Apocalypse, what happens to mankind, and the end for Satan are topics, today. Also, there is more on what we should wear to worship. A writer at “Yahoo! Answers India” using the ID “Carl” (Level 1 with 95 points, a member since 23 January 2014) posted the following first asked at Yahoo Answers United States:
Why is God going to destroy man before he destroys Satan?
THE BATTLE AXE: Worship Wear? (01/23/2014) [first published with Why Clothing? (10/15/2010)]—The use of clothing began with mankind’s use of leaves as aprons. Through a perversion [i.e., turning away from truth; applying sacred objects and truths to profane, and secular purpose], the pair associated themselves with trees rather than animals or created beings, and sought to be covered and hidden through “rootedness” [i.e., inactivity, silence, stillness]. In place of leaves, GOD supplied Adam and Eve with a physical covering of sheepskin through the sacrifice of a living creature that still held its sacred content in innocence, a lamb. The pair also required a “covering” for their minds. Thus, the divinely prepared clothing was to serve as a memorial to the lamb that was slain, and a prophetic foreshadowing of Christ, the Messiah. Thereafter, each time they looked on one another the pair was to be reminded of (1) the difference from their former status, (2) the difference in their accountability as female and male, and (3) that the divine person is revealed in judgment, just as GOD would see the blood and spirit-covering of Jesus eternally when looking upon the believers among fallen mankind.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20: 6-15, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The Fullness of GODhead? (01/09/2014); World Without End? (01/10/2014); Able to Become Gods? (01/11/2013); Like a Thief? (12/01/2013); Only While We Live? (12/02/2013); A Partnership? (11/05/2012); To See With New Eyes (11/06/2012); Life and Death (09/26/2012); Mob Rule and Violence (09/27/2012); Doom (09/20/2012); Contradictions? (09/21/2012)
“Carl”, mankind will never be destroyed or terminated by Almighty GOD; and even today, humanity is being altered and permanently changed through the ministry of Jesus Christ to exist forever with GOD. Here are a few points shared with Christians believers through the Bible:
(1.) Satan is called the “accuser of the brethren,” and is thought to control and rule Death. However, all the wicked who have ever lived will be raised from the dead to appear before Christ in a separate judgment after Satan has been cast into the lake of fire. As judge, Jesus will not accuse any from the earth, nor will holy angels, demons, devils, or other men. Each person must appear to answer the witness of their deeds recorded in the Books of Life. Each person’s own life will be their only accuser.
(2.) Jesus will come to harvest the earth of all those who have accepted, participated in, and responded to his divine authority, sacred messages, and eternal purposes. Called the “Advent,” the “second coming,” and “the Rapture”, this sacred event is also called the “first resurrection,” because it will include the quick (many who are alive at that time), and the dead (who may have been in their graves for many ages).
(3.) Because now the earth we are living upon is polluted with blood and sin, the believers must meet Christ “in the air.” As they are taken up, they will be made immortal and incorruptible (i.e., no longer vulnerable to decay, defilement and sin). The consecrated and sanctified Savior will not set foot upon the earth until the earth and heavens are made new.
There is far more to be said, properly shared, and spiritually understood. (For example, (4.) As with Creation, mankind has little say about the many divine operations for judgment and salvation that may only be completed by GOD. Yet, believers are presently preparing to serve as priests and kings along with Jesus. For such eternal life has already begun, and can only be interrupted by death, not completed, ended or finished.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. (John 6: 40, KJV)
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
Friday, January 24, 2014
Thursday, January 23, 2014
(01/23/2014) Worship Wear?
The apparel and clothing we should put on as we enter the divine presence for worship are topics, today, along with more on “the flesh.” The writer at “Yahoo! Answers Canada” using ID “ebenezer” (Level 1 with 28 points, a member since December 30, 2013) posted the following first asked at Yahoo Answers United States:
How important is the way we dress when we worship god ?
THE BATTLE AXE: Spirit Gives Birth to Spirit (01/22/2014)—While “the flesh” refers to carnal, material and physical conditions for the body (such as appearance, motor coordination, features, form, pain, pleasure, sensation, and temperature), as used by Jesus and throughout the holy writings, the word “flesh” also applies to emotional, intellectual, and mental events (such as disposition, introspection, moods, pride, temper, and self-awareness). Aspects of relationship also may be labeled as “the flesh” (such as competition, conflict, envy, malice, passion, and rivalry). See Galatians 2: 19-21, 1st Peter 4: 1-6, 2nd Peter 2: 9-11 and 1st John 4: 2-4, KJV.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. (1st Peter 3: 1-4, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Attending Church? (11/12/2012); A Holy Kiss? (11/13/2012); Christian Modesty (10/15/2012); The Meek Will Inherit (10/16/2012); On Religious Items (08/29/2012); On Cults (08/30/2012); What is Worship? (10/18/2010); No Free Will (10/19/2010); Why Clothing? (10/15/2010); Known by GOD? (10/16/2010)
“ebenezer”, often in present-day assemblies and congregations there is an acceptance of casual dress and “street clothing” at church gatherings in order to place emphasis upon inward learning and growth, rather than upon outward and surface appearances. Here are a few points from Scripture you may find useful:
(1.) What a person wears may set them apart (we say, prepare and sanctify them) for holy service; and their apparel when they approach GOD in worship communicates intent, respect and the content of their spirit (such as faith, gratitude, holiness, humility, joy, wisdom, wrath against sin, and zeal). Thus, it is written: And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office (Exodus 28: 1-3, KJV).
