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.
NIV

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.
NIV

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.
NKJV

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:
NIV

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 ."
NIV

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.
NIV

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.
NIV

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?