Popularity versus "Calling Card"

Mark 7:6-7
He (Jesus) replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written:

"'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.


They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.' 
NIV

I wanted to begin this blog with the thought I can only hope will frame a picture of "Trust". The type image whose consistency must be revisited that will aid in leading as many as are willing into a deeper relationship with the "One's" you want nothing MORE than to make them aware of the amount of Love You trust God has place within You "For" them.

The development of a certain sense of security nearly ANYONE can eventually learn to "Bank On" provided God / Christ is Your Teacher!

"Why can't anyone who can read and somehow reason through the "Use" of words teach me all that I have need of knowing about God", some might ask? Because Love is ONLY intended to be judged by ALL that is True and not only by "Fleeting" feelings. Feelings which stem from the stirring of ones Emotions. Those same type of Emotions that will also encounter a sudden death having since Passed after the dust of the immediate commotion settles.

I also think it note worthy to suggest that no matter "How" much You and I "Feel" we love someone else, this feeling once left to the selfish whims of "Itself" is NO guarantee those you suggest you've Loved as does God will in turn love You back to the same degree.

Much like the Value of Divine Wisdom that "Should" have only been accredited as having come from the One True God. The type of wisdom that's been completely clarified, tested and "Tried" through divinely recognizable circumstances. In so much that these same type of (emptied) prayers that have been offered only after having been thoroughly wallowed in the proverbial "Mud".

A type of Prayer then offered to a personalized "God of Convenience" who otherwise in our day to day lives remains neatly tucked AWAY "Invisible and/or as if an absent "Father". As if to suggest, Out of Sight, Out of Mind"?

Who as if the "They" of today might somehow conveniently find their "Self" being painted differently having read this type of descriptive passage below? As if describing a "Poster Child" of this way of day to day life also being "Seen" on nearly every street corner? And shamefully so even those who claim to reside and pray from their divine address situated on "Straight Street"?

 Why does "Anything" being depicted by way of descriptive words (As if only the events that Take Place in this world) nearly always qualify as though describing the activities of "Someone" other than our SELF? The same Self whom indulges in same six days out of the seven that have been "Made Available" to us all?

Simply because some claim "They" are NOT like the proverbial "They" are, does that somehow square with the They being depicted below who also approve by (default) way of doing nothing to show or put on display their individual 'Disapproval" of such things? Even if it means in doing so (suffering) would then result in your "Own Hurt"?

Rom 1:28-32
Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.

Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
NIV


As if a type of absentee Father whom ONLY reside in heaven?  The same being evidenced when "We" as though "Acting" like His children try to suggest "Your Will be done on Earth as it is in heaven". To then somehow sign Off or maybe close (out) by way of attaching the Name of Jesus to these same type of empty prayers?

Whereas to today this same wisdom rarely gets "Applied" according to its Godly design and origins. Especially when the designer and appointee of this same divine Wisdom is NOT the voice heard as if the first and the last thoughts that also define the divine "Goal" that also been placed in safe keeping (Mind of the Heart/Spirit).

1 Cor 7:17
Nevertheless, each one should retain the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.
NIV

If that be only that YOU somehow get to a place You've defined as Heaven, how lonely of a place might this prove to be if ONLY You are found in that same place? How might You describe Outer Darkness where You alone have been dispatched? Do you see Hell as a Party Pad where there will be the presence of many who WILL forever hold out in celebration of everything they've mutually REFUSED to Believe OTHER WISE??

I'll also offer this, Love is NOT an emotion that can somehow be measured accurately or watered down as if just short of a "Cup" of milk used in a recipe. Love that is found to be TRUE through it ALL......Truly is the God orchestrated "Recipe"!

How do we Know the deeper value of these the type of Ingredients and their subtle flavoring(s)? Very simply stated yet always in need of validation in that, "God is Love" and that the very being of  "God .... is "Spirit"!

In a word picture we who do suggest we've believed not only in the Lord but in the words spoken from the Mouth of the Lord will Live ONLY because of the One who inhabits our personalized "Spiritual Meal" we eat and set before men who have been seated at the SAME table.

Why? Because the very Spirit of all that Love is (Namely The Lord of Host) will not allow trees that do Not bear fruit to remain in His Garden that can only be Found in the full scope of Eternity only Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior is able define under Absolute Godly Terms.

 In terms of anything that also fades once compared, what would You suggest could minimize the type of Love You and I also Totally understand? Why exactly do men Love to cling to as if they've OWNED their self made and imperfect Identity?

What has and will "Become" of the New Creation Only God can TRULY define? The type of New Creation ONLY the One True God is capable of "Creating"? Having created this New creation that is also dominated by way of this same Spirit? The type of Spirit that's not only been made, yet even greater made in His "Likeness"?

Having been made by way of the creative NATURE of His spoken words? The specifics of this Creative potential having COME FROM....His Mouth to Your Ears? More precisely because without the ears that are attached to the spirit only He can give, is it truly any REAL wonder why some do NOT have the ability to Hear His voice?

How exactly might this mindset somehow compare should there truly BE a greater reality? A greater reality also believed "God Sent"?  As if Sent as the only one who could satisfy the purchase price demanded of God? Namely the price paid the "Lord and and savior of ALL men Christ Jesus" that compelled Jesus to Suffer and Die any type of meaningful "Death"?

