Does God own you or "Owe" You?

Is it ever viewed a shame when someone asks you what God has "Called" you to? Shame to mean that emotion that sets in when you find what you have to say about that same calling seems to have only to do with what someone else has told you God has said?

As if the very air used in order to breath and speak your response is NOT thick with the same zeal you might have if you were talking about something else you truly "Enjoy" doing?

And to truly consider the insight of one soul when others are hearing as if reading the meaning of words you claim God has written upon your mind and heart?

Why would Jesus suggest "MY sheep hear my voice"? Is it only with the heart One hears his voice? What voice do all men hear when they claim their heart is speaking to them?

Is it the heart that hears or is the "heart" the place of reason within a man where he goes and seeks what he deeply desires to "Understand"?

And why would Holy writ make mention of not only a hardened heart but ears that may or may NOT hear?

When it pertains to most all other applications of ones own rationale in life, you'll hear people say about others who are acting out of that place many like to refer to as "Denial", "You only hear what you want to hear".

If that IS "True" why do so many people abandon that same operating principle in their own failure to truthfully analyze their own approach to what God has to ""Say"?

Talk about compartmentalizing the potential influence of principals?

Acts 28:27
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.'  NIV

There's reason the Holy words of God are more often referred to as old or "Antiquated" by an increasing number of people today. Is it only because words are being rendered impotent or that the actions of people do not equally track what people are hoping to convey through the use of words alone?

Words are increasingly loosing their "Effectual" and "Relational" value in many social circles with the exception to the opportunistic nature of monetary profit and/or gain of power.

Laws and monetary related contracts are loaded with very specific words and for a reason. Yet what good are either when only the one who drafts them understands their full potential and intent?

Do people truly change or do the words people elect in order to put those words to use?

The very prefix "Anti" when used often gets misinterpreted because its socially acceptable meaning seems to get locked or frozen away in a specific format or context.

You can see fluidity and broader essence of this word when expressed through words such as "Anti-quity" which suggest loss of equity or the passing of something. The word Anti-quated would suggest something which no longer equates because of its age.

Another word "Antichrist" the way most people choose to see and in turn "Use" it's value, expresses the damned. That to include those opposed to or who hold to the rejected opinion about the spiritual Christ, He who is as the Son of God as a spiritual being who has come in the flesh in the form of mankind.

Exactly how old is Christ? In terms of being "Outdated" how applicable are His teachings today in the minds of most who only take the time to understand the world we live in by way of "Digital" concepts, virtual reality shows and graphed opinions which more than often prevail and and as a result reflect socially acceptable norms?

When the Bible tries to implement the use of words such 'Aliens" or when songs are sang as if strangers that are just passing through, how deep do those words penetrate?

1 Peter 2:11-12
Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. NIV

Exactly why do some stars Shine brighter than others? Does there brilliance only have to do with their distance from your perspective or does the closer light wash over the brilliance of others?

Is heaven Truly your home? Is Home also where your heart is enough that your heart fully understands what is at stake in the form of a life that gets lived while claiming to "Believe" spoken words which are looking to Inform You with the reality of "Christ In You"?

Exactly how does one quench a spirit? Even greater how does one grieve the Holy spirit and to what extent does the effects of that bleed over into a realized state of mind?

Not that the Holy Bible is not the best place to start and red ink has no value but what If Christ has more to say to you in terms of YOUR becoming obedient in the contemporary moments of life unto the "sound" of His voice?

Enough to where you do begin to realize that every man has been given the opportunity to come to know the sound and tone of his voice? Is it enough that the voice of Christ only be heard?

If evidence is what were being discussed, what evidence would there be in your life enough to prove that you've heard the voice of the Lord? What good is evidence unless it's compared to it's counterpart in order to determine its true value?

This was said to the prophet Daniel about a certain evil that was and is to come

Dan 11:32
With flattery he will corrupt those who have violated the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him. NIV

This was also said to those who rejected The son of God when He came to His own, yet His own did NOT receive Him. Do the words below interpret as anything less because the person of Jesus did NOT directly speak these words or in fact did the Holy spirit of Christ spiritually speak those words by way of Stephen?

I real time would Stephen, You or I have spoken such words IF we knew beyond doubt the cost of speaking in such a fashion would result in the taking of our life? Is there a difference between the intentional martyr and the "Unintentional" Martyr who stumbles into unseen resulting circumstances for the sake of what is Righteous?

Who today wants or enjoys being beaten with their past when speaking what they trust they're being compelled to speak?

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! Was there ever a prophet your fathers did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. NIV

Think about it, if you are biased towards an ever present and interactive Holy Spirit as one who believes God still speaks through people by way of the inspiration of One and the same Holy Spirit, it still leaves YOU as the judge of what gets said? Don't you still have to judge what is spoken to you as to whether it is True or NOT?

Or if you only find it fitting to try and hear and distinguish the voice of the Lord from what is written and believed to be Holy Script, it still somehow places you and your set of ears charged with hearing what is True or NOT doesn't it?

If what I suggest is true, how eternally important does it then become that you Know beyond doubt what establishes a person in the righteousness God accepts? Enough that your worship of God and His goodness truly is done in the spirit that has been founded ONLY upon what is said to be True about Him?

If there is trouble to be found in what gets said and "Claimed" to be true about God how does one stay as far away from said trouble? What if trouble comes looking for you and finds you in the condition you're in because you still have need of knowing and/or further coming to know the person of God?

Is it truly only all about WWJD (What Would Jesus Do) in every given set of circumstances where the names, faces and emotional attachment of others are constantly changing? What good would it do YOU to know these things about Jesus, yet find yourself without the personal influence of His nature which is spirit?

Such a nature where there is Power and power because of Gods Gifting's Christ also had by way of the same Holy spirit God has promised will dwell in those who've believed in Him? Isn't that same spirit the spirit of counsel and the spirit of Truth? Is there power in Truth and is truth also the counsel only God can provide in a world that is nearly full of lies and liars when it's convenient?

Luke 8:10
10 He said, "The knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that,

"'though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.'  
NIV

Is it true there are secrets in God or is a more accurate assessment because God has stated it as so that men refused to LOVE the truth and so be saved?