(2.) They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat. And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments. Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. (Ezekiel 44: 18-20, KJV)
(3.) I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. (1st Timothy 2: 8-10, KJV)
There is far more to be said, properly shared, and spiritually understood. (For example, (4.) Many Christian believers now understand that Adam and Eve first appeared before GOD covered only by a radiance that came from within their own inner being. When the pair forgot the word spoken by GOD, and violated trust, all mankind lost this aspect of divinity, and as carnal creatures in flesh now must use clothing to cover nakedness.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. (Romans 13: 12, KJV)
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
How important is the way we dress when we worship god ?
THE BATTLE AXE: Spirit Gives Birth to Spirit (01/22/2014)—While “the flesh” refers to carnal, material and physical conditions for the body (such as appearance, motor coordination, features, form, pain, pleasure, sensation, and temperature), as used by Jesus and throughout the holy writings, the word “flesh” also applies to emotional, intellectual, and mental events (such as disposition, introspection, moods, pride, temper, and self-awareness). Aspects of relationship also may be labeled as “the flesh” (such as competition, conflict, envy, malice, passion, and rivalry). See Galatians 2: 19-21, 1st Peter 4: 1-6, 2nd Peter 2: 9-11 and 1st John 4: 2-4, KJV.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. (1st Peter 3: 1-4, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Attending Church? (11/12/2012); A Holy Kiss? (11/13/2012); Christian Modesty (10/15/2012); The Meek Will Inherit (10/16/2012); On Religious Items (08/29/2012); On Cults (08/30/2012); What is Worship? (10/18/2010); No Free Will (10/19/2010); Why Clothing? (10/15/2010); Known by GOD? (10/16/2010)
“ebenezer”, often in present-day assemblies and congregations there is an acceptance of casual dress and “street clothing” at church gatherings in order to place emphasis upon inward learning and growth, rather than upon outward and surface appearances. Here are a few points from Scripture you may find useful:
(1.) What a person wears may set them apart (we say, prepare and sanctify them) for holy service; and their apparel when they approach GOD in worship communicates intent, respect and the content of their spirit (such as faith, gratitude, holiness, humility, joy, wisdom, wrath against sin, and zeal). Thus, it is written: And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons. And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office (Exodus 28: 1-3, KJV).
(2.) They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat. And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments. Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. (Ezekiel 44: 18-20, KJV)
(3.) I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. (1st Timothy 2: 8-10, KJV)
There is far more to be said, properly shared, and spiritually understood. (For example, (4.) Many Christian believers now understand that Adam and Eve first appeared before GOD covered only by a radiance that came from within their own inner being. When the pair forgot the word spoken by GOD, and violated trust, all mankind lost this aspect of divinity, and as carnal creatures in flesh now must use clothing to cover nakedness.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. (Romans 13: 12, KJV)
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
(10/16/2010) Known by GOD?
Rejection, judgment, and denial by Jesus comes under consideration, today. The writer “hopeof kingdom” at “Yahoo! Answers” posted the following:
Christians: Jesus, speaking prophetically, said "I never knew you." Why would this be?
This is looking forward to the time when he returns and separates the sheep from the goats.
THE BATTLE AXE: Why Clothing? (10/15/2010)—The use of clothing began with mankind’s use of leaves as aprons. Through a perversion [i.e., turning away from truth; applying sacred objects and truths to profane, and secular purpose], the pair associated themselves with trees rather than animals or created beings, and sought to be covered and hidden through “rootedness” [i.e., inactivity, silence, stillness]. In place of leaves, GOD supplied Adam and Eve with a physical covering of sheepskin through the sacrifice of a living creature that still held its sacred content in innocence, a lamb. The pair also required a “covering” for their minds. Thus, the divinely prepared clothing was to serve as a memorial to the lamb that was slain, and a prophetic foreshadowing of Christ, the Messiah. Thereafter, each time they looked on one another the pair was to be reminded of (1) the difference from their former status, (2) the difference in their accountability as female and male, and (3) that the divine person is revealed in judgment, just as GOD would see the blood and spirit-covering of Jesus eternally when looking upon the believers among fallen mankind.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. (Psalm 19: 12-14)
*THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Two Wisdoms? (10/12/2010); Judgment Now? (10/06/2010); Holy Guidance? (08/24/2010); The Antichrist (07/17/2010)
Be encouraged as you consider the following:
Presumption is acting with unfounded confidence; assuming authority or privilege without concession or consent by others; taking to oneself the identity and resources of another without permission (i.e., stealing). The statement, “I never knew you,” is made in sacred judgment to those who presume upon GOD, and the servants of GOD. Believers are admonished, cautioned, and exhorted [i.e., further energized to be alert; roused to action; urged on] by this statement. The wicked, the unrighteous, and all unbelievers, are condemned and consigned to perdition, the second death, by this statement.
