So it is with Christ

History is littered with examples of how to do and how not to do many things, yet who is it that ultimately determines their value? How does that saying go which comments on the repeated events of History?

People use phrases such as "The bigger picture" or "The great scheme of things" in order to suggest a greater authority in charge of the whole life project, yet why not just say what you believe in terms of God's plan for humanity?

Are Christians fearful of offending others or does it have more to do with said Christians defending themselves based on the fear of their potential loss or lack of gain if they otherwise did offend someone with their beliefs?

If we did have biblical examples, who might they be? Do we selectively pick and choose who they will be? Do we also get to pick and chose who are parents or children? No, we only get to "Decide" who are our friends and enemies "Are"?

Is there such a thing as "Godly Jealousy" that also labors for Gods intentions?

Is the teaching of another God the same as preaching about "Another" Jesus that is NOT the likeness of the "Christ" which God sent?

Why is it that the religious spirit loathes the preaching of a Jesus that is NOT representative Of God? And why did God seek to make His chosen people Jealous? What did God find so deserved of such an engagement?

Deut 32:21
They made me jealous by what is no god and angered me with their worthless idols.
I will make them envious by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.
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2 Cor 11:2-4
But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.
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What purpose does any example serve in this world?

Even more important as it pertains to a life in Christ, what examples have been specifically supplied by God which then serve His purpose(s) and intention(s)?

Most fathers and sons understand the minimal concept of following an example. As well the mafia, media and the likes of community leaders well understand the power of "Example" especially when conformity among a "Common" people becomes the "Topic" they want "Imported".

More often what is the true context that gets heard when the phrase, "We'll make an example of Him" is mentioned?

Have you ever stopped to think how long it takes in order to groom a personality from womb to tomb for a specific cause in order for it to be used as a "Prime" example?

People love stories and maybe folklore even more, yet at what point does the "Truth" as it concerns the accurate retelling (example) of a persons story become important?

That to mean the establishment of the character example that's also a real "Being"?

Who are the players involved in the grooming process of a human example? Basically, who are the willing participants in this said grooming and who otherwise might be considered cannon fodder?

There used to be a saying that conveyed the importance of civil involvement and commitment in terms of raising a child. Most recognize it as "It takes a village to raise a child"!

How would such a statement find itself "Today" if the defining context were applied, "Raising a child of God requires a village of Godly people"?

Most self acclaimed God fearing people would instantly think to a "Church" environment I would think?

In this blog I want to look at this village of people or the appointment of the "Church" setting the way God intended a little more closely in terms of its day to day dynamics and functionality.

After that I want to copy and paste the thoughts that revolve around "Character assassination" and how it might apply to a body of people or village as well how the surrounding world might realize a gain by way of the assassination of a child that was raised in this village.

So, do we use a simple window pane view, a magnifying glass, a microscope or a telescope in order to see what we need to see taking place within the confines of this village?

Wouldn't our chosen perspective also need to match the perspective the eyes of God also see's? Especially as it pertains to what all men are supposedly in search as if "The Truth"?

Such a "Truth" which can only come from the same creator of All Things who is also found "Willing" in the eyes of men who could then reveal that same "Truth"?

2 Chron 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him.
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Let's begin there.

So where do earth bound creatures find their "Prime" example that informs them of "What" and "How" God see's them? What is a more exact image or picture of such an individual?

Jude 1
To those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept by Jesus Christ:
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How do earth "Bound" creatures go about finding God's perspective among a multitude of people with a individual oriented mindsets that are constantly being bombarded by surrounding opinions who then try and build a village that is pleasing to God?

Simply put, "You Can't" and that because you are "Bound" by the things and "Cares" that belong to a world that does not recognize itself as though it belongs to God!

What is truth if NOT words that have actions then found in agreement with those same words?

John 4:24
God is spirit , and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth ."
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Wasn't murder the second recorded "Sin" discovered in the retelling of the "Christ Like God"?

1 John 3:16-20
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. 

If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?

Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth.

This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence whenever our hearts condemn us.
NIV

Shouldn't the first question be, "Who knows how to build a Godly Village"? Is there more to this building process than simply following what's in your OWN heart?

What if what's in your heart does not agree with the heart of God while trying to build a Godly village? In turn what have you built in the end?

1 John 3:20
For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.
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Have those who are building the church for God forgotten that God does know "Everything"? What of those who say the early church builders who did have the privilege of Christ physical presence and verbatim counsel are all now dead?

Is that also true in terms of the same "Spirit" within them that also lead them in their building process? Maybe their physical bodies are all now in the grave, but what of the Spirit which compelled them to do and take action?

Have the early Apostles been killed off from within the infrastructure of God's building network (spirit)? Killed off to suggest with a purpose and ulterior motive in their hearts that is NOT in agreement with Gods "Design'?