2 Thess 2:9-12

The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, 10 and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason God sends them a powerful delusion so that they will believe the lie 12 and so that all will be condemned who have not believed the truth but have delighted in wickedness. 

NIV

Gal 3:6-9

Consider Abraham: "He believed God , and it was credited to him as righteousness." Understand, then, that those who believe are children of Abraham. The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you."  So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith. NIV

Abraham not only confessed what He believed to be true about God, but even greater Abraham acted in the fashion he did because of what He believed to be True about God and Gods merciful heart of compassion.

As a man nothing I can say can save you, BUT if what I say is true because it agree's with God what have you also denied?

Why would a corrupt world and those who love it so NOT want you or anyone for that matter to be able to trust a personalized voice to most certain degree? 

Why would a person who belongs to God also want to rearrange what God wants you to learn how to trust in? Is it any wonder why so many defend their actions when called out for who they are NOT?

If the state of absolute perfection were the only license where one can speak what is true, what hope is there when such a mindset also believes that all have sinned and fallen short of the GLORY of God?

Who does that leave that can speak what is True? And to think that you and I get to make the determination for ourselves about what gets said that is TRUE about God and what is a Lie about ourselves.

What if the names of others you encounter are not Matthew, Mark, Luke or John or Paul and THEIR truthful and trust worthy relational testimony about Jesus the Christ? How important then does spiritual discernment become in their physical absence while in this world?

What about a momentary word of knowledge or revelation you really want to believe is from God? How would you confirm it and ultimately know it was trust worthy knowledge in the moment if you only trust the sound of your own voice or the fact yours and the past of others is cluttered with sinful mistakes made?

Hopefully leading to higher spiritual ground, why is it important to Know that without faith is impossible to please God? And to say you know God without knowing what pleases Him?

Is it true that God is spirit? It is if your relational hope as a believer is in Him. Yet is it also true there is a part of you that is NOT spirit and a part that is?

Is it also true there is a part of you that has NOT allowed said "Self" to be governed by what God says is true?

John 4:24
God is spirit , and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth ."
NIV

Your Welcome

Debate can be quickly resolved when Truth has been proved capable of maintaining the authority given in order to rule. sw

There was a time when a man was given the freedom to explore the boundaries of the liberty he was also given. sw

Chasing ghost is not a profitable endeavor especially when you don't know beyond doubt what they look like. sw

Do your toes curl, heart rate increase and tongue begin to twitch when words such as "Obey" and "Discipline" are directed towards You?

Does a loud voice shouting commands accompanied by eyes that are ablaze with fury have a way of bringing out what you might have not considered to be "The worst in you"? Volume may not make you right, yet it sure has a way of announcing an undeniable presence.

Ezek 10:5
The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard as far away as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when he speaks .
NIV

Because mankind can't change what is True, his default setting is not only to somehow try and redefine what is True but also the interpretation of all that confirms what is otherwise True. How?

Through "Conversation"! Especially when the essence of that word (convert) is taken into account.

What is it within a person that seems to want to rise up whenever some form of authority "Outside" of ourselves begins to place demands upon our "Person"? Aside from an action taken, initially what form does this "up rising" assume if not first the thought and then words that follow?

Where would such an "Inheritance" come from? What course does anything follow? More often the path of least resistance.

Is the following passage suggesting the tongue is evil? Of course not because with that same tongue God can be praised.

James 3:6
The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
NIV

Is the status of "Maturity" truly what most have assumed it to mean?

Exactly what is maturity or WHO is it that gets to determine where someone has reached the "State" of maturity? Because this is a christian oriented blog, is asking the question about context even valid?

What is it that governs and/or maintains oversight of this "Maturation" process?

What if the frame work of the word "Mature" were pictured as if a "Mold"? A mold originally intended to define and contain THE "Objective? That objective being One and the same mold that's been designed only because there was only "One" purpose in mind?

Have you ever stopped to consider exactly where that ONE mind could be found?

As if  "One Mind" that hovers above the sea of many?

At what point does the notion of "Doing what is right" ever find it's course being altered? If you are the only ONE who establishes what is right, then at what point is it even "Possible" You could ever be "Wrong"?

Have you ever stopped what your "Doing" long enough to arrive at the conclusion exactly "Why" absolute authority could ever find itself no longer in the position of Authority?

Could it have anything to do with a "Sin" and/or "Sinful" nature?

Deut 27:14-16

The Levites shall recite to all the people of Israel in a loud voice : 

"Cursed is the man who carves an image or casts an idol — a thing detestable to the LORD, the work of the craftsman's hands — and sets it up in secret. "Then all the people shall say, "Amen!" 

"Cursed is the man who dishonors his father or his mother."Then all the people shall say, "Amen!" 

NIV

Just think if such laws were engraved upon ones mind. Then only later that person received a "New" heart which contained a "New" message that broadcast something different?

Wouldn't that place the heart and mind at odds or at war with each other while trying to blend (reconcile) the essence of the two together? Is man alone even capable of accomplishing such a task on his own OR does man need a helper or help mate?

And who is the "Holy Spirit" if not from God who can do all things through Christ Jesus?

 Titus 3:4-8
But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.

He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone. NIV

You can welcome a guest and even bring them into your home and feed them, yet you can also not have them back of make them NOT feel welcome while they are there. Why is that so important? When was the last time YOU found yourself in someones home only to soon realize your were no longer extended a "Welcome"?

Picture this, you've invited someone into your home, they were shown their room in what some would think to be the darkest region of the home (dusty basement).They then entered that room and discovered they'd be sleeping on the hardwood floors?

Now wait! I know, most would suggest that person should be grateful, right? Did I forget to mention the person staying was also the same person you've acknowledged as "The King"?

It's hard for some to accept the individual person whose been given the authority to lead and direct within a given setting. For others as long as everyone else also abides by the said "Rules" it seems to make it easier to follow those rules in the fashion they've been "Presented".

Often when someone breaks rank and decides to throw off the restraints of commands, how soon does it begin to affect everyone else under one and the same authority? Is it only the point where it's assumed there are not any "Realized" consequences?

Consequences to mean any degree of pain or suffering that can be visualized and made real before actually experiencing that pain?

How far down the stream of humanity would you suppose the contaminated "Waters" of disobedience flow? Especially when you can somehow visualize 'Words" that take on and assume the image of water?

