Written" Law on record as there was during the future reigning oversight of Moses.

The only previously recorded widespread judgment that had been handed down by the Lord prior to the episode in Sodom and Gomorrah was the "flood" where God destroyed all but Noah and seven others (his wife, their sons and their wives).

2 Peter 1:3-4

His divine power has given us everything we need for life and godliness through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
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The question that should come to mind with respect to how man was governed during the life time of Abraham is, "What was in place instead of the a written code or law"?

Well, if the bible is believed in whole it would prove to be the "Priestly order of Melchizedek". 

Does that mean we have to know every detail about this personage of Melchizedek from the time of his birth? 

My short answer once again is, "No".

Allow me to ask this, "Before Jesus was introduced to humanity as named "Emanuel", how much beyond or without faith do you know about His previous existence in heaven as the entirety of all that has taken place before and after you?

Is Jesus not named as the Great High Priest forever in the order of Melchizedek?


Heb 7:14-17
And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. For it is declared:

"You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek ."
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Gen 4:7
If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door ; it desires to have you, but you must master it."
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There are external laws written on tablets of stone and there are laws that have been written upon ones heart and mind in the light of the only One (Jesus) that will make all things "New".

Find rest in knowing that God does know you as well all that finds it's way into the mind as the thoughts you give life to and those you Choose to put to death.

Also know what Jesus tells us all together with that same consideration.

Mark 7:15
Nothing outside a man can make him 'unclean' by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him 'unclean.'" 
NIV

Who told you?

Yet another long scribbling, but as I've said before I just write sometimes until it stops flowing.

Can one know the "Truth" without also "Knowing" what Love is?

1 John 4:8-9
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love . This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
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What resides at the core of "Unbelief"? Is it simply everything the word "Doubt" attempts to convey?

Who are the enemies of truth going to be as those that were found "Willing" to spend their lives not only "opposed" to the absolute pursuit of "Truth" but also opposed to others finding the "Truth"?

Others to mean lives lived outside of your own that are also enjoyed while making more than an attempt at allowing themselves to be governed by the Truth?

Man might suggest that he has spent his lifetime attempting to discover the truth about himself and his creator, yet how would he know beyond doubt at some point in the future?

How can a person expect to discern the truth IF they ever were exposed to it? Exposed to it without specific concern(s) being revealed for all that they are to include future implications?

Concerns that have been deemed worthy of finding out, which ONLY Truth can comment on once brought into its light?

Who better to ask about the importance of truth than "Truth" itself? Yet the question still remains, "where does one find the "Truth"?

John 8:42
"If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me.
NIV

John 3:21
But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."  
NIV

John 18:37
Jesus answered, "You are right in saying I am a king. In fact, for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth . Everyone on the side of truth listens to me."     
NIV

The very fact that you are now reading this as if a concern might very well prove to be evidence in the future that "You were at least told with regards to what lies ahead". Enough that you can NOT plead ignorance that's also found to be "Believable" while standing face to face with the truth.

Who is it that determines what "Sin" is?

Maybe better asked, "Who will get to enjoy the results that are NOT being truthfully considered as Sin or sinful behavior?

Who can be truthful in their assessment concerning what Sin is and how Sin will ultimately be defined?

Much could be said about ultimatum's?

Rom 8:13-15
For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship
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Isn't it simply too easy to just say "I believe" in a savior without naming that savior?

Isn't too easy to confess that you believe in the "Need" for a savior yet remain opposed within your heart to said change that truth requires in order to be "Found" believable?

How far and how long will your actions carry the weight of what you do say that you believe?

Isn't it much more about what proves that you do "Believe"?

Enough to where IF someone else were observing you they would also conclude, "This person believes what they say with all their heart"?

Is it a simple matter where our actions align with what we say? I suppose that would depend upon all that your words and actions attempt to justify?

What is it about the "Power" or maybe the allure of being in agreement with someone else before we too become convinced of what we say we believe?