To be known of GOD is not the same as knowing about GOD. Having information to describe divine acts, divine attributes, divine intent, or divine names is not the same as containing divine substance that would allow one to be recognized in sacred judgment as having proceeded forth from GOD. The Scripture speaks to this point in many ways, including the language that says men must receive the mark of GOD, be sealed in their spirit, and be covered by the blood of the Lamb.
There is far more to be said, correctly understood, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, “I never knew you” also rebukes the Antichrist, any imitation Messiah or counterfeits, every pretender, and all false prophets. Such are not anointed, certified, empowered, endowed or endorsed of GOD.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
*SEE ALSO THESE ENTRIES POSTED PREVIOUSLY AT YAHOO! PULSE
Christians: Jesus, speaking prophetically, said "I never knew you." Why would this be?
This is looking forward to the time when he returns and separates the sheep from the goats.
THE BATTLE AXE: Why Clothing? (10/15/2010)—The use of clothing began with mankind’s use of leaves as aprons. Through a perversion [i.e., turning away from truth; applying sacred objects and truths to profane, and secular purpose], the pair associated themselves with trees rather than animals or created beings, and sought to be covered and hidden through “rootedness” [i.e., inactivity, silence, stillness]. In place of leaves, GOD supplied Adam and Eve with a physical covering of sheepskin through the sacrifice of a living creature that still held its sacred content in innocence, a lamb. The pair also required a “covering” for their minds. Thus, the divinely prepared clothing was to serve as a memorial to the lamb that was slain, and a prophetic foreshadowing of Christ, the Messiah. Thereafter, each time they looked on one another the pair was to be reminded of (1) the difference from their former status, (2) the difference in their accountability as female and male, and (3) that the divine person is revealed in judgment, just as GOD would see the blood and spirit-covering of Jesus eternally when looking upon the believers among fallen mankind.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. (Psalm 19: 12-14)
*THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Two Wisdoms? (10/12/2010); Judgment Now? (10/06/2010); Holy Guidance? (08/24/2010); The Antichrist (07/17/2010)
Be encouraged as you consider the following:
Presumption is acting with unfounded confidence; assuming authority or privilege without concession or consent by others; taking to oneself the identity and resources of another without permission (i.e., stealing). The statement, “I never knew you,” is made in sacred judgment to those who presume upon GOD, and the servants of GOD. Believers are admonished, cautioned, and exhorted [i.e., further energized to be alert; roused to action; urged on] by this statement. The wicked, the unrighteous, and all unbelievers, are condemned and consigned to perdition, the second death, by this statement.
To be known of GOD is not the same as knowing about GOD. Having information to describe divine acts, divine attributes, divine intent, or divine names is not the same as containing divine substance that would allow one to be recognized in sacred judgment as having proceeded forth from GOD. The Scripture speaks to this point in many ways, including the language that says men must receive the mark of GOD, be sealed in their spirit, and be covered by the blood of the Lamb.
There is far more to be said, correctly understood, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, “I never knew you” also rebukes the Antichrist, any imitation Messiah or counterfeits, every pretender, and all false prophets. Such are not anointed, certified, empowered, endowed or endorsed of GOD.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
*SEE ALSO THESE ENTRIES POSTED PREVIOUSLY AT YAHOO! PULSE
(10/15/2010) Why Clothing?
Nudity, and the human condition as fallen is brought into discussion, again. The writer “Joe M” at “Yahoo! Answers” posted the following:
If God made us nude, why should we wear clothes except on cold days? God must think we are crazy !?
THE BATTLE AXE: Appetite (10/14/2010)—While appetite and arousal are undercurrents in all sexual activity, sexual joining (even by holding hands, or a kiss on the cheek--oral sex) is never simply a mechanical, and physical act. Sexual encounters all are marked by emotional, intellectual, psychological and spiritual elements as well. The complete mix may include errors in judgment, false expectations, fantasies, and overwhelming visceral stimulation. From this, we have the idea that sexual activity is complex, dangerous, risky, and unpredictable. In the same way all men and women are born with the kinesthetic sense we call “a fear of falling,” also all are born with a fear of sexuality. (In learning to walk we suppress, and never fully overcome or remove the fear of falling. Rightly understood, we go forward when walking by repeatedly falling, catching ourselves, and rebalancing. As a result, our maturity is marked by the quickness and smoothness of our movement, and the continuous control of our fear.) There is actually little human control, and outcomes of full sexual intercourse are never the same twice: depression, discontent, disease, pain, pregnancy, shared satisfaction. Knowing sex is unpredictable, mature persons seek to caution, counsel, instruct, and shield those who are ignorant, immature, inexperienced, underdeveloped, and vulnerable.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. (2nd Corinthians 4: 13-18)
*THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The Fall of Adam (10/05/2010); Divine DNA (09/20/2010) Coping? (10/03/2010); Eve Blameless? (09/07/2010); Rededication? (09/05/2010); Satan Created? (08/28/2010); Our Bodies (08/11/2010); Dress Codes? (06/11/2010); Skinny Jeans? (06/09/2010)
Many mature Christian believers have been blessed to receive the following truths:
GOD fully understands and correctly values the devastating blow to mankind and all Creation that has resulted from disobedience, and sin. The human condition was never intended to display the many consequences of sin that now are customarily seen and experienced. By eating the forbidden fruit, and transgressing the direct commandment of GOD, the human will introduced unforeseen and unintended elements. Included were corruption, decay, doubt, fear, forgetting, evasiveness [i.e., seeking to disguise ones feelings and thoughts from close contacts], iniquity [i.e., imbalance, inequality], pain, self-destruction, and shame. Sin is subject to neither human nor divine will; and just as GOD does not cause or generate sin, GOD is not the source for such products from sin as anger, bereavement, bitterness, depression, despair, insanity, murder, stress, or suicidal tendencies.