Exactly who is this "He" mentioned below who "Gave" some to "Be" Teachers, Apostles, Evangelist, Pastors and Prophets and as such for the "Building" of the Church?

By what authority have some come to think that the same God who does NOT vacate His natural order of the way He also does things here in the earth has since done away with what He first established?

Shouldn't we then look at the condition of the very thing God initially intended to build here in the EARTH and that BEFORE we take it upon ourselves to begin tearing down the integral dynamic's which outline what HIS work force initially looked like?

Was it broken at some point and needed fixing?

Why is it that most churches which state they RE-present Christ only recognize the Pastor as their leader?

At what point does the symbol of 12 witnesses which also testified to Christ visitation get thrown out of the circle of importance? Why didn't God only requires "One' witness or "Three" or "Nine"? "Why Twelve?

Truth be revealed according to Christ and in order to set some free, who is more often found to be the predominate Teacher who is also the oversight of the content and depth of what the said 'Teacher's" teach in the classroom?

Why is no one asking, "Where are the God appointed Apostle's and Prophet's who were Christ appointed and "Intended" to watch over the Pastors, Teachers and Evangelist?

Is the answer the also the "Obvious" in that they're realized importance is occupying a grave memorial somewhere as are most mere men?

As such that their physical dead bodies mean more to the church than does the Spirit of God that compelled them to go throughout the whole earth and make "Disciple's"?

Isn't the symbol of the Church seen today more the likeness of a "Commercial" business model instead of the Model of which God is the head who is also The Christ He sent as the example? The first "Born" of the Beloved of God?

If it were accepted that a "Disciple of Christ" would also be like Christ, what would then "Be" the dominate opinion of the day as if THE point of concern of the "Same" Christ Jesus which God sent to save men?

Why is it the said evangelist of today more often only one who spreads the message as it pertains to the Pastor who is the "Head" of the same Church they attend instead of the SAME Christ?

Eph 4:10-13
He who descended is the very one who ascended higher than all the heavens, in order to fill the whole universe.)

It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.
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If you've never seen a village that also meets the approval of God how can you establish one?

I'll stop here on the advice given by my brotherI hope to be able to continue this segment at some point in the future. 

In terms of an "Example" what should ultimately "Define" a village that also desires to be "Known" as a Godly village?

Where does it all begin? How does such a village become established? Who's in charge of this process?

Who's got the know how required in order to build this thing? Do we do interviews and fill out applications to get some background on these builders? Who then is going to screen those App's? Whose going to filter through such a consideration?

How do we know WHAT we want this village to appear as until we discover more about the "WHO" it is that wants the village (church) we're hoping to build?

Do we simply go hire a "Builder' as we would our homes or have we attempted to build our home(s) without God like experience?

Have we put the carriage before the Horse in our pursuit of a Godly Home?

Meaning wife or husband first and then kids and a farm? Only then do we inquire of God what he now wants this family to look like as such that expands upon itself?

The Grace of God is Your teacher

Is the God you personally observe, always in the lead when you suggest to yourself that you talk to Him?

Wouldn't how you interpret a particular type of response from Him also depend upon "How" you also perceive how God reasons?

At what point do the things which come 'Out" from "All" that is within you then align with and define the things God declares are the results of His goodness?

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."   
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It's easy to suggest having a third person encounter with God while watching someone other than ourselves go through a particular set of circumstances, yet to borrow from the word "Vicariously", how do we find ourselves in each day when we put on that same set of glasses?

This same mind that has systematically convinced itself that God WANTS not only to be a mystery because He is GOD, but also 'Remain" a mystery in the hearts and minds of men throughout their tenure here.

How does that square with the thought of earnestly seeking God as well the how a Believer in God then perceives when God is also pleased with the earnestness of our seeking Him out?

Men love analogies such as 'Is the glass half full or half empty" or maybe "United we stand and divided we fall", yet when does this same guided reasoning get applied to the likened consideration also found in Mark 12:29?

What happens if men were to begin with the the thought "The Lord Our God is One"? Where then would we individually find ourselves in another day and along the lines of any talking point?

Doesn't the knowing that God is "One" factor into our reasoning at any point along our individual time line?

Unfortunately it does but usually as if pertains to "Self" and the matter of importance of our souls "Opinion" of self. Do we then discount our own conversion at the risk of losing our own soul? No!

How important then does the One Spirit of God acting out as if ONE then become when His people migrate back to Him see themselves a though MANY meaning ALL different? How does that square with the thought of One He (God) desires to be mutually understood among ALL mankind?

In terms of being boxed in, how long before this earth becomes so crowded the inhabitants then find no where else to run to?