Was this life and all that it holds in store based on the hope that unless others come to fully understand why we do believe, said "Hope" then becomes that much harder to find?

Has anything consumed you to the point where you feel trapped by that same thing?

What is it that tries to diminish or maybe wear down what we say that we also "Believe"?

Enough that is to where anyone that's listening to what you do have to say, would then consider you to be "Believable"?

I think that what many believe about  Jesus as their "Christ" (savior) forget, is that He as God does in all  truth "Listen" to us.

I believe because He does listen so intently above and beyond what most consider as the ability to listen (hear), He can then see the truthful specifics of the identity we're busy attempting to stake as if a "Claim".

Such a claim that does mean enough to Him, that He in turn investigates our "Claim" made. Investigate to mean, whether or NOT our words (talk) and our walk (actions) match our claim "Being Made".

As if to suggest that as we approach His throne He also already knows if we are either "For" or "Against" Him.

I believe He intimately knows all about the facts which have concerned us to date.

Having loved us so much that He does NOT only want us NOT to Lie to Him, but even more not to lie to ourselves to where we enslave ourselves to the corruption he knows reside in the depths of our personage that are NOT "For" Him.

All of which gravitates around the intimacy which most people deeply desire concerning the essence and intimacy to where we truly Know the person that does speak for How they've aged (matured) within a specific environment.

Why? Because I do believe the One that did create you and I is also divinely "Intelligent".

John 10:27
My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
NIV

This is one relationship where Honesty is the only "Policy" in terms of one that will yield the return you also hope for.

Ps 119:152
Long ago I learned from your statutes that you established them to last forever.
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Ps 130:3-5
If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand?
But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.

I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope. 
NIV

One thing the Lord does understand better than the mind of our own soul, is what a "repentant" heart actually does look and feel like when in his hands.

If the Lord were examining your physical heart, how might it feel in His hands? Calloused maybe? Dry and tough to the touch or soft, sensitive and responsive to His own touch as He examines it?

Rev 2:23
Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
NIV

How often have you assessed a conversation with someone which then proved to be a "Waste" of your time? Where does what they say to you usually end up?

Not that you or I are Lord over much of anything, yet don't we act as if "Lord" over what we choose to believe?

What would you suppose happens to the words Jesus speaks when we toss them out as if they're not applicable or needed day to day?

What does that prove when we do toss them aside?

Do we consume what He says (words) and then allow our bodies alone to determine what is waste and what is considered of nutritional value?

Even if we were to borrow from an earthly expression "You are what you eat" we can catch a glimpse of what we consume for the benefit of our heart as what we believe then does have an affect on who we become.

Mark 7:19
For it doesn't go into his heart but into his stomach, and then out of his body.
NIV

Mark 7:14-15
Nothing outside a man can make him 'unclean ' by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a man that makes him 'unclean 
NIV

Do we consume what he says in our hearts enough to where His words become alive and active as His spirit within us then dominates our flesh vessel? Not willing to spill a single drop of His words that were intended to nourish the mind of our spirit?

If Jesus ate His fill of only the words of Our heavenly father enough to where those words became flesh, is that to say what He ate (words) became visible in his flesh?

The western world has become notorious for being considered a "Consumer" nation, yet what do we consume and what does our bodies then speak through our appearance?

Have you ever been frustrated when you've shared your thoughts with others and they turn and begin to quiz you as if asking "Who" it was and how that you came into the knowledge of what you're attempting to share with them?

Why is it that somehow or in some way in order to be considered "believable" such findings always seem to require tracing out or tracking down the original source of such information?

Questions such as "where did you hear that from" or "What book did you read that in or who was it that told you this"?

Did you experience frustration as if what "You" are saying is NOT considered believable unless you can prove your source of information?

Why does finding ourselves to be "believable' when sharing with others usually boil down to being more about the credibility of the "source" of your new found knowledge?

What could possibly interfere with what you do "Say" in your attempt(s) to share with others?