In the history of man water provided the first opportunity for a man to look into and "See" a reflection of his physical presence. If that's all there were taking up space and time within man that would be a singular matter, correct?

But what if man because he's ONLY able to see "Part" of all that he is in terms of TRUE representation needed another way in order to see the other parts of his given "Being"?

More precisely to mean the spiritual part of a man that's also wanting to gaze at a reflection of its "Self"?

Where would this spirit portion within a man then go to in order to "Look" into such a reflection as if the "Inquiry"?

John 1:1-2
In the beginning was the Word , and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. NIV

What if the following were a picture (metaphor) of the "Church"?

Num 5:24-28
He shall have the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and this water will enter her and cause bitter suffering. The priest is to take from her hands the grain offering  for jealousy, wave it before the LORD and bring it to the altar. The priest is then to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial offering and burn it on the altar; after that, he is to have the woman drink the water.

If she has defiled herself and been unfaithful to her husband, then when she is made to drink the water that brings a curse, it will go into her and cause bitter suffering; her abdomen will swell and her thigh waste away, and she will become accursed among her people.

If, however, the woman has not defiled herself and is free from impurity, she will be cleared of guilt and will be able to have children.
NIV

What if there is a part of a man in a prior epoch of time that was also a part of God "Before" a man was made able to realize himself at this new address?

When a spirit man decides to one day wake up from his slumber, at what point will he then realize words are the central (heart) part of who he is? Words that will decide who He is and to whom he belongs?

Food for thought "Maybe", yet reasoning must find itself hungry for what is true before it "Wills" itself to then eat and be filled.

Pain was designed to be a school master of sorts, yet when one doubts the One whom "Designed" the ability to feel pain, only then will pain become his enemy and/or find itself able to do a good work..

Thanks to nerves and our bodies natural responses to certain stimuli (without discussing the source) Pain when truthfully examined looks to prevent many things from taking place.

In this world and because of a mans own reasoning that has it's own "Way" of conditioning the mind, there will be some who pursue specific thoughts which suggest certain things are worth the "Pain". Those who've managed to train their minds to respond to pain differently than the original design.

Whether in a geopolitical arena or a small town, at what point does losing the ability to enforce rules then begin erode or strip away the "Law of the Land"? What many fail to realize today is just how much Law has to do with "Love"? 

As if Love for the sake of "Peace" was the root cause most laws were implemented so their existence would be realized in the lives of those they also were intended to govern. Governed "Yes", but why only "After" a particular event does the need to be "Governed" then get realized as a need?

Many fail to see freedom the same way the mind of the same God whom also created man, yet why?

James 1:25
But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it — he will be blessed in what he does. NIV

Many read the words of God and can see the Icons/Avatars/Actors used in order to illustrate those words, yet when do those words become a part of the One observing those same words? Spoken words that were NOT intended to lose their intent or purpose no matter how many sets of hands or of eyes handled those words through the course of time?

Ancient words "yes", but are they found to be "Sacred" ancient words? Words which change lives because those words have since become part of them?

Just think how complicated its become while trying to clearly define certain laws that have been worded and recorded in a particular fashion? 

Laws that received their origin from an office that is high above the understanding of everyone over which those Laws were intended to reign supreme?

What if the intent of any Law had a greater purpose in the mind of their author when they were drafted and recorded?

Law makers in one season of time can seat a panel of those assumed to be wise in order to flesh out what seems best for the people in common., yet what happens to that wise reasoning once all the members of that particular panel die?

Years later when immaturity assumes he's become a "Man" and the growing desire to confront the physical presence and reasoning of the one(s) who recorded their wisdom, what do immaturity discover besides "Opportunity"?

Especially once it's been realized the "Life" those laws once had and exemplified are now "dead" and gone?

Does wisdom also die with those who draft and see to it that certain "Laws" get implemented and then are enforced? 

What happens years later when "Old" wisdom gets challenged, possibly struck from the books or gets "Revised"? Where do those who look to change laws go in order to confront "wisdom" and challenge the reasoning of wisdom? Face it, if they can't change God or what is True, what do they do?

Doesn't the debate then find itself in the courtroom of reasoning? This same jury whose interest reside ONLY in what's best, but "Best for who and why"?

Now comes the hard question, is all the above applicable to the entire "World" or only those who "Choose" belong to the body of Christ? Isn't there already a place prepared for those who will be found to belong to this world and its ways?

Those same ones of the day called "Today" who  have a "Different" way of understanding what God originally designed to become the functionality of the Church that has a temporary address in this world?

You'll never see yourself as part of anything until YOU welcome and receive the "Identity" that truly defines "Who" you are.

1 Cor 6:2-4
Do you not know that we will judge angels ? How much more the things of this life! Therefore, if you have disputes about such matters, appoint as judges even men of little account in the church!
NIV

Is it true that "Laws" get changed or is it more to do with "Wisdom" that gets abandoned? Abandoned because it's no longer worthy as something that needs to continue to be "Realized"?

Drawing "New" conclusions can be a hit and miss practice.

Especially when the vague sense of the brink of destruction remains as part of the reasoning which then points to the need for the limitation(s) of principles and principalities who with careful intent also watch over that process.

Today is the Day

How long is the journey where the wisdom of heaven finds itself at home in the heart of a man. sw

Is it the man that speaks wisdom or the words of God which pass through His mouth into the ears and heart of man that make him wise. sw

If what you Believe to be true is from God why is there hesitation. sw

What is any struggle that involves the spirit of God truly about. sw

Heb 11:5-6
By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death; he could not be found, because God had taken him away. For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

NIV

How far is the distance between what is true and what God says about His enemies. sw

Love among family is expected, so too the rejection of things that are not seen as believable. sw

Prov 23:9

Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words. NIV

It's easy to read something once and assume your eyes captured every word, yet reading it again and again should prove your own eyes can deceive you once your heart has been renewed. sw

When the objective has been forgotten how long before the heart of a man also follows that path. sw

Understanding the value of One should promote the value of any number that follows. sw

The emotions of a man can either be a momentary distraction that will pass or the confirmation which speaks to what he wants to hear in the moment. sw

If Faith comes by hearing and hearing comes by the word of God what should a man find who also hopes to See his faith increase. sw

If a picture is worth a thousand words how powerful then is the example every word renders. sw

All that is True was intended to support the understanding The Joy of the Lord is your strength. sw

A rod measures and a staff supports what is True. sw

The ear tries the spoken word yet the spirit enjoys the taste of Gods words and the sound of His voice. sw

Eph 3:10-12

His intent was that now, through the church , the manifold wisdom of God should be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly realms, according to his eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord. In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence.