The original spiritual endowment for Adam [i.e., the name given by GOD to both the male and female] provided an aura, a light, that served as the outward covering for the pair. Acceptance, beauty, grace, joy, and love within radiated, and shimmered about the pair through their communion and contact with GOD. Until the woman was deceived and the male chose to join her by rebellion, there was no need for physical coverings against the climate or weather. Once their sin came before GOD [i.e., judgment—resolution of conflict; settlement of dispute], re-valuing of human spirit-content and the earth as mankind’s environment became vital to their survival. Thus, the Scripture teaches GOD cursed the earth “for their sakes,” not the destruction of mankind.
There is far more to be said, correctly understood, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, the sentence of death was passed upon mankind, however, Adam and other of the patriarchs are recorded as having lived for more than nine-hundred fifty years (almost one millennium, a thousand years)! Without air pollution from automobiles, water pollution from litter and dead batteries, or diet and health issues from pesticides used on fruits and vegetables, the natural course of physical human life still continued to be on a high level. More than this, at a time when there were no books, broadcast media, and other communications technology, the experiential knowledge of GOD continued on the earth through the device of human vessels [i.e., the priesthood].) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
*SEE ALSO THESE ENTRIES POSTED PREVIOUSLY AT YAHOO! PULSE
If God made us nude, why should we wear clothes except on cold days? God must think we are crazy !?
THE BATTLE AXE: Appetite (10/14/2010)—While appetite and arousal are undercurrents in all sexual activity, sexual joining (even by holding hands, or a kiss on the cheek--oral sex) is never simply a mechanical, and physical act. Sexual encounters all are marked by emotional, intellectual, psychological and spiritual elements as well. The complete mix may include errors in judgment, false expectations, fantasies, and overwhelming visceral stimulation. From this, we have the idea that sexual activity is complex, dangerous, risky, and unpredictable. In the same way all men and women are born with the kinesthetic sense we call “a fear of falling,” also all are born with a fear of sexuality. (In learning to walk we suppress, and never fully overcome or remove the fear of falling. Rightly understood, we go forward when walking by repeatedly falling, catching ourselves, and rebalancing. As a result, our maturity is marked by the quickness and smoothness of our movement, and the continuous control of our fear.) There is actually little human control, and outcomes of full sexual intercourse are never the same twice: depression, discontent, disease, pain, pregnancy, shared satisfaction. Knowing sex is unpredictable, mature persons seek to caution, counsel, instruct, and shield those who are ignorant, immature, inexperienced, underdeveloped, and vulnerable.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. (2nd Corinthians 4: 13-18)
*THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The Fall of Adam (10/05/2010); Divine DNA (09/20/2010) Coping? (10/03/2010); Eve Blameless? (09/07/2010); Rededication? (09/05/2010); Satan Created? (08/28/2010); Our Bodies (08/11/2010); Dress Codes? (06/11/2010); Skinny Jeans? (06/09/2010)
Many mature Christian believers have been blessed to receive the following truths:
GOD fully understands and correctly values the devastating blow to mankind and all Creation that has resulted from disobedience, and sin. The human condition was never intended to display the many consequences of sin that now are customarily seen and experienced. By eating the forbidden fruit, and transgressing the direct commandment of GOD, the human will introduced unforeseen and unintended elements. Included were corruption, decay, doubt, fear, forgetting, evasiveness [i.e., seeking to disguise ones feelings and thoughts from close contacts], iniquity [i.e., imbalance, inequality], pain, self-destruction, and shame. Sin is subject to neither human nor divine will; and just as GOD does not cause or generate sin, GOD is not the source for such products from sin as anger, bereavement, bitterness, depression, despair, insanity, murder, stress, or suicidal tendencies.
The original spiritual endowment for Adam [i.e., the name given by GOD to both the male and female] provided an aura, a light, that served as the outward covering for the pair. Acceptance, beauty, grace, joy, and love within radiated, and shimmered about the pair through their communion and contact with GOD. Until the woman was deceived and the male chose to join her by rebellion, there was no need for physical coverings against the climate or weather. Once their sin came before GOD [i.e., judgment—resolution of conflict; settlement of dispute], re-valuing of human spirit-content and the earth as mankind’s environment became vital to their survival. Thus, the Scripture teaches GOD cursed the earth “for their sakes,” not the destruction of mankind.
