What do any of us give to our children that will also have everlasting effect(s)?
Have you ever had someone say to you, "I can see you" and only later you realize that it was you that missed what they were really saying?
One of the greatest mysteries in my opinion is that man is not capable of interpreting himself.
Interpretation as though the need for it will always require the opinion of another and that as a "Need" then finds you being in agreement
What does count the most from day to day? Is it the weight of our own opinion or will it only later be realized as the opinion of someone else we've found ourselves in agreement with?
That certain someone else that also holds the bag of righteous weights being used when we do find ourselves on a balanced (truthfully calibrated) set of scales?
Also in my opinion, "Judgement" is when our reasoning AND the results of our choices made are somehow "Measured".
Scripture records Solomon as being the wisest man on earth at one point having been endowed with such a great gift (wisdom) by God.
Many can accept that he was wise, yet does the question ever get asked, "Why was he endowed with such great wisdom"?
Look closely for your self and then I'll ask, "What was Solomon's last name"? Even further what was Solomon's fathers (David) last name?
Were they both known for their recorded first names in scripture? Say the name David or Solomon to someone today and see how much weight those stand alone names carry?
Then add "What" their biblical title was as "King" in front of their name and try to see what it was they were each sent to do and become?
How could they become anything that is then measured? wouldn't it require knowing how they became who they were or what they were remembered for as the focus of any consideration that's also thought of to be "Valuable"?
How does their life serve you today? How do you interpret their lives lived out as are recorded?
Jesus having come in the form of a man was introduced to humanity many years after Solomon. To some that should suggest that he (Solomon) was not the wisest man "Ever" to have walked the face of the earth yet only if God is considered as the wisest.
Some might argue Jesus being God in the flesh, how could he NOT be all wise or the wisest ever? Can we really "SEE" Him for all that he was willing to be or become when He was physically here in shape and form among mankind?
It is written that He (Jesus) grew and that he was filled. That is to suggest much like a container that was at first not big enough in terms of what it was intended to be filled with at some point.
Luke 2:40
And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.
NIV
Luke 2:51-52
And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.
NIV
It was also recorded the one assigned to introduce Jesus to humanity was also a man which grew.
This mans name was John.
For the sake of remembrance some readers have attached as if a last name John Baptist, yet they'll skim over the fact that baptism is what he (John) came to do. Without the association being made, his name would simply fall asleep over time among all the others named "John" in this world.
The same could also be said concerning Jesus Christ when and if the name of Christ is not clearly seen as the "What" He (Jesus) came to do".
Luke 1:80
And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the desert until he appeared publicly to Israel. NIV
Does the same principle apply to you and I?
Do we associate who we are here in the earth by way of the name we inherit from our earthly fathers or "Will we" learn and "Accept" in all truth what it means to have been adopted as children of God?
Adopted not to mean anything you've done which somehow deserves being adopted, but instead an action taken by One that was and is "Willing" to adopt you and I as children?
What is your last name and how much more important is "Your" first name?
How much weight does it carry as you approach the "How to" go about your daily "Business" in this world?
Did you inherit your fathers business? Does it carry and honor the one you inherited it from?
If you came to America from Egypt longing to become identified as an "American" how long does it take to before you can ignore the adopted suffix that's been added to your identity (Egypt-ion)? You could apply the same question to the scenario having come to "Earth" from Mars (Martian).
What if coming from the opposite perspective you wanted to be known from this day forward as if from "Christ" (Christian)?
How do you now carry and treat your spiritual "Last Name" or do you not have one because you reject it as something of little value? Does your business sign say, "Father and Son Incorporated"
How is your relationship with your father these days?
Am I speaking about the last name you carry, revere and protect here in the earth or am I speaking about something different which now "defines" you as if the who you are or even better, "who you've come from while here in the earth"?
How solid is your last name? Is it a last name that you're proud of enough to where others know who you are because of what you do?
How can you be something unless you were initially created to be that same thing? Read what Jesus has to say about the word "Again".
Rev 2:8
These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again
NIV
John 3:6-7
Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be born again .
NIV
As compared to the Kingdom of Heaven, the confinement(s) of this world are really very small much like a small town and because of such "words" do get around very fast.
Unless the words of God become flesh and dwells among men, there is little hope or realizing the kingdom of heaven and all that it does hold in store.
However, the first step is the willingness to"Grow".
Growth that's not defined by what the world considers, but growth that will prove in that day to be the "Undeniable" spiritual evidence.
If you never find yourself in a struggle over what Jesus considers to be "Righteous", is there a chance you can't "See Yourself" because you don't know who you "Belong" to?
Don't wait for God as if He has to somehow sneak up on you. It's you that thinks that YOU are invisible in this world. He and everything He is and Has done should be in plain sight.
Matt 7:21-24
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?'
Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me , you evildoers!'
"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
NIV
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