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​Even in our hardships, God has a plan. "How big is your God" is determined by your fears. The One, True God...the Rock of our salvation...the King above all other so-called gods,--Who formed the highest mountain peak and lowest ocean depth-- is MIGHTY to save! The only fear of those who serve Him, is the fear of His reverential awesomeness, majesty and might.
​God uses the base of the world for His purposes. True Wisdom can only come from Him, as He is the only one who possesses it. This must be; because all men are equal-- however, not to be understood in the flawed worldly notion of socialism. Men are equal, but true Wisdom says we are free to choose how far we pursue our own potential.
God uses the simple to contrast the ways of the world. The world values the opposite of God's Kingdom, the world values the things that God does not value. God endeavors for us to understand that what He desires to give us cannot be earned or purchased.
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Truth seekers are compelled to strip naked the doctrines and beliefs of men in order that they may be exmined in the light of Infinite Truth.
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A relationship with God is personal and individual to each person, tailor suited to fulfill our individual needs and circumstances. But He must still be sought within His well-defined parameters. We can only approach God ONE way-- His way. Any other path ultimately leads to destruction, whether by self or the Enemy, regardless of its seeming integrity or righteousness.
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If we are all gods, then we would be in no need for salvation, which would not only render Jesus' Gospel Message moot, but also make Him a liar. If this were a real Truth, the whole of Jesus' ministry, and most importantly, His death and the propitiation provided to the whole of mankind as a result of it, would have been utterly in vain.
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Shine the TRUE Light (Jesus' Words) on any Gnostic lie-- no matter how subtle the imitation may be to Truth-- and it will never fail to cast a shadow.
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When we espouse ourselves to Jesus as our 'Bridegroom', through His teachings and blood of salvation, it is adultery to espouse or even entertain other beliefs. That is why we are told to present ourselves chaste, like a 'Bride' unto Christ-- unperverted by false doctrine or beliefs and traditions of men-- pure, holy and desirable for His Kingdom.
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The Israelites spiritually whored themselves to Babylonian, Egyptian and Canaanite religious traditions. Over time, the Israelites began to incorporate bits and pieces of the faiths of those around them, ultimately making their own personalized religions suited to their liking. That is why God accused them of being prostitutes and spreading their legs to whomever passed by. Americans are now the spiritual whores, spiritually prostituting themselves for every holiday.
The whole point of the lesson at Eden which culminated in the inevitable fall of man, was that man sought knowledge and understanding outside of God and His divine order of distribution.
Submission to God's way, rather than our way, is something that we all battle daily-- for the disease of "self" runs through all our veins. To gain life, we truly must lose it. To sacrifice our own wants, plans and desires to God is the way of His Kingdom, the counter-opposite is the way of the world.
Defeating the lie of our ruin is not done by returning to it like a dog to vomit, but rather by the daily circumcision of our inclination to submit to the temptation of seeking our own way. For truly, our own way only leads to death. When God set before us life and death, He also provided us the answer: "Choose life." Our own way is the very antithesis of Gods way, only in God can we find life.
No lie can be found in God, therefore He spoke only Truth (Life) to Adam when He told him that in eating the "fruit" of knowledge to understand through experience 'good' vs. 'evil' by his own accord and devise rather than seeking God's, that he would surely die. The result of that endeavor was his spiritual and physical corruption-- to 'know' without the proper understanding or guidance results in lies, chaos and confusion. That corruption was passed on to all men as a flawed and selfish lust for knowledge over a genuine longing and desire for Infinite and Ultimate Truths, which can only be given by God Himself.
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Men know nothing except what has been imparted to them. If imparted by anything other than God according to His timing, plan and will, then all their knowledge is worthless and useless and will only lead to destruction.
In the Book of Enoch, we are told that the fallen Watchers had only been given access to worthless knowledge, which wasn't even comparable to the true knowledge of heaven. "The true mysteries of heaven had not been revealed to them [the Watchers] and the ones they knew which they revealed to mankind were worthless, used by mankind only to work evil." (Enoch 16:3)
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We are never told God created dark. We are only told that it was already there in the beginning when God made light.
There is only one God. There can only be one Truth. Anything more is chaos outside of order.
Chaos creates strife, enmity, confusion and turmoil. It turns son against father, daughter against mother, sister and brother against each other, it calls good bad and bad good. God created order out of the dark abyss of non-order. His creation can choose which Order to serve, but that choice is where they will reside.
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Because we are created, we can only fathom concepts and ideas from that which is within creation itself. Because we are creations within a creation, we necessarily are incapable of perceiving anything that lies outside the parameters of our existence.