There is far more to be said, correctly understood, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, the sentence of death was passed upon mankind, however, Adam and other of the patriarchs are recorded as having lived for more than nine-hundred fifty years (almost one millennium, a thousand years)! Without air pollution from automobiles, water pollution from litter and dead batteries, or diet and health issues from pesticides used on fruits and vegetables, the natural course of physical human life still continued to be on a high level. More than this, at a time when there were no books, broadcast media, and other communications technology, the experiential knowledge of GOD continued on the earth through the device of human vessels [i.e., the priesthood].) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
*SEE ALSO THESE ENTRIES POSTED PREVIOUSLY AT YAHOO! PULSE
(10/19/2010) No Free Will
Today, divine and human “free will” are in discussion. The writer “redwire” posted the following at “Yahoo! Answers:”
If god has free will can god sin?
if god is perfect it is reasonable to assume he cant create anything imperfectly. (perfect as in cant be better) so if we can sin because we have free will, why cant god?if he has an automatic good nature that prevents it, why dont we?
gezo - why did god make a demetion like that and put us there?
THE BATTLE AXE: What is Worship? (10/18/2010)—Sin makes it that all existence and life are continually at risk. To avoid, defy, disobey, forget, hide from, ignore, provoke, refuse, reject, tempt or withhold truth from GOD is sin. Worship acknowledges and affirms (1) the existence of divine person, (2) invokes or calls the divine into presence, (3) responds to divine actions or sacred utterance (including proclamation, promise and prophecy) with obeisance, praise, supplication and thanksgiving, and (4) supplies experiences of ecstasy and transcendence wherein believers are themselves joined to the divine person. It is by joining ones spirit to GOD through worship that a person receives cleansing, healing, inner peace, sacred knowledge and strength—the same certainty, peace and wholeness that abides within the divine person. Because idols lack divine person, divine power, and divine substance, the worship of idols is accounted as false and vain [i.e., empty, fruitless, unfulfilling]. In Scripture, where dead, inanimate, manmade, unfeeling objects are used to picture and portray divine beings, they are called idols, images, likenesses, similitudes, and vanities. (Examples are carvings, buildings, and statues.) Living creatures, including human children and adults may be worshiped as chosen objects, and substitutions for divine persons; however, these too lack the full character of one divine. Effective worship must be heartfelt, and in accordance with the intent, nature, purposes and will of GOD. Worship, like love, is heartfelt to the extent one demands it of oneself, gives full expression to their own integrity, and totally embraces unity with the divine.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. (1st Thessalonians 4: 1-8)
*THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Are Sins Equal? (10/11/2010); Sin Defined? (06/28/2010)
Many perfect [i.e., complete, balanced, mature, stable] Christian believers understand human will is not “free” under the influence of sin; and there is no such thing as “free will.” Instead there is rebellion, rejection, submitted will, or there is yielded will, where one is directed to operate in the consciousness of divine purpose as expressed through law [i.e., the revealed will of GOD], through divine utterance [i.e., the word of GOD; proclamation, promise, prophecy], or through promptings from the imparted, indwelling Spirit of GOD.
All men are born having will; and will continues—like the appetite, the ears, the eyes, the hands, the knee caps—from cradle to grave as an aspect of ones full person. Along with pain from the acid on their skin once they have wet their diaper, a baby cries by an act of will. Just as one gradually acquires the ability to say “mama” or “dada” after multiple repetitions, and becomes toilet trained, the will is trained to be focused and efficient through gradual development. The undisciplined will cannot generate endurance, patience or self-restraint.
The kingdom of GOD is not the “land of do as you please;” rather, it is the land of “first, do what pleases GOD.” All who are in right relationship with GOD are responding to (1) compelling truth, (2) the force of repentance that is generated by the Holy Spirit, and (3) their own inward demands for self-discipline, self-regimen, and self-respect.
There is far more to be said, correctly understood, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, GOD exists as a unique being by virtue of the unique sacred will. GOD does not violate the divine person as men debase, pollute and violate themselves, and one another. Thus, GOD remains, holy, pure, sanctified, and undefiled.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
*SEE ALSO THESE ENTRIES POSTED PREVIOUSLY AT YAHOO! PULSE
If god has free will can god sin?
if god is perfect it is reasonable to assume he cant create anything imperfectly. (perfect as in cant be better) so if we can sin because we have free will, why cant god?if he has an automatic good nature that prevents it, why dont we?
gezo - why did god make a demetion like that and put us there?
