Today,
reply is on knowing the mystery and sacred secrets of GODhead.
GOD—who is spirit—does
not exist using the same relationships described for created beings
and living creatures; even so, for the comfort and encouragement of
life, GOD is to be known and spoken of as continuing in the same
relationships that are meaningful among mankind. Mature Christian
believers accept that the sacred knowledge they receive
regarding the spirit process, substance, and workings of GOD will not
provide the same detail and features as secular knowledge that
center on things finite, material, and measurable. A
profound consciousness of spirit presence first must be in place
before the created may apprehend the truths of divine existence and
sacred personhood, or the nature of commitment, communication,
exchange, and interaction among the divine. The great gulf between
immutable, incorruptible, invisible GOD and those who have been
emanated and put forth requires all they receive be understood as
merely approximations, estimates, hints, and suggestions that must
not be held as full, or complete. The fighter in the “Yahoo!
Answers” Religion and Spirituality public forum who uses the ID
“Anonymous” (no profile information shared) posted the following:
Is
God his own son and father?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do
know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye
believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? And no man hath
ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even
the Son of man which is in heaven. (John 3: 11-13, King James
Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: The Gift Of GOD (10/15/2018); These Three Are One
(10/03/2018); Completeness, Integrity And Wholeness? (06/21/2018);
The Origin And Source (04/26/2018); What Is A Spirit? (03/06/2018);
Wisdom In A Mystery (11/22/2017); Eternal Mysteries and Revelation
(08/31/2016); Faith, Language, and “Mystery”? (04/11/2013); GOD
Knows Tomorrow? (04/12/2013)
“Anonymous”,
among Christian believers, apart from the teachings and works of the
church and the holy writings, there is nothing that exists within the
material and natural world that explains the existence of GODhead (we
also say, divine fullness; the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit), and
all the relationships they use as otherwise unseen active
presence. The information provided from GOD to his created
beings and living creatures (we say, the revelation) that speak to
his origin, power, presence, sovereignty, and workings throughout the
universe must be accepted as spirit substance that, of itself, is
accurate, truthful, and sufficient. In addition to the form and life
essence (i.e., breath; spirit; word) imparted to the living as
their own makeup and substance are inseparable aspects from the
makeup of divinity whereby those created are to apprehend and be
apprehended of GOD. Included are faith, forbearance, forgiveness,
longsuffering, lovingkindness, personhood, oneness without
sameness, wisdom, and wrath against sin. Consider again the
following that uses language from the Bible—a
human record of divinity appearing through thousands of events,
within thousands of lives, over the course of thousands of years:
(1.)
Deuteronomy 29: 29, King James Version (KJV): 29 The secret things
belong unto the LORD our God: but those
things which are revealed belong unto us and to our
children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
(2.)
Hebrews 11: 6, KJV: 6 But without faith it is impossible to
please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he
is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek
him.
(3.)
Colossians 1: 12-22, KJV: 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which
hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in
light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath
translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 In whom we
have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of
sins: 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of
every creature: 16 For by him were all things created, that are in
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they
be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all
things were created by him, and for him: 17 And he is before all
things, and by him all things consist. 18 And he is the head of the
body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead;
that in all things he might have the preeminence. 19 For it
pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; 20
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to
reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they
be things in earth, or things in heaven. 21 And you, that were
sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works,
yet now hath he reconciled 22 In the body of his flesh through
death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his
sight:
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, (4.) Philippians 3: 7-14, KJV: 7 But
what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 8 Yea
doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency
of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered
the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may
win Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having mine own
righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the
faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: 10 That
I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship
of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11 If by
any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. 12 Not
as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I
follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am
apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have
apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those
things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which
are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high
calling of God in Christ Jesus.) 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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