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Was it not I who pierced His side?
Was it not I who drove the nails?
Was it not the Son of God I crucified?
Was it not I He saved from hell?
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Perhaps it is the
differing opinions of different people that make us
different. But, even when we all differ differently we
are the same difference.
It is the still thunderbolt that jolts our quiet
thinking when thought takes uncharted flight.
Is it not both sanity and insanity that keeps the
equilibrium?
Does the will to live create the hero? Does the fear of
death make one a fool? The believer should not fear
death. “He that will lose his life, the same shall save
it.”
At what point do we draw the line between optimism and
pessimism – half way up the cup or half way down? A
mixture of two viewpoints may be a delusion of both. If
there is a happy pessimist and there is an unhappy
optimist, which is the realist?
Where is the boundary of pride and humility? Ego says I
am man, the head of all creation. Humility says I am
man, chief of sinners. One should not think too little
or too much of oneself. Where is the line betwixt the
two?
Do we forgive the unforgivable? Do we pardon the
unpardonable? Do we love the unlovable? When do we draw
the sword? When do we turn the swords into plowshares?
Are we to ignore charity and walk about as statues like
God’s of stone? Do we creep or walk softly and carry a
big stick?
If a viewpoint, argument or conclusion is drawn that is
self-contradicting by valid deduction from acceptable
premises, is it correct or incorrect?
If the nature of our physical world were different, would it be empty of matter?
If space were different, would it be full or empty?
If our vision were untarnished and perfect would we see the unseeable? Would what we then see be the spiritual world of eternity?
If we cannot think the unthinkable, is it an empty thought?
If there is nowhere to go from here, is this the beginning of nowhere or the end of nothing?
If life is an illusion, does it allude to reality or from reality?
If life doesn’t really exist what does?
Will life on this side of true reality be more understandable on the other side of reality?
God transcends space and time and the Bible comes from God’s location beyond time and space.
Mankind can think of many dimensions of existence but we can only experience our own dimension.
God created us, predetermined things for us while simultaneously giving us freedom to choose our destination.
God is one God in three persons. Explain that by single dimensional thinking.
Came To Pass Part One and Two
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I hold two conflicting thoughts regarding the Lake of Fire – it seems too harsh, yet insufficient.
Jesus Christ is the Crowned Jewel of humanity – the Crowning Glory of God.
The Bible is the foundation on which our country was built; the Rock upon which Christ has built His church; the edification on which we must build the future.
Defining human nature by one three letter word is not difficult. Choosing between sin and ego is the tuff one.
It is very interesting that the Holy Spirit, through Moses wrote the plural name for God more than five hundred times in the first five Books of the Old Testament. The Trinity of God is unquestionably exhaled by God throughout Scripture.
The secular world is increasingly declaring its own individual code of conduct, denying absolute truth. Removing God from the public domain and abandoning spiritual heritage is a disgrace as well as a slap in the Face of God. This attitude of self arrogance replaces God on the Throne with the Throne of God the Self (2 Timothy 3:1-5). Truly we live in the last days.
Jesus Christ himself proclaimed that every letter, every word of Original Scripture would outlast the world until heaven and earth pass away. Therefore, the secular world can never abolish Truth. They can only self-destruct.
Prophecies not only predict the future they prove history.
The primary purpose of the Bible is to reveal Jesus Christ to a lost and dying world.
Forty-four men over sixteen centuries wrote the Inspired Holy Scriptures. The Old Testament records history from Creation to the future of history. The New Testament records the fulfillment of history in time and the future in eternity. Only a Divine author could know and write with perfect accuracy the events from eternity past to eternity future.
The fact that God has not yet put a stop to the arrogance of man and the suffering of this world is evidence of the importance of every man’s soul. Christ died for all so all could be saved from God’s wrath. The Salvation of mankind is so important to God that he gave His Son. Therefore, arrogance must be punished in the Lake of Fire.
God has blessed America!
In death there is no return address, only forwarding.
We must learn to be introspective prospectors.
In prophecy the Bible describes the future of history
with total accuracy.
We now live the ever-present future of history.
Childhood is the influencing factor of destiny.
Ungodliness is the search for God - making the wrong
choices.
Worldliness is cosmic which contradicts God.
From our viewpoint atop God’s Word we are able to see
God’s point of view.
God reveals Himself
in many ways such as His Son, His Holy Spirit, His Word,
creation and recorded history. But, He also proves
Himself by the future through prophecy. God’s mighty
works and power are everywhere displayed. God is the
only accurate prophet.
A God that transcends time and space is
incomprehensible. But, God is not beyond our natural
senses. As believers, we sense oneness with God by His
indwelling presence, from which He assures us of the
reality of Heavenly existence.