THE BATTLE AXE: What is Worship? (10/18/2010)—Sin makes it that all existence and life are continually at risk. To avoid, defy, disobey, forget, hide from, ignore, provoke, refuse, reject, tempt or withhold truth from GOD is sin. Worship acknowledges and affirms (1) the existence of divine person, (2) invokes or calls the divine into presence, (3) responds to divine actions or sacred utterance (including proclamation, promise and prophecy) with obeisance, praise, supplication and thanksgiving, and (4) supplies experiences of ecstasy and transcendence wherein believers are themselves joined to the divine person. It is by joining ones spirit to GOD through worship that a person receives cleansing, healing, inner peace, sacred knowledge and strength—the same certainty, peace and wholeness that abides within the divine person. Because idols lack divine person, divine power, and divine substance, the worship of idols is accounted as false and vain [i.e., empty, fruitless, unfulfilling]. In Scripture, where dead, inanimate, manmade, unfeeling objects are used to picture and portray divine beings, they are called idols, images, likenesses, similitudes, and vanities. (Examples are carvings, buildings, and statues.) Living creatures, including human children and adults may be worshiped as chosen objects, and substitutions for divine persons; however, these too lack the full character of one divine. Effective worship must be heartfelt, and in accordance with the intent, nature, purposes and will of GOD. Worship, like love, is heartfelt to the extent one demands it of oneself, gives full expression to their own integrity, and totally embraces unity with the divine.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. (1st Thessalonians 4: 1-8)
*THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Are Sins Equal? (10/11/2010); Sin Defined? (06/28/2010)
Many perfect [i.e., complete, balanced, mature, stable] Christian believers understand human will is not “free” under the influence of sin; and there is no such thing as “free will.” Instead there is rebellion, rejection, submitted will, or there is yielded will, where one is directed to operate in the consciousness of divine purpose as expressed through law [i.e., the revealed will of GOD], through divine utterance [i.e., the word of GOD; proclamation, promise, prophecy], or through promptings from the imparted, indwelling Spirit of GOD.
All men are born having will; and will continues—like the appetite, the ears, the eyes, the hands, the knee caps—from cradle to grave as an aspect of ones full person. Along with pain from the acid on their skin once they have wet their diaper, a baby cries by an act of will. Just as one gradually acquires the ability to say “mama” or “dada” after multiple repetitions, and becomes toilet trained, the will is trained to be focused and efficient through gradual development. The undisciplined will cannot generate endurance, patience or self-restraint.
The kingdom of GOD is not the “land of do as you please;” rather, it is the land of “first, do what pleases GOD.” All who are in right relationship with GOD are responding to (1) compelling truth, (2) the force of repentance that is generated by the Holy Spirit, and (3) their own inward demands for self-discipline, self-regimen, and self-respect.
There is far more to be said, correctly understood, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, GOD exists as a unique being by virtue of the unique sacred will. GOD does not violate the divine person as men debase, pollute and violate themselves, and one another. Thus, GOD remains, holy, pure, sanctified, and undefiled.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
*SEE ALSO THESE ENTRIES POSTED PREVIOUSLY AT YAHOO! PULSE
(10/18/2010) What is Worship?
What or who may receive worship is the focus of today’s question from “Yahoo! Answers.” A writer using the screen name “royy c” posted the following:
What is worship? Could it be more than acknowledging a supernatural power?
Many still think it has to be to a deity.
Do you think people can worship things, places or people around them? Or is that, to you, a re-definition of the word , "worship"? Or has this always been what worship means?
THE BATTLE AXE: Meek Abram (10/17/2010)—Despite the promise of GOD that he would receive a permanent homeland, Abram lived and died as a nomad. Before his death, Abram ministered to others everywhere he traveled. In addition to digging and leaving an inheritance of life-giving wells of water, Abram built altars that served as monuments to the one, true GOD. Abram commanded a community of over 300 servants in covenant with GOD, who worshiped in obedience, and were a role-model to the surrounding nations.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? (1st Corinthians 4: 7)
*THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Meek Abram
You are correct in thinking that human beings direct themselves in worship to a broad range of forces and objects. In addition to drawings (on cave walls), totems, and other man-made pieces used to represent the whole of unseen influences (called “false gods” and “idols” in Scripture), men have mistakenly worshipped such elements as the wind, the rain, the sun, moon and stars, birth, death, fertility, other living creatures, science, and wisdom.
For mature believers, the worship of GOD and Christ appears to emerge from interaction of (1) awareness of divine substance [e.g., faith, grace, holiness, humility, life, love, wrath against sin], and (2) self-awareness [i.e., a correct consciousness of ones capabilities, limitations, spirit nature, strengths, and weaknesses]. Because the fullness of collective and individual being come into expression, worship is at once emotional, intellectual, psychological, and spiritual.
One who worships experiences continuing and repeated discernment, and recognition of the same spirit content existing in others, and within the Greater Divine, that resides within oneself. Without customs, rituals and traditions developed over long periods, worship is the simple acknowledgment of the Holy through acts of being. Interactive and social behavior to express worship may not include celebration, church attendance, a music ministry featuring a one-hundred men’s or woman’s choir, “pomp and circumstance.” Instead, worship may center in childbearing, fasting and other forms of self-denial, forbearance in judgment, giving, humility, obedience, prayer, respect, sharing, trust, and truth-speaking.
