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"Complacency shall not present this reality of truth!"
"Complacency shall not present this reality of truth!"
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"And each day I am grateful for God being a part of my life, here in the now.
And over the years I have learned that I had to become willing to change,
and only then am I able to truly appreciate and grasp the significance of
striving to earnestly practice the 'principles of life' as the inspiration of Christ
teachings have put forth.
'And knowing spiritual discipline has far reaching implications of great worth,
and that many appear to be clueless to the significance of this truth."
"Praise God"
"And each day I am grateful for God being a part of my life, here in the now.
And over the years I have learned that I had to become willing to change,
and only then am I able to truly appreciate and grasp the significance of
striving to earnestly practice the 'principles of life' as the inspiration of Christ
teachings have put forth.
'And knowing spiritual discipline has far reaching implications of great worth,
and that many appear to be clueless to the significance of this truth."
"Praise God"
A Native American Prayer
O' Great Spirit,
Whose voice I hear in the winds,
and whose breath gives life to
all the world, Hear Me!
I am small and weak.
I need your strength and wisdom.
Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes
ever behold the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have
made and my ears sharp to hear your voice.
Make me wise so that I may understand
the things you have taught my people.
Let me learn the lessons that you
have hidden in every leaf and rock.
I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother,
but to fight my greatest enemy - myself.
Make me always ready to come to you
with clean hands and straight eyes.
So when Life fades, as the fading sunset,
my spirit may come to you without shame.
From the Sioux, Dakota and Mandan
(Windwalker...friend of a friend R.I.P.)
O' Great Spirit,
Whose voice I hear in the winds,
and whose breath gives life to
all the world, Hear Me!
I am small and weak.
I need your strength and wisdom.
Let me walk in beauty, and make my eyes
ever behold the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have
made and my ears sharp to hear your voice.
Make me wise so that I may understand
the things you have taught my people.
Let me learn the lessons that you
have hidden in every leaf and rock.
I seek strength, not to be greater than my brother,
but to fight my greatest enemy - myself.
Make me always ready to come to you
with clean hands and straight eyes.
So when Life fades, as the fading sunset,
my spirit may come to you without shame.
From the Sioux, Dakota and Mandan
(Windwalker...friend of a friend R.I.P.)
(And the sinister movement continues to escalate)
https://christianchat.com/threads/the-time-of-all-things.184795/post-4976427
https://christianchat.com/threads/the-time-of-all-things.184795/post-4976427
God's plan is for Man to learn the lesson of Love, upon which the universe is based. He can only learn that lesson by giving love to his neighbor, for the regiving and return of that love by his neighbor. Service to one's neighbor is the highest principle of life. The value of every man to every other man is the greatest source of man's wealth and prosperity. World peace and happiness can only be acquired by the realization of man's asset value to man, and the conservation of that value by mutual service, one to another. No house can be divided against itself and survive -- be it one house or a world of houses.
He meant MIND. He meant that all there is in this universe is MIND and body -- which means Creator and Creation, and which also means Cause and Effect. And that is the answer to ALL things, It is the complete answer to what God, Nature, man-woman, energy, silence, sound, stillness, motion, and all things else, are . . . Thinking is Creating, the very first and foremost of spiritual truths . . . As a man thinketh, so it is for him . . . As mankind thinks, so it is that it manifests in life. God's Mind and the electric pulsations of His divine thinking, divided among His many bits of "Localized Divinity", Mankind, constitutes the entirety of this universe. Beyond that there is naught else. God's omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent, living, conscious Mind is eternally balanced and at rest, Cause and Effect are never separated....
Simply because men of that day and of this day do not comprehend what Jesus meant when He plainly tells them that they could find God within themselves and then all things would be added unto them. . . . "If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you."
Instead of comprehending and believing Him, the mass-Mind of the world, then and now, looks outward toward transient, pulsing bodies of living-dying physical matter for their realities, instead of to their centering, spiritual Soul-Mind. Mankind has done just the opposite of what Jesus taught and has made himself a way of life which has always led to catastrophe and oblivion. Not one thing of man's creating has endured when man looked outward, and away from the Spirit which centered him.
(Article from a friend of many...R.I.P.) B.H. (Windwalker)
1933-2009 and four decades devoted to the love of God.