NIV

The essence of Truth will maintain consistency whether looking forward through it or back to where it began. sw 

The things which come from God who is also spirit, exactly what are such things if they are not also found to be In Christ. sw

If something is available and you never put it to Good use, what might that suggest about the wisdom of God. sw

1 Cor 2:14

The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

NIV

Rev 1:8

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty."  NIV

The good teacher uses a sharp pointer to make sure the student clearly understands the exact object being pointed to. sw

The battle between the sexes will not be seen in heaven as is in the earth. sw

Matt 6:9-15

"This, then, is how you should pray: 

"'Our Father in heaven, 

hallowed be your name, 

your kingdom come, 

your will be done 

on earth as it is in heaven. 

Give us today our daily bread. 

Forgive us our debts, 

as we also have forgiven our debtors. 

And lead us not into temptation, 

but deliver us from the evil one.' 

For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins. NIV

Gal 3:28-29

There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female , for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. 

NIV

Neh 9:10

You made a name for yourself, which remains to this day .

NIV

Part 2 Prince of Peace and a Prophets Reward

When salvation is only the matter of somehow "Going" to heaven instead of who you are in Christ, what does that say about the words of God that were intended to become flesh and dwell among men. sw

How easy is to believe in a world of individual living wills that refuse to "Be" the living testimony which speaks to all that is True. sw

In this world the only thing that is truly "Free" is the Mercy of God which in turn delivers you by His Grace. sw

Isa 55:10-11
As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth:

It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. NIV

It was said by God (Christ) that John the Baptist was the greatest prophet there ever was, yet as if in the same breath John was referred to as the least in the Kingdom of God.

It never ceases to astound me why the measure of a man can read or hear what other men say (as if God speaking) and then doubt or refute what'e been said. Could the whole human argument be more about the requirements that are then placed on a man when He says he has righteously interpreted and "Believes" God?

Even further men refuse to keep the evidence of their own argument securely stored in their hearts and minds enough that those same arguments in turn fail at governing their own thoughts and decisions made from one moment to the next.

And what is the true definition of "Insanity" or "Chaos"?

Basically once the argument (debate over who is right) seems to settle like the dust cloud kicked up by a fist fight, it's then back to business as usual without regard for their own argumentative reasoning. Could this be the essence of "Guard" YOUR every idle word and/or the voice of your own words that will judge?

Obviously to the person who can read and hear the spoken audible voice, through those two avenues Gods words say what they say, yet do those words always "Interpret" the same way?

2 Tim 4:7-8
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge , will award to me on that day — and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
NIV

Matt 7:2
For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged , and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. NIV

Someone might counter with, "If God does anything in the earth who could stand against what He does"? That's a great thought, yet once again how do YOU interpret? Do you live your life as if that same rule applies (Governs) to you in ALL instances?

If there is only one part of who you are that is good and that same part knows to do right shouldn't that part of you also be the NEW creation speaking that comes by way of the Holy spirit of God manifesting which then causes you to speak and do?

And what does man do for the sake of all that God says "Is Love"?

1 John 4:8-9
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love . This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
NIV

Rom 7:17-20
As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do — this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
NIV

So, now that sin can be seen for what it is working from within you, what do you then do? Do you simply do "Nothing" and tell yourself that God will do it all OR do you hold every thought captive unto Christ and pray for His deliverance from the results of such a nature? Not only that but also for "How Long"?

Patience must have its way so too the timely deliverance of God in His sovereignty.

How does the principle of knowing what to do and failing to do it truthfully square with the results of being lead by the sinful nature versus the leading of the Spirit of God (Holy Spirit)?

Especially when it is acknowledged it was men (spirit clothed with flesh) that murdered the active and present God sent Christ who was also named, "King of Kings and Lord of Lords"?

The same King who was given ALL power and ALL authority in Heaven and On earth by the grace of God?

Namely the expressed endowment of the Holy Spirit that IS still to this day upon the Christ who is now seated at the "Right" hand of God on His throne?

Why is it impossible without "Faith" to please God? At what point does the "Knowledge" of the Glory of God then become the effectual working of ones Faith In God? A God that is not only "Willing" but is also alive and active here in the earth? And what is it that also belongs to the praise of Gods Glory?

If that knowledge is ONLY about going to or getting INTO heaven, then what of those who seemingly do NOT make it IN? Especially when those who suggest they Believe God as if they know it is Gods "Will" that no man should "Perish" and spend eternity outside of the presence of God in eternal darkness?

What "Good" is the "Example" if that same example is NOT also found to be effectual?

2 Cor 4:5-12
For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.

We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. NIV

Luke 21:34-36
"Be careful , or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. 

For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man."  NIV

When the Lord speaks today, what's missing from His original message delivered as compared to when He was physically here in the flesh? Exactly what is the spiritual role in terms of the effectual functionality God intended to manifest through the capacity of the Body Of Christ in this world?

What is the difference between the prophet who acted upon the audible directive(s) of God and someone today who's acting on the directives of the written (Re-corded) words of God?

In terms of speaking direct, to whom did the Lord speak some 2000 years ago? Was the context only applicable to those in His presence at that time? Is God eternal?

Have His words somehow since died in the minds and hearts of the hearers today because you were not present or directly involved at that time?

When a prophet is killed does truth also die with the prophet?

If a man could be robbed of what he believes to be true, what would the evidence of that robbery be if it were to be "Proved"? How do you prove a spirit? How do you prove the spirit of spoken words as if the testimony of God?

John 4:24
God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth. 
NIV

What is a counterfeiter? Truly what is the essence of the crime of a counterfeiter?

Is it "Only" a crime when something counterfeit has been presented as if the original? Or is the essence of that same crime continued when the recipient receives that copy as if an "Approved" copy of the original?

And to whom does the Mercy and Grace of God belong?