In terms of fight or flight and as long as man has and can maintain the ability to take the God given life of another, in his mind he'll always has options.

What is the "Full" measure of Christ? And who is it that gets to determine when this "Full" measure has been obtained?

How does one find themselves welcomed into the consideration which concerns Christ?

How much does the "Knowledge of Christ" that can ONLY be found IN Him also find "Itself" within the spiritual walls of His Kingdom?

Is it always going to a matter of who is willing and the said "THEM"?

How is it possible for the children of God to "Come OUT from among them"?

John 5:28-30
"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. 
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And who is the "You" the words of God state now holds the secrets to the Kingdom of Heaven?

Matt 13:11
He replied, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
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Mark 12:29
"The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 

The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."  
NIV

Are we without excuse in that we have no example to follow?

Heb 11:5-6
For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God. And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. 
NIV

If you have little faith in your own prayers, this is one that should be etched in Gold and as such that gets posted where many have placed the "Ten" of the many "Commandments" of God.

The thick question in the air is, How do we come to "Know" this God, for what purpose and that without recognizing the One He sent so that we CAN come in order to know Him?

How can we know if we can't hear Him and How can we hear Him if we fail to believe Him?

John 17:1-4
"Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. 

Now this is eternal life : that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.  I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.
NIV

How often does "Truth" present itself through a seemingly silent process?

Meaning a concise transfer of information which requires very little commentary in order to substantiate your "Personal" findings as a matter of fact?

Many things and in many differing "Ways" somehow find their way into a man, yet what comes out of a man?

What some consider to be good and others not so good has everything to do with Godliness. If we'll truly hear what Our savior has said in that "Only God is good" is it any wonder why many squabble over all that is considered to be "Good"?

Why a divide when trying to establish the boundaries of all that is also considered to be "Good"?

Some try and simplify this process as IF the battle of Good versus evil, yet in this said "Defining" process are we not also attempting to determine all that God is? And that which is or is NOT from within the depths of ourselves?

Some of the most clarifying words in terms of what evil truly is I've heard come from the mouths of those who say they believe and are IN Christ, yet does that define who He is?

What makes such thing seem so evil when we do see these things manifest from a said "Believer"?

Most Christians when pressed for their position on the influence(s) of evil truly believe the demonic "Realm" has NO influence upon them (post confession) once they've purposed they have been "Saved"?

Is it only when the "Source" of such words and actions then get weighed?

As if the source of those things that come out of the confines of a personage as we each consider all that "Good" truly is from one day or generation to the next?

Why does any said "Law" become despised? Is it only when the "Law Makers" don't abide by those same laws? When does prejudice set in whenever WE decide justice should have prevailed?

Isn't it when the "Top" doesn't also conform and abide by those those "Same" Laws they've put in place?

Isa 5:20-21
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light
and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
NIV

And that for the sake what we want others to ALSO believe?

How much of a Christians readiness to give their testimony has to do ONLY with the words they speak?


Mark 7:14-15
Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. 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.'"
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Why is it that men who seem more than willing to lay hold of and accept the results of their own "Imperfection" in the sight of God will almost immediately turn and ignore that same revelation they are imperfect anytime they do fail Because they've acted outwardly "Without" God?

When will they find they've been fueled by the notion "It can't be done" and that as if without the Grace of God?

I won't expound in depth here on the paramount topic the Mercy and Grace of God, yet in my own perception I can see where many have transposed the two.

How can one "Realize and then find the Grace of God without "First" having discovered His mercy shown?

I often wonder how much has been accomplished in the minds of men "Because" of the potency of the notion which suggest "It can't be done", yet even greater how much of what has been done as if the direct result of that suggestion that is also Justified by way of and through the Grace of the Lord?

The all encompassing words we say we believe tell us that Jesus came to His own, yet they rejected Him.

How well does that conclusion then sit and dine with the thought, they didn't recognize Him ONLY because they didn't "Know" Him? Even further to suggest the broader scope of God's intentions, "My sheep Hear My voice"?

Many try to let themselves of the hook by saying, "Yes, but God hardened their hearts and they're NOT to blame for what they did"?

Is that only to somehow accommodate the thoughts and conclusions on behalf of God you've assessed and made about yourself?

John 8:45-47
Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don't you believe me? 

He who belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God."  
NIV

John 18:37
"You are a king, then!" said Pilate.

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

I don't know if you've ever considered the circumstances concerning the presentation of "Truth" this way, yet in order for Pilot to "Hear" the truth from Jesus as though "The King" wouldn't Pilot also have had to accept the terms of this Kings "Sovereignty" in order for him to then "See" Jesus at minimum as though One sent from God?

Was Jesus NOT observed for who He truly was because of the "How and Why" His humbled circumstance(s) were interpreted before Pilot?

