Living in a world that doesn't see itself as part of the Problem

It's one thing to "Assume" an opinion about the concluding results of a matter and it's another thing to "Presume" the conclusion of a matter is the direct result of your own history.

Is it silly to assume this high arching episode of creation is an event that's all about God (Our creator) wanting and having "Children"?

Would your opinion carry any weight that is also "Real" not also require you having been present when the whole thing began?

If we all came from the same womb would that not also make us all brothers and sisters?

How difficult is it then to try and fathom that some of the said"Us" will eventually end up in the confinement of Hell?

It's easy to suggest that we're all God's children, but I want to challenge your thought life a little more with a few questions should you be curious enough to continue to read.

Who are Gods children and what qualifies them as God's children?

Who of those same said "Children" are going to Hell and for what reason (or lack of reasoning that is also righteous)?

What have you done with the opportunity to repent which God has made available as the span of time you've also enjoyed?

Who are the children (objects) of wrath and who are the children of righteousness (by way of the promise made by God)?

Are you a subject of His mercy or an object of His wrath? Are you one of "Them" or are you one of "His" (own/owned)?


Rom 9:8
In other words, it is not the natural children who are God's children NIV

Eph 2:3-5

All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath . But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved. NIV

Will it be for ONLY one of the following reasons or all of them which are considered to be targets of Gods wrath which IS coming?

Will it be for some sexual offense such as adultery, fornication, homosexuality, pedophilia, incest or beastiality?

Will it be for living out your life as a liar (hypocrite), drug, alcohol or tobacco abuser or thief just to name a few?

Can a married man committing adultery cry out "Dear God" in the throws of his sexual encounter and be thought sincere about what he just said?

Can a homosexual man or woman remain in their "Chosen" way of life and still claim that Jesus IS their "Lord" and the Lord that will save them in the end having never sincerely turned away from it (repented)?

Have you ever considered the single reason of "Unbelief" as the root cause which leads to all the above?

What if all of those taboo's listed were simply ways in order for us to observe (discern) our own "Unbelief" so that we have been made "Able" to know it's forms of manifestation in our lives?

Where does repentance come into the picture(s) being taken of your life and your ways?

What if God has His own version of a "Paparazzi"?

How much would you be willing to pay in order to keep those select photographs of indiscretion(s) concealed from the eyes of God?

In light of the trinity descending in spiritual form upon and impregnating the virgin Mary, how important does the thought of actually having a Father then become in the light of an existence, its humble beginnings and then continued way of life?

How can one consider the son of man/the son of God (Jesus) while we try to recognize him as a man who in turn then produces children the way we understand the process?

Without holding out in her faith towards God, how could Mary as a virgin have children without her physical womb being seeded?

Did we begin putting God in a box when we assumed that God was only talking to Adam and Eve when He told them to be fruitful and multiply?

Can we seriously assume He did not also give the same directive to His own spiritual personage once it entered into this natural realm?

Heb 2:13
"Here am I, and the children God has given me."
NIV

What could one extract from the depths of its meaning if they were to parallel the ticking clock of a woman to the ticking spiritual clock of God with regards to children in the scope of time?

Using the word assume as a verb would be like putting on a garment which then shares your physical address whereas presuming a garment still fits is to say "I know where it still hangs in my closet".

Assuming an identity is only as difficult as it is while trying to trust what you don't already know about yourself

When we assume that we know someone, have we only investigated or maybe cross examined their reasoning ability in conversation enough to where we have presumed what we know about them?

There are a lot of intellectuals that roam the face of the earth. They've invested so much of themselves in the "Futures" market they can't see how little they don't know about the Future until they get there.

Don't assume by what I'm saying that acquired  knowledge is not needed. I believe that it's essential with respect to humanity and his comfort(s) as he goes about compiling what he thinks he understands.

Don't get me wrong because I too enjoy the added benefits of mechanical  and electronic gadgets that have found their way into our lives because of "Scientific" advances made.

Allow this question though, "How far will divine wisdom take a person if they abandon it as the foundation of everything they assume they also understand?

Getting to "Know" someone requires that we are at least willing to place ourselves at risk in dealing with their seeming outburst of emotional expressions.

When I say emotions I'm suggesting an unseen influence which maintains the ability to raise its head at any given moment should the tidal wave of their unrestrained emotions wash over them?