A type of death mere mortals can only make a conscious choice to willingly participate so they Can see the Value of this same Life, Death and Resurrection? Made able to see  ONLY because of ALL that was accomplished through each of these same events that require being REALIZED? Having realized more than part of that choice was to continue to Listen to and REMAIN willing to learn from this One and SAME voice so that the manifestation by way "Maturation" can Run its course of ACTION? And as such while IN THIS WORLD.....

Surely there is a reason why some find it to be a Need where DEATH has need of being seen/observed as if minimized in terms of a "Realized" eternal value or NOT?

Simply because some "Choose" to "Believe" there are ALWAYS two sides to every story told, does this somehow VOID what is otherwise TRUE? Why do some only hear the word History instead of hearing the true "Rest" of "His Story" being revealed from Heaven?

Is there a TRUE reason why some choose to state the DEVIL is found in the Details as if God did NOT establish EVERY detail known to mankind?

Especially if there's also a TRUE reason that also explains "Why" some should never truly expect they'll ever find a NEEDLE in a "Hay Stack"?

I didn't coin these phrases, yet who do YOU say DID? "Seek and YOU will Find" or "Knock and the DOOR will be opened"? The question is what does this Seeking and Knocking Look Like in the Eyes of God?

Seek with ALL Your Heart, Mind, Soul and Strength? That should more than "Pretty" cover all there is to Know about YOU, shouldn't it? To suggest You're ALL IN?

Jesus spoke man shall LIVE by EVERY word that comes from the Mouth of God didn't He? Not only SOME but EVERY word?

If your're not sure, how then can you truthfully convince/persuade your SELF that He as the One True Gods Son and messenger who also specifically spoke ANYTHING that is fully capable and "Proves to BE" worth your FULL investiture while here?

How would the perspective of ANYONE in this conditional world somehow change if it could ever honestly ALLOW it's SELF to be analyzed and in turn 'Accepted"? Accepted to interpret allowing the souls of MANY to find their place of Permanent Residency among the Beloved of God?

At what point does ANYONE also find they have NEED of  "More Details' in terms of a point that's also been MADE? Use of the word MADE to also suggest words that are also TRUSTWORTHY not only because they've been spoken, but more Importantly words of Promise also spoken "By Whom"~

Surely there's a GOOD reason the Proverbial messenger should NOT be ...Killed on sight! At least NOT before we become ABSOLUTELY convinced any type of messenger was NOT sent of God and for the sake of Good Reason?

Surely, God does have need of the "Donkey". Especially in Light of what the otherwise naked minds of the souls of mere men conclude as if forever and always 'Alone" in this world or any other that might arrive on scene by way of the Long Arm that's also directly connected to the Right Hand of God. sw

Exactly WHO is it that is "Out" to prove You Wrong

Isa 55:10-13
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. 

You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills
will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

Instead of the thorn bush will grow the pine tree,and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.
This will be for the LORD's renown, for an everlasting sign, which will not be destroyed."
NIV

At what point do the words of God prove anything specific in this world to a person "Today"?

I've heard many people suggest the words of God need to be "Updated" to modern times to suit the "Needs" of people, yet what does that Mean? That being asked without somehow being dragged into the murky depths of a discussion revolving around "Post Modernism". 

To whom are the words of God intended to "Speak to" as if a "Targeted Audience"? To suggest "Your One Only" source for answers for everyday questions? As if talking about a moral compass that hopes to guide the hearer as if the "Intended" recipient? 

When someone suggest you've been "Owned" by way something that's been said, truly what is a person suggesting when they do say, "I Owned You"?

The buzz words of late "The Narrative" seems to keep resurfacing nearly everywhere I turn whether talking about the News Media Talking Heads or whomever the proverbial "They" seem to have no problem "Quoting" as if the Gospel. Words spoken also without the "Fear" of being accused of "Plagiarism".

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1. the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.

   "there were accusations of plagiarism"

That said, at what point does it truly matter WHO said WHAT in this world? That being asked as if observing the responses towards whatever's been "Said" as though words "Spoken with Authority"?

 

As if observing those who have "Realized" the importance of taking their valuable time in order to Listen? Listening not to suggest the hearing of a 'Passing Train" in the distance that's quickly ignored, but having "Heard" a message and in turn responding in a "Specific Fashion"?

The type of hearing/listening spirit within a person who not only "Sees"as the result of what's been said, but also one who seizes each and every moment having found their whole spirit body and soul to be in agreement with the one and only "True Author of Life"? 

Having heard a message for ALL that it was intended to accomplish? A specific type of message which then speaks on behalf of the deep reason why anyone might choose to reflect on matters of GREATER importance?

What exactly might prove to be the underlying "Cause" of anyone's "Actions" who also tries to suggest WHY they do NOT know the truth about "Anything" the words of God have clearly articulated? Many are searching for their their own "Covering" as if a shelter or Father, yet who's NOT taking seriously and/or making use of this same type of shelter (covering)?