He meant MIND. He meant that all there is in this universe is MIND and body -- which means Creator and Creation, and which also means Cause and Effect. And that is the answer to ALL things, It is the complete answer to what God, Nature, man-woman, energy, silence, sound, stillness, motion, and all things else, are . . . Thinking is Creating, the very first and foremost of spiritual truths . . . As a man thinketh, so it is for him . . . As mankind thinks, so it is that it manifests in life. God's Mind and the electric pulsations of His divine thinking, divided among His many bits of "Localized Divinity", Mankind, constitutes the entirety of this universe. Beyond that there is naught else. God's omniscient, omnipotent and omnipresent, living, conscious Mind is eternally balanced and at rest, Cause and Effect are never separated....
Simply because men of that day and of this day do not comprehend what Jesus meant when He plainly tells them that they could find God within themselves and then all things would be added unto them. . . . "If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you."
Instead of comprehending and believing Him, the mass-Mind of the world, then and now, looks outward toward transient, pulsing bodies of living-dying physical matter for their realities, instead of to their centering, spiritual Soul-Mind. Mankind has done just the opposite of what Jesus taught and has made himself a way of life which has always led to catastrophe and oblivion. Not one thing of man's creating has endured when man looked outward, and away from the Spirit which centered him.
(Article from a friend of many...R.I.P.) B.H. (Windwalker)
1933-2009 and four decades devoted to the love of God.
THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD
"OPERATING THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IN ACCORD WITH HIS WILL" (EPH 1:11)
On the subject of free will, there is not much to say; the scriptures do not even speak of it. The only freewill in the bible is that of God. You may show me many scriptures where man is choosing, and this is good; however, we also read that God establishes a man's steps (Prov 16:9).
According to Webster's New Dictionary, free will is the power of the human will to choose without constraint. If this is true, then God Himself cannot constrain us. The scriptures paint a different picture.
The idea of free will absolutely has to exist in orthodoxy, else how could we justify eternal torment or annihilation? In removing all responsibility from God, we put it on man, making miniature deities who cannot be controlled by God himself. God makes it very clear of what things he is responsible for. He is bringing evil (Is 31:2), He created evil (Is 45:7), He will send the lawless one (2Thes 2:12), He hardens whom He wills (Rom 9:18), He turns our hearts wherever He wills (Prov 21:1), He hardened Pharoah (Ex 4:21), He creates vessels for dishonor (Rom 9:21) before they know good from evil (Rom 9:10-13), He turns hearts to hate his people (Ps 105:25), He blinds Israel (Rom 11:7), and He will even turn hearts toward the beast (Rev 17:17). We are not responsible. We are accountable. He locks all up in stubborness so that He may show mercy to all, not just the elect (Rom 1:32). He says Himself that His judgements are so that the world will learn righteousness (Is 26:9).
Jesus said that judgement is so that all will honor the son (Jn 5:22,23). So judgement is corrective.
Some will say that they chose Christ. The word of God begs to differ. We have not chosen Him, He has chosen us (Jn 15:16) beforehand (Rom 8:28-30)(Eph 1:4,5). How can you claim that salvation is of yourselves? Eph 2:8,9 says it is not. If faith is the requirement, then the cross was not sufficient.
Jesus came to save all, but you still have Him relying on us to "finish" the job. You say you were saved by your faith, yet God imparts to each the measure of faith (Rom 12:3), so don't boast. It is not of our will, but of God's (Rom 9:16). It is granted to us to be believing (Ph 1:29). It isn't because you are smart enough to believe. If anyone claims he chose Christ, he breaks two universal laws: 1. no one is seeking God (Rom 3:11) 2. No one can come to the father unless he is called (Jn 6:44, Matt 11:27, Matt 13:11).
If man has free will, then our father in heaven cannot impose on him, lest his free will be invaded. This puts our father in a dangerous position, as He cannot stop a violent revolt. On the contrary, the scriptures tell us that the Father operates the whole universe in accord with His will (Eph 1:11, Dn 4:35). Nothing you or I do will prevent His will from being accomplished (Is 14:27, Rom 9:19).
(Be sure to do your own careful 'inventory' before taking action based on anything you find in this content.
Intended solely as informative and subjects of 'Reflections of Life'...'This side of the glass')
(Thanks to a friend of a friend. R.I.P.