There is far more to be said, correctly understood, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, discernment and recognition vital to Christian worship occurs only by the active presence of the imparted, indwelling Spirit from GOD. A man or woman must be re-born, as it were, possessing divine DNA.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
*SEE ALSO THESE ENTRIES POSTED PREVIOUSLY AT YAHOO! PULSE
What is worship? Could it be more than acknowledging a supernatural power?
Many still think it has to be to a deity.
Do you think people can worship things, places or people around them? Or is that, to you, a re-definition of the word , "worship"? Or has this always been what worship means?
THE BATTLE AXE: Meek Abram (10/17/2010)—Despite the promise of GOD that he would receive a permanent homeland, Abram lived and died as a nomad. Before his death, Abram ministered to others everywhere he traveled. In addition to digging and leaving an inheritance of life-giving wells of water, Abram built altars that served as monuments to the one, true GOD. Abram commanded a community of over 300 servants in covenant with GOD, who worshiped in obedience, and were a role-model to the surrounding nations.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? (1st Corinthians 4: 7)
*THE DOUBLE DAGGER: Meek Abram
You are correct in thinking that human beings direct themselves in worship to a broad range of forces and objects. In addition to drawings (on cave walls), totems, and other man-made pieces used to represent the whole of unseen influences (called “false gods” and “idols” in Scripture), men have mistakenly worshipped such elements as the wind, the rain, the sun, moon and stars, birth, death, fertility, other living creatures, science, and wisdom.
For mature believers, the worship of GOD and Christ appears to emerge from interaction of (1) awareness of divine substance [e.g., faith, grace, holiness, humility, life, love, wrath against sin], and (2) self-awareness [i.e., a correct consciousness of ones capabilities, limitations, spirit nature, strengths, and weaknesses]. Because the fullness of collective and individual being come into expression, worship is at once emotional, intellectual, psychological, and spiritual.
One who worships experiences continuing and repeated discernment, and recognition of the same spirit content existing in others, and within the Greater Divine, that resides within oneself. Without customs, rituals and traditions developed over long periods, worship is the simple acknowledgment of the Holy through acts of being. Interactive and social behavior to express worship may not include celebration, church attendance, a music ministry featuring a one-hundred men’s or woman’s choir, “pomp and circumstance.” Instead, worship may center in childbearing, fasting and other forms of self-denial, forbearance in judgment, giving, humility, obedience, prayer, respect, sharing, trust, and truth-speaking.
There is far more to be said, correctly understood, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, discernment and recognition vital to Christian worship occurs only by the active presence of the imparted, indwelling Spirit from GOD. A man or woman must be re-born, as it were, possessing divine DNA.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
*SEE ALSO THESE ENTRIES POSTED PREVIOUSLY AT YAHOO! PULSE
(01/22/2014) Spirit Gives Birth to Spirit
Topics today are “law”, “flesh”, “spirit” and other language from the Bible along with more on those who hear GOD. A “Yahoo! Answers Singapore” writer using the ID “Aleksander” (Level 1 with 113 points, a member since 10 January 2014) posted the following first asked at Yahoo Answers United Kingdom:
What does Jesus mean by 'flesh'? John 3:5-6?
John 3:5-6 'Jesus answered, "Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.'
THE BATTLE AXE: Those Who Hear GOD (01/21/2014)—(6.) While all are welcome to experience divine love and new life as believers within the body of Christ (we say, the church), many reject the Gospel, and so remain outside the “ark of safety.” Spirit matter is presented through utterance that must be ingested as the food for a person’s inner spirit. Included are various admonitions, doctrines, parables, praises, prayers, precepts, proclamations, promises, prophesies and teachings. As aspects of full sacred truth, these together build up and nourish divinity that resides within the believer. Using discernment (i.e., ones ability to recognize, acknowledge, and compare spiritual things) believers “hear” GOD in the statements from others and from Scripture, or are able to realize the status of those they are dealing with to be that of adversaries, antichrists, and disbelievers. See Jeremiah 9: 23-24, Malachi 3: 16-18, 1st John 2: 21-24, 2nd John 1: 6-8 and Hebrews 4: 12, King James Version.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. (Galatians 6: 6-9, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: GOD Does The Divine Part (01/05/2014); Sin in Mind not Deed? (01/06/2014); Heart, Brain or Spirit? (10/09/2013); The Image of GOD? (10/10/2013); Circumcision and Promise? (07/16/2013); The Bible and Stupid People (07/17/2013); Illusion? (04/25/2013); Not of Legal Age? (04/26/2013); Why Blood? (04/13/2013); Time Before the Sun? (04/14/2013); Spirit Matter (10/21/2012); Caesarea Philippi (10/22/2012)
“Aleksander”, here are a few points we may agree upon as Christian believers:
(1.) The ancient documents and holy writings often record language in ways that are very different from present standards for editing and usage. Readers today are correct to approach study of the Bible and other material with caution, gratitude, humility, longsuffering (we say, willingness to endure disappointments, hardship, and uncertainty), praise, and prayer.