Is there a "True" reason" as to "Why" God can wisely suggest that ANYTHING that does "Not" stem from "Faith" in the manifold wisdom of God by way of the leading of the Holy Spirit, should be considered as though a sinful "Act"? Actions that have followed the voice of "Another"? Having followed the leading of a spirit through a portal that opens for reason that are beyond the realm of "Doubt and Unbelief"? More than probable truly NOT in agreement as though of  "Godly Origin"?

At what point does a soul "Truly" examine itself? A soul truly lead of God who then speaks from a purview as to how "Holy" God truly is? What should any soul also conclude when it's been prefaced, "I believed therefore I speak"? Is this declaration only to suggest that God merely "Exist" and as such without "Reason"/

And who can otherwise "Truly" defend the "Mind of Christ" through the "Use" of mere words? Having spoken as if in His "Stead" as though an "Ambassador" and without the intercession of His "Holy Spirit"? 

The Holy Spirit whom also brings all things Christ has clearly presented unto your remembrance in a (timely) God given moment? The type of presentation "Made" when you (Only Later) discover that your tongue tongue has either set the "World" around "You" on fire OR spiritually "Proves" you have been "Approved" and that of "God'? In so much you not only do so "Clearly" but also know beyond doubt you've also acted outwardly "Obediently"? 

Namely having spoken as if under the authority of "The Christ" you also claim is "In You" (you're possessed by)? It's one consideration to claim being possessed, yet at what stage does a person lay "Claim" to being possessed by a "Demon" or by the "Holy Spirit of God"/

When a man "Knows" beyond doubt that ONLY God can make things that are also "Good" grow (Increase) where then should anyones confidence be considered to have "Come From" in terms of "Origin"? Especially under the honest consideration that may or may not proclaim that ONLY God is GOOD in "All" things?

Without failing to mention that if God did NOT clearly articulate His mutual calling as if the sound of His voice, who then do the "Net" results of same reflect upon or "Not"? At what point does, "My Sheep hear my voice" depict a clear "Note" sounded?

Just think, if someone must "First" prove to you or I beyond our OWN doubt and "Unbelief" "Why, When and Where and to whomever God does choose to speak "Through them", who then is able to "Righteously" explain "Why" the "Intended Recipient" (hearer) failed to respond "Accordingly"? Having realized their God Given spirit is also in "Agreement' with what's been presented as if "The Truth"? 

There is a True reason as to why many throughout history "Insist" upon the existence of "Free Will", yet these same ones also choose to CONTINUE to resist the leading of the Holy Spirit. It's been declared through Christ concerning a certain type of "Freedom" only He can give, BUT much has also been said from that same mouth (Namely Christ) about WHY those who are free should NOT abuse this same FREEDOM he also Freely gives to those who do Believe that He was sent of God.

When "All" is proved to have been "Said and Done" God requires, will it also prove to be a simple consideration where "only" the preacher(s) are at "Fault"? At fault and the REASON for everything that somehow failed to take up residency here in the earth that is also said to be "Gods" footstool?

Matt 22:29
Jesus replied, "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
NIV

Where exactly is the Power of God going to be found if NOT found in the Promises He's already MADE? How many will in another day truly be ashamed of ALL they've refused to have BEEN true all along only later to find OUT exactly why "All" mankind have fallen short of the Glory of God at some POINT --->? 

What exactly do the words of God POINT towards? Failure alone? Or do the words of God truly point to ALL things that are possible yet ONLY when found to BE in Agreement with the words that came from "The Lord of ALL"? Is there truly MORE than ONE reason why everyone does NOT respond to the calling of one and only  "One True God?

Rom 1:16-17
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith."   
NIV

How many readers have actually taken the time to consider why the entire book of "Acts" was titled as such? The Holy spirit as if always searching for those in agreement spoke the following through the personage of Christ during His visitation to mankind.

John 10:34-39
Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are gods'? If he called them 'gods,' to whom the word of God came and the Scripture cannot be broken— what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, 'I am God's Son'? 

Do not believe me unless I do what my Father does. But if I do it, even though you do not believe me, believe the miracles , that you may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."

Again they tried to seize him, but he escaped their grasp.
NIV

How many today suggest they've confessed (Professed) they BELIEVE IN GOD, yet how many of those same ones have also professed "Jesus is Lord" of ALL?

How many of those same ones are NOT able to prove their Father who is also their GOD they "Say"they've also "Believed" with ALL their heart, .mind, soul and (combined) strength? Said also to reside within their "Personage" here in this world? And how many of those same ones are NOT believed when they in turn attempt to testify on behalf of their God and Father's? Truly what is the REALIZED capacity and authority of an "Ambassador" who does come in the "Name of the Lord'?

And in turn if those sent are NOT believed, who "Exactly" is it that hasn't also honestly inquired "Why Not"? Who exactly is "Justifying" who in this world in terms of true "Authority and/or their "Actions" as if in  response to what has been spoken to them from the mouth of God? To the "Point" of hearing with their spiritual "Ears" so that the eyes of thier God given spirit can "See" clearly?

And how many of those who confess believing in a God truly are that same Gods Ambassador(s) and/or servants who HAVE been SENT by way of His True Authority? The evidence of being 'Sent" only due to the fact those same ones are also following the LIVING example of the Christ the One True God sent as His ONLY begotten Son?