Is it only to those who place their confidence in that same Mercy? How much does the Grace of God have to do with coming into agreement with what is True?

What did Jesus suffer? Who did He suffer for? What does His obedience unto His death prove while knowing man of himself is incapable of perfect obedience unto God?

Is it that man is NOT able hear God in the moment or man is not willing to hear Him in the moment? Is it that God is NOT presently speaking to man or does it have more to do with that a man perceives that God is NOT willing to speak to man until man becomes free from the sin nature?

Many Christians today do NOT truly know what they believe to be true as it concerns the person of the One True God. Why would Jesus say, "It is better that I Go away"? Away so that the counselor (Holy Spirit) would come? Is because the spirit versus the physical presence of a man can be in more than one place at One time? One spirit that's in all who believe at One and the same moment?

How much of that doubt can be accredited to "Believing" what others "Believe" to be True or NOT?

It's easy to suggest and then believe that God chooses who is "going" to make the cut getting into heaven, yet if it were all boiled down to "Who" are the liars how many of those liars also denied the "Truth" as if it does matter?

What if the Grace of God is the manifest presence of the "Holy Spirit" whom only follows the directive words of God that are also declared to be true?

Many can claim "Ignorance" yet how far away is that from the truth when the same God we say we've believed says that He will write his spiritual laws on the hearts and minds of men?

Even further to reach a place of maturity to where every son of God will have no need of being Taught the words of God by another man because those who've chosen to believe will also "KNOW" the one true God instead of a bunch of people who've been taught and also choose to "Believe" that No One can Know the thoughts of the silent spirit of God?

Based on the foundation that God is true and that all men have "sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God" shouldn't it at least be of some interest as to what "God's Glory" actually is? Exactly who is the Glory of God except that Glory be those who truly have believed God by way of what He has said?

Many claim they have faith in Christ, yet what does their faith that's In Christ include? That He is Willing to DO what He has promised to do and that only He is able able to fulfill those promises made? Where then does ones faith come into the truthful light of consideration?

Exactly what promises did Jesus extend towards the portion of humanity who are also "Willing to Believe" In Him? He did not only say to "believe" that He exist, but to "Believe IN Him" which includes the very purpose in His person having been "Sent" from God?

If a man were to know exactly what he should pray for, why then has he not already prayed for and received those same things? How hard is to conclude that Christ was sent before you had your first complete thought?

If it were accepted that the soul of a man does NOT know what it should pray for yet the "New" God given spirit within a man of God DOES, what could be concluded?

Exactly how worthy has the God given example of Christ prove himself to be? Not only does he provide His written words, yet many fail to see the Living "Proof" and example those exact words "Project" as if they're also 'Alive".

Some might ask, "Exactly how does a book full of words discern what's in my heart and mind? Doesn't that point towards what You also claim to "Believe" to be true about your God that is also "Alive"?

And why would the thoughts of a mans soul AND spirit have need of being divided and "Judged"? Could those thoughts and attitudes being judged have anything to do with discerning (Deciding) which thoughts and attitudes also "Belong" to God?

Ever hear any arguments going on inside of you? If NOT you should be concerned. The importance of knowing what is true has everything to do with the Mind of Christ that may or may NOT have been formed within you.

Formed within you to mean the One sitting as "The Judge" over your thoughts and attitudes that do surface and try to manifest (Get from the inside of you in order to find life through you while participating in the outside world).

1 Peter 4:5-6
But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to men in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit.
NIV

Heb 4:12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
NIV

John 6:63
The words I have spoken to you are spirit  and they are life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe."
NIV

1 Cor 9:19-23
Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law.

To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law.

To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
NIV

Many think that because they DON'T boldly (false humility) boast about their past imperfections in themselves they then as a result get a free judgment pass, yet these are the same ones who privately flatter (encourage) others in order to camouflage their own assumed "Private" wicked thoughts and attitudes in hopes of going undetected.

Jude 14-19
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: "See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him."

These men are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage.

But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold.

They said to you, "In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires."

These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit. 

NIV

How hard does the corporate mind of a corrupt world work in the hope of disproving what is true? Especially in the form of those who parade around as if angels of Light?

Is it possible for the mind of the soul that's connected to and dominated by the flesh to comprehend what was intended for the ears of spirit to then hear that it (spirit) is also connected to the spirit of God?

How does a man Live for someone else within the faith that also reminds him that his life lived will be seen as something valuable? As though one that is barely escaping through purifying flames of fire that have been fueled by temptations and desires that are common to man while also understood to be ungodly desires?

Heb 11:1-2
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for. NIV

If you can accept that the word angel also interprets as "messenger", how would you then read where mentioned below, "prepared for the devil and His angels"?

Matt 25:40-45
"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.' 

"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 

Why is the love of God not heard when He suggest to those willing to listen, "Let God be True and every man a liar"?

Ps 73:1
Surely God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart.
NIV

If it could be accepted that Only God is good, what should one look for as if God has made that same deposit within a man? Does a man look for that goodness within his soul OR within the New Spirit God has deposited and confirmed to be within him?

Matt 12:34-35
The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.
NIV

Is man offended when he hears the word 'Liar"? If so "Why"? Could it be that deep inside the heart of a man he also knows that no liar will enter Gods kingdom?

When Jesus is read below was He speaking to those he considered to be liars?

Luke 17:20-21
Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you." NIV

How can a person enter something God says is within those who do "Believe"? How thick is the Veil of "Unbelief" that keeps being put back in place by hands that belong to "Ignorance"?

2 Cor 3:14-18
But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts.

But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
NIV

Have you ever sat and pondered why the words Faith, Hope, Love and Truth are so hard to define in a world that claims it's combined knowledge can eventually solve the meaning of "Anything" if given enough time?

How tangible are such words? How does one cause them to manifest enough that they then become "Real"?

I looked up the word truth and found one source that suggested truth be interpreted as;

noun

• the quality or state of being true.
• that which is true or in accordance with fact or reality
• a fact or belief that is accepted as true.

At what point does every thing the word "Believe" interprets as in terms of the person of God then conclude it's also a persons self fulfilling "Confidence" in what they believe to be "True" in the face of everything else that opposes it?

