It's when you do finally figure out "Where" the type of faith God talks about comes from but just as important who it is that's speaking has been weighed and found to be "True".
What is any man TRULY waiting for if not the manifestation of all that God says is "True"?
Below is the confession of ONE of the most zealous men of God ever recorded by my accounting methods.
Gal 1:14
I was advancing in Judaism beyond many Jews of my own age and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my fathers. NIV
Even if we only took a quick peek at the list of Patriarchs (fathers) about whom Paul was speaking in terms of who he'd accredited his Godly zeal towards, who would we see?
Exactly how well would someone whose listening to Paul have to know the person of Paul? Enough that is to hear what he is spiritually stating to be True that can also be built upon?
Abraham and his lineage (twelve Tribes) leading up to Moses and more than likely David and His lineage, yet who else might we see on that list? How many years were there between Abraham and Paul and how many other personalities filled those same years we don't see mentioned?
I only remember seeing One mention of Paul's earthly father in his writings and that of him being a Roman citizen and a tent maker? The same thing could be said of Joseph in terms of who it was that also Taught Jesus specific things? There's more honorable mention made of Jesus' mother Mary than there is of Joseph, yet why?
Many today strongly suggest to say only what the bible says is true and remain silent where the bible is silent, yet why if something specific has also "Undeniably" NOT been said in the bible.
Why do so many suggest today the bible is antiquated, outdated or out of touch with all that's supposedly taking place "Today"? Why?
Do they need it to be seen in such a fashion in order to somehow accommodate what they see fit to say and do today?
There's more being said today that has everything to do with what Jesus NEVER did say (verbatim from God) in terms of teaching. Why is it some will refuse to write in their bibles, yet they have no problem misquoting and/or verbally expounding on what is being said in those words?
Much of which is being assumed OR based on supposedly evolving cultural tendencies passed down through the years.
Is it even thought to somehow be "Possible" we could develop enough HOPE on our own to where we too could see and look further into the things of God as did Paul? That being because we've somehow managed to convince ourselves we've pursued God with the same zeal as did Paul?
What does the hunger and thirst for the "Righteousness" of God look like?
Is God a God of equity? Does Gods word stand firm despite the conclusions drawn by the ungodly (Unlike God) hearts and mind?
From where does a believer in Christ who's Hope is in God come from unless it does have everything to do with what we've been taught?
Taught?
Maybe, but taught "What' and by "Whom"?
Why is it NOT the case, that Only the angels of God are our teachers today? Do all angels created of God who are also "faithful" ONLY say what they've been told to say?
Are we too being taught by fathers of the likeness of which Paul spoke of ? Was Paul speaking favorably of those fathers who'd suggested they'd taught all that they did to be true and currently applicable?
Now here's a curve ball, yet only thrown to hopefully get your attention, Why does Paul violate the very thing believers supposedly hear and are being told Not to do? And that is what, "Call no man on earth your Father"?
Not only does Paul mention his "Extreme Zealous" pursuit of what his father(s) taught, but he also says the following, but was it yet another undeniable compliment graciously written only the way Paul as if the undeniable way only a father can?
1 Cor 4:15
Even though you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
NIV
Question, why would Paul suggest that "We" have much "To say" as if there's more for the church to know? Why would he AND Christ Jesus both make this type of suggestion?
Heb 5:11-12
We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain because you are slow to learn. In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers , you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. NIV
In terms of a future, does there to this day continue to be the need for a guide as mentioned by Christ? Yet who will it be that gets to decide who the voice of this guide is if the "Decision Maker" is NOT "You and I"?
Is it only up for consideration where many are poor decision makers? If yes then "Why"? Is it only that Christ has NOT been formed within us like a child in the "Womb"?
What does it mean when a supposed believer In Christ Jesus suggest the Apostle's are ALL dead today? Is this true or do they TRULY live on in eternity despite what has been said? That said "Eternity" being the same place we as believers can only NOW hope we too will end up?
John 16:12-15
"I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you. NIV
Why would they both suggest to the ones they were talking to back then "You're not ready, yet by NOW you should be teachers"? And when does "Now" begin and where does it cease?