As if to suggest by "Whose" authority has anyone been sent in ORDER to accurately deliver the essence (spirit) of His (Gods) original "Message"? And If the message many suggest they are sending was God sent, why then are those SAME words being 'Delivered" NOT accomplishing what they were sent "Of God" to accomplish? At what point does the full circle of "Projection and Rejection" come into focus?

Is the spirit of God talking TO or THROUGH the Prophet He's also sent? Or is his spirit speaking about what He has given not only to His prophets, but also dispenses to ALL those personages who are in this World? The same Ones to whom His word has been sent? What happens whenever ANY prophet is GIVEN greater importance as if ABOVE and Beyond the full intentions of the "Message"sent?

What exactly rises to ANY occasion or comes to the Forefront when the spokes person (messenger) becomes the focal POINT? Why exactly does it "Seem" to matter more to some whether or NOT it was an Angel who brings the words (Message) of God OR that His words were presented through a man, woman or a donkey? What does it mean when a herald says, "He came to His OWN, but His own did NOT receive Him"?

To then truthfully reconsider that in this type of sequence it is the "Recipient" who ultimately determines WHO the Source (Origins) of those same spoken came from? Should Christ Come to anyone, who exactly is it that gets to determine or NOT the underlying source/origin of a message sent? Why are some so easily convinced a random message found afloat in a bottle was intended for them verses a live person that declares they were "Sent of God"?

Isa 55:10-13
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. 

You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills
will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

Instead of the thorn bush will grow the pine tree, and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.
This will be for the LORD's renown, for an everlasting sign, which will not be destroyed."
NIV

Need of thinking Differently about "The Inheritance"

Historically speaking, how serious of a matter was it to refuse the Mercy extended of a conquering King?

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

Acts 13:10
"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

Job 28:12-13
"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

Divided Governments, Kingdoms and Households

Mark 8:31-32
He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
NIV

Within the mind of a believer in Christ, if God truly does have a complete understanding of the Power of Leadership, those who willingly follow same or NOT, why not simply go straight to those who did NOT and were not obeying the LAW God gave primarily to the Jews?

Who is there that can "Honestly" be blamed for ANYTHING supposedly done wrong if there is "No One" who has shown them the way in terms of having provided the example to follow?

There's nothing wrong with being "Blessed", yet how many chase blessings only for the sake of the "Blessing" verses following the person of (spirit) of Christ Jesus? Chasing blessings for "Fear" of somehow "Not Being Blessed"? Exactly what is Love that has been "Perfected" and "How does this same type of Love become a persons "First" nature in response to a often cruel and dying world?

At what point does celebrating the status of being considered a Son of God outweigh the mere pursuit of feeling no pain? Someone once said "Hurts so Good" but what does that mean in a divine sense? Especially in light of knowing that God works ALL things to the GOOD of those who "Love Him"?

Is there truly such a thing as the reward of the "Labor of Love"? Only You get to decide whether it truly is "Better to give than receive".....

1 Peter 2:21-25
21 To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example , that you should follow in his steps.

22 "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth." 

23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed.  For you were like sheep going astray, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. NIV

John 13:15-17
I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
NIV

What happens to the likelihood of any creature when there is NO type of spiritually driven FEAR found in them? What happens to ANY creature who vacates some type of "Logic"? Do animals leave the "Burning" forest because of Logic or fear? Why Do certain species of animals not cross the otherwise invisible line drawn in the sand and cross breed? Something as simple as ducks and chickens who have yet to reproduce and make little, "Dickens"?

Do whales cross oceans in search of Nothing because they are without Fear or Logic? How many look and hope to serve God the Christ, verses serving their own cause and affections?

Man has taken strides in order to somehow make sense of Fight or Flight instinct(s) yet what about a mislead and/or misguided type of Hunger and Thirst? The same type of hunger and thirst only the spirit of God within a man can understand? As if a separate functionality or desire outside the daily plan he has for the sake of his physical Belly?

Just because mankind can dominate, conquer consume and possibly eat every other living creature(s), is there enough evidence to suggest there's nothing that can be gleaned  from their coexistence that's also applicable in some capacity to a life of Godliness? Presently considered inferior and as such because they've are being considered in the light or context of somehow being the main entre for "Dinner" instead?

Outside of a physical consideration how might a type of spiritual parent somehow 'Devour" the spiritual children that are "Born Of God"? In the opposite order worldly oriented parents will cherish the outer covering (Physical Address) of THEIR children, yet what about the Inner Portions" (Soul and/or Spirit)?

What and/or exactly who does it LOOK like to live for the sake of the body rather than for the sake of the inhabitant who supposedly also lives within us by the same type of Faith ONLY God can provide? Is it the outer skin that somehow proves God to be a liar or will it BE the spirit within a man that makes a lasting "Impression"?

Why are some ok with the thought of Christ leaving foot prints in the dirt or sand for others to follow, yet how long will mankind choose to ignore and fail to truly "BELIEVE man also came from DIRT as part of a core systemic belief ?