Happy New Year to the New creation and its resolution

Gal 6:12-16
Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

Not even those who are circumcised obey the law, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast about your flesh.

May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything; what counts is a new creation .

Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule, even to the Israel of God.

NIV

True provision begins with the Faith, Hope and Love in Jesus the Christ who's also believed to be True. sw

There are many copies of many things in this world yet there is only One original. sw

The counterfeiter trust in what the eyes of assumption have failed to see. sw

Having the advantage is to know the interpretation of a matter before it repeats itself. sw

Sin that is clearly understood to be common to man does not suggest that it's something that hasn't been practiced. sw

When the battle truly belongs to the Lord so too does the glory of victory. sw

There is a reason why righteousness is not considered commonly accepted among men. sw

Is silence alone truly a virtue or is it wisdom that has matured that causes a man to be timely in his silence. sw

Is the measurement of life to be Ruled by a ruler or measured by the Ruler whose also been made Lord. sw

Left feeling guilty is to suggest mercy left without further opportunity to find its way. sw

The thought of obtaining grace without first finding mercy is arrogance. sw

Saying what needs to be said in the moment is but a partial reflection of what is right in the end. sw

Passing the test of maturity is to gain the respect of the one that's testing to see if you've found the way to overcome an assumed common weakness. sw

Knowing what is right and truly believing what leads to being found right can prove to be worlds apart. sw

At what point does the mind of the fisherman enjoy finding the right bait more rewarding than the entire fishing event. sw

Knowing what makes you mad is only half the battle, sw

What leads the hunted to freedom is in knowing what habits and predictable traits also lead the hunter to you. sw

Titus 3:3-11
At one time we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures.

We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.


He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.

This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing what is good. These things are excellent and profitable for everyone. 

But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless.

Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him.

You may be sure that such a man is warped and sinful; he is self-condemned. 

NIV

2 Cor 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation ; the old has gone, the new has come!
NIV

Prince of Peace and a Prophets reward

Believing everything happens for a reason is always a good place to begin in thought yet the danger is not knowing the sovereign Truth as if the heart of what matters. sw

Killing the messenger does not do away with the "Greater" reality that will follow someone God has sent. sw

Matt 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. NIV

How broad is the thought of "Delegated" authority within the body of Christ? Especially "Authority" that can NOT be trumped despite everything else which takes up time and space on Gods green earth?

Have you ever stopped to think what would happen if all of the heavenly assigned titles given to the body of Christ (church) for her beautification were somehow "Killed" off (Apostle's, Prophets, Evangelist, Pastors, Teachers)?

What would then become of the Hope of those specifically created beings (spirits) God has designed according to His nature (Spirit) to function in a specific capacity? Where would such spirits come to nestle as if where they belong?

Often times the outer casing (flesh and mind of the soul) has been prepared and educated to do certain things which pertain to the advantages that belong to this world, yet how prepared is the spiritual man beneath that outer casing?

Exactly how much outer pressure can that spiritual man inside sustain before all but being "Snuffed Out" like a candle?

Luke 9:57
As they were walking along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."

Jesus replied, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."  NIV

When and where can the student find the teacher he's searching for?

Ezek 34:11-13
"'For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I myself will search for my sheep and look after them. As a shepherd looks after his scattered flock when he is with them, so will I look after my sheep.

I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

I will bring them out from the nations and gather them from the countries, and I will bring them into their own land. NIV

Jer 16:19-21
O LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress, to you the nations will come 
from the ends of the earth and say, "Our fathers possessed nothing but false gods, worthless idols that did them no good. Do men make their own gods? Yes, but they are not gods!"

"Therefore I will teach them — this time I will teach them my power and might.
Then they will know that my name is the LORD. NIV

John 10:24-26
24 The Jews gathered around him, saying, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."

Jesus answered, "I did tell you, but you do not believe. The miracles I do in my Father's name speak for me, but you do not believe because you are not my sheep.
NIV

Where will the spiritual oriented student encounter the spiritual teacher and how does the student find the teacher if the teacher is NOT obedient to his calling?

Is God only all about Jesus? Yes! Is Godliness only about Jesus? Yes!

Have you ever stooped to think about Your Love affair with God long enough to deeply consider His love For You? Exactly how much of what You Love is also Your God?

Many souls are more concerned with how the world will interprets their own efforts and expression(s) of Love as if a reflection of God's Love on themselves. Jesus didn't fore warn those who would follow Him about persecution that also lies ahead if such things were NOT coming would He?

I suppose one would also have to accept that He was also a prophet of God that truly can see and know what the future holds. How potent are His words when He tells those who say they believe, "He came to His own but His own did NOT receive Him? As well the telling of a prophet in his home town?

Mark 6:4-6
Jesus said to them, "Only in his hometown, among his relatives and in his own house is a prophet without honor."  He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. And he was amazed at their lack of faith. NIV

When Jesus is believed, there will come a time in a every God filled spiritual mans existence (life) where he finds himself rejected. If that man is not able to see what it is truly being rejected it's too easy to take it personal to then try and defend that position in your own strength (soul).

Many believers fall into this trap. They find themselves being compelled and encouraged by a "Competitive" spirit. Believing that God does not leave those who hunger and thirst for righteousness without eyes that can see and ears that can spiritually hear, the copy of this nature can also be observed among natural born siblings.

The sad part that begs to question this matter is, "Where is the spiritual father of the house"?

Don't allow your household to fall into such traps or become a "Known" suspect to such schemes. These efforts are only pointed at what all spiritual men who belong to God are faced with as a struggle while in this world.

Why is it in THIS world so many spend their lives trying to "Prove" their love for others? Could it have anything to do with being FOUND trustworthy? Found trust worthy Yes but to "Whom"?

Those who do study to show themselves approved know the answer, yet are they willing to acknowledge why their interest seems as if it's "Owed" and is being divided? Who are such people trying to prove themselves to?

Too many are blaming the world outside their homes instead of taking truthful inventory of the consuming world that's more than alive and doing well inside their homes.

How easy is it to suggest "After The Fact" what's done is done, only then to spend the remainder of time trying to find someone else to blame for our own "Divided" interest"?

The value of the suggestive suffix "Hood" is where everyone in the said "Hood" clearly understands the importance of not only headship, but also the devotion to the Lord required of that same headship.