Once again was Christ ONLY addressing those who are NOW preached to be dead and none existent?
Daniel was considered a major bedrock of all that Paul believed to be True concerning God yet how does one know that for sure?
It's easy when God is believed and in terms of the "How" God does anything He does which also tracks with the format of "Line upon line and precept upon precept". That also while believing God is the builder
How can an accurate story be told without exercising contrast at the expense of another?
Today we who have believed have the added advantage as compared to others in Our past. They (Israel) had to physically Live through a much tougher sanctification process we today only have need of hearing about to then choose to believe what we've been told or NOT.
Does the merciful God we suggest we serve today not also try to tell us of a people who were before them (Israel)?
A people who never heard the specific name of a man named Jesus? The very spirit (essence) of his name (God with Man) as one that also required the angels of God to announce (Herald/introduce) to humanity?
Announced to those whom God "Intentionally" would send as the "Christ" (savior)? Not only were they not told his name and ALL his name was intended to mean, but as such during their time of existence?
These same souls whom Christ also went to in a much darker place after His resurrection having been equipped with the full weight of the "Good News" of a savior that was sent to rescue them from their circumstances?
Why isn't said salvation more about "Can Jesus save Today"? Why is salvation ONLY about one day beyond what we presently confess we can't see TODAY only TALK about ONE DAY going to heaven?
If Jesus TRULY were seen as a man of His word what would we see today that's been based on Promises He also made with regards to this present life? Exactly why is it said TODAY is the DAY of YOUR salvation?
The same thing that was said (Their Salvation) when Israel crossed over between walls of standing water while escaping a real and present enemy (Pharaoh)?
Why isn't the net result of our faith today also being seen as our future ears that can hear the sound of the Trumpet call unto our eternal Salvation that will sound? What sound did Noah hear so many others of his epoch did NOT hear?
Exactly how many of them do you suppose thumbed their nose while in their circumstances at such a great sacrifice? And that being based only upon what you also suggest You believe "Today" to be true about that same God who is Truth, Mercy and Grace?
Daniel was no more of an after thought in Gods mind than you or I are, yet why is it when we fail to see ourselves as the "Apple" of Gods eye in the moment do WE also then seemingly miss out on the "Net" result(s) of his "Way" of thinking that also served Daniel?
Daniel was told allot yet the entirety of the interpretation was also sealed until after Christ was revealed for the exact likeness of 'WHO" He Is would come..
Today we are supposed to be that generation on the other side of Christ having come as a such that has been and are being "Delivered" as Promised as were those before us? Otherwise "WHAT" is to come of our testimony which concerns Christ TODAY that was based on Him being able to deliver?
How does that (Our) testimony of our inclusion "Today" then speak to ANY that might come after us?
Christ has been revealed for WHO He is, yet how do we TODAY interpret, while knowing that God says Today is the Day of YOUR salvation"?
The religion that originates from the imagination of men has made God "Out" to be a God who Only reacts to certain types of external stimuli verses a God that has a plan. A plan that has many lesson studies embedded within it, of which are also preceded with the same "Objective".
That type of religion leaves way too much room for fairy tales and supposition to find its way into the accurate conveyance of any plan that is also "Godly" (Righteous).
My question would be one that's been positioned in the middle of all that Paul had to say, "Did Paul NOT also see what Daniel did on the other side of the seemingly obscure interpretations Daniel set in writing until after He (Paul) had met with and personally encountered the same spirit of Christ?
I don't know in terms of the absolute revelation Paul had revealed to Him because I was NOT present at that time. Yet I do know the same God who does have a plan informs those who are willing to believe, to also believe what the personage of Paul has to say yet "Why"?
This also requires a great "Looking Into" for those who suggest they are also in search of "More Of God" than they presently know...
The same God whom also created Paul, you and I and as such before any of our earthly decisions were made. Those decisions that would also lead to the need of a formal introduction to the spiritual nature of this world and why in part same could be seen as if in "Opposition" to God.
What I do know is that Paul did NOT have a different God or a different plan designed by any other God.
Do we today also stand the same risk in terms of who we suggest we worship In Spirit AND In Truth as did Paul in what some might suggest to be his former "Way" of life?