Have you ever considered if Jesus was frustrated when He walked the face of this earth as a man while attempting to share His message to humanity? As if some were suggesting in their denial of who He was much like hearing, "And who made you King over all that is to be considered righteous".

John 5:31-32
"If I testify about myself, my testimony is not valid. There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is valid.
NIV

How was Jesus' testimony validated by another as the "One" which sent Him in order to testify?

John 10:24-26
The Jews gathered around him, saying, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

Jesus answered, "I did tell you, but you do not believe. The miracles I do in my Father's name speak for me, but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.
NIV

One of Jesus' temptation was to see if He would attempt to justify/prove himself (prove His identity as well the power of His true identity). What is it that defines "Who" a person is?

Is it what they're capable of which defines them or is it the "Why" they do what they do that defines them?

There are many smaller banners which fly under the guise of ones said "Faith" yet there will only be "One" banner that stands the day our creator comes to reconcile the fullness of His original intentions for having created all things.

Most earthly household(s) where there are several children, there will also at some point in time be fighting and bickering among themselves. Some could conclude it's do to over crowding, envy or the conflict of their uniqueness as each comes into close proximity with the other(s).

The question still remains though, "Is that all there is to their petty differences & attacks against each other"?

How similar could that notion prove to be in terms of a world where there are numerous designations of said "Faith"?

What do you believe and what are the limits of what you do believe? What do you have faith in? Is it that your faith resides as the totality of what you do believe?

Enough that is, that "What" you believe motivates you to act or restrains you from acting (outwardly) at any given moment or while in the midst of any specific set of circumstances?

As the household and its members continue to grow together why does there seem to be the need for strategic maneuvers as the wit of each allows in order to find favor enough to where the individual eventually gets things their "Own" way or maybe better said "Get things their way based on their own terms"?

Today even the fathers and mothers have employed such tactic's in order to get their children to respond the "Way" they want their children to. I'm not talking about disguising green food products so they'll eat them either.

Has it all become more about self esteem rather than "Esteem" for our Lord and Savior Christ Jesus?

How can you teach esteem for Christ if it's not more than obvious to those you're attempting to teach?

What are your terms when or if you attempt to approach the Lord as your "Creator" with either limitless questions or petitions made enough that He then will act in your favor and or on your behalf?

Better yet, what Good is a lesson that is being taught if one never learns to draw upon the simalar circumstances through which most all lesson are truly "Taught"?

Could our own frustration be as simple as "We're poor listeners". Thought to be poor, because of all that we individually want as we then fail to see the goodness wherever we find ourselves as believers in Jesus as our "Savior"?

As believers we need to know why we do what we do as well why we're willing to endure and for the sake of the Only one that is Good.

What the world around us does to include the results of our own formulated thoughts and actions actually do present the circumstances in which we then participate.

As Lord He is our savior and for all the right reasons we must somehow desire to know what has Him to be considered as if Good. God works for the "Good" which may not always agree with what we consider to be "Good'.

Rom 8:28
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
NIV

1 Peter 2:20
But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it?
NIV


3 John 6-8
You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. It was for the sake of the Name that they went out, receiving no help from the pagans. We ought therefore to show hospitality to such men so that we may work together for the truth.
NIV

"I love You" is found between the lines

The age old saying, "You came into this world with nothing and you'll leave it the same way" is not exactly a rich statement especially if trying to describe a life that's been lived with purpose.

In one context that statement might sound true, yet is it an accurate assessment across the board while discussing everyone involved in this event called "Life"?

If this life were only about acquired wealth and its "Potential" to influence I might tend to agree, yet I'm of the strong opinion there's something more.

Influence can mean a multitude of different things to just as many different people as does the understanding of a cause and effect.

I once heard the statement, "You can place a million dollars in the hands of 100 different people, yet it's the person that understands value that will make anything more out of it than what it already is".

Does simply leaving wealth (prosperity) or property behind for the benefit of another guarantee that it will maintain its intended purpose?

