Have you ever honestly asked yourself if God intended to be "Heard"? Heard under the clear terms of everything that would otherwise define a healthy conversation? The term healthy to suggest a type of conversation that was also intended to produce results? The final 'healthy" resulting in having been "Converted"?
Remember back in the "Day" when your parents would ask You, 'Who the heck have you been listening to"?
Have you ever had a Healthy conversation where you were also the only one "Doing All the Talking"? Later finding despite having had many of these type of conversations you still don't know the other 'Person" having also spent a considerable amount of time with them?
Under the clearly understood terms in knowing God does NOT change, is it any REAL wonder why so many today are easily finding their personal God is so tolerant of nearly every type of behavior under the Sun?
When considering having read something that's also "Meaningful" worth retaining or dedicating to memory, would you categorize same as a 'Monologue or Dialogue"? Where does any type of rhetorical "Question" find its origin or basis? As if having read from a source where there is ONLY "One Type" of acceptable response"?
To then wander out into the streets only to find a million plus different interpretations being lived out by others? The same type who are insisting their unique expressions of their God, must also be accepted by everyone who suggest they too worship the One True God? As if a friend of everyone, why would any type of logically thinking person conclude most Christian have Lost their Minds? Exactly who's mind has been Lost and who's mind has been "Found" if NOT the Mind Of Christ?
Believers claiming to be of Christ today may NOT be saying verbatim what the Holy Spirit speaking through the Apostle Paul was addressing some two thousand years ago, yet how many are also being confronted from a position of authority? Questions such as, "Who told you what You're claiming to Believe"?
1 Cor 1:10-12
I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. My brothers, some from Chloe's household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this: One of you says, "I follow Paul"; another, "I follow Apollos"; another, "I follow Cephas"; still another, "I follow Christ."
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1 Cor 1:10
Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.KJV
1 Peter 4:1
4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind : for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
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Exactly what is the value in asking any type of question? The type of question that goes "Unanswered" that's also taken to the grave? Especially in a world where most don't know beyond doubt exactly WHO to trust in any given moment aside from their own "Personage"?
What about a type of voice assumed to have come from an otherwise invisible source?
You ever studied the eyebrows of those who hear someone suggest "God Told them to say or do something? Their even more dramatic response whenever it's inferred God told them to do something "Specific'?
1 Tim 6:10
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. NIV
Is there such a thing as "Righteous" suffering? What about a type of Righteous suffering the supposed loved ones in our lives must also endure despite all our supposed Loving investments made to date? Exactly how many would you suggest suffer because they Can't "See" as compared to those who suffer because of what they do "See"?
Exactly who is it that teaches the type of Child to Love Money and cherish its potential to influence not only self but others in this world? What would afford such manners to spread like "Gangrene" if ONLY a few are teaching in such a fashion? Much like Cancer cells, there are Fast growth cells and slow growth.
When was the last time you gave a child a bath without 'Water"? Are we only discussing the outer visual aspects that need cleaning that are easily discernible? Paul was training Timothy to BE ...what? A disciple? An Apostle or as if One who simply follows Paul whom also Follows Christ? Yet who do we read (see) also teaching Timothy prior to Timothy's exposure to Paul if and when we DO read of Timothy's childhood learning environment?
2 Tim 1:5-7
I have been reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. 6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. NIV
2 Tim 2:14-26
Keep reminding them of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen.
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. 17
Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, 18 who have wandered away from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some.
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."
In a large house there are articles not only of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay; some are for noble purposes and some for ignoble. 21 If a man cleanses himself from the latter, he will be an instrument for noble purposes, made holy, useful to the Master and prepared to do any good work.
Flee the evil desires of youth, and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 23 Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.
And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.
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When does the consideration of being seen as a "Child" cease to be an "Offense" in the said "Adult ranks whenever attaching labels or a title? And who is it that decides when either consideration has been "Righteously" assigned and attached?
If God were the ONLY one who ultimately defines the difference between a Child and a Mature Son of God in terms of development, who then becomes the "Standard" AND who remains in control of this same process from "Birth"? Which birth though? The natural birth occurrence or the Spiritual rebirth?
1 Cor 13:7-13
When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. NIV
Why is it the bible is NOT allowed to define what a Pharisee is seen as in the Sight of God? Exactly "Why" don't men allow words such as those "Who Loved Money" and the "Type" of governing thoughts this type of Love "Conjures"? The type of thoughts that have to do with provision and who it is that seemingly provides ALL that God does Have to Give (dispense)?
Luke 16:14-17
The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. He said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight.
16 "The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it.
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People seem to love talking about as if judging "Their" government and everything "Their Government" does right or wrong, yet who has NOT truthfully considered who it is that determines the times, dates and conditions under which those who "Govern" the people who DO belong to the Lord?
And as such without honestly weighing why anyone would in turn "Love" the 'Way" those governed decisions trickle down to those who've allowed themselves to have been governed in a "Particular fashion"?
Exactly what "Good" could ever come from ANY type of "Analogy, Allegory or Metaphor dredged from the imagination of mere men without a "Righteous" standard? Exactly who today is trying to Re-establish what is considered to be GOOD in this world?
If the words "Jew" or "Gentile" were to be "Allegorically" seen for ALL of what they were worth today, who would see "What" as if the "Way" God intended?
Acts 13:46-52
Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: "We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. For this is what the Lord has commanded us:
"'I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'"
When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and honored the word of the Lord; and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.
The word of the Lord spread through the whole region. But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region. So they shook the dust from their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium. And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
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Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end.
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Acts 18:9-11
One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: "Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city." So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God. NIV
The world suggest those who possess the Gold also make the rules. How is that summation squaring with what God says about everything that belongs to Him. sw
The contemporary definition of insanity that's been "Adopted" suggest what? Adopted by the same ones who suggest that change is inevitable.
If the proving of Patience were to require less financial resources, who is richer because they understand why. sw
When wisdom speaks exactly who knows what to listen for because they also know "Why". sw
Exactly why would 'Anything" be considered "Best Kept" secret. sw
Phil 4:10-13
I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you have been concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances.
I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength. NIV
Exactly how or could any man even attempt to measure not only the kingdom of heaven, but also the value of what's been said can also be found there without "First" having been told by a reliable source. sw
Does a man not speak clearly because he does NOT wish to be understood or does he speak only to those He does know are willing to "Believe"?
Matt 13:11-23
He replied, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them. Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.
This is why I speak to them in parables:
"Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.
14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:
"'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
For this people's heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'
But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
18 "Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: 19 When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.
This is the seed sown along the path. The one who received the seed that fell on rocky places is the man who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he has no root, he lasts only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.
The one who received the seed that fell among the thorns is the man who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it, making it unfruitful. But the one who received the seed that fell on good soil is the man who hears the word and understands it.
He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown." NIV
Acts 7:51-52
"You stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are just like your fathers: You always resist the Holy Spirit! NIV
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