And that question stemming from his confession about the man named once knew name Saul prior to the Road to Damascus?
Is there a reason God renames certain people throughout the history of God and man (retold) after they've encountered Him that would also track and come into agreement with the need of being born again of His (Gods) Spirit?
When I see these type of interactions of God with man (renaming) it's as if God has just reached out and turned a page in His story being told. We can see this shadow of the turning of a page that's been book marked when the likes of Abram and Sara were renamed Abraham and Sarah.
Believe it or not, prior to mans graduation to the arena of new and improved wisdom "Given Names" actually were "BELIEVED" to be "Overflowing" with meaning and that especially so because God on occasion saw it fitting to do so.
Of course this too was during a time when what God had to say also determined the outcome of allot of things mankind would set his heart and mind to do....
Seriously, what should man expect to see when he's rarely found willing to reach out beyond all that is ONLY being said to be (repeated) "Of God" as if "True?
In this type of conveyance/transfer of information, at what point does the message get discounted? And that because of the "Personage" of the messenger?
To then fast forward even further (in our present condition) in "Order" to try to see what THE messenger of God did say and that without losing the essence (spirit) of EVERYTHING he did have to say on the other side of many generational layers of humanity being revealed for ALL that it truly is at the same time?
Could all of the above have anything to do with the difference between the worship of men (Flesh) verses the spiritual worship of God because of what we have AND continue to "Believe to be "True" about Him?
People can talk all day about the importance of context when studying the history of Gods word, yet when their own "Context" of today gets ignored, where does that "Context" then lead them within the confines of their understanding of God?
Exactly what does the thought of "Empty Words" convey? What is about the medium of words that usually result in the "Con" job people fall prey to?
Paul as an Apostle of Christ AND when believed informs that he is a teacher amid many other things. And who was Christ if Not a Teacher?
Paul also admits his failings, yet what failings do we know of Christ are also True who Paul teaches about?
Why do so many assume today they will NOT also fall into the same trap as did Paul some 2000 years ago? Having Allowed his heart and mind to become convinced (Prior to the road to Damascus) that he was doing the absolute bidding of God when dealing with this sect of people later to be called "Christians"?
I laugh when I hear men make mention of the prophets of God in terms of them being "Minor and Major". I rank that type of qualifier right there with the foolishness which suggest God forces mankind to Choose between the "Lessor" of two "Evils" in His sight.
Instead, why not simply put the hand over mouth, harness the tongue and make it "Confess" "I am but a child nor do I know beyond doubt what to do or say as I now find myself as a child who's also in "Need of being Taught"?
How often do we hear ourselves say, "Out to of the mouths of babes" yet we'll once again fail to pay attention to our own amusement and once again ignore wisdom when it does visit Our "Personage"?
How serious of an offense is it when "Anyone" causes another to "Sin"? Not only against each other, but as if sinning against the heart of that does matter and as such "Against God" by whom all things have been made and are being held together?
At what point along the line of said "ALL" anyone does think, say of do oppose the will of God? Better still, why doesn't the consideration of said "All" matter to some?
Does the meaning of ones life only "Then" become a matter where a different plan manifest as if a reality and as if reality in the shape and form of "Need"?
The type of need that only NOW requires being "better" explained than does Gods plan that was before man was created? And what are thoughts of eternity, God has said have also been set in the heart of "Mankind"?
And what KIND of a man are you?
Mark 9:42
"And if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around his neck.
NIV
But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am only a child .' You must go to everyone I send you to and say whatever I command you. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you and will rescue you," declares the LORD.
NIV
What else can we see when we DO know what words mean because they have become like God given names?
Who is "Wisdom"? Who is the "Child" and who is the "Mother"? Why is there "Dis-grace" as the result of of interaction between ANY two people?
Why doesn't a proverb maintain its integrity despite how we choose to see the one who's doing the telling?
Is it the propensity of our humanity to try and understand the man doing the telling rather than the man hearing himself recite the words of God? The type of wisdom that has since been fleshed out that has bled through the many layers of his corruption?