Devotion to the Lord requires noncompetitive time, focus, dedication, meditation and the compassionate understanding of all the supportive and hopeful recipients who then find themselves increasingly dependent upon the net results of such due diligence.

Instead what this godly recommended model ends up looking like in most homes is like a houseful of artist with hammers and chisel's who are fighting over who's going to take the next swing at the ONLY block of marble in the house as if trying to carve out "Who's in charge"!

Instead of it being the matter of "Who's in Charge" why is this topic NOT being perceived as "Who has been Charged with the task and office of headship"? It's easy for a said "Homemaker" to suggest in a home everything has it's place, yet is this true in ALL instances?

Those who try to live by laws will find themselves without a home and those who ignore the spiritual calling of Love that governs the True Home will also fall.

Do the specific "Concerns" of a mans life he needs to be Free from also require names faces assigned before he see's them or has he been told in advance what they will look like when they present themselves?

Prov 15:25
The LORD tears down the proud man's house but he keeps the widow's boundaries intact.
NIV

Prov 19:13
A foolish son is his father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
NIV

1 Cor 7:32-35

I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's affairs — how he can please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world — how he can please his wife— and his interests are divided . An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord's affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world — how she can please her husband. I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.
NIV

What many fail to reason through as if what's at the root of the reason given why it's OK to marry while knowing these things will or can distract the attention of a person. What Paul was trying to inform those who have ears that can hear, "The requirements placed on you within the venue of marriage make it harder on your undivided devotion to the Lord"!

Paul not only received great revelation from God, but he also by way of reason came to know the dedication requirements to what he believed to be true in terms of being Sold Out to God. Revelation also somehow interprets into being "Awake". Paul had eyes and ears while living his own life and while observing the lives of others.

In no way was Paul suggesting that marriage is bad, instead he was using extremes to warn of the subtle onset and potential for distraction(s) that can rob the household of its rightful and Godly benefit(s).

1 Cor 7:8-9
Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am. But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
NIV

Jesus continually said in regards to OUR mutually acknowledged heavenly Father, "I only DO as I SEE the father doing"? Doesn't that sound more like a good, faithful, Older and more mature Brother speaking to up and coming siblings?

Jesus also said He did NOT consider it robbery to consider Himself as He did in the sight of God, didn't He? The Lord does NOT want His own to shy away from this similar identity, yet just as equal, don't forget to expect more of the same from this "Same" carnal mindset as did the First Born of the Beloved of God.

When you believe and learn to trust (know) what is True and what your truly battling against, it sure puts a lessor strain on the spiritual eyes and ears, yet without Love also being present you find yourself slaying those you had hoped to also Love as does the Lord.

Was the following counsel ONLY given to Timothy? And what is One mutual calling as if One accord without the "Competitive" struggle over "Who" is right?

God is faithful and will always show up where His will has been mutually and willingly accepted to be true and The power which in turn cast such things down. Acquiring enough faith for more than One is a hard thing to accomplish yet when God is one of those two or more in agreement only then can ten thousand be put to flight.

 2 Tim 2:24-26

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. 

NIV

2 Tim 1:7

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity , but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. 

NIV

Eph 6:12

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood , but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

NIV

Rev 21:7-8

He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son. But the cowardly , the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars — their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur.

NIV

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The inhabitants of this world "Love" to claim to be imperfect, yet truly what is that makes them "Imperfect as compared to anything else?

How closely tied to that thoughts along the lines of killing off those titled offices is the Rebellious heart which by way of its very nature suggest, "You're NOT nor is anyone else the boss of me"?

In what capacity DOES the voice of Truth then come calling or maybe even more accurately stated how can the voice of truth come calling once the death of those offices that been found acceptable?

Just because some refuse to accept the titles of those whom God has justified, does that somehow do away with the spiritual essence God intended to thrive from within those God given label's?

It's easy to read the biography of someones success years after the fact because it "Seems" to have become obvious (famous) to many, yet "During" the onset of the "Yet to to be a "Realized" cause of that success?

IF we were talking about Bill Gates or Warren Buffet the retelling of those life size stories are also traceable, yet what about the dimension of a God assigned spiritual man inside of them? Where are the foot prints of God in their lives?

What defines those special foot prints beyond others also said to belong to a being also known as "Sasquatch"?

Some might suggest a particular man was also a religious man or maybe even a God fearing Man, but truly what has been defined in that type of assessment or alignment with something "Obviously" greater?

Was the One true God revealed for who He is as if God was living "Through" that man as if vicariously through that mans life? OR was it more simplified because of what others were only willing to "Believe" to be TRUE about the Man instead of God?

The world loves to talk about "Potential" yet what about "True Potential"? Every "Atom" has potential as does a tiny molecule of water, yet what needs to accompany those finite attributes before they show forth their true potential?

Doesn't the very nature of a single molecule of water have to come into to agreement with the nature of "Itself" before any two tiny droplets then become "One"? And to think many believe their marriages last because they've observed how "opposites" attract while observing a magnet work?

Why was the Lord so fond of the title "Little Ones"? Could it have anything to do with a prophets reward which trails behind what has been spoken and that with authority?

Is part of what Christianity is being asked to believe that Jesus was truly given ALL Power And authority in heaven AND on Earth?

How powerful and valued are the very words of the Savior God sent? His own prayer offered up on behalf of those who will accept the Truth about Him?

Exactly when does a legacy die? At what point do words fully exhaust their potential?

John 17:20-23
My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. 

May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 

I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. 

May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 
NIV

Matt 10:41-42
Anyone who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and anyone who receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward. 

And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward."  
NIV

I hope to be able to continue this at a later date, yet it's value is only equal to all that you're willing to believe is True.

Tracing out the image of God

Screaming through the bars of your own jail cell in hopes of changing the outside world is not a platform to be taken seriously. sw

A picture may be worth a thousand words, yet the artist had to hear everyone of them. sw

 A statement made that's also assumed open for interpretation suggest a message sent that was not intended to be clearly understood. sw

If there were more than One God just think how complicated the thoughts of religion would be. sw

Freedom opens many doors yet rebellion slams them shut at every opportunity. sw

Who are the "They" and the "Them" God speaks of below?