Does God have emotions? In what way have His emotions made an attempt to approach you in this life?

Who did He use to confront (approach) you? Were the ways and means of this personage reflective of the the God you're "Willing" to acknowledge and accept as if "Your Own" personal God?

Could it prove to be in the end that all the things we've invested energy and resources into ourselves, we also "Managed" our own denial about certain things which apply to God?

In the end could those same considerations also prove to be many of the same things which are in turn used to judge (weigh) us?

Think on this in terms of the person that knows enough about God to then be critical of said "Christians" enough to where they label them hypocrite(s)?

Can they then in the end and in all truth "Deny" that they did not "Know" to do or act differently than they chose to in this life?

Was their life performance as hypocrites or as rebellious and would it depend upon what they stated they did not "Know"?

Have you ever found yourself in public with someone where you always had this slight concern whether they would embarrass you?

A certain someone that you never knew when or if they would say something out of bounds or simply just twist off on you? How do we manage these types of personages?

Do we confine them through distancing ourselves from them or do we maintain a hope to somehow also see them "Refined"? What would burning coals suggest in terms of "Refinement"?

When you read "On the contrary" below, picture for just a moment the word substitute to say, "Just the opposite"

Rom 12:17-21
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord. On the contrary:

"If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
NIV

Have you ever stopped to think about the above passage within that same context? Enough to where we as believers have had the burning coals of refinement poured out upon us while we were all still sinners?

Consider this then, What type of "personage" is the wrath of God coming to destroy? Is the good Father coming to destroy "His" own children or those which refused to be known and observed as if "His children"?

Heb 2:10-13
In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering. Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.

 He says,
"I will declare your name to my brothers; in the presence of the congregation I will sing your praises."

 And again,

"I will put my trust in him."

And again he says,

"Here am I, and the children God has given me."
NIV

Why do we try and dismantle what we say we trust? Why the need to peel back the layers so that we can find comfort somewhere deeper within?

Sort of like the child that disassembles something in order to see more exactly how it works only then to discover they can't manage well enough putting it back together to the point that it once again works the way it was designed before being taken apart.

When we confess with our mouths that we believe something specific should we then esteem to "Become" (governed by) that same thing?

When we don't become what we proclaim at some point, what does our lives then begin to reflect? That of a  simple "Liar"? Maybe a liar is NOT so simple after all. Maybe a liar that's thought to be the least offensive is truly at the pinnacle of their "Game" (plan)

A series of lies strung together or as some might lightly suggest a "Tangled web" in which not only ourselves but others get caught up in?

When we seriously reflect on something concerning our "God", why don't we think it important enough to listen to ourselves as "We" reflect upon Him as if "Our" God (Lord/Master)?

Is it that we don't trust Him in and with all things OR is that we haven't been truthful with ourselves concerning the things we "Try" to manage without Him (His counsel)?

2 Peter 1:2-4
Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.

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.
NIV

At what point do we as believers in Him become His "Glory" and reflection(s) of His "Goodness"?

Are we lying to Him or ourselves when our own reflections are NOT becoming of His personage?

He's not asking us to "Create" vast worlds or universe. Instead he's given us the power to shape the world in which we ourselves live.

Is it that we suffer from the dis-ease of "Vagueness"?

Is our own vagueness due only to having been misinformed (and that also being Christ in You)?

Are the direct result of this lacking the more precise enlightenment about ourselves?

Is it that we've believed the lies of deception which try to convince us that we are ALL made differently in our spirit form?

Differently to mean everything about our "Presence" which takes up space, that can be seen, smelled, touched or heard?

I suppose if we only maintain respect for our physical bodies (address) and loose sight of our spiritual beings then this trap would work on any of us no matter of our size shape or beauty.

When you go into your closet of a morning to get ready for the events of the day, do you over look your spiritual consideration as if that garment that's left hanging in the corner of the closet?

Do you only adorn your outer appearance while thinking about the "How" you'll look in the eyes of those around you?

Where is the respect due the thought and for the sake of Christ that dwells richly within you?

Who does His hair for the day? Who puts on His make up so that He'll also be attractive to others? Who showers and then perfumes so that also He doesn't stink during the day?

