Hannah
Childless, But Her Prayer Answered
Frank
William Warwick Topham (1838-1924)
Today,
the reply addresses sinners coming to GOD on the basis of their
acknowledgment of active presence and divine spirit substance,
rather than through surrender because of the flesh and conditions
that are carnal, material, and social. Despite being raised in the
idolatry and spiritual confusion within Egypt and the household of
Pharaoh, Moses had an inheritance from GOD through Levi. When GOD
spoke to him from a burning bush that Moses had only stopped to
examine from curiosity, Moses prostrated himself immediately. Job
was challenged and tested by Satan, who did not appear to Job using a
visible figure. Multiple disasters were heaped on him, and Job
openly complained against divine injustice. Finally, GOD appeared
and spoke to Job requiring that he minister to others who were not
members of his own family and household. The acknowledgment of Job
is seen in that he repented immediately, not that he surrendered.
The writer at “Yahoo! Answers” in the Religion and Spirituality
forum using the ID “Nami” (Level 3 with 1,128 points, a member
since May 06, 2014) posted the following:
Surrendering
to God?
Simple
question. Do you think God will let a situation get so bad due to the
unknown that it forces you to do nothing else but to surrender it to
him?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not
with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto
him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see
in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print
of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with
them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the
midst, and said, Peace be unto you. Then saith he to Thomas,
Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy
hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but
believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my
God. Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou
hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet
have believed. (John 20: 24-29, King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: Salvation Must Be Eternal (11/06/2018); The Answer
Jesus Shared (10/28/2018); Chosen Through Sacred Process
(09/06/2018); What Divine Salvation Requires (05/15/2018);
Christianity Is A Relationship (04/05/2018); Baptism and “the just”
(10/05/2017); Accepting the Divine Will? (12/06/2016)
“Nami”,
divinity offers salvation using fixed methods and operations, yet,
salvation is never coerced or forced on anyone. Among Christians,
the answer to your question that is to be shared with sinners who
become “developing believers” is not simple, for it pertains to
divine prerogative; eternal purpose; sacred inheritance and ones
participation in existing covenant relationships; and the sovereign
will of divinity. The conditions and events endured by those within
the household of faith are to be accounted as benefits, edification,
and privilege. Thus, different examples may be taken from the holy
writings that report incidents from the lives of the prophets.
Joseph, who became second in command to Pharaoh of Egypt, and Samuel,
who was consecrated and served the High Priest and his sons within
the tabernacle even though he was not from the tribe of Levi, never
wavered from their sacred visions, and their early experiences of GOD
that were granted to them as children. Where Samuel grew up on holy
ground, Joseph endured Egypt that represents spiritual confusion.
The prophet Jonah was commanded to go and preach repentance to
heathens and Gentiles in Nineveh (the capitol city of the Assyrians).
He tried to escape the duty by taking ship to Tarshish; and was cast
into the sea during a great storm. Jonah was swallowed up by a great
fish that had been prepared and sent by GOD. Buried alive within the
fish, Jonah prayed prayers of repentance, and was heard. Even so,
when the city repented with prayer and fasting, Jonah became angry
against GOD for displaying mercy in judgment, rather than punishing
them with destruction. There is far more that should be said,
correctly examined, and spiritually apprehended. For example, when
Jacob fled for his life from the home of his father Isaac, the son
and heir of Abraham, through deception Jacob had received the sacred
blessing for the firstborn. Even so, Jacob knew GOD only as “the
GOD of my fathers.” During sleep, he received a sacred vision of
angels on a ladder from earth to heaven that filled him with awe and
terror. Because he did not understand that his inheritance was one
of priesthood, Jacob sought to bargain with GOD. Jacob offered to
regard GOD as his own divinity on condition that GOD would protect
and prosper him—he also offered
to pay and share with GOD a tenth of whatever he might accumulate by
all his travels. Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be
it unto you according to your faith.
THE
BLACK PHOENIX
Washington,
DC
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