2 Peter 2:19-20
They promise them freedom , while they themselves are slaves of depravity — for a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him. NIV

The author was addressing the "Potential" influence false prophets and teachers can have on the people of God. 

What one word best describes what the author was hoping to prevent? Could it be the word "Ungodly"?

When one can accept that God creates with spoken words, is it any wonder why men who seek power would want to gain control of the interpretation of words?

It is written of the Christ God sent on His behalf, that He was what?

John 1:1-2
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God , and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. NIV

If God is believed who is the "Us" below?

Gen 1:26
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. KJV

When you don't know what you exactly believe what do you then hear and as the result "See" or fail to see?

How easy is to put together a 100 piece puzzle versus a 5,000 piece when certain things begin to take shape and relate to where the next piece belongs? 

If you're a puzzle fanatic have you ever accidentally mixed the pieces of a two separate puzzles together only to eventually give up trying to figure the whole thing out?

Have you ever heard the arguments over the gender of God whether male or female since it's been said "Let us make Him in our own image"?

Few ask the question, "Why didn't God simply roll out some more clay and make Eve as God did Adam"? Rather than simply reject the whole telling words of God, why argue only particular portions of what God says is true?

Even if there were more words of God recorded somewhere, wouldn't the worth of seeing part of what God says still require believing what we do have in that God created the heavens and the earth and every living thing? And that to include the eventual arrival of His Son the appointed Christ (savior of men)?

Where did the phrase come from which suggest that "Opposites attract"? Who coined it and why is it accepted as if valid?

How much of what gets said speaks of the body and soul and how much gets said on behalf of the spirit of God within a man? That same spirit that requires faith in order to see it?

Even further why the need for a "New" spirit and the mind of the soul to be "Renewed"?

God says "I will" remove your heart of stone. When a man alone tries to accomplish this on his own self righteous reigns in his thinking. Since God is spirit and man knows next to nothing about the spirit realm why does man assume he CAN do it?

It's a picture only God can paint!

Ezek 36:26
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

NIV

Just think if the essence of that declaration "Opposites attract" were widely accepted as being presented by this world, what kind of door does that open? Especially when we Hear Jesus our Christ praying that He be returned to His Father as ONE as well those that have been given to Him so they too can be One?

Such foolishness leaves little room for the "Likeness" of a God given spirit to return home doesn't it? Not to mention the needed leading of His spirit for a lost soul that knows nothing about where Home is that has also never seen the Father? 

And why the beauty of the Adoption as Sons?

The essence of what God used in "Order" to design them male and female, all came from the One man (Adam) God created. 

By wisdom, foresight and intent, God took from what was One and made the two. If God had made Eve from her own pile of dust/clay she would then not only have the "right" (Liberty) to defy Adam and discern what is Good for "Herself" but even greater her design would not speak to ALL that God desired to make known about His person by way of them both as "One".

What could have been the underlying message? A kingdom divided against itself will NOT stand maybe? How much more then is understood when the spirit and soul of man hears "The Kingdom of God is within You"?

And how much of that Kingdom has to do with HIS spirit within a man? The same spirit that can not be seen with physical eyes nor heard with physical ears? 

Why the requirement that such an inhabitant must first be "Believed" does reside on the inside of a man in order to then be seen by spiritual eyes and heard by spiritual ears?

1 Peter 3:12
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their prayer, 
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil."   

NIV

And who is the being that does NOT believe God and every word that comes from His mouth?

Gal 3:6
Consider Abraham: "He believed God , and it was credited to him as righteousness." 

NIV

Failing to recognize what God has done does NOT align itself with the voice that says "I believe".

Rom 1:20

For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities — his eternal power and divine nature — have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse . 
NIV

In terms of respecting Godly symbols here in the earth, how much of what God has painted also gets protected when his own (as if part of the One) fail to "Observe" and preserve such monuments (symbols)?

It should be clearly seen how clouded the perception of some has become when it is truthfully considered "Why" same sex relationships fly in the face of what God intended. Especially when one believes Gods intent was to make himself known through all that He's created.

Without dwelling too long on this topic, same sex relationships should be the "Pinnacle" as to how to discern the defiant spirit at work within someone. Instead of looking for a horns and a tail why not look for the not so obvious evidence?

The reason being this attraction revisits the essential dynamics and retelling of the God like design encased in human flesh where it all began. Of course that also requires Believing God!

What do you believe, who have you believed and why is the summation of all that you believe so important to the Lord? Because it has everything to do with the manifestation (results).

Prov 15:6
The house of the righteous contains great treasure, but the income of the wicked brings them trouble. NIV

Whose words have you allowed into the House of God and are they "True"?

How much of what you believe has to do with Knowing God and the reason why there is a need for a savior?

Is this life only about you OR is your life being lived truly about proving God to be righteous because He has spoken?

We must Not forget that hell was originally prepared for the 1/3 of the angelic realm which first defied the wisdom of God before man came on scene. 

Mans opportunity is to receive the Mercy of God so that His grace CAN lead us to reconciliation In Him through the spiritual doorway of Christ whom He sent. 

The flesh does not somehow cloak what the mind of the ungodly spirit and lost soul look to do and hope to accomplish. Without the God appointed Christ as our guide and moment to moment Counselor how true is our Hope in Him?

2 Thess 2:13

But we ought always to thank God for you, brothers loved by the Lord, because from the beginning God chose you to be saved through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and through belief in the truth .

NIV

If the word (Gospel) of the Lord is understood to be the seed of Gods spirit planted within you, does it not also require the grace of God to give shape, form and then birth to that spiritual Child?

When does eternity begin? Only when you get to heaven or when the outer covering of our flesh gets replaced by it's new covering (divine body)?

Gods words were intended to bring to life the picture He's painted that should be worth more than a thousand words.

If your spiritual birth were intended to ONLY be a partaker of a time and season assumed to be IN Heaven, what does that suggest about every word that has come from the mouth of God that suggest there is More to the event than what is presently "Believed to be True".

Setting captives free might interpret differently when it's understood more clearly as to "Who and What" in all truth actually is holding those God given spirit(s) captive?

I hope to continue this at some point in the future and hope that we can share in these Truth(s) which God has placed on display as we hopefully mature so we can interpret our identity as if it does have a purpose in this world.