We have access to God through Christ. All we have to do
is talk to God or think and our thoughts are heard by
God, immediately on the other side of the universe. He
hears millions of prayers at the same time. Our God is
awesome.
God’s Word directs man to the intersection of time and
eternity - the Cross.
Eternal Life begins at the Cross of death and never
dies.
Faith and wisdom help us to tackle our problems before
they tackle us.
God’s Word is designed to indwell believers for
subsistence in time and eternity. It is a tangible piece
of eternity in time.
Eternity is being formed by the believers’ time life.
Christ is preparing our place in God’s eternity by the
indwelling (filling) of the Holy Spirit and the
fulfilling of God’s plan for our individual lives here
on earth, in time.
The best and most effective prayer is a submissive
(humbled) listener.
There are three wills: God’s, Man’s and Satan’s. Which
will is having its way in your life? There are three
enemies of God and the believer: The world (other
people); the flesh (human nature); and the devil. All of
mankind (except the believer) is controlled or
influenced by all three at all times. Only the believer
in submission (sins confessed) operates in fellowship
with God’s will. Growing to maturity is when the
believer begins to log more time in fellowship (under
God’s influence than the world.
A few defenders of Christianity in every generation
cause most of the damage to the faith. A few defenders
of the faith do most of the good for the cause of
Christ.
Man can never be the source of meaning, nor understand
the source because man is contradictory.
Contradiction means man is in conflict. Man is in
conflict with God. But, God reconciled that conflict.
God is not the enemy! Satan is the enemy. If we deny God
we exalt ourselves to the divinity that we deny. Today’s
sensuous society has made self the center of self - the
meaning of meaning. The final conflict is just ahead.
The insecurity of those introverted years, long past,
still call out to me. I listen and search for answers
through the span of time which evades me like the wind
in my hand.
The garden of light became a jungle of darkness, but the
Cross of death became the tree of Life.
Life is a stage - the audience is God and his heavenly
host; Satan and his bunch.
Everything this side of eternity is a spiritual
battlefield. There will be wars and rumors of wars until
Jesus Christ the Messiah prosecutes judgment and
establishes a new universe minus arrogance.
Christ’s footsteps lead straight to the cross. The Cross
points the way to God.
American society is in transition from God to sensate
(sensuous-self) redefining good and evil to suit
personal pleasure.
The voice of society in America mocks God, but God will
have the last laugh and it will not be a laughing
matter.
Life is a stage who’s actors and audience are the same –
self.
Each one of us has three privileges: we can make
ourselves in our own image; we can make God in our own
image; or we can allow God to make us in the Image of
His Son – Jesus Christ.
The two-edged sword defines the end of eternity as
heaven and hell.
Through silent meditation we listen to and applaud
Heaven. The silence of eternity without God is forever
terrifying.
Man wants God to be, not to be, or let us be – so be it!
The world is full of infinite intelligibility denied by
the intellect of mere men.
Faith is how we comprehend the incomprehensible.
Humility is how we learn, love and live life under
heaven, at the foot of the Cross, at the feet of God.
God is truth; truth is silent; justice is blind.
Justification and truth came by Jesus Christ.
The words of the two-edged sword divides heaven and
hell; life and death; the believer and the unbeliever;
good and evil; time and eternity; God and man.
I
am because He is!
He is because I
Am.
The Courage and Dignity of Jesus Christ is Matchless in
all of Time and Eternity.
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We develop spiritual discipline by naming our sins
daily (preferably as we knowingly commit them), and by
daily studying and applying God’s Word. The Bible
teaches us God’s viewpoint. God by His Word gives us a
piece of His Mind. Scripture is Wisdom and Wisdom is
Scripture. We develop the skills for life by practicing
wisdom. God’s Wisdom conforms our thinking by giving us
spiritual insight. His wisdom instills moral values and
a true perspective of His Justice, His Righteousness and
His Love. Bible Doctrine teaches us to be prudent with
discretion. Because of our human nature our learning
must be tested so that it can be properly applied. The
formula is God’s grace formula, which is: Inhale –
learning and metabolizing doctrine; Exhale - application
to life by the filling of the Holy Spirit. How are we
filled with the spirit? Through application and habitual
use of 1 John 1:9.
The study of God’s Word is never complete. We will need
eternity to learn all about our Savior and our God –
Jesus Christ. Wisdom is forever because God is forever.
Love is forever. Learning love and wisdom require
eternity. That’s what eternity is for.
Experience develops character and Godly character
develops humility. Humility opens the door to truth,
faith and learning. Humility is rejection of self.
Arrogance is rejection of God.
“Fortune and Fame” lead to “Torment and Shame,” if it is
not blessed by God.