I'm of the opinion that everything in this world has a voice. I'm equally of the opinion everything that does speak can only truly be heard if the one listening accepts the reasoning behind what's is being said.

Some have taken hold of an even greater suggestion in that  life "Is all about Family" yet once again is that all there is to this life?

I suppose it would depend upon how one defines family.

The word of God attempts to express for our benefit the value of being right (righteous). In terms of a family and assuming God is in possession of the ONLY wisdom that is also true and at all times it is his children that will then prove Him to be righteous through obedience.

Obedience is not a bad word despite mans efforts to make it as such. We all obey one opinion over another at any given moment of our lives yet each life bears its own fruit.

It's one thing to tell your earthly father that you love him only then to do something totally contrary to his wishes for you. The heavenly Father however tells us and holds the expectation for something different in terms of our expression of Love towards Him.


John 14:15-17
If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him.
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John 14:23-24
Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. 
NIV

The corrupted mind of humanity has become addicted to being right in all matters that pertain to life and said "Godliness". That is to suggest that man looks to stay in control of his own summation (comfort) concerning all things created. The likes of which he (man) did NOT create.

I can say with some degree of regret there have been a few personalities in my life that I've had to "Choose" to relate to yet only because of the significance of the blood bond we shared. Even further admitting on more than one occasion I thought of asking for a DNA swab test.

For some history plays its own role as the center piece while attempting to identify with the exactness as to "Who" their family members are.

It's easy to simply say "Our children are our future", yet what does that mean? Our we suggesting such a future that holds said benefit(s) doesn't require defining as if the reason(s) why? I'm of the opinion a "Gambler" is considered as such, because they have zero respect for the cost placed at risk.

Does that future include only you and yours as if active participant(s)? How will your life that is lived fit the larger picture of truth that over shadows all humanity as ordained by its creator?

In terms of an active participant in the future, in what capacity will your memories serve? That is to suggest more than a picture that stirs fond memories which eventually finds itself gathering dust in the bottom of a cardboard box?

Be truthful as we've all seen them as that box that eventually migrates to that dark corner in the attack or basement once it's journeyed two generations beyond your own existence?

Lets rewind the video of humanity a few centuries now and take a look at a matter the Lord God considers as wickedness.

If everything has a beginning point in time, then how might the first recorded murder play out with respect to future generations which also includes you today?

That's not even to mention Adam and Eve's neglect of how their decisions would affect future generations to come, but could this neglect be the essence and evidence of what the Lord considers as wickedness (evil) at play?

Most know the infamous question, "Am I my brothers keeper"?

How does the thought of somehow being the "keeper" of ones brother then play out in terms of  maintaining the respected personality that's somehow gets kept "Alive" at heart while finding its rightful place in the future? That is to suggest the persons potential to influence others?

Many try to relate to such a person as if only considering their own immediate relationship with that individual personality. What might Cain have also heard as God suggested if he could have found himself able to hear?

I often wonder if a portion of God's wisdom in the naming of Able was intended to point us towards him?

Meaning Able was able to hear God in specific terms in so much that he did more than listen in that he also performed well enough his actions pleased God.

Is the suggestion to "Listen" just some "Empty" or lofty metaphor that's useless or is there a deeper reality with regards to not only finding ourselves able to "Hear", but also how that same hearing was intended to affect what takes place in the future to come?

Gen 4:10
The LORD said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.
NIV

As food for thought, was it the act of murder which proved the identity of Cain or was it the sinful nature within him which caused him to act? 

What is a mans nature? Could it prove to be the father of his likeness having been evidenced by way of all his outward expression whether in word or deed?

Both Cain and Able were born of one and the same corruptible seed having come into this world by way of the same loins and womb enough that they can be called "Brothers". Looking at the consideration from that perspective expresses one thing, but how does one reconcile later as the Apostle Paul writes that Cain belonged to the evil one?