Who can explain exactly how the "Blood" of Abel somehow develops a voice that also cries out to God from the dust of the earth? The same type of voice that ONLY God is capable of hearing? Is the COMPLETED story that is OF and about Christ only to be considered POETIC?

Meaning that "Only" the Author was intended to interpret the narrative being Offered? And if Christ is NOT the only narrative, who then stands the risk of missing what God is saying as though Meaningful in this world whenever man does SEE things in this fashion?

2 Cor 5:16-17
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. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
NIV

Some will say "You've become so spiritually minded you've "Become" of no earthly Value"! My thoughts would be "Praise God"!

I suggest that because some choose to fail it is because we've failed because we are still seeing too many things and people from a worldly point of view and that to include the person Christ, How and Why He responds as He does.

Far too many have become of little value in terms of what GOOD God is otherwise willing to do THROUGH them. Surely God works ALL things to the GOOD of those who Love Him, yet God also must Prepare (Train) how to confront an/or do battle in the face of this thing many term "Defeat"! Some might even suggest "Fear"? Many forget the example God has set before our spiritual eyes in that He too as God created that same 1/3 of the angels who also fell from His Grace. What is a Godly perspective as though Gods greatest interest in terms of fruit that does and will "Last", namely the "Sons of God"?

Gal 2:19-21
For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!
NIV

Some understand the value of a sacred Cow, yet how many have lost sight of a sacred Human Being, God created primarily as if an address to exhibit His Glory in as many different sets of circumstances man also finds himself in?

In terms of an outer skin or a outer covering is there never a price paid for these coverings? Why is it so difficult to translate what God did by way of providing SKINS in order to Cover ADAM and EVE? Surely Adam and Eve appreciated their nakedness being covered by way of another creature sacrificing their "hides", but what about the "inner portions" we see throughout history God savored?

Exactly how BOLD will any person become should their bellies be deprived of FOOD for an extended period of TIME? Does Time open doors? Does "Fear" alone open or close doors between this world and another realm? Exactly where and when does the righteously driven Logic steer the soul of a man Back to God?

Exactly where does a man discover the humble beginnings of a Godly type wisdom that will also lead him (man) as a spirit filled being back to the understanding of God as his heavenly Father?

Where do the humbled beginnings of a born again man find room in this world to grow in the Knowledge that is Of Christ which also thoroughly Expresses, "Christ In You" as a born AGAIN believer?

If all a person has to do is deny God as his mutual creator and deny there exist an otherwise invisible enemy, has he (man)  not already been Conquered? Exactly 'Who" sets the boundaries or standards for "Anything"? Why is it that Man can easily understand what to eat whenever he's hungry, and easily accept why man and beast share time, space and oxygen yet for what "Good" reason?

Under what premise though? Only God should be considered as though "Good"? The type of mapped out consideration that has NO "Beginning (Alpha/Omega) or End? Could the facts revolve around No Two logical motivated creatures CAN AGREE on everything"? To then try and extrapolate why God says ALL mankind have fallen short of the Glory of God?

Why is it easy to suggest WHY history does repeat itself without ALSO truthfully addressing ALL the reason(s) WHY?

Zech 1:2-6
"The LORD was very angry with your forefathers. 3 Therefore tell the people: This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Return to me,' declares the LORD Almighty, 'and I will return to you,' says the LORD Almighty.

Do not be like your forefathers, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'Turn from your evil ways and your evil practices.' But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the LORD. Where are your forefathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever? But did not my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, overtake your forefathers?

"Then they repented and said, 'The LORD Almighty has done to us what our ways and practices deserve, just as he determined to do.'"  NIV

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

Any type of Law that has NOT been combined with the type of FAITH God desires, what strength or Good could possibly forever come forth and remain intact having dispensed and upheld those same Laws?

Just because a New Drug does NOT kill EVERYONE within a square mile who takes that drug at what point does ONE PROVEN death override the mutual threat?

Without implementing and/or dispensation of the rule of Law how else might ANYONE come to know what is Right, Wrong and/or Mutually Harmful to ALL mankind and not only a few? Especially without having honestly weighed the core of everything assumed as a common GOOD

And if there ever were considered to be "Too" many laws put into place how long before everyone "Leaves Town"? Are there ANY such laws dispensed from the throne of God that were intended to be kept 'Secret'?

Will the "Plead" of ignorance suffice in the Day when everything has been exposed and made Known for all that it is or is NOT?

How much of what a person does while here will also amount to anything meaningful in the full scope of Eternity? Especially if some certain aspect of God was not the image of the one seen working "Through" that same person?

Does a person simply wake up ONE day and "Become" obedient in ALL their dealings? Does the imagery and evidence of Obesity simply fall away in 24 hours? Does a rebellious child simply decide one day they'll never act out AGAIN on such a compulsion?

Just think to what this world would be "like" if every "Pioneer" had been snuffed out before their accomplishments were recorded in TIME? Exactly where is the threshold of the Outer Limits of this world and who enforces them? Especially if a mans thoughts have NOT been framed by ALL that God says is Good?

2 Cor 4:1-4
Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.

And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

NIV

Being made able should speak to grace, whereas the Grace that is of God has the tone of One who's never fearful of failing. How else will a man come to know why Love Never Fails as if discussing the God that is Love. sw

John 3:21
But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God ." NIV

What if you went to someone to testify for God as though you ARE His ambassador? What if you were also ask, "Who SENT You"? Exactly why would some reply any differently in terms of WHO sent who to whom in order to receive something of Greater value?

