Accountability and sin for those used by GOD to condemn and crucify Jesus are the topic, today. Also, there is more on mustard seed faith. A writer at “Yahoo! Answers Canada” using the ID “Mr. Bodhisattva” (Level 6 with 15,778 points, a member since January 25, 2006) posted the following first asked at Yahoo Answers United States:
Did Caiaphas and/or Pilate sin in putting Jesus to death?
THE BATTLE AXE: Mustard Seed Faith? (01/16/2014)—While various products of faith can appear that are in agreement with human desire and will (e.g., deliverance in battle and judgment, exorcism, healing), the authority and power of faith always must be in harmony with divine law and eternal purpose. Like miracles, the existence and operation of faith is not intended to overturn divine order. The moving of mountains and the “subduing of all things” must serve to accomplish the will of Almighty GOD. The appearance of faith is a manifesting of divinity, and the ends of divinity are not those of the flesh. To say, the just shall live by faith, is to assert that faith must be active and present in ones experience at all times. Among believers, praise, prayer and the force of truth are three of the most effective mechanisms that make faith known and visible. See Matthew 9: 20-22, Matthew 15: 22-28, Luke 17: 12-19, Galatians 5: 16-17, Hebrews 11: 3 and 6, James 5: 13-20, King James Version.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. (John 19: 19-22, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Adversary or Servant? (11/21/2013); How To Renew The Mind (11/22/2013); Hierarchy (11/14/2013); The Benefit of Law? (11/15/2013); Why Was A Son Sent? (11/10/2013); Promise of A Spirit? (11/11/2013); Jesus and the Pharisees (07/14/2013); How Could Angels Fall? (07/15/2013); What Is Reality (a.k.a. Truth)? (09/29/2012); Divine Self-Sacrifice? (09/30/2012)
“Mr. Bodhisattva”, you’ve posed a question that requires consideration of many subtle points (i.e., fine details; barely visible differences), and may only be completely and correctly answered through judgment that is rendered by GOD. Because the question invites presumption, speculation and spiritual confusion, the query itself may be regarded as diabolical: You ask about Caiaphas and Pilate, and do not mention Herod (all the blame is placed upon them, so to speak) suggesting that the reader is not also accountable; and you imply that the two you have named are independent actors, or individuals operating in their own integrity and self-will, rather than instruments and representations of conditions and forces that describe the human predicament and all mankind.
Caiaphas embodies all Israel (the Northern and Southern Kingdoms as well as everyone in Diaspora); and Pilate is the figure of Rome, an empire controlling and influencing all the then-known world. The crucifixion of Jesus is more than a local or global event occurring in the earth; it is a sacred event that embraces all divine order, and the full universe of GOD.
Sin is the transgression of divine law, the expressed will of GOD. Sin opposes the continued existence of divine law, of the Law Giver, and of all Creation. Sin is no material thing generated by GOD, and has no spirit content from GOD; yet, sin may dominate awareness and self-will in created beings and living creatures. Sin thus appears as an artifact of separation from GOD to exist having unique being and person. Sin has no dimensions (e.g., depth, height, size, weight) or physical form; however, sin is “visible” through attitudes, behavior and conduct among the living. Despite human devices, intellect, logic and science, the influence and operations of sin cannot be eliminated. Mankind resists sin only through endowments of divine will made available through the ministries of Jesus Christ.
There is far more to be said, properly shared, and spiritually understood. (For example, Judgment is based also upon ones spirit content, not simply behavior and conduct. GOD “hardened the heart” of Pharaoh (a figure of Satan), and used Egypt to reveal the divine sovereign power over mankind by repeatedly influencing the monarch to refuse the petitions of Moses. Christian believers do not hold Pharaoh to be blameless or “innocent”; nor is GOD to be thought of as “at fault.” Pharaoh was “chosen” on the basis of his peculiar nature as a person who sins, and who would given opportunity, in fact, enlarge and magnify his offenses.)
For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. (Philippians 3: 20-21, KJV)
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Friday, January 17, 2014
Thursday, January 16, 2014
(01/16/2014) Mustard Seed Faith?
Faith as an imparted sacred content from GOD is the topic, today. A writer at “Yahoo! Answers Singapore” using the ID “Ben Smallwood” (Level 1 with 98 points, a member since 13 January 2014) posted the following first asked at Yahoo Answers United States:
Faith like a Mustard Seed?
If God says: if you have faith like a mustard seed you can move mountains... then does that mean that i have less faith then a mustard seed?
Additional Details
Well what i mean is... i cant move mountains... so does that mean i dont even have the faith of a mustard seed?
So you guys think i'm taking this to literally then? Like the Mustard seed just shows something small and that this will grow until i can go through harder tasks (the mountains) as my faith grows :D?