Oh, so He doesn't have a physical appearance here in the earth? Is that thought in your mind because He's a spirit a million miles away on His throne at the right hand of God?

As it pertains to said "Believers" and what they say they believe, we must remember who the Lord says the the Body of Christ not only is, but also should look like here in the earth.

If not She's "Presuming" what others see.

Is She presently failing to manage her outward appearance?

Has she become just another one of those unsightly (ungodly) images which has no clue that she is no longer attractive? She must always remember "Who" it is she's trying to attract.

The church here in the earth is not an address. She is not a garment worn either.

Instead the body of Christ, the Church, The Eklesia is the combined presence of the Lord here in the earth which the Lord is said to also richly indwell.

Now the tough question that needs to be asked, "What would cause the God who is also supreme to come out and be separated from all the rest which reside in the mind(s) of humanity?

Have you somehow managed to place God in a box or are you only looking at the confines of the inside of Your Own "Box"?

Failing to Respond

I'm sure most have heard, "How can one man eat a 3,000 lb elephant"?

His response might be, "IF he's hungry enough, one bite at a time".

I pray our sharing here leads your thought life and resulting responses to a life that becomes more Godly with each waking moment then enjoyed.

Who are the hero's of this fallen world and what makes them to shine?

Are they hero's because they are responders? Are they only hero's by comparison because so many fail to respond?

Could it be because the responders are not asleep?

Eph 5:14
"Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."
NIV

God is not only a big God but it is also said of his children close to the same things. 

The day when God's Glory is revealed for the "All" that it is, will also be a glad day for those which are and have in deed proved they were appointed as "His Glory".

John 17:4

I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

NIV

John 15:8

This is to my Father's glory , that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. 

NIV

Matt 13:43
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
NIV

1 Peter 4:13
But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed 
NIV

How unfortunate would it be to eventually find yourself standing on the edge of eternity while surveying its depths ONLY then realize that you had walked right past opportunity without "Taking"  notice?

The vague version of this might suggest the need to stop and smell the roses, yet is it enough to only consider such opportunity as if a wafting fragrance that also fades away as if a life that's been lived and with a purpose?

What is purpose and who does your purpose serve?

Does purpose in your life serve the rescuing thoughts that would otherwise have you cling to the propensities which result from "Ignorance"?

I try to encourage others when the word "Ignorance" is heard to NOT resist the reward potential that's embedded within it IF and when properly received.

Ignorance is not a malady or symptom, instead it's more of an mental address or "Mindset". I invite you to explore its root word "Ignore".

Ignorance reflects the mindset and confession of someone which makes the claim they do NOT and or DID not know to do something differently.

Shame on the other hand is a much harder word to swallow.

The intent of shame was intended to lead to "Repentance" (to turn from). The "Intent" of this word can only have its way once the "Believable" (sincere) confession made for having thought, said or done something wrong.

Humanity suffers from lack of vision and that lack of vision manifest as the absence of the knowledge (wisdom) of God. The world is being over ran with "Said" knowledge yet the wisdom of God is not in much of this same dispensation in terms of truly "Knowing" anything beyond formulaic methodology.

When I use the word "vision" I don't mean the simple ability to see and then script the blue print of an invention.

What I mean is the ability to interpret the blue print of God for the realization of life eternal already provided?

Before you read the next few words consider the "Perp" that managed to blend in with the crowd. Shortly afterwards they realize they've been "Made" (culled out by the winnowing eyes of over sight)

 If we have been told and have truly received (believed) enough that we conclude not only we've been made, but we've also been made "KNOWN" and for a purpose, how might that interpret as your life now lived?

Do you only do what you do because you realize you are observed OR do you do what you do because of the one that has loved you since before you were realized by others?

How great or small are our excuses when considering God's grace?

Can His grace be appreciated without faith? Is it seen only as a grocery list we carry as if going shopping hoping to see our tangible needs met?

Is God's grace something that can simply be conjured without having ever stopped to premeditate by way of what we are attempting to claim as "Faith"? What have we learned and how has what we say we have learned also changed us?

Could it be that finding the "Way" to be transformed comes only through the renewal of ones mind?

When is Gods grace sufficient? When is it enjoyed? When is it present and then "realized" as "Mercy"?

Is it only when you're in control or when you've seemingly lost control over (the ability to move of influence) the "One" you thought you "Knew" so well?