Archive article of decades ago was put together by a wise man)
"OPERATING THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IN ACCORD WITH HIS WILL" (EPH 1:11)
On the subject of free will, there is not much to say; the scriptures do not even speak of it. The only freewill in the bible is that of God. You may show me many scriptures where man is choosing, and this is good; however, we also read that God establishes a man's steps (Prov 16:9).
According to Webster's New Dictionary, free will is the power of the human will to choose without constraint. If this is true, then God Himself cannot constrain us. The scriptures paint a different picture.
The idea of free will absolutely has to exist in orthodoxy, else how could we justify eternal torment or annihilation? In removing all responsibility from God, we put it on man, making miniature deities who cannot be controlled by God himself. God makes it very clear of what things he is responsible for. He is bringing evil (Is 31:2), He created evil (Is 45:7), He will send the lawless one (2Thes 2:12), He hardens whom He wills (Rom 9:18), He turns our hearts wherever He wills (Prov 21:1), He hardened Pharoah (Ex 4:21), He creates vessels for dishonor (Rom 9:21) before they know good from evil (Rom 9:10-13), He turns hearts to hate his people (Ps 105:25), He blinds Israel (Rom 11:7), and He will even turn hearts toward the beast (Rev 17:17). We are not responsible. We are accountable. He locks all up in stubborness so that He may show mercy to all, not just the elect (Rom 1:32). He says Himself that His judgements are so that the world will learn righteousness (Is 26:9).
Jesus said that judgement is so that all will honor the son (Jn 5:22,23). So judgement is corrective.
Some will say that they chose Christ. The word of God begs to differ. We have not chosen Him, He has chosen us (Jn 15:16) beforehand (Rom 8:28-30)(Eph 1:4,5). How can you claim that salvation is of yourselves? Eph 2:8,9 says it is not. If faith is the requirement, then the cross was not sufficient.
Jesus came to save all, but you still have Him relying on us to "finish" the job. You say you were saved by your faith, yet God imparts to each the measure of faith (Rom 12:3), so don't boast. It is not of our will, but of God's (Rom 9:16). It is granted to us to be believing (Ph 1:29). It isn't because you are smart enough to believe. If anyone claims he chose Christ, he breaks two universal laws: 1. no one is seeking God (Rom 3:11) 2. No one can come to the father unless he is called (Jn 6:44, Matt 11:27, Matt 13:11).
If man has free will, then our father in heaven cannot impose on him, lest his free will be invaded. This puts our father in a dangerous position, as He cannot stop a violent revolt. On the contrary, the scriptures tell us that the Father operates the whole universe in accord with His will (Eph 1:11, Dn 4:35). Nothing you or I do will prevent His will from being accomplished (Is 14:27, Rom 9:19).
(Be sure to do your own careful 'inventory' before taking action based on anything you find in this content.
Intended solely as informative and subjects of 'Reflections of Life'...'This side of the glass')
(Thanks to a friend of a friend. R.I.P.
Archive article of decades ago was put together by a wise man)
Simply because men of that day and of this day do not comprehend what Jesus meant when He plainly tells them that they could find God within themselves and then all things would be added unto them. . .. "If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you."
Instead of comprehending and believing Him, the mass-Mind of the world, then and now, looks outward toward transient, pulsing bodies of living-dying physical matter for their realities, instead of to their centering, spiritual Soul-Mind. Mankind has done just the opposite of what Jesus taught and has made himself a way of life which has always led to catastrophe and oblivion. Not one thing of man's creating has endured when man looked outward, and away from the Spirit which centered him.
Yes, it is still very true, and very simple, His teachings...
From Matthew 22:
35 And one of them, a legal expert, put him to the test:
36 "Teacher, which commandment in the Law is the greatest?"
37 He replied to him, "'You are to love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your mind and all your energy.'
38 This commandment is first and foremost.
39 And the second is like it: 'You are to love your neighbor as yourself.'
40 On these two commandments hangs everything in the Law and the Prophets."
Our neighbor is everyone on the face of this earth, all of the sons and daughters of God.
There are only Twelve Simple Principles by which one leads a truly Spiritual Life and completes the learning of the Lesson of Love.
Honesty, Hope, Faith, Courage, Integrity, Willingness, Humility, Brotherly Love, Justice, Perseverance, Spirituality, and Service to One Another.