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When incarnated in the flesh as Jesus of Nazareth, God was a servant even unto Himself.
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The Enemy seeks to divide us, Jesus wants to make us whole--just as His Body is whole. The first division of success for the Enemy was the first two human beings in the Garden. Ever since, men and woman fall into the temptation to work against each other, instead of for each other. Contrary to what the world would like you to believe, men and women are on the same planet-- Earth. Not Mars or Venus.
God made men and women to share one flesh, but from two complementing vantage points. But once corrupted, they became opposed. Instead of building each other up, we build up ourselves.
As a Believer in Christ, our work is a process-- not a moment.
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The reason He allows us to stray as a result of our own choices is to accomplish our refinement. Some of the most profound lessons we learn are those that circumcise us the most. Those who are forgiven much, do not hesitate to wash the feet of their Savior with everything that they own and all that they are.
There is much I am ashamed of but I cannot regret those actions because all they did was make me appreciate my salvation even more.
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Don't allow your anger at someone who is doing more to work against God's kingdom, than for it, distract you from the Truth and cause you to do the same. The Enemy seeks to divide us. Jesus seeks to bring us together in One Body and make us whole.
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True understanding of prophetic scripture can only be given through divine revelation. Anything else is speculation and subject to interpretation. And although constructive discussion of possible interpretations can be a beneficial method of fellowship for Believers, wisdom begins with the reverential awe of God. Therefore, wisdom holds great aversion towards investing any real authority in the interpretations of men, no matter how well intentioned. The Spirit within us will recognize Truth. His Spirit within us will recognize His own voice.
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​Nothing is wasted, all things ultimately glorify Him and serve His purpose in the end, one way or another. No matter how far from grace the Enemy pushes himself, no matter what he commits for loss, all his endeavors will only lead to the consummation of righteousness. That is how the whole of creation began, and once we finish coming full circle, that is how it will end, regardless of the degree of corruption in the meantime.
All will make an accounting, and the corruptors will account in vain.
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​Understanding and wisdom come through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit comes through faith in and the pursuit of Christ.
You can't identify something unless you know what you're looking at. If you don't know what you're looking at, then you can't understand it. You don't know where to find something unless you know where to look. Even if you know where to look, you still won't find it unless you know what you're looking for.
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Therefore, knowing His Kingdom through comprehension and knowing His Kingdom by observation are mutually inclusive-- you cannot comprehend it without observing it, and you cannot observe it without comprehending it.
We are told to "seek Wisdom at all costs." (Proverbs 4:7) We are told that "the beginning of Wisdom is knowing God and having the reverential awe of God." (Proverbs 9:10 & Psalms 111:10)
Jesus says to "seek first the kingdom." (Matt 6:43) We seek the kingdom by knowing God. We understand His kingdom through the reverential awe and respectful and mindful fear of His glory, goodness and authority.
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​The Enemy knows we are saved in Christ. Therefore, his attacks will be subterfuge and petty argument-- the things we are most susceptible to by our flawed human nature. However, his time is short. Thus, if he knows he cannot have us, he will simply make our existence here seem unbearable and uncomfortable as possible.
​We can sow, but only God can make it grow.
​Men were created by God, in His image, to reflect the nature of His person. Although this image has since been corrupted, we still bear the potential of this reflection.
However, because corruption was borne through rebellion, disobedience and choosing our own way instead of His, our ability to reflect His image can only be reconciled by submission, faith and trust.
​Believe and know that we serve a MIGHTY GOD, and those who choose to know Him, even the very hairs of their head have been counted and are known. He will hear you, He will bring you home, but you have to first believe, then ask with a desiring heart. It rains on the righteous and the wicked, alike, yet the righteous are those who have chosen to smile in the rain, to cover their brother and shield them from the storm, to come together, arm in arm, shoulder to shoulder, heads bowed, seeking shelter with one heart and one mind. An entire body of Believers fueled by faith that the shelter which they share will cover them, and they will never have to suffer another storm for all eternity.
​The only thing that is free is salvation in Jesus Christ.
Anything offered by anyone else comes at a price.
​Our sins have been paid for. Once and for all, our debt was paid, in the Holy Blood of eternal Perfection, at Calvary by Jesus Christ of Nazareth. The fullness of God, yet encompassed completely in the flesh of man. A man incurred the debt, thus the debt could only be paid by a man. And so it was. And it was done so in fullness. Jesus spoke, "It is finished." Amen and Amen, so be it and it is.
God's Word is to be our spiritual 'meat', His Word is the only 'food' we actually need, because everything else comes from the faith and time we invest in It.