Pilot was not only played a part of the "Telling" of the coming of Christ, but he was also "In and an active component of the actual telling of the event of Christ' immediate presence here in the earth".

In terms of vicariously living through another person, how would "You" find Christ in that moment IF you were Pilot?

Heb 2:15-18
For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants.

For this reason he had to be made like his brothers in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people. 18

Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
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Are you one that seems to suffer only AFTER being tempted or while in the midst of being tempted? If only after what would that suggest?

Have you concluded it's only your "Known" imperfection being tested Or is it the presence of "Christ In you" that continues being tested by those that are the "Enemies" of God?

Far too many choose to perceive trials and temptation as if they ONLY have to do with the capabilities of all that imperfection is. The same shaped and formed specimen of imperfection who are then are being taught and in turn learn how to "Fall In Love with that whole Idea"?

How much of self have we truly seen by way of such an exercise? At what point does this exercise called life then "Become" about the claim of Christ In You?

Once again the recycled question and in precise concise terms, "Who is the King" and ruler over "What"?

In terms of vicariously living through another, if we only see such letters written to "THEM" how can we see as if the one intended to "Learn" from the things they also suffered?

Are you attempting to purify yourself, or is it in the knowledge that continues to Inform you about the effects of "Christ In You" which then results as the purifying thought that saves you each and every day?

Don't allow "Self" to reign within you as if the justifying "Righteousness" that is also "Found" acceptable to the Lord that also initially created You to be in His likeness.

Prov 12:26

A righteous man is cautious in friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.
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Titus 2:11-15
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.

It teaches us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope — the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority.

Do not let anyone despise you.
NIV

Words that are founded upon "Supposition"

Words without the expectation of approving circumstance will prove they are void of reality. sw

Some memories are not worth the maintenance required in order to keep them alive. sw

How deep is the man that refuses to look into all that eternally matters who then truthfully considers the thought that all man came from the dust of the earth where seeds are then planted sw

If a man only compares himself to the things that will not survive the limits of time, how has he measured himself. sw

Its easy to begin with the thought that "God is Love", yet how do we then find the ways of God which seem far beyond our own definition of all that love supposedly is and does. sw

How easily is a man swayed from the former things he's been taught? If only he knew what would revisit him ahead, could that man then make himself ready?

There are time when a man doesn't need to know all the details and that because He knows the over shadowing objective he trust in the One that has established the functionality and operating principals of all things.

A man can be taught how to pack for a trip, prepare for a test as if the bundled objective in attending school or how to prepare for the "Known" up and coming events of the day, yet are all those also in anticipation of the things he can somehow see?

If man can only see and then define himself and his future as if the byproduct of the sins he assumes ONLY he has committed, how does he then find the generations before of after himself?

Just how limited in sight is the spiritual man when he does not also see what he and his fellow man has been called unto?

Was the Lord only talking below to those present? Is the Lord perceived as an equal opportunity Savior who also knows all things?

Luke 13:2-5
Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish . Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them — do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish ."  
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If there be any truth in that, how can the worldly minded man in all that is eternally "True" then in turn take up the calling that has only been made ready for the spiritually minded man?

As such which then pertains to what matters to God and the "Way" He has designed this thing called "Man" to function within the only reality that survives the test found between the book ends of time?

Just how far has man fallen?

Until this man realizes he's NOT fallen beyond recovery for what purpose does he then see the need to repent to then move forward within "What" he's purposed in his future as if unto God?

The teacher can only truly be blamed if the one teaching has NOT prepared you for the same future One and the same Creator has also prepared FOR you.

These earth assigned and bound teachers IF they have been assigned, taught and ordained through the Holy Spirit of God, will NOT leave you to yourself unless YOU choose to be a poor student of all that they are "Willing" to teach

The Good teacher will also prepare you for what lies ahead, and that only is due to the wisdom of God they've also been given care of as IF a steward.

If there be a people that will also fail to continue on WITH God through the full length of eternity, what truly has failed?

Is it His wisdom that has failed? Will it be revealed the ones unwilling to be taught or the substances those teachers have been teaching?

Even more will it prove to be the reasoning that speaks on behalf of the "Why NOT" which must still be answered once found in the presence of the "Truth"!

Only when we find that "Truth is the person of Jesus the God sent "Christ" and for the eternal future held in store as the "Hope" of whosoever is willing to "Hear His voice"

Hos 4:4
"But let no man bring a charge, let no man accuse another, for your people are like those
who bring charges against a priest.

You stumble day and night, and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother— my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. 

"Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.

The more the priests increased, the more they sinned against me; they exchanged their Glory for something disgraceful. They feed on the sins of my people and relish their wickedness. And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
NIV