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.
NIV

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