Monday, January 30, 2006
Relevant texts
Acts 4.19
But Peter and John replied, "Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God's sight to obey you rather than God, you must decide.
Galatians 1:10
Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Lawlessness -- Its your own fault
lawlessness
The antichrist is the lawless one it says in the Bible.
If they substitute llamas for people then normal people should take charge of the stupidly - behaving people.
Also will have to form a society WITHOUT the stupid people
Also should not even bother to interact within STUPID peoples society and false rules
because it just makes it grow
If people, for example, should make a rule that you have to rub their privates before you interact with them.
Just find less stupid to interact with, ie People who think that kind of behavior is disgusting.
THere is no reason to accept a broken misshapen society.
Ignore what you lose and find other normals.
They did it in the wild west ALL THE TIME
People who continue to enable this awful situation are stupid and become even more so as time passes.
The antichrist is the lawless one it says in the Bible.
If they substitute llamas for people then normal people should take charge of the stupidly - behaving people.
Also will have to form a society WITHOUT the stupid people
Also should not even bother to interact within STUPID peoples society and false rules
because it just makes it grow
If people, for example, should make a rule that you have to rub their privates before you interact with them.
Just find less stupid to interact with, ie People who think that kind of behavior is disgusting.
THere is no reason to accept a broken misshapen society.
Ignore what you lose and find other normals.
They did it in the wild west ALL THE TIME
People who continue to enable this awful situation are stupid and become even more so as time passes.
Friday, January 20, 2006
The flawed earth
How sad the human animal outruns its own maturity increasing in knowledge before controlling its passion and ego.
It is like the tragic flaw of a youthful hero, the earth decaying before it could blossom.
It is like the tragic flaw of a youthful hero, the earth decaying before it could blossom.
I invented the cup, yesterday! SERiously.
It is an obnoxious error for any modern culture to claim ownership of cultural knowledge.
All Modern cultures (and also American culture) borrowed much their culture from the rest of the world and usually upgraded the materials from which these things were made. (cups, doors, curtains, beds)
Suddenly all culture is Euro-based. Actually it is only that the European culture is newest. Technological advances aside (from 1900 on) there is little ownership only contribution.
In the same way all European and World culture is mine and will be enhanced by what I add to it.
Familial and spiritual knowledge is another matter.
ALSO, In 4000 BC the 10 million people on earth created inventions in proportion to their numbers. Today with 6 billion there has to be a proportional increase in the frequency of creative ideas.
All Modern cultures (and also American culture) borrowed much their culture from the rest of the world and usually upgraded the materials from which these things were made. (cups, doors, curtains, beds)
Suddenly all culture is Euro-based. Actually it is only that the European culture is newest. Technological advances aside (from 1900 on) there is little ownership only contribution.
In the same way all European and World culture is mine and will be enhanced by what I add to it.
Familial and spiritual knowledge is another matter.
ALSO, In 4000 BC the 10 million people on earth created inventions in proportion to their numbers. Today with 6 billion there has to be a proportional increase in the frequency of creative ideas.
Wandering Prophets
Apparently human beings, when they try to maintain any kind of standard, become insufferable boobs.
Any kind of comparison any kind of avoidance ends in pride and eventually violence because each one of us tries to have good standards but they always require pride to maintain.
Christianity only allows us to maintain the standard of avoiding those who reject God.
Can any standard be upheld without pride?
We become meaningless in society without maintaining our standing.
Are we all to be wandering prophets?
Any kind of comparison any kind of avoidance ends in pride and eventually violence because each one of us tries to have good standards but they always require pride to maintain.
Christianity only allows us to maintain the standard of avoiding those who reject God.
Can any standard be upheld without pride?
We become meaningless in society without maintaining our standing.
Are we all to be wandering prophets?
Monday, January 16, 2006
Stop harassing me
Jesus called them together and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.
Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Matt 20.25-28
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
2 Corinthians 6:14
Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Matt 20.25-28
Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
2 Corinthians 6:14
The weak of heart
People who limit their recognition of beauty may as well not understand beauty at all because it is not beauty that they love, but the approval of others.
What caused this anger and grief? It was their hardness of heart.
This is an excerpt from a sermon by Spurgeon.
What was their exact fault?
First, they would not see, though the case was clear. He had set the truth so plainly before them that they were obliged to strain their understandings to avoid being convinced: they had to draw down the blinds of the soul, and put up the shutters of the mind, to be able not to see. There are none so blind as those that will not see, and these were of that blindest order; they were blind people that had eyes and boasted that they could see, and therefore their sin was utterly without excuse. Ah, me! I fear that we have many around us still, who know, but do not act on their knowledge; who do not wish to be convinced and converted, but harden themselves against known duty and plain right.
