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CEO worship is making a revival today. Christianity likewise, once gave a nod to Constantine and his mom, for Constantine offered them a chance to become street legal.
But it wasn't free. In return gentile Christianity sold it's soul back to the world of man for a chance at power and glory of...
Faith is believing what God tells you.
Jesus' sole mission was the Gospel of the Kingdom. What did the Father tell us through Jesus regarding that? What did Jesus say was the Father's truth? Verily means truthfully. Some examples of what truths Jesus said to have faith in.
John 3:5 Jesus...
People have all sorts of notions as to how Jesus may serve their lives and world in every way from making a touchdown to winning elections or wars. But it seems to me that Jesus made it quite clear that when it comes to the Kingdom, the inmates don't get to rule the asylum as they think they do...
There is always talk in the news in the US come election times about abortion, either outright or masked as issues over funding to various organizations.
Without touching the subject itself, abortion no doubt already being in the minds of Christians as an obvious affront to God, we should as...
It seems to me there is only One Master Builder, but everybody out here seems to think they are architects.
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The entire Bible, from Eve through Noah's day, Sodom, the people who escaped Egypt and so on... all was about self, and the scriptures throughout show the failings of mankind based on self.
Jesus and the Father continually made it very clear that self was not the will of God. God punished, laid...
People often make the comment that the Adversary is trying to defeat God, to become God, but it seems to me it knows it has already lost that battle. It knows full well what Jesus accