Signs that get ignored

There are signs in this world and there are SIGNS that are not of this world.

How much of what we do see from one moment to the next has spiritual application and how much gets missed and ONLY later it's attempted to then get re-applied to what happened as though spiritually applicable?

We spend too much time talking about our words and many other things being taken out of context, but what about our "Post" assessment of ourselves?

How do we make sense of what we do see from one moment to the next?

Do we really vacillate that much in our attention span from one point of interest to the next? What is interest and what is an investment and that of ourselves?

I personally don't think being spiritually minded is ONLY about how we see ourselves as spiritual beings. That consideration could be lassoed and corralled by the words "High Minded".

I think being spiritually minded is to be in such a place where the importance as though the being that is the "Mind of Christ" which then dominates our every consideration that passes our physical line of sight and ear shot.

Maybe because our primary investment made is One day or two at best a week in our "Formal Training" do we then find ourselves inept and lacking.

As spiritual beings what do we need in order to experience, encounter or put off this world as though "Primarily" a spiritual existence instead of a being that's focused on how the world see's physical personage as though we alone have hand "Crafted" it?

Some say and accuse in their saying "You're Being is TOO spiritual (or spiritually minded) while trying to understand and find enjoyment in this world"!

Are they not really speaking the truth while leaving OUT a couple of word in that, "Your Being is  TOO spiritual so much that I can't hear where you're coming from"?

The Apostle Paul "Attempts" to speak in his time while here on earth to those left to his care by God. We can read him through and only by way of what he wrote as though studying his person OR we'll try to visualize the ones he was speaking enough that we hope to familiarize ourselves (get comfortable) enough to where we think we understand what he's saying.

How can the unspiritual mind accept what Paul does have to say as though he is a form of a father here on earth? Especially when that same mind that's reading him knows (understands) themselves the same way?

No Church wants to be found like the Church of Corinth do they? If no what must they do in order to hear differently?

Not only What but also How do we see ourselves today as compared?

Which is it though while we "Try" to examine this said "Spiritual minded person" Paul was writing about? Is Paul with us today?

Can you truly answer that without first qualifying whether he is in spirit or physically present?

We can catch a glimpse of this person that needs to be heard in another passage of holy writ, yet only if we're focused on what it is we're looking for. How does someone focus on an invisible spirit if they don't KNOW what they're looking for?

Sometimes the glaringly obvious needs to momentarily fade so that we CAN SEE what may only be being WHISPERED.

I hope that it eventually gets asked though, "How does one SEE what they can ONLY hear?

Acts 8:28-29
The Spirit told Philip, "Go to that chariot and stay near it."   NIV

Acts 8:34
The eunuch asked Philip, "Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?" NIV

First one must answer, is God spirit and does His spirit still speak to men today in any form? The next thought should be "Can I know what His appearance will ALWAYS be LIKE when he does speak"?

As believers we need to know that God is present when his said angels speak. How? Because His angels are only true to HIM and because of that they can only speak what He tells them otherwise they are NOT of Him.

Yet where doubt seems to RULE and steal the moment is in the question, Is God's spirit a direct extension of His person in any form that simply CLAIMS to be speaking for Him?

Are we now without Hope because of what we seem to know better about what our enemy is capable of above and beyond a God we "Say" we know?

There is no other mention of this particular eunuch mentioned in the bible that I've found, yet what are we left to assume that happened in his life beyond his encounter with the words and baptism preented by God's faithful servant in the moment "Phillip"?

Friends taking the time (taking  = wasting time) to assume is a risky investment. Often times such that consumes the true value in being able to hear the voice we NEED to hear which CAN rob from the gift hearing itself.

There are times when the inquiry must be made, but just as important the one we're asking must be entrusted with our spiritual set of ears so that our spiritual eyes can see? 

Not such an easy task these days is it, especially in a world of when and where so many different sounding voices are stating what they claim is the same thing in the Name and for the sake of said unity to be found In Christ (a corporate Being that's compelled by the voice of one mind)?

Is Christ divided? Absolutely Not! 

Did Christ come to to divide? 

We must individually decide if that's what He truly said to our spiritual existence and as if for the futures sake of our Soul we personally love to "Love" so much more.

When we leave something or a place behind what does that suggest we've done? We've left for the sake of  "What"? 

Now ask the same question about the same thing yet only differently, "Did we abandon something having left it behind as though open acknowledgement to our claim of ownership? 

How important then does our "Intent" in doing so rush into that same consideration? How can we hide our intent? 

Who will know "Who" we were thinking about should our intention(s) be found out?

Humanity will only follow his own logic so far, yet at what point does it prove to be "wisdom" where we've abandon the logic that lead us to where are?

It is written that Jesus the Christ the Son of God that was crucified IS the Power and WISDOM of God. 

Are we now without excuse for what we are as though absent the availability of true wisdom in ALL things? 

Can we say in all truth when we do what we do, "I did not Know" or is the truth "I denied Knowing as if the HOPE that I would not be found OUT? How long will we deny Christ through our claims made concerning what we all seem to know better then the Christ we say we serve?

John 17:3

Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

NIV

Found "Out" of what though? 

That we've been out of a cage like some wild animal or "Out of The will of God as though our truthful life and eternity In Him depended on it"? 

Surely there is repentance and thank God daily for it too, yet we've not only been called to repentance have we? What about acceptance of what we once were and who we now ARE having been first made AWARE of having been found to BE IN CHRIST and Christ In us?

If what we say is True in that we simply forgot when we do sin, what have we confessed and just confirmed with our own words? Do we then become the poster child of forgetfulness who continues in that forgetfulness as though rulers in a world of insanity?

Are we simply reading words on paper? Are we being told what words on paper are REALLY saying above and beyond what the spirit of God is saying? Take a little here and add a little there to take the edge off the sword?

Are we as believers being trained to hear the voice that is trying to speak to us AND be HEARD above and from beyond all voices that are speaking at what seems to be the same time?

If you understand God the way He's explained Himself by way of ALL and through ALL that He's created, you can hear a blade of grass tell you what you need to know in any moment He's also given.

Put away your dull sword

2 Cor 3:14
But their minds were made dull , for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read.
NIV

The bible records a radiance (glory) that shown from the face of Moses when He came down the mountain after being in the presence of God.

Have you ever asked "What could make the radiance on the face of Moses as though a symbol of something that's also found itself in need of being covered"?

Was it only because he'd vacated the presence of God?

Could it have been in part for the sake of those He found himself in the midst of a who struggled to find themselves accepted of God?

Is it possible his placement of a veil over his face was just as important for us today who read the apostle Paul where He mentions something He calls the "The Same Veil"?

Read the following words from a man also known as the "Teacher". Read this passage and then ask yourself, would not the wise man (teacher) "Sharpen the Ax" before attempting to cut wood with dull edge?

Eccl 10:10

If the ax is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed but skill will bring success.

NIV

If the teacher is thought wise and if the teacher is trying to teach a lesson, would it be a fair question to ask if this particular lesson is one on "How to cut wood"?

I've also heard the following quoted as though all true, simply because of where the following words can be found.

Eccl 10:19
.....money is the answer for everything.
NIV

Why doesn't the interpretation always reveal wisdom?

Wisdom doesn't need context in order to teach because wisdom is surrounded by context at all times. 'The wise" needs only for the student to remain willing to be sharpened and to hold true for whose sake wisdom has been dispensed.

Surely the sword of Goliath which we later find in the hands of a young man named David was not dull. At least up to Goliath's encounter with David, his sword had never failed to serve him or his intentions enough that he was feared abroad.

Let's take a look at the said "Sword of the Spirit" along these same lines.

Many can accept the claim made that the words emphasized in red within the bible were also spoken from the mouth of a person named Jesus. An even smaller number can accept the thought that the spoken and written words of the Apostle's were given (assigned) to them by the Holy Spirit.

Much like the sword taken from Goliath that had failed to slay David, why do those same words (as though a sword) find themselves virtually inept (powerless) once placed in the possession of the said "believers" personality today?

Many will say, "They had something back then that is no longer available today" or "Such displays of power passed away with the Apostles"!

I refuse to apologize for what you're about to read, but I can't accept that at face value unless we first ask and truthfully answer, "What is it about those their Godly filled personalities that's missing today"?

Clearly they made it a point to declare it was not "Their" power being put on display whenever we read about God doing things through them.

IF what they declared concerning the display of power is true, then once again I'll ask only about the residuals that are left to consider, "What did their personalities have that we don't have today?

When I ask that question I mean as compared to the life (personality) of a believer today that claims to have "Encountered" and know well enough to give their savior "Jesus THE Christ" the glory?

If not openly let's at least be honest in our semi private thought life.

Let me ask this, "As compared to then has sin decreased today? Also compared to the first century attributes of the body of Christ has said "Faith" been on the constant increase to this day?

How does one measure either?

Did Jesus address them the way He did because they had just met Him or was it that they had been with Him longer than a day?

Matt 15:16-20

"Are you still so dull ?" Jesus asked them. "Don't you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? 

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean.' For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. These are what make a man 'unclean'; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him 'unclean.'"  

NIV

The book of Jude is relatively small if volume were the only comparative, yet is the Holy Spirit capable of indwelling all that believe in Christ at the same time?

Jude 5-7
Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe. (who are the those he's talking about? In this writing was he only speaking of those from antiquity that fell in the desert?)

And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home — these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. (Who are the "these" and "They's" he keeps drawing our minds to in order to compare?)

In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire. (How can "They' serve those of the US group who say that we believe and are found in Christ"?) NIV

Here we find these same personalities he keeps describing. He doesn't give them specific names, instead he pronounces the title they've captured from their hearers.

Jude 12-13
These men are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm — shepherds who feed only themselves.

They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted — twice dead. They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
NIV

He doesn't call them fellow sheep, instead he calls them men, blemishes and refers to them as "Shepherds who feed only themselves".

Far to often the smaller things go undetected. How does that compare to what we refuse to revisit concerning what we say we no beyond doubt?

Is there such a thing as false humility?

Wouldn't we first need to know what "True" humility looks like in terms of a personality placed on display?

Many enjoy being "First" in their daily business here on earth, yet there's only ONE original in everything that's that's considered "New".

Though the in coming king can still do what the "Old" (departed) king did (rule), can the "New" King that has promised to make all things new be removed from his throne?

I suppose he could IF that kings begins to take on the likeness of the old King.

Many can train their voice to sound like another or even groom their features to appear as another.

With respect to "Sincerity" how frequently does this quality get turned on and off in order to serve the moment at hand in our lives?

Jude 14-16
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him."

These men are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.
NIV

We will blame the demise of an Ecosystem on the ones that are in charge (headship). When the teacher puts up their best defense we'll find OURSELVES blaming parents when we see THEIR kid doing bad things.

But can we as believers that are also being Truthful blame God when we find ourselves being poor interpreters of His word?

Who do we then turn to IF it's all His doing? Who could we blame if we've been busy being about God business while going to work and or raising a family?

Consider the food chain or the chain of command of an army, whose to blame when followers don't find themselves where they don't WANT or THINK they SHOULD be?

Honestly ask yourself, who else is there to blame for what you say you don't when you find yourself living in a world of hurt where God is at the controls of everything that takes place in our lives.

What more need be said for the need of a savior that is More than able?

Wake up you creation of God Most High and let the light of truth shine upon you!

Preservation of truth

"Those which deny divine wisdom as part of their history are bound to repeat it"

Okay so I changed or added a few words to it, but did it redirect the essence of the message sent?

I guess the weight of that answer would depend on who's judging our motives.

What if our assumed motives for being where ever it is that we find ourselves from one moment to the next were "Wrong"? 

What if our thought life turned out to be the seed(s) from which our actions were conceived and then given birth into this world? 

How much of what we do has been prompted and continues to be directed by the voice of the Lord and how much of our thoughts have stemmed from a corrupt thought life (approach to life)? 

More pointedly, who is the beneficiary of our words and actions?

If it were true, for what reason(s) would you suppose that the book of "truth" is not found here in the earth? 

Why does Holy writ place truth not only at the right hand of God that also resides in Heaven? Not that truth hasn't visited us, but much like an original copy of anything thought valuable, where is such usually kept?

What if the claim is made that our implicit day to day activities as though the the NET result(s) of our being, were never informed that YOU are wrong? Who do we then blame? 

Do we blame those that did NOT teach? Should the full weight of that question fall squarely on the shoulders of those that were not willing to listen?

Where is the presence of truth here in the earth and how does one search for it if it's rarely found?

In terms of accountability, "Blame" is simply a revised wording for the mismanaged potential of "Shame". It's real simple, just swap the first two letters. 

Seriously though, in this world when there is no shame present, is it even possible for someone to convict themselves of a wrong? At what point does the dynamics of Shame cease to be considered a "Good" thing?

What could cause a persons reasoning to lead them into behavior which God might interpret as the "Suppression" of the truth? 

How could the reasoning behind someones behavior hold out in the hope, that their perpetuated behavior would also eventually result in its acceptance?

There are times when what follows directly behind the word "Because", should be taken seriously yet only when such an inquiry has been based upon "By whose authority"?

Rom 1:18-20
The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.

For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities — his eternal power and divine nature — have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse .

NIV

Is what God considers and has termed to be "Evil" taken too lightly these days? Are we becoming more guilty OR less often convicted each day of somehow "Suppressing" that which was and still is true in Heaven?

What could hope to stand in opposition to the presentation and performance of the "Truth"?

What if someone were looking for a "WAY" to take the edge off of or maybe the bite out of the word "Evil"?

How might they go about it? 

If being found to be "Wrong" were to interpret in the mind of a righteous God to be something that is evil, what would that assessment then "Re-define" as we go about our daily "Affairs"? 

Would it redefine the inner activity of our thought life? Would that candle only be held up next to our chosen actions that we hope are also the only ones being observed? 

Under that premise of constructive criticism, could holding ones peace concerning what God has to say about what is "Wrong" with us also be considered "Evil"?

Yeah, I know I can hear it now, "But who likes a critic"? 

Where then does Love that only God defines and IS, come into the room as a voice to consider?

Just how deep of an examination of ones own life does that opening phrase suggest?

Especially when it's clearly understood that the essence of pride when accompanied by ignorance can become our own worst enemy?

How does one prove that they "believe" anything that's been said? 

Who then becomes the center stage as if the venue of a performance which also "Proves" to be in agreement with what's been said?

What truly has the "Actor" (performer) rendered while on stage?


John 8:15-16
You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one. But if I do judge, my decisions are right, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me. NIV

Is the essence of that passage written in red also your life mandate?

If you neglect to receive the spoon that feeds the inward desire as if the Hope of being seen as a son (child) of God, can you ever "Truthfully" expect to hear (receive) wisdom in the moment from Him?

 Revered counsel as though He is your trust worthy heavenly Father that is also willing to give a more excellent counsel that is also above what you presently might NOT be in possession of?

Firstly, how can a person ever come to know Him (or anyone for that matter) as if that part of them that is real and ALIVE that same said "being" deny's? 

The part of them that desires to exist and be seen as alive, active and sharper than any two edged sword?

Jesus as the Christ (anointed savior of mankind) was and still is "The Prime Example" of a Father and Son relationship, yet what "Continues to confirm that same relationship enough to where it's is known by others to be "True"?

True enough to where that same example will prove to be "Undeniable" when everything to include our spoken words will be judged?

Food for thought or Food that has zero nutritional value?

In the event of the Life you've been "Given", the opportunity to decide who is right in everything you look to do IS part of that gift?

Always remember when considering the evidence of what God has said as to whether YOUR opinion has reflected or rejected His own words. Yet, also remember that same evidence you're hoping to present can and will be used against you if you were "Wrong".

"What does the evidence of Your life prove"?

Is God right in every instance or has any part of your performance refused to change while hoping to somehow prove "wrong" that which is said to be "Right"?

Self governance is not always the response, unless of course you hold the reigns on that which is :right.

Thank God that he didn't ask us to "Make" the Tree, but in His tender mercy He has allowed us the opportunity to become the Fruit!

Could the beginning of our story among the "Trees" have always been about which one(s) we should not eat from?

Some questions simply remain "Bound" in time which becomes our hsitory, yet know first and foremost that God requires a life as a "Being" that is being lived in such a manner that it proves Him as the only Righteous One.

If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who does what is right has been born of him.
NIV

Matt 12:33-37

"Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit.

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.

But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
NIV