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Blog entries by timothyu

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When life deals blows to the heart or spirit, do you pick up and carry on with renewed strength? Are you proud to have overcome that hurdle, wearing that triumph as a personal badge of honour? Seems to me God is more interested in our letting go of pride and humbling ourselves in order to be...
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Nobody likes to discover they have been following tradition more so than truth. Consider that to be the reaction of a blind person lead by centuries of the previously blind feeling their way along, only to suddenly be able to see Jesus' truth over the tradition of religion, thus discovering the...
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Since the beginning of our time outside the Garden, mankind has lived to serve itself and it's own purposes, this clearly seen throughout history and even in the Bible itself. Nothing, as the Bible also shows, goes without being corrupted by mankind, right down to the Pharisees of the time that...
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With all the talk of evil causing all sorts of distress for mankind, perhaps a proper light should be shone on that idea. In effect addressing the log that is in mankind's eyes in refusing to accept responsibility for it. Regardless of how some wish to blame an outside source, anyone who is of...
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I first wrote this a few days after Sept. 11th, 2001. It still holds true on the 18th anniversary of the attack. ~~~~~~ Amid images of the destruction on September 11, one set of headlines proclaims "What kind of God would let this happen!" Once again God is being used as a scapegoat for...
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When it came to the downfall of man, free will was never the issue. All forms of life make choices. Self awareness was the issue. Keep that thought in mind. There is talk of physically connecting man to computers. Cyborgs of information. The ability to open a book or even use a computerized...
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I fully appreciate that so many people pack their bags in anticipation of visiting God at the end of their journey. But sadly, most go to the big Christian station and board a train to nowhere while missing the little street car to the Kingdom parked at a siding far from the hubbub of man...
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The gospel of salvation was created as an aftermath simply because the original Gospel of the Kingdom, which Jesus had taught, was seen as offensive to the world. It got Jesus killed by those of authority who were threatened by it. A Gentile church which was created and soon operated in tandem...
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God cannot work through us unless we are compatible models. Mockers, dividers, the spiteful and angry, etc. need not apply. © ...timothyu
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Consider what the Tempter did with Jesus in the desert. Need it do any more than that with us? If man has not put God's will first (stones to bread), put God to the test (throw Himself down), desire what the world has to offer (thus worship the adversary), then they have already failed and may...
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Unfortunately, people focus on the Redeemer and not why He was sent.. the Kingdom. Jesus was no threat to the Adversary in this world, but the Kingdom was/is. That's why we don't hear much about it in churches. Scripture remains as it was, but by misdirection the world has monopolized the...
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Carnal thinking can cause not only Christians but Christianity to be mislead into following, not new ways of the spirit and Kingdom of God, but ways designed to keep even Christians with their feet planted firmly within the world, defensive of it's ways. The blind insure our loyalties remain...
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When did social justice switch from poverty, health and oppression to become abortion, immigration and same-sex marriage? It seems even self-proclaimed followers of Jesus (if indeed they ever were) have crossed the line from living in the ways of the Kingdom, back into the world, and are not...
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There is truth in the concept that a personal desire to stand out within the world (versus the Kingdom) has inadvertently lead people down a false trail, that as a result has wrongly combined Christianity with the traditional ways of mankind. A way that treats religion as if it were a team...
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There are two forces within Christianity. First are those who set the example by the life they lead and show by attitude and their fruits that they have repented and love neighbour as self. They follow the will of God rather than the self serving will of man. Second are those who derive their...
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The character of Christianity is taking a beating from those (both of the Christian and atheist camps) who seem to think that they can bolster their identity by using mocking aggression toward those not of their same ideals. That is not a Christian ideal by any means, but some Christians can...
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It seems to me that many think repentance will lead to change (which of course it does) and that they will have to give up everything if they no longer comply with society and nation, thus having to live in a cardboard box in an alley... which is silly. Many, in order to overcome this...
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Jesus said the way we are doing things (and have always done things) is backwards. Yet people, including many Christians, missed His point and continue to defend those backward ways today as if man's way can be justified, even using Christianity to do so. Using an opposing ideal to defend it's...
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It is quite a nice experience over the Christmas season to be pleasantly reminded of days gone by, not only of Christmases past, but in how settled society used to be. However, one might say it is also rather unsettling to see how much society has itself changed, where God or Jesus are not seen...
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Who are these people that promote and support choosing which neighbour to love as self, all based on nothing more than what has grown into a politically based and inspired faith? It seems to me the question that needs to be asked is what would their faith look like without the political agenda...