There was no other excuse as the likes of having a separate parent or step parent to blame in an attempt to excuse himself for what he carried out against his brother. Cain simply identified himself through words when he then ask in all truth, "Am I my bothers keeper"?

The "sharp" point the Apostle Paul later defines as not only "Who" Cain was but also how he (cain) acknowledged "Who" he belonged to. 

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain , who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother.

And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous.

NIV

Don't hate what was intended to be "Good" instead hate what is considered to be evil even if that means being critical of yourself when you see that which is considered to be evil trying to surface in YOU.

The following seems harsh, yet I think it a sign of great love even more so now on the other side of the proof of such a claim having believed that God gave of himself "His Son" for our sins.

Simply being told in advance of a coming wrath is not enough. Believing that the wrath of God is coming is what will lead you to the need of a savior.

What is the wrath of God coming to destroy after this season f mercy expires?

Said "Children of Wrath" which despise the instruction of the Lord.


Ps 50:16-23

But to the wicked, God says:
"What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips? You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you. 

When you see a thief, you join with him; you throw in your lot with adulterers. You use your mouth for evil and harness your tongue to deceit. You speak continually against your brother and slander your own mother's son. These things you have done and I kept silent; you thought I was altogether like you. But I will rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

"Consider this, you who forget God, or I will tear you to pieces, with none to rescue: He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God."
NIV

Both brothers were intended to participate at a time in the future, but only as what they did or didn't do gets weighed on the scales of truth. As it is today we can't weigh their thoughts, yet we can weigh their actions in terms of how we respond. Only then is one able to see who their teacher (father) is.

Come to know who the father of all Goodness is and be reconciled unto Him. Come without holding a higher regard for the loins or womb through which you were brought into this world.


Eph 2:10
For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
NIV

Humility that is true is not simply something else for you to master. Instead it was intended to master you.

1 Peter 1:3-9
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade — kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

 In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith — of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire — may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 
NIV

Measuring the distance between what is real and what is true

Does a man stir the thoughts within himself or are they stirred by external suggestions presented?

Can a man dwell upon a matter before being prompted by what he's seen or heard of it?

How powerful is the desire "To Know"?

Is it as simple and harmless as the word "Curiosity" suggest or is it something more alluring much like a whole in a rain storm where water rushes in?

Why would someone suggest that "My curiosity got the best of me"? What is the best of you?

What of the statement, "You draw out the best in me"? Who has bestowed the best in YOU?

Where would humanity be without children that we can study in order to learn more about ourselves while observing them?

How important does pro-creation then become trailing on the heels of that consideration?

What comes to mind if one were to say, "Eye candy" or maybe "You've tickled my fancy"?

Why are some questions less important to others as compared to how they impact you?

What would you consider to be a lifeless thought?

What if speaking ones mind were considered a life giving action by way of breathing life into a suggestive thought?

What if everything that finds itself as an existence were the result of a question that's been asked?

How does one prove they truly believe anything they're told?

How does one prove what they've been told is also True?

How is one proved to be a liar?

Don't they have to be caught in a lie and would that not also suggest that a lie is a trap?

Is the trap of a lie not simply further entanglement of words?

Isn't staying focused really just not forgetting what you were just thinking about?

Aren't most familiar arguments the net result of not remembering the same thing the same way?

When "Dwelling" on a matter how deep did you have to dig before you grow fatigued?

If you take your mind off something where does what you were thinking about "Go"?

Why isn't being "Absent minded" considered the same as having an "Out of Body Experience"?

Why is "Critical thinking" emphasized as being "Critical" when you've devoted your thinking towards another person and their behavior?

Why isn't critique easily accepted? Who qualifies the critique enough that they are heard?

Is the arguable question, "Are you as equally critical of yourself"?

When does the good outweigh the bad whether thinking about yourself or others?

When you consider the Pro's and Con's of a situation when does the one considering become the "Con-artist" that's painting the picture?

Why is it when someone wants to make themselves bigger in their world they have to accuse or see the other person as if  living in their own "Little" world?