(2.) Often the same word or phrase is repeated in Scripture, and there is a shift in definition or meaning from use to use. This may occur within the same verse, the same passage, or the same paragraph. One example would be “law” that is often the covenant of Moses, at other times ordinances and statutes, at other times habits, impulses and forces that operate upon ones awareness such as sin.
(3.) The flesh appears as carnal, material, physical and social. Flesh responds to and generates appetite (e.g., hunger, thirst, sexual cravings) and sense (e.g., hearing, seeing, tasting, touching) along with emotional and mental functions (e.g., anger, desire, fantasy, fear, imagination, recall, sorrow, thought). While sin is neither flesh nor spirit, sin opposes the continued existence of divine law, of the Law Giver, and of all Creation. Sin has no influence upon GOD, however, by operating upon and through the flesh, sin may dominate awareness and self-will in created beings and living creatures.
(4.) The makeup of divinity appears as inseparable spirit matter that includes faith, holiness, joy, love, truth, wisdom, and wrath against sin (where you find one you also find all the others). As spirit substance, faith consists only of faith, holiness only of holiness, love only of love; and the only source of divinity is the GODhead.
There is far more to be said, properly shared, and spiritually understood. (For example, (5.) GOD is an eternal spirit, who contains and emanates such aspects as awareness, authority, being, dimension, form, majesty, oneness, perfection, person, purpose, sanctity, self-will, and sovereignty. All created beings and living creatures as well as objects in nature (e.g., flames, glaciers, mountains, oceans, stars, trees, volcanoes) made in his image display these same features.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion. (Job 32: 7-10, KJV)
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
What does Jesus mean by 'flesh'? John 3:5-6?
John 3:5-6 'Jesus answered, "Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.'
THE BATTLE AXE: Those Who Hear GOD (01/21/2014)—(6.) While all are welcome to experience divine love and new life as believers within the body of Christ (we say, the church), many reject the Gospel, and so remain outside the “ark of safety.” Spirit matter is presented through utterance that must be ingested as the food for a person’s inner spirit. Included are various admonitions, doctrines, parables, praises, prayers, precepts, proclamations, promises, prophesies and teachings. As aspects of full sacred truth, these together build up and nourish divinity that resides within the believer. Using discernment (i.e., ones ability to recognize, acknowledge, and compare spiritual things) believers “hear” GOD in the statements from others and from Scripture, or are able to realize the status of those they are dealing with to be that of adversaries, antichrists, and disbelievers. See Jeremiah 9: 23-24, Malachi 3: 16-18, 1st John 2: 21-24, 2nd John 1: 6-8 and Hebrews 4: 12, King James Version.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. (Galatians 6: 6-9, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: GOD Does The Divine Part (01/05/2014); Sin in Mind not Deed? (01/06/2014); Heart, Brain or Spirit? (10/09/2013); The Image of GOD? (10/10/2013); Circumcision and Promise? (07/16/2013); The Bible and Stupid People (07/17/2013); Illusion? (04/25/2013); Not of Legal Age? (04/26/2013); Why Blood? (04/13/2013); Time Before the Sun? (04/14/2013); Spirit Matter (10/21/2012); Caesarea Philippi (10/22/2012)
“Aleksander”, here are a few points we may agree upon as Christian believers:
(1.) The ancient documents and holy writings often record language in ways that are very different from present standards for editing and usage. Readers today are correct to approach study of the Bible and other material with caution, gratitude, humility, longsuffering (we say, willingness to endure disappointments, hardship, and uncertainty), praise, and prayer.
(2.) Often the same word or phrase is repeated in Scripture, and there is a shift in definition or meaning from use to use. This may occur within the same verse, the same passage, or the same paragraph. One example would be “law” that is often the covenant of Moses, at other times ordinances and statutes, at other times habits, impulses and forces that operate upon ones awareness such as sin.
(3.) The flesh appears as carnal, material, physical and social. Flesh responds to and generates appetite (e.g., hunger, thirst, sexual cravings) and sense (e.g., hearing, seeing, tasting, touching) along with emotional and mental functions (e.g., anger, desire, fantasy, fear, imagination, recall, sorrow, thought). While sin is neither flesh nor spirit, sin opposes the continued existence of divine law, of the Law Giver, and of all Creation. Sin has no influence upon GOD, however, by operating upon and through the flesh, sin may dominate awareness and self-will in created beings and living creatures.
(4.) The makeup of divinity appears as inseparable spirit matter that includes faith, holiness, joy, love, truth, wisdom, and wrath against sin (where you find one you also find all the others). As spirit substance, faith consists only of faith, holiness only of holiness, love only of love; and the only source of divinity is the GODhead.
There is far more to be said, properly shared, and spiritually understood. (For example, (5.) GOD is an eternal spirit, who contains and emanates such aspects as awareness, authority, being, dimension, form, majesty, oneness, perfection, person, purpose, sanctity, self-will, and sovereignty. All created beings and living creatures as well as objects in nature (e.g., flames, glaciers, mountains, oceans, stars, trees, volcanoes) made in his image display these same features.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your faith.
I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion. (Job 32: 7-10, KJV)
THE BLACK PHOENIX
Washington, DC
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