What was more, what these people were forced to see they would not acknowledge. They sullenly held their tongues when they were bound to speak. Does it not happen to many persons that the gospel forces itself upon their belief? They feel that they could not conjure up an argument against the divine truth which is set before them: the word comes with such demonstration that it smites them with sledge-hammer force; but they do not intend to admit its power, and so they brace themselves up to bear the blow without yielding. They shut their months against the water of life which is held up to them in the golden cup of the gospel. No child could shut his teeth more desperately against medicine than they against the gospel. Any man may take a horse to the water, but ten thousand cannot make him drink, and this is proved in many a hearer of the word. There sat these Scribes and Pharisees: it is a wonder that the stones did not cry out against them, they were so doggedly determined not to admit that which they could not deny. Are there none of that breed among us still?
More than that, while they would not see what was so plain, they were diligently seeking to spy out flaws and faults where there were none, namely, in the Lord Jesus. So there are many who profess that they cannot understand the gospel, but they have understanding enough to cavil at it, and cast slurs upon it. They have a cruelly keen eye for non-existent errors in Scripture: they find this mistake in Deuteronomy, and the other in Genesis. What great wisdom, to be diligent in making discoveries against one's own eternal interests! The gospel of the Lord Jesus is man's only hope of salvation: what a pity to count it the height of cleverness to destroy our only hope!
Spurgeon's Sermon "Jesus Angry with Hard Hearts"
Luke 16:31
"He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.' "
What was their exact fault?
First, they would not see, though the case was clear. He had set the truth so plainly before them that they were obliged to strain their understandings to avoid being convinced: they had to draw down the blinds of the soul, and put up the shutters of the mind, to be able not to see. There are none so blind as those that will not see, and these were of that blindest order; they were blind people that had eyes and boasted that they could see, and therefore their sin was utterly without excuse. Ah, me! I fear that we have many around us still, who know, but do not act on their knowledge; who do not wish to be convinced and converted, but harden themselves against known duty and plain right.
What was more, what these people were forced to see they would not acknowledge. They sullenly held their tongues when they were bound to speak. Does it not happen to many persons that the gospel forces itself upon their belief? They feel that they could not conjure up an argument against the divine truth which is set before them: the word comes with such demonstration that it smites them with sledge-hammer force; but they do not intend to admit its power, and so they brace themselves up to bear the blow without yielding. They shut their months against the water of life which is held up to them in the golden cup of the gospel. No child could shut his teeth more desperately against medicine than they against the gospel. Any man may take a horse to the water, but ten thousand cannot make him drink, and this is proved in many a hearer of the word. There sat these Scribes and Pharisees: it is a wonder that the stones did not cry out against them, they were so doggedly determined not to admit that which they could not deny. Are there none of that breed among us still?
More than that, while they would not see what was so plain, they were diligently seeking to spy out flaws and faults where there were none, namely, in the Lord Jesus. So there are many who profess that they cannot understand the gospel, but they have understanding enough to cavil at it, and cast slurs upon it. They have a cruelly keen eye for non-existent errors in Scripture: they find this mistake in Deuteronomy, and the other in Genesis. What great wisdom, to be diligent in making discoveries against one's own eternal interests! The gospel of the Lord Jesus is man's only hope of salvation: what a pity to count it the height of cleverness to destroy our only hope!
Spurgeon's Sermon "Jesus Angry with Hard Hearts"
Luke 16:31
"He said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.' "
Friday, December 16, 2005
Tinsel of the modern age
We are getting the dirty dishwater instead of the meat of culture and life..
The gift of suffering
Suffering is a gift to the Christian to make sure the seductions of Satan do not tie his soul to what is essentially a glorified waiting room. This is all they have or will have.
Heritage of Spirit
Like a warrior who has a son who wants to be a painter, like Cain and Abel, Esau and Jacob, heritage and history require understanding and application to be effective.
Philosophy is useless without understanding. Many are sons by adoption.
We reflect the equal temper of our heroic hearts
Our values, not our externals are the core of our lives and our effect on the world around us.
The noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he stands Proverbs 20.17 TEV
Philosophy is useless without understanding. Many are sons by adoption.
We reflect the equal temper of our heroic hearts
Our values, not our externals are the core of our lives and our effect on the world around us.