If Satan and Hell are not real to you, then Christ and
the Cross are not real to you!
Every man makes a choice even when he doesn’t choose!
The choices are:
The leader of the lawless, or
The Lord of Righteousness and Life.
The rope of the rich is longest in the hangman’s
arsenal.
God holds the scale of death. If he holds you also, why
do you fear?
The sound of judgment is either horrifying or justifying
depending on your location.
Youth fights a lost battle.
The pride of the wealthy and the poor is always for
sale.
Peace in the world shall be when we know each other as
the brother of Cain and not Cain the brother.
Secularism is the empire of men’s desires. In our
sensate society
God is not invited to the party.
When the thunder of my course is silent,
God’s trumpet will sound to take me home.
The place of many Swords is the Lord’s
Christ is stronger than death, greater than life.
Are we worms or wheels?
We are worms – you are wheels, Lord.
Enter hell through Treason’s Gate.
Hell is the abode of defiance - sleepless things
tormented by eternal separation from God.
So powerful is human nature that it is successful in
trivializing morality - which compromises truth. If
truth can be compromised then there is no truth.
Morality is a requisite of existence. Without truth
there can be no justice, no injustice. Without morality
there is no standard except to each his own.
“Live and
let live” is the philosophy of liberalism which is the
philosophy of self and self is the heart of wickedness.
Wickedness deceives itself by denial. “The devil made me
do it,” mentality. Self sits on the throne of self or
God does.
Time is a wise counselor if we stop, look and listen.
There is rest, peace, happiness, freedom and beauty, in
Truth.
The seeds of injustice should never have been planted.
The Lord preserves His Word of Truth, deceit is self
destructive.
Lust will burn endlessly in the lake of fire.
What the unbeliever sows in this life will be reaped
forever.
The mouth opens with immorality and at the appointed
time closes unable to speak again.
Discipline restrains, self-control refrains, the
sin-nature remains.
God’s Word is the anti-biotic that treats the soul.
Idleness is the robber of time, life and souls.
The sluggard lives forever as the thief who stole
himself.
Hell is located at the reaping place!
Humility finds honor, peace, strength, courage and
respect.
Humility is to be coveted.
Wisdom finds the soul always lacking.
Scripture calls man to God. Doctrine searches for a
listener. Wisdom cries out from Scripture; Knowledge
waits to be discovered. Choose instruction.
There are seven pillars of wisdom – search them out,
even if it takes a life time. They are found in the
Bible.
The best form of government, in my opinion is “A
Monarchy and Ministers.” There is no election and most
of the politics are eliminated.
What kind of love is it that causes man to choose
hell instead of God? Selfish love!
What kind of love is it that caused God to send Christ
to the Cross in spite of man’s selfishness? Infinite Love!
What kind of love is it that caused God to Love us so
much that He died for all, and most of us either don’t care
or refuse to believe? Divine love!
What kind of people, knowing that Christ died on the
Cross, prefer that God leave them alone and mind His own
business? Arrogant!
What kind of love does unbelieving man have? Godless
love!
Which God rules your life? Jesus Christ or you!
What kind of Love is God’s Love? Crowning, Glorious,
Eternal, Tender, Merciful, Holy, Abiding, Wondrous,
Overflowing, Unfathomable, Indescribable, Incomprehensible,
Sacrificial, Heavenly, Unquenchable, Immutable, Matchless,
Inextinguishable, Inextricable, Longsuffering, Purifying,
Redeeming, Peaceful, Truthful, Graceful, Unselfish,
Righteous, Justice, Perfect, Omnipresent, Omnipotent,
Omniscient.
Jesus Christ Is Love Demonstrated, Sacrificial,
Unconditional, Efficacious And Absolute. God IS Love!! LOVE
IS GOD! God’s Love comes from His Perfect Integrity—His
Perfect Integrity comes from his Perfect Love. God’s Perfect
Love and God’s Perfect Integrity, flow from His Perfect
Righteousness which is protected by His Perfect Justice.
Love From God Must Be Inhaled And Exhaled From His
Living Word Through His Risen Son - By The Power Of His
Wonderful Holy Spirit!
AMEN AND AMEN.
Have you ever seen...
A butterfly kiss an Angel
The sun swallowed by the Earth
The moon flirt with the Night
The earth spew from it’s mouth, the sun, like a rising
balloon
Diamonds in the Sky
A butterfly perched on a Rainbow
A white Cross over a Bottomless Pit
A heart that gives with innocence,
how sweet, how dear it’s dwelling place.
Circuits strike weighted clouds releasing rain and
competent power; the sun and moon keep their tabernacle;
the planets and stars, void but beautiful, fail not
their assignment.
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