How much differently do we respond to those that refuse to Love us the way WE think they should?

Could this be the fertile context where familiarity then multiplies in the shape and form of contempt?

God's Grace that is sufficient enlarges through the process of being transformed through weakness.

Such grace does become sufficient because one soon realizes that without it they WILL eventually find themselves "Lost" and they dare not to go down that road.

Jesus came to DO what?

Was it to promote the works (purpose) of the devil or to defeat them?

What do you see within you?

Could you handle the shame if You were to hear coming from the mouth of Jesus, "get behind me satan"?

Is what you see moment to moment all "Good"? Or are you only passing judgement on what you think others see as your life being lived out?

Have you judged only according to what you want others to "Know" about what is considered "Good" in Gods eyes?

Is it only Gods eyes we're concerned about or is it also those eyes that are watching us from day to day as we go about our "Affairs" in this life?

John 16:3-4
They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. I have told you this, so that when the time comes you will remember that I warned you. I did not tell you this at first because I was with you.NIV

Isa 65:22-24
No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the works of their hands.

They will not toil in vain or bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD, they and their descendants with them.

Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. NIV

Who has Fathered the spirit within you which Propels you to do?

John 15:10-17
If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. 

I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. 

I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you. 

You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit — fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. 

This is my command: Love each other.
NIV

In terms of having traveled "Past" something one would have to be willing to fathom that their own existence does not cease to continue beyond the time span their mortal body presently enjoys.

The method more often chosen in settling many divisive religious arguments usually interprets in favor of the "Individual" which paints their own version (vision) of eternity.

This eternal picture is like the rendering of a small child that paints a picture of how they see their world where the sun is a bright yellow radiant ball that's been cast above whatever is depicted below it.

If that child has never been made aware of anything else what should one expect to see as their own rendering?

What's amazing to me is that one of the most "Resisted" miracles even among said believers IS where Jesus and the Apostles made evident the raising of the dead.

Could Him having said, "Don't be amazed" also mean don't believe (be convinced) that I am NOT able to also raise you from the dead"?

Enough to where His words direct our thinking to the future reality where we THEN find that all that have died will also be raised from the dead?

Consider this, When Lazarus was dead and beginning to smell (stinketh) who was then raised from the tomb, did he (Lazarus) have any say in the event taking place OR was it that his body simply responded to the sound of His (Jesus') voice?

If some did have their choice as to whether or not be raised from the dead, might some choose to remain in the grave in light of what they're about to have to THEN face?

This is spoken from the mouth of our Lord with respect to those that have passed through the opportunity of time given.

John 5:28-29
"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out — those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned
NIV

Many have only flirted with this coming reality while trying to frame their own doorway into the consideration of the eternal realm as if somehow burrowing their way into this greater reality.

That is to say NOT like the prisoner who's trying to tunnel their way OUT, but instead are outsiders that are trying to tunnel their way in to a bank whose "Legal" entrance ha since been closed.

Jesus portrays this portal as if a doorway as if the only way into true "Life" which does exsist in the eternal realm. A doorway not only where He stands, but also the doorway that is Himself.

Luke 13:24-25
Make every effort to enter through the narrow door , because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door , you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Sir, open the door for us.' 

"But he will answer, 'I don't know you or where you come from.' 
NIV

For years the imagination(s) of men have toyed with the thought of a time machine yet their own reality brings them back down to earth as they soon (hopefully) realize there is not enough "Time" given them in order to discover the depths of time.

They simply wake up one day and discover their own time has drawn to a close. When this happens was it knowledge that was wasted or was time wasted while being surrounded by the opportunity of divine wisdom and knowledge concerning that which lies ahead?

Titus 1:1-3
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God's elect and the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness— a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of time, and at his appointed season he brought his word to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior,
NIV

Grace has been made available as it pertains to the expression of the Mercy of our Lord, yet how many will receive it?

How often do you pray for your daily Bread? How often do you reflect on such a man that is too lazy in that he is not willing to leave his hut to go and gather his daily bread?

Should he then eat and then benefit of another's toiling?

Life is not simply about remembering or forgetting. Life is not only about abiding by rules and regulations or laws that must not be broken. Life that is eternal is about relationship.

Relationships that will prove to be everlasting as if fruit that has "Seed".