NONE of these are possible without the development of TRUST!
Yes, we are our brother's keeper, and if we see him going astray, we should attract him to the path of righteousness by our example, but we cannot in the name of Love force him. For as someone once said, "A man convinced against his will is unconvinced still."
And I must conclude with a quote from Herbert Spencer:
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance -- that principle is contempt prior to investigation."
We are THE BELOVED . . .
WE Are The ONE We Have Been Waiting For..
Hokh!!! Mitakuye oyasin, hecitu welo!!!
Yes!!! We are all related, it is indeed so!!!
(From a friend of a friend. R.I.P....B.H. 'Windwalker')
Instead of comprehending and believing Him, the mass-Mind of the world, then and now, looks outward toward transient, pulsing bodies of living-dying physical matter for their realities, instead of to their centering, spiritual Soul-Mind. Mankind has done just the opposite of what Jesus taught and has made himself a way of life which has always led to catastrophe and oblivion. Not one thing of man's creating has endured when man looked outward, and away from the Spirit which centered him.
Yes, it is still very true, and very simple, His teachings...
From Matthew 22:
35 And one of them, a legal expert, put him to the test:
36 "Teacher, which commandment in the Law is the greatest?"
37 He replied to him, "'You are to love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul and all your mind and all your energy.'
38 This commandment is first and foremost.
39 And the second is like it: 'You are to love your neighbor as yourself.'
40 On these two commandments hangs everything in the Law and the Prophets."
Our neighbor is everyone on the face of this earth, all of the sons and daughters of God.
There are only Twelve Simple Principles by which one leads a truly Spiritual Life and completes the learning of the Lesson of Love.
Honesty, Hope, Faith, Courage, Integrity, Willingness, Humility, Brotherly Love, Justice, Perseverance, Spirituality, and Service to One Another.
NONE of these are possible without the development of TRUST!
Yes, we are our brother's keeper, and if we see him going astray, we should attract him to the path of righteousness by our example, but we cannot in the name of Love force him. For as someone once said, "A man convinced against his will is unconvinced still."
And I must conclude with a quote from Herbert Spencer:
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance -- that principle is contempt prior to investigation."
We are THE BELOVED . . .
WE Are The ONE We Have Been Waiting For..
Hokh!!! Mitakuye oyasin, hecitu welo!!!
Yes!!! We are all related, it is indeed so!!!
(From a friend of a friend. R.I.P....B.H. 'Windwalker')
Paul's Message, the Spirit's Power
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching [was] not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Wisdom from the Spirit of God
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known [it], they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
But God hath revealed [them] unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Spirit teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians 2
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching [was] not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Wisdom from the Spirit of God
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known [it], they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
But God hath revealed [them] unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Spirit teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
1 Corinthians 2
"Many should focus and ponder this truth "carefully".
(In transitive terms the difference between obey and abide is that obey is to do as ordered, told, rules or suggested by (a person, institution etc.), to act according to the bidding or influence of others...while abide is to pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for.
In intransitive terms the difference between obey and abide is that obey is to do as one is told while abide is to endure; to remain; to last.)
"The joy of true fellowship shall be mine in full measure. I will revel in the joy of real fellowship.
There will come back a wonderful joy, if I share in fellowship now.
Fellowship among spiritually minded people is the embodiment of God's purpose for this world.
'To realize this will bring me a new life joy. If I share in humanity's joy and travail, a great blessing will be mine.
I can truly live a life not of earth, but a heaven life here and now."
There will come back a wonderful joy, if I share in fellowship now.
Fellowship among spiritually minded people is the embodiment of God's purpose for this world.
'To realize this will bring me a new life joy. If I share in humanity's joy and travail, a great blessing will be mine.
I can truly live a life not of earth, but a heaven life here and now."
'It is the quality of our life that determines its value. In order to judge the value of a person's life,
we must set up a standard. The most valuable life is one of honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love.
All people's lives ought to be judged by this standard in determining their value to the world.
By this standard, most of the so-called heroes of history were not great men.
"What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, if he loseth his own soul?"
we must set up a standard. The most valuable life is one of honesty, purity, unselfishness, and love.
All people's lives ought to be judged by this standard in determining their value to the world.
By this standard, most of the so-called heroes of history were not great men.
"What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, if he loseth his own soul?"