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. (1st Peter 1: 3-9, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Continuously Tested (12/31/2013); Chosen To Serve As Prophets (01/01/2014); Miracles are Sacred Events (12/20/2013); Prayer not Enough? (07/12/2013); A Tree Falls To The South (07/13/2013); Eat His Body, Drink His Blood (03/21/2013); Foolish For Not Believing? (03/22/2013)
“Ben Smallwood”, here are a few points based on the Bible that Christian believers also consider when speaking about faith:
(1.) Faith is part of the spirit content that exists within the full makeup of GOD. Faith itself consists of only faith, just like holiness consists only of holiness, and righteousness is made up of only righteousness. As a distinct aspect of divinity, faith is inseparable from holiness, righteousness and all the other aspects of sacred being that include forgiveness, gratitude, humility, longsuffering, love, truthfulness, wisdom, and wrath against sin. Faith is not found outside of Divine Person except as dispensations from the GODhead imparted to indwell created beings and living creatures.
(2.) Thinking in accordance with the flesh, many have asked GOD for greater and for more faith as though the human need for faith is a matter of how much faith or what amount of faith. It is more correct to understand that faith is dynamic and organic—that faith must act, and thereby, faith must grow as if itself a living person. Faith must be present and interact with all the other aspects of divinity within ones being. Thus, measurable dimensions and the size of ones faith are not significant. For a person’s faith to be known and seen as fruitful, there must be balance, completeness, maturity, and stability.
(3.) Faith is not the same as belief, confidence, trust or self-awareness. Those elements appear through the activity of the flesh that includes intellect, logic, and reason. The many operations of the flesh emerge from appetite (e.g., hunger, thirst, sexual cravings) and sense (e.g., hearing, seeing, tasting, touching) as well as emotional and mental process (e.g., fantasy, imagination, recall, discursive thought), and are not from the divine spirit.
There is far more to be said, properly shared, and spiritually understood. (For example, (4.) In the same way the fruit or product of an apple seed should be apples along with more apple seeds, the fruit and harvest from ones faith should be faith.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. (1st Corinthians 13: 12-13, KJV)
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
Faith like a Mustard Seed?
If God says: if you have faith like a mustard seed you can move mountains... then does that mean that i have less faith then a mustard seed?
Additional Details
Well what i mean is... i cant move mountains... so does that mean i dont even have the faith of a mustard seed?
So you guys think i'm taking this to literally then? Like the Mustard seed just shows something small and that this will grow until i can go through harder tasks (the mountains) as my faith grows :D?
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. (1st Peter 1: 3-9, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Continuously Tested (12/31/2013); Chosen To Serve As Prophets (01/01/2014); Miracles are Sacred Events (12/20/2013); Prayer not Enough? (07/12/2013); A Tree Falls To The South (07/13/2013); Eat His Body, Drink His Blood (03/21/2013); Foolish For Not Believing? (03/22/2013)
“Ben Smallwood”, here are a few points based on the Bible that Christian believers also consider when speaking about faith:
(1.) Faith is part of the spirit content that exists within the full makeup of GOD. Faith itself consists of only faith, just like holiness consists only of holiness, and righteousness is made up of only righteousness. As a distinct aspect of divinity, faith is inseparable from holiness, righteousness and all the other aspects of sacred being that include forgiveness, gratitude, humility, longsuffering, love, truthfulness, wisdom, and wrath against sin. Faith is not found outside of Divine Person except as dispensations from the GODhead imparted to indwell created beings and living creatures.
(2.) Thinking in accordance with the flesh, many have asked GOD for greater and for more faith as though the human need for faith is a matter of how much faith or what amount of faith. It is more correct to understand that faith is dynamic and organic—that faith must act, and thereby, faith must grow as if itself a living person. Faith must be present and interact with all the other aspects of divinity within ones being. Thus, measurable dimensions and the size of ones faith are not significant. For a person’s faith to be known and seen as fruitful, there must be balance, completeness, maturity, and stability.
(3.) Faith is not the same as belief, confidence, trust or self-awareness. Those elements appear through the activity of the flesh that includes intellect, logic, and reason. The many operations of the flesh emerge from appetite (e.g., hunger, thirst, sexual cravings) and sense (e.g., hearing, seeing, tasting, touching) as well as emotional and mental process (e.g., fantasy, imagination, recall, discursive thought), and are not from the divine spirit.
There is far more to be said, properly shared, and spiritually understood. (For example, (4.) In the same way the fruit or product of an apple seed should be apples along with more apple seeds, the fruit and harvest from ones faith should be faith.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. (1st Corinthians 13: 12-13, KJV)
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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