The noble man makes noble plans, and by noble deeds he stands Proverbs 20.17 TEV
Only obediance
If only I had known the power of obediance and how it alone defeated Satan attacks I had no idear how ferociously we were being attacked at all times I am glad to know for the sake of others. I am glad to experience things so that others more normal will not suffer. I have fewer needs than many
Obssessive exclusions
God what is the purpose of the persistent exclusion? It is not to exclude at all -- that is irrelevent, and always done. THey are mor interested in the process than the product. In fact, they insist on including you in the product.
It is the sorrow of others that is essential to these types of people.
So that the soul loses its grounding and is awash in a sea of misery where hte devil finds the door open to control the heart and mind. Christ does not allow this, the heart should be lowly, but not broken in this way because.
god tgives us the assurance of our value and necessity in life, our protection from overwhilming destruction, our being upheld under strong persecution.
We desire another country -- heavenly. We are trapped by seeking the approval of others, by relying on people wholeheartedly by worshipping the public we are to learn to be individuals upheld only by God's word this is the essential key that God wants us to develop. We are to be separate, to lose all other people, to lose our lives.
The Christian heart holds onto faith, truth and beauty, which never dies or changes. It is the natural heart which must die because it is Satan's playground.
It is the sorrow of others that is essential to these types of people.
So that the soul loses its grounding and is awash in a sea of misery where hte devil finds the door open to control the heart and mind. Christ does not allow this, the heart should be lowly, but not broken in this way because.
god tgives us the assurance of our value and necessity in life, our protection from overwhilming destruction, our being upheld under strong persecution.
We desire another country -- heavenly. We are trapped by seeking the approval of others, by relying on people wholeheartedly by worshipping the public we are to learn to be individuals upheld only by God's word this is the essential key that God wants us to develop. We are to be separate, to lose all other people, to lose our lives.
The Christian heart holds onto faith, truth and beauty, which never dies or changes. It is the natural heart which must die because it is Satan's playground.
Thursday, August 25, 2005
The Satans
adversaries are sometimes called 'the satans'
and if that is the case then I have run into a nest of them
and if that is the case then I have run into a nest of them
Saturday, August 20, 2005
You are With Me
Christ in His humiliation was glorified
He who in all other eyes appeared to be conquered was a conqueror.
Sacrifices for good bring glory even if everyone is blinded by
God is the keeper of the glory of His children
Glorified in heaven
Men were given power over His earthly life and body
But the divinity and glory from heaven was revealed in His character.
It is an eternal promise to all martyrs all those who sacrifice for Christ. This day as you suffer and die you are with me in paradise.
from Desire of Ages
He who in all other eyes appeared to be conquered was a conqueror.
Sacrifices for good bring glory even if everyone is blinded by
God is the keeper of the glory of His children
Glorified in heaven
Men were given power over His earthly life and body
But the divinity and glory from heaven was revealed in His character.
It is an eternal promise to all martyrs all those who sacrifice for Christ. This day as you suffer and die you are with me in paradise.
from Desire of Ages
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Saturday, July 30, 2005
To Do Good is Essential
For if you exercise restraint in the doing of good, you will commit a great sin.
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/shepherd.html
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/shepherd.html
Useless Standards
If Jesus was so perfect and He suffered so much
how much is credited to Him on this earth let alone in heaven.
By making the criteria social and earthy even Christ could not meet the desires of earth's community and He is God. But I suppose that is the point.
So if a community on earth has standards that God himself will not meet then what is the meaning of their ideas? e.g. A perfectly made bed.
The meaning of perfection is lost in the reliance upon it. It does not take humanity anywhere that it needs to go. It is like a whitewash over the true needs of the human being.
how much is credited to Him on this earth let alone in heaven.
By making the criteria social and earthy even Christ could not meet the desires of earth's community and He is God. But I suppose that is the point.
So if a community on earth has standards that God himself will not meet then what is the meaning of their ideas? e.g. A perfectly made bed.
The meaning of perfection is lost in the reliance upon it. It does not take humanity anywhere that it needs to go. It is like a whitewash over the true needs of the human being.
In Honor of Christ
Saint Patrick's Breastplate
I bind myself to-day
The strong Name of the Trinity,
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One and One in Three.
I bind this day to me for ever
By pow'r of faith, Christ's Incarnation;
His baptism in Jordan river;
His death on Cross for my salvation;
His brusting from the spicèd tomb;
His riding up the heav'nly way;
His coming at the day of doom;
I bind unto myself today.
