I'm not as well read as I suppose I could be on this topic, yet in light of the thought of looking up the sharp edge of a sword being held at your throat trying to find deaths alternative appealing wouldn't prove to be difficult in light of the circumstances would it?
Outside the realm of simply Taking Land and Personal property from "Other" people, exactly why would the Prince of Peace, Lord of Lords & Kings of ALL Kings look to conquer anyone?
What do You say Faith is that has also come from the Throne of God? Also to mean the "Actions" in terms of a response initiated which then "Reflects" the Truth that Only Christ has and can Define same with clarity?
Is there a danger in terms of Altering the narrative? Failing to "See" or "Hear" becuase of everything we've NOT been made aware of?
As if somehow manipulating the outcome of God inspired "Context"? Well spoken and divinely inspired words which are then put into use/practice such as All, Everything, Always? Accompanied by words that follow the leading of the depth of words such as "Because" in terms of "Why" things are they "Way" they are?
Can you see the irony that might also define the request made of Philip to see the Father who is later task with the same request from others?
Has the body of Christ truly taken Inventory of the Power and "Reality" of the Promise of "Christ In You"?
John 14:6-11
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."
8 Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us."
Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. NIV
John 12:20-21
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."NIV
It's easy to suggest AFTER the Facts are in, "It is what it is", yet what does that Truly Mean"? A convenient excuse to repeat and/or become the "Poster Child" of Insanity?
Rom 14:23
.......and everything that does not come from faith is sin . NIV
"You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! NIV
1 John 3:8-10
8 He who does what is sinful is of the devil , because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work.
No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God. This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.
NIV
"But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?
Man does not comprehend its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.
NIV
I invite you to sit and stare into these words "Where can wisdom be found? " to then reconsider Man alone does not comprehend their worth and how true it might prove to be based on the type of man made history that does repeat as though a "Mystery"?
More often simply words read and case closed when taken at "Street value" having been filed away in the nice to know folder in the BACK of our mind, right?
2 Cor 5:16-19
So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view . Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: NIV
Partaking of what has been "Freely" given also requires what? It's easy to sing songs concerning the Promises of God, yet how many have thoroughly examined the promises of God to be found only within the spirited words spoken about those same promises?
Too many "Individually" minded people today are being taught a type of "Freedom" in Christ to mean a type of Liberty to then Go and Live a life "Style" as if a child of the devil. As if to suggest exactly "How" to live in this same "Fashion"while in this world as if somehow "Making" a fashion statement" on behalf of those they also "Approve". sw
Matt 23:38-39
Look, your house is left to you desolate. 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'" NIV
Matt 5:1-10
5:1 Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them, saying:
3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called sons of God .
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
NIV
Heb 1:5-14
5 For to which of the angels did God ever say,
"You are my Son; today I have become your Father "?
Or again,
"I will be his Father, and he will be my Son"?
And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says,
"Let all God's angels worship him."
7 In speaking of the angels he says,
"He makes his angels winds, his servants flames of fire."
8 But about the Son he says,
"Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever,
and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
by anointing you with the oil of joy."
10 He also says,
"In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
11 They will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
12 You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same, and your years will never end."
13 To which of the angels did God ever say,
"Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?
14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
NIV
2 Cor 5:16-19
So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view . Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: NIV
Partaking of what has been "Freely" given also requires what? It's easy to sing songs concerning the Promises of God, yet how many have thoroughly examined the promises of God to be found only within the spirited words spoken about those same promises?
Too many "Individually" minded people today are being taught a type of "Freedom" in Christ to mean a type of Liberty to then Go and Live a life "Style" as if a child of the devil. As if to suggest exactly "How" to live in this same "Fashion"while in this world as if somehow "Making" a fashion statement" on behalf of those they also "Approve". sw
Matt 23:38-39
Look, your house is left to you desolate. 39 For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.'" NIV
Matt 5:1-10
5:1 Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them, saying:
3 "Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called sons of God .
10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
NIV
Heb 1:5-14
5 For to which of the angels did God ever say,
"You are my Son; today I have become your Father "?
Or again,
"I will be his Father, and he will be my Son"?
And again, when God brings his firstborn into the world, he says,
"Let all God's angels worship him."
7 In speaking of the angels he says,
"He makes his angels winds, his servants flames of fire."
8 But about the Son he says,
"Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever,
and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
by anointing you with the oil of joy."
10 He also says,
"In the beginning, O Lord, you laid the foundations of the earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
11 They will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
12 You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same, and your years will never end."
13 To which of the angels did God ever say,
"Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?
14 Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
NIV