If it's hard to find someone that's right what are the odds of finding out that you're wrong?

Does simply making the law fix any problem or does upholding the law understand the reason as if the need for it?

If there's no room for an excuse what does that leave room for?

If striving for perfection were thought of as futile, where does that leave the thought for that which is considered perfect?

If being "Crazy" were defined as "Losing control over the mind of one's own thoughts" then why haven't over powering desires and emotions been outlawed?

Does anger have and serve a purpose or is it more to do with the whom that particular anger doesn't serve?

If something is "Eating at you" then what is holding you back from feeding it?

What is frustration, is it simply the inability or failure to recognize the nature of what your emotion filled desires want or is it the indecisive nature of  your logic towards what is considered as righteous in Gods sight?

Do you use the imperfect history of the messenger that might have been sent to you against them in order to defend (justify) your own actions done today?

One who has come to you in response to repentance in an attempt to help You see what you're doing?

Will the nature of such a defense suffice having been presented as if another's similar behavior on the day when You alone are standing before the One that will judge all men?

How does the mind of a blind man operate once made able to see? Does he keep it to himself or does he try to tell others what he now can see as if the reward of the One that made him whole again?

Believing something said as if the truth is not only about "What" you've believed, instead it's because of "Whom" you've believed that will in turn establish the "Why" you have believed as if the "Truth".

The message presented by the ambassador that's been sent on behalf of the King will prove to have little strength (ability to influence) if the ambassador's King is not honored.

Matt 10:41-42

Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward."
NIV

Man does not establish the truth, he can only acknowledge all that the "Truth" is, does and is forever capable of as if the person of God. Only then can your own heart be established as if the corrupt concerns which are of this world that have since been put to rest.

Where does the difference of a heart that is now the repentant heart come into play as if the evidence of what you have believed?


Rom 8:6-8
The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
NIV

How much is "Enough"? Is it a pound of flesh or a year of equal hurt?

Does the mind of the soul, the body or spirit decide when enough is enough?

Does the body have a mind as if a voice of its own and does that voice sit within a panel of three (spirit, soul and body) where there is no such thing as a tie "Vote" that's cast?

Who decides when the body will eat and how long will mere thoughts of food satisfy its hunger?

If one is constantly having to fight for their individual rights, will they ever experience freedom that is true?

What is the difference between your assumed "Rights" and your "Freedom which are then realized?

Who is it that establishes AND upholds your understood Right(s)? Your fellow man or the one which makes the "Law"?

Do laws oppose freedom or simply keep what freedom has assumed under control?

Is the animal considered "Wild" because of its environment or because of its nature that doesn't want to be under control while chasing freedom?

What is a perfect world, a place where there are no problems or a place where everybody is equally invested while looking for the right answers?

If you're looking for the truth, have you found it only when "You're" comfortable?

Is fools "Gold" the symbol of an empty bank account or assuming he's in possession of it while going in debt all over town?

If the body is destined for the grave, where does that leave the existence of your spirit and soul?

If cold were best defined as the absence of heat, darkness as the absence of light and death as the absence of life, how can one consider "Eternal Life"?

Is deception the simple matter of how YOU see and interpret the truth or is it that reality is not within your control which defines everything you may or may not be able to see?

Does discovering the truth require the unfolding of circumstance(s) before you know and then understand or is there a more accurate place where truth and deception face off in the cross hairs of your line of sight?

What if truth were defined as the absence of deception and that deception as such which labors to prevent you from hearing and then seeing what is True?

What is the difference between law that is written and the law of the spirit?

Can man discover the results of his own logic unless he's chosen to sit and reason with the God?

In an attempt to make use of his own logic, what has a man really learned once he reaches the end of his life given him and how long is his list of reasons for all that he's done?

Is it all really a matter of who you are as much as it is to whom do you belong?

Isa 1:18
"Come now, let us reason together ," says the LORD.
NIV

Rom 8:5-9
Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.

You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
NIV