I bind unto myself today
The virtues of the star-lit heaven,
The glorious sun's life-giving ray,
The whiteness of the moon at even,
The flashing of the lightning free,
The whirling wind's tempestous shocks,
The stable earth, the deep salt sea,
Around the old etrnal rocks.
Chirst be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.
I bind unto myself the Name,
The strong Name of the Trinity;
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One, and One in Three.
Of Whom all nature hath creation:
Eternal Father, Spirit, Word:
Praise to the Lord of my salvation,
Salvation is of Christ the Lord.
I bind myself to-day
The strong Name of the Trinity,
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One and One in Three.
I bind this day to me for ever
By pow'r of faith, Christ's Incarnation;
His baptism in Jordan river;
His death on Cross for my salvation;
His brusting from the spicèd tomb;
His riding up the heav'nly way;
His coming at the day of doom;
I bind unto myself today.
I bind unto myself today
The virtues of the star-lit heaven,
The glorious sun's life-giving ray,
The whiteness of the moon at even,
The flashing of the lightning free,
The whirling wind's tempestous shocks,
The stable earth, the deep salt sea,
Around the old etrnal rocks.
Chirst be with me, Christ within me,
Christ behind me, Christ before me,
Christ beside me, Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort and restore me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ in quiet, Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of all that love me,
Christ in mouth of friend and stranger.
I bind unto myself the Name,
The strong Name of the Trinity;
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One, and One in Three.
Of Whom all nature hath creation:
Eternal Father, Spirit, Word:
Praise to the Lord of my salvation,
Salvation is of Christ the Lord.
Friday, July 29, 2005
Emissarianship
Persecution will spread the light. (Ellen White)
This is probably why early Christians were forced to move from place to place, to be God's emissaries to be everywhere that He wants to reach and to also block the unholy deeds of Satan.
This is probably why early Christians were forced to move from place to place, to be God's emissaries to be everywhere that He wants to reach and to also block the unholy deeds of Satan.
Strengthen your decision
We are on this earth for a decision. As Christ said, He came to earth to separate between those who accept Him and those who reject Him.
Our time here is spent developing and proving our choice. God is giving us time to choose Him. Those who choose Him have their choice strengthened by trials.
The time is short. Eternity is long. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
This is the time of decision. It is not the time for pursuing new spiritual states outside of what God gives us through the Holy Spirit.
The commands of God are simple and the whole gospel is simple because it is impossible for us to do. It is really God who does it after we accept Him. (Can you imagine an exalted God waiting for His mangy children to accept Him!)
This earth is a rescue mission and we have eternity to spend on other things.
Our time here is spent developing and proving our choice. God is giving us time to choose Him. Those who choose Him have their choice strengthened by trials.
The time is short. Eternity is long. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
This is the time of decision. It is not the time for pursuing new spiritual states outside of what God gives us through the Holy Spirit.
The commands of God are simple and the whole gospel is simple because it is impossible for us to do. It is really God who does it after we accept Him. (Can you imagine an exalted God waiting for His mangy children to accept Him!)
This earth is a rescue mission and we have eternity to spend on other things.
Turning away
Fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Matt. 10.27
Which means to fear anything that turns your heart away from Christ.
It is not that God does not like pleasure or money or all of the things that He created us to enjoy. It is a temporary need for restraint.
Which means to fear anything that turns your heart away from Christ.
It is not that God does not like pleasure or money or all of the things that He created us to enjoy. It is a temporary need for restraint.
Beware of men
Beware of men
Do not expect men to be able to do any good since Satan may at any time control us all.
Expect little but give what heaven gives to you seems to be the theme -- to treat them as though they were Christ. (EGW)
No man can be true to God without exciting opposition. (Ellen G. White)
Do not expect men to be able to do any good since Satan may at any time control us all.
Expect little but give what heaven gives to you seems to be the theme -- to treat them as though they were Christ. (EGW)
No man can be true to God without exciting opposition. (Ellen G. White)
And so agape becomes joy
If only they would give up everything else and have only agape love.
It seems as though agape love is actually a kind of submission
it is first love and acknowledgement of God
and then an openness and obedience that treats others as God has commanded us to.
Then this submission and obedience dictates our conduct towards others and directs the heart's compassions.
And so agape becomes joy.
It seems as though agape love is actually a kind of submission
it is first love and acknowledgement of God
and then an openness and obedience that treats others as God has commanded us to.
Then this submission and obedience dictates our conduct towards others and directs the heart's compassions.
And so agape becomes joy.
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