There have been voices throughout antiquity that have suggested "A mans perception is his reality". How does that measure up with the opinion of the one who will ultimately decide what is True and has been all along. sw
The man who hopes to discover his True identity not only has need of specific findings, but more importantly the specifics of those findings which go on to further explain the impressions that have governed his soul to date. sw
Can a man Truly judge himself unless he's also truthfully assessed who it is that will justify who His brethren are. sw
What eternal advantage is there under the terms of knowing "Anything" and that beyond doubt?
Is positive thinking only about those things that HAVE mattered? As if the all that's required in order to "See" those same considerations come to fruition and "Manifest"?
Have you ever asked yourself that same type of pointed question in terms of "Who you are" here and now? To then truthfully consider "How it is that you you "Found Yourself" able to reach the "Conclusion" which also concerns a specific point in time that requires being able to somehow see "Yourself" well into the "Future"?
Exactly who it is that CAN justify any claim that's made that can only be redeemed in another day in the future?
How might your own dealings while in this world somehow prevent YOU from redeeming the type and source of the "Hope" you're presently "Holding Onto"?
Is it possible for a man to somehow have hated his brother and NOT have "Physically" killed him under the terms of having "Committed" his personage to murder?
Was God unfair and NOT forewarn Cain before he "actually" did commit his person to the ACT of "Murdering" his brother?
Is the righteous underlying question, "Was Cain already guilty of the sin of murder before he committed all that he is in the earth (heart, mind, soul and strength) Or was it his propensity to IGNORE the now more "Obvious" influence which PROVED who he belonged to?
Wouldn't YOUR response also require being able to "Know" not only the source but also the type of post narrative provided in "Advance"?
Let US re-read the "God" inspired new testament "Narrative" that is supposed to guide those who also suggest they do in fact "Trust in Today".
We must also learn to allow ourselves to be asked the "Reasonable" questions that also require the "Impressionable" counsel of the Lord.
Questions such as "Would God task man with the impossible without first having demonstrated the requirements needed in order to accomplish the same "Type" results?
And exactly what are the qualifications of a "Good" Father?
1 John 3:12-15
Do not be like Cain ,
who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother.
And why did he murder him?
Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous.
Do not be surprised, my brothers,
if the world hates you.
We know that we have passed from death to life,
because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love
remains in death.
Anyone who hates his brother
is a murderer,
and you know that
no murderer has
eternal life in him. NIV
Truly what are the fractures of our humanity unless those same things have honestly been addressed as the "Type" of behavior that differentiate "Our" judgment of self and ones own "Self" discipline. sw
How does a man spiritually murder his brother without first acknowledging what would cause a brother to suppress what is otherwise "True".
Exactly what type of weight could support the type of counsel which suggest, "Call no man on earth your Father" without first truthfully considering what it means to "Be born again and that of God. sw
In terms of an issue that's been "Cut and dried", are we only discussing the carcass of an animal or a spiritual being that's been temporarily covered in the type of "Hide" which covers a "Spirit filled child of God". sw
Exactly who is that can "Explain Away" what would cause any man to somehow suppress what is otherwise "True". sw
Exactly what can a man borrow from "In this world" in his own attempts "Made" at further explaining the Love of God. sw
1 John 3:12-15
Do not be like Cain ,
who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother.
And why did he murder him?
Because his own actions were evil and his brother's were righteous.
Do not be surprised,
my brothers,
if the world hates you.
We know that we have passed from death to life,
because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him. NIV
Without first being made aware of a more precise image of what it is "You're" being saved "From", how is it even possible for a man to "
Know" and that beyond doubt the entirety of ALL that he's needs to be saved from?
And that as the full wrath of God that's YET to be revealed and as such for ALL that same wrath is also capable of?
In terms of the ultimate giver, without "First" knowing the exchange rate that proves capable of rescuing "Any man" from a "Sense" of "Worthlessness", exactly what type of man is capable of considering himself to be righteous in the sight of God.
Jer 51:17-19
Every man is senseless and without knowledge; every goldsmith
is shamed by his idols.
His images are a fraud; they have no breath in them.
They are worthless ,
the objects of mockery; when their judgment comes, they will perish.
He
who is the Portion of Jacob is not like these,
for he is the Maker of all things,
including the tribe of his inheritance
NIV
Exactly who is it that will ultimately "Define" beyond doubt "Who" any of the following are in the sight of God? Are the following only going to prove to be shallow graves whose tomb stones are engraved with labels and titles OR will they prove to be more than significant and that because of there "Names" sake?
What value have YOU placed on the following sub-titles during your tenure here in this world?
Names such as, "Christian, Son of man, Son of God, man of faith and more importantly their justification in the "Sight" of God?
Exactly what does the history of humanity continue to "Have and hold Onto"? Exactly what will prove to differentiate the said "They and Them" when it does require a more mature imagery of everything that does matter "Eternally"?
1 Cor 10:11-13
These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us,
on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
So,
if you think you are standing firm,
be careful that you don't fall!
No temptation
has seized you except what is common to man.
And God is faithful;
he will not let you be tempted
beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can
stand up under it. NIV
In order for a man to adopt his "Own Way" he must first be taught "How" to disown his own "Adoption". sw
A man can suggest He's sold out and insist he's telling the truth, yet until it's been determined to whom he's sold out to, what has "Truly" been revealed and to "Whom". sw
Going against "The Grain" can suggest one thing while "Only" trying to convey a "Thought " about working with "Wood", yet what is a mans take once he's been tasked with centering his talking points around the source of a "Grain of Wheat". sw
The Lord only speaks in parables to those who have yet to believe not only "In Him" but also where the spiritual kingdom has been realized at any moment given of the "One True God". sw
If the "First Born" of the beloved of God came "In Order" to establish the prime example to be followed, how can any man suggest what he's done has been done has been done "Through God". sw
John 16:29-33
Then Jesus' disciples said, "
Now you are speaking clearly
and without figures of speech.
Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have
anyone ask you questions.
This makes us believe that you came from God."
"You believe at last!" Jesus answered. "But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone.
Yet I am not alone,
for my Father is with me.
33 "I have told you these things, so that
in me you may have peace.
In this world
you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." NIV
The mishandling of all that is True can only produce the "Net" results of a distant relationship with the author of a much "Greater" plan. sw
What is the difference between "Here and Now" and "There and then" while truthfully trying to reason with the type of thoughts as to "Precisely" who does the soul of a man belong to. sw
The relative context of the story told should ultimately prove the to BE the relative "Nature" of the authors original "Intent". sw
If the beauty of the vineyard can only be seen "In the Vineyard" what has a man failed to see in the "Seed" from which the vineyard was sourced. sw
John 12:20-33
Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the Feast. They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. "Sir," they said, "we would like to see Jesus." Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.
Jesus replied,
"The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.
27 "Now my heart is troubled, and what shall I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. 28 Father, glorify your name!"
Then a voice came from heaven, "
I have glorified it, and will glorify it again." 29 The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.
30 Jesus said, "
This voice was for your benefit, not mine.
Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.
But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself." He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die. NIV
Food for thought, "What kind of death is slowly killing "You"?