Prov 29:15
The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother. NIV
Many teachers today have lost sight of exactly who it is they assume they're teaching. Because they have and that nearly by default, who else do we know in the history and retelling of humanity also managed to disrupt what God had to say to mankind FOR his (adam/mans) benefit and pro-vision?
Is there a difference between acting upon what most consider to "Be" their "Faith" and someone whose acted out based on lies and that under the terms of what is NOT True because God is "Not" saying the same thing?
Many today (and many more have for years) strongly suggest the Bible is the ONLY "thing" needed to hear from God. I see allot of Bibles on Sunday and even fewer Monday through Saturday, yet does that alone qualify "Who" the hearers of the words contained in them Truly are?
Every new comer to the declaration platform wants to try and reinvent what "Faith" is yet while investing all that they alone are NOT, they'll ignore that God said, "Faith" COMES .....How?
By hearing of course, but hearing "What"? Many are speaking as if on behalf of God and many suggest they have a listening audience, but how many of those also consider themselves to be "Multi-taskers"?
As a Father I've spent years trying to teach (Preach to) my children what I "THINK in MY mind and trust in my heart to be right" yet I can say with the utmost confidence very little of the spirited version of what I've assumed I've also "Shared" with them has yet to manifest in their own lives.
Did I do wrong or do I simply wait to see the godly type of Glory I can only hope at this point in life those sermons preached contained in them?
Many can only "Talk" about what some refer to as an "Anointing", yet what many fail to TRUTHFULLY realize is against what/whom does the measure of God get compared to? To then somehow end up equating same to a measurement of success in the eyes and under the terms of God being a "Good" listener"?
Nevertheless "What" (as stated below)? That God Himself doesn't have a solid foundation? That he is not able to "Discern" spirited evil when He does see it?
That He as God, King and Lord at a glance is not able to winnow out evil with His eyes that is seen before Him?
2 Tim 2:19
Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm , sealed with this inscription: "The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."
NIV
While in part and as such that will resonate the tone of what's true, yet much like convincing yourself you MUST choose between the lessor of two evils, how does God define evil as if one is better than the another?
Preachers preach on the basis of wealth more than they can hear and see themselves doing it, yet when THEY are the ONE who then find themselves having to testify on their own behalf (about themselves) what might that suggest?
Surely ALL men have need the Mercy of God, yet how many have also understood the need for the Grace of God in the type of "Order" which God alone defines?
A dimension that's since been made different in the heart of a man because of that mercy who NOW considers himself somehow "unable" to apply the righteousness of God unless it IS the spirit of God who then reveals to him the ALL God says him that He "IS"?
Why was there a "New" and better standard provided? The type of standard that since exceeds the former standard which suggest to "Love others as you do yourself"? What if some do not know what it is to Be loved much less have learned how to love themselves?
How would that fit the God provided image which suggest a type of man that WOULD Love himself would also Love's His wife (Bride)?
Like it or not everyone learns from someone, yet what (con-tent) the individual believes is a personal choice that will be weighed against what God alone says is True.
When men LETS God be True and every man be considered a potential liar, how much more can be seen that is True, yet when we have to FORCE ourselves to believe God is True and can NOT Lie, what then have we TRULY recognized as the nature of our otherwise spirited souls are Truly opposed to?
What God expects simply can't be done without the renewal of HIS spirit which will then lead the mind of the soul into its renewed state.
Man can Try on his, yet the very SAME wisdom of God has also tried to inform man he can't accomplish such a thing without a new spirit that has been Born OF GOD.
The one who is greater than All combined preaching in this world that's supposed to also ONLY be about Him says;
John 5:31-32
"If I testify about myself, my testimony is not valid. There is another who testifies in my favor, and I know that his testimony about me is valid. NIV
The same Mighty One who also says of and To His servants (disciples);
John 15:20-21
Remember the words I spoke to you: 'No servant is greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
NIV
So in all this once "Said", what can be gleaned from it and why? Especially when you suggest to yourself you ALREADY Know know all that you need to Know about what the spirit of Christ still has need of saying to YOU?
Exactly what does each generation pass on to the next? And that to mean such that has eternal value thats redeemable in terms of a God given reward?
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