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
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
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"?
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"?
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