Is this NOT the same as being ask in a different manner, "by whose authority have you come? And what would "Shrinking" back or "Denying" Christ look like in moments or scenarios such as these? Are you the "Accuser" of those who do belong to God or the One whose credentials are being questioned?

What is truly at risk whenever a person doesn't KNOW beyond doubt why they do whatever it is they choose to do?

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! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: NIV

Which Ones among this group of mere men would You say had also 'Misunderstood" what Resting on the Sabbath Day looked like according to their own God(s)? Especially if their "Understanding of the Gods "Laws" were ALL they were basing their individual judgement upon?

John 5:16-17
So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jews persecuted him. Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working."
NIV

John 7:38-39

Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."  By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified. 

NIV

Whenever Jesus or anyone speaks today. what exactly do they 'Mean" if they are united in thought and deeds? What does anyone 'mean" without God as their witness who's also alive and active?

Without knowing exactly How Christ can be denied, who can also "Know" who or what a liar or a murderer is truly capable of without a believable record of their ACTS? Is there any REAL danger by way of claiming only "Part" of what Christ says is TRUE while denying the other portion(s)?

To be continued.................

Information is Truly what and to who?

When considering everything God has made and the things God hates, he's also made known to man why He as God despises anything He's made. sw

Ps 119:113
I hate double-minded men, but I love your law.
NIV

James 1:2-18
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.

The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position. But the one who is rich should take pride in his low position, because he will pass away like a wild flower. For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business.

Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

Don't be deceived, my dear brothers. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of all he created.
NIV

The word "Insatiable" is a curious word to say the least. Especially while trying to describe the nature of a person who has an insatiable appetite or Lust for more of the "Same" thing? What would you conclude might lead most people to a specific type of thought, which then leads them into a thought pattern? As if a route taken that also leads to an expected or anticipated 'Ending"?

When mentioning a type of sword that also has an insatiable thirst for blood, what would you suggest a decided mind would visualize and "Why"?

When discussing only the nature or essence of a wide sweeping profile of any kind, what one thing remains missing in terms of specifically 'Nailing down" who or what exactly is being discussed within a fruitful conversation?

Whenever trying to convey a specific image or word picture in the mind of another, what would "You" conclude as to why being "Double Minded" might benefit or hinder this mindset in an otherwise healthy discourse?

How many people do You know well enough who are also willing to talk about ANYTHING?

How many are Willing to talk about nearly about anything except their core belief mechanism which shapes the very "Perception" (Outlook) of their Own person? Trying to Engage in a conversation with this type of mindset before it's been clearly revealed exactly 'Who" it is being discussed? As if somehow knowing you're about to pass judgment on a person who has no name of face? Some might even suggest the Head of a person that's "On the Chopping Block"?

Was the physical sword that directly killed Uriah ever found in the Hand(s) of David?

2 Sam 12:7-10
Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you from the hand of Saul. I gave your master's house to you, and your master's wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all this had been too little, I would have given you even more. 

Why did you despise the word of the LORD by doing what is evil in his eyes? You struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and took his wife to be your own. You killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.' NIV

Truly what happens whenever we TAKE the words spoken to us somewhere they were NOT intended to Go? At what point might judging ourselves somehow cause us to JUSTIFY the same WRONG type of wrong doing(s) of others? Some might even suggest same as 'Sin" in the eyes of God, yet who are they as if "Alright" when You're the judging a matter?

If there is truly ever a lesson to be gleaned from mere words spoken (being presented) to us, who decides when those words are also speaking as if directly "To" our person or NOT? As if words spoken to someone other than ourselves? How much differently will we then judge the spirit of those same words once its been decided those words are not being aimed or directed towards our personage?

In terms of being direct, is there ever anything wrong should we think not only more Highly but also more lowly of ourselves than we ought to? Are there ever disadvantages when we try to consider more highly than we should? Are there advantages to thinking more Lowly of ourselves than we should in any given moment? Either position without also having already decided exactly what that is also WITHOUT a divine consideration as to WHO we truly are in the sight of God?

Especially whenever we conclude "Our' circumstances are beyond our control or NOT? Exactly when does anyone's set of momentary circumstances prove to mean MORE than WHO we are in those same moments? Which is worse forgetting who we claim we are 25% of the time or neglecting to remember who God says we are? All that we should be willing to learn to expect 100% of the time? That same 100% only BECAUSE of who we are and who it is that Spoke those WORDS?

Would you classify a double minded person as someone who's rarely decided? Someone who has a record of being Indecisive?  A well grounded person who would also be considered as someone with a Good foundation?  When was the last time you had your "Foundation Inspected"?

Why would any Foundation ever have need of being "Inspected'? To see if it can uphold the weight that's about to be placed upon it?

Maybe a person with principals or morals? Maybe a person who's always leery of any "Blunt" talking point in terms of where or what a specific type of conversation might lead to? The type of mindset  that primarily listens for the sake of intent and in turn how same might somehow affect their image or "Persona" should the conversation somehow take an abrupt turn SOUTH?

As if knowing you're talking to someone who's also a known defense 'Attorney"?

Would you consider the type of person who often sees the need to play the role of the devils "advocate" in ANY situation someone who's also "Double Minded"?

Is there ever a scenario where the devil or satan would have need of an advocate or a witness within a debate?

How important would you suggest an Innocent mind would prove itself to be within ANY type of conversation?

Taking the Lead (Part II)

What about things being spoken about the Grace that is of God and as such without correction for the sake what? A false encounter with supposed Grace?

Grace being spoken of and assumed extended under the ruse of the type of person who wants to be considered Graceful or Gracious? What about people thought and said to be using "Tactful" speech?

Tactician noun

1. a person who uses a carefully planned strategy to achieve a specific end.

Who in and Of this world also knows much more than they too have been told about an expected "End" without the consideration that also speaks to exactly Who it is that also validates ANY prophecy?

I can't speak for you, yet I've come to know better over the course of time many liars as well there's very little difference in the minds of most who do tell lies in terms of a "Scheme" verses a "Strategy".

These are only two of many words in our language often used interchangeably. Even further words used to somehow express what is rarely accepted as True or Absolute also relative to words being accepted at face value such as "Cause, Affect, Effect and other words such as "Because". Is it even possible words such as these can make an impression upon our minds without offering well thought word picture as an accompanying Image?

I can still remember only a couple of instances (the rest are blurred for some reason) when I as a child would ask my parents 'Why" they had laid down the "Law" in a certain fashion ONLY they seemed to understand? How many of you also met with the type response, "Because, I said so"! Because what?

They had  said so and that was supposed to clarify "Exactly" what? Just think today about whenever someone references the proverbial and otherwise mysterious "They" we continue to hear from in antiquity? As if the immediate talking point that "Was" in play had mysteriously reached an abrupt conclusion, yet based on WHAT Facts or truth?

Just think what something as simple as "God said SO" might have at least stirred within many today early on? Instead of it being the type of moment when what had seemed like an endless flow of words or word pictures which simply dried up like the some dead lake or sea?

Who's to say how anything will turn OUT if the right things HAD OF been said in times past? Doesn't opportunity also need to be given a CHANCE encounter in terms of the Birthing of something within us all that may have NOT found the opportunity to speak otherwise?

How exactly does a person speak out of Love to a separate person who rarely Trust? This same lack of Trust also due to what type of Reason? The "reason" leading up an otherwise lengthy explanation maybe? I'm of the opinion the word Reason in its more often accepted usage is FAR too ambiguous.

I'm one of those type thinkers who's of the mindset or "Stronghold" that holds OUT until satisfied with the explanation being offered.

In terms of trust or "Trusting" what someone has said, why the is there ever the need to have to reach back and borrow from the origin of the Greeks? As if in doing so will somehow hopefully "Retrace" the depth of meaning of whatever is being stated (has been said) is also the Gospel? Could you imagine debating with your Mom or Dad or school teacher growing up and trying to reference a Greek, German or Latin Lexicon or "Concordance"? Afterwards to be defined as a HEALTHY debate?

In my youth I would hear people suggesting in many different ways, "Mean what you say and say what you mean"! Sounds easy right, but what if you find yourself surrounded by opposition at nearly every turn having said what you do have to say as if "Meaningful"? The shorter version might be, "Be a man of your word(s)"! The same situations where you've stated your case and  still find yourself at odds with the One you're hoping to Convey a MEANINGFUL message to? Meaning , "Maybe" yet meaningful to who and "Why"?

Soon to discover you'll quite possibly end up lonely using this type of protocol as people today often thought to be good listeners are only listening intently for the sake of their own "Defense" or information that might prove to work out for their own benefit.

But what if the world around us would have YOU to believe YOU are the ONLY one who understands what You're saying? Isn't there some clinical diagnosis and acceptance of same for this condition? Some might even suggest a "Dis-ease" or mental Dis-order"? Maybe the word "Delusional" might seem "Fitting" to some?

What does being Culled Out mean to you? What does being considered the Called Out mean to others of a different persuasion?

If you were asked, "Are cultures or societies designed by way of forethought and planning or more by way of an evolutionary process where a group of people fly by the seat of their britches? Further to suggest an environment that's been "Intentionally" structured by way of having only one of two choices? Those two choices being to either "Accept" or "Reject" specific ideologies?

And if a persons answer were "Yes" to both or "Yes AND No" wouldn't that also qualify an "Ambiguous" response by definition? It would if "Yes and No" were the Only two acceptable responses, right?  And what might a melting Pot of idea's look like to You? Are we also talking about forging metal, Mulligan Stew or the strength and the combined strength of ALL that a person believes to be simultaneously TRUE?

Have you ever listened intently to or "Felt" the energy in the room when someone is considered being "Grilled" (Cross examined or Crucified) in a court of Law? What would you consider as the appropriate metaphor in terms of the source of heat? The anticipation of the hearers who are waiting to hear and judge for themselves what is True or Not? What about the visual affect of a word picture of someone being thrown into the Lions Den of Public Opinion?

Think of a Jury that's been pooled? What would you "Predict" the verdict would be if a murder trial jury had been pooled from a panel of nothing but "Convicted Murders" waiting on death row?

Much like what I call the cowards way out of a complicated conversation whenever a fruitless exercise reaches their conclusion by way of 'Agreeing" to "Disagree"? Some might suggest "Well at least they Tried", yet in my view the more accurate assessment would read, "Yes, you too were Tried, but you were also found guilty having failed at the task at hand!

How many have read or heard, "Love never fails"? Are those simple words to be considered false? What about the minds that try to "Interpret" them as God intended within any God Given moment?

In terms of ALL that a person also believes God to be, would Him being Truthful in every matter be at the Top of the lengthy list that might attempt to somehow express all that God is?

Exactly how does a person describe their home town as a fallen city to its inhabitants while trying not to blend in with the drunken crowd. sw

What comes to mind when you hear the word "Infrastructure"? I would like to think "Images" such as Roads, Water Systems, Electrical grids, Government buildings, Railways and Airports etc. All the above are tangible, things built with human hands which were intended at their "Introduction" to somehow serve the common "Good", right?

Basically once their practicality and day to day usefulness has been realized over the course of time these things seem to develop the tendency to somehow "Fade" into the background in the nearly blinding light of everything else that comes along as if New and Improved.

If Jesus were seen as in a New and Improved light today, what would that Light also look like as compared? In terms of applied proper context why would a reader of the passage below need the entire scenario somehow be "Recreated" before they 'Understood" the essence (heart) of what the author is suggesting? What if the one reading were to simply first "Answer the questions he's asking to then accept the response at"Face Value"?

Why do many criminals get away with crimes beyond being Tried? Because of the lack of Evidence? Or because no WITNESS can truly testify to the Crime because THEY weren't PHYSICALLY there meaning "Present"?

1 Cor 9:3-12
This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. 4 Don't we have the right to food and drink? Don't we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas? Or is it only I and Barnabas who must work for a living? 

Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk? 8 Do I say this merely from a human point of view ? Doesn't the Law say the same thing? 

For it is written in the Law of Moses: "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." Is it about oxen that God is concerned? 

Surely he says this for us, doesn't he? Yes, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they ought to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest. If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you? 12 If others have this right of support from you, shouldn't we have it all the more? 
NIV

Have you ever allowed your self to be questioned at Length about "Any" talking point to the point of fatigue?  How about questions about God or the One God sent to mankind with a specific and intentional message? To then add to that thought a message sent that is far "Beyond Questioning"? Especially when considering exactly who it is that's being asked the question?

Have you ever heard the phrase used when a topic has been "Talked to Death"? To further suggest a Dead Topic"? Wouldn't it also be interesting to reach an "Absolute" understanding as to why anyone would NOT enjoy talking to other people? Especially if you like myself are the type who chooses to believe there is a "Reason" for everything as if simultaneously discussing different "Seasons"?

What if and whenever the spirit of God were Truly being discussed, someone told you there are "Seasons" of God? One of those seasons being the season of His "Mercy"? Is there a difference between the two without "Outside" input?

People will more often talk more about whatever it is they have a direct "Interest" in, right? Would it also be a safe assumption to consider what most people are NOT interested in Talking about are topics that easily "Stir Up" mixed emotions?

Have you ever considered mixed emotions as you might a strong mixed 'Drink"? I suppose if there are those who have been more wonderfully saved than others, but what if talking about mixed drink the person you're talking to had NEVER been drunk? Never tasted or even smelled Alcohol or other mind altering substances?

Would this make and/or qualify them as if closed minded or simply someone thought to have made NOTHING but "Good" decisions to date?

I remember having a conversation with a wise man about people in general terms. As do most people we did the dance with words until the conversation reached a certain "Pitch". I could tell he wanted to divert the conversation.

He tried by stating, "I Love people and I Love conversing, yet there are three type of personalities I will NOT debate anything meaningful with and in no particular order they would be Preachers, Politicians, Policeman or Painters.

I was a little taken back at first because this brush stroke seemed a little broad and had a slightly rebellious tone in terms of my understanding of authority. The one personality mentioned that struck me as odd was the Painter. I told this man I can kind of understand the first 3 in terms of making a connection, but why the "Painter"?

He paused and said with an odd grin, "Honestly, it's very simple because every painter I've "Personally" had dealings with at the "End" of the day turned out to be a "Drunk"!

I then asked Him why he thought ALL painters were drunks? He said "Well I don't, but what I do know is that until I meet one that's not, why should I doubt "My" theory"!

I leave you to decide what an "Open Ended" conversation sounds like and how same might somehow affect others with this one question, 'Why does anyone "Need" closure if they're truly always searching for the Truth with all of their heart mind soul and strength?

Hab 2:12-16
Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed and establishes a town by crime!
Has not the LORD Almighty determined that the people's labor is only fuel for the fire,
that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?
14 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD,
as the waters cover the sea.

"Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin till they are drunk,
so that he can gaze on their naked bodies. You will be filled with shame instead of glory. Now it is your turn! Drink and be exposed!

The cup from the LORD's right hand is coming around to you,
and disgrace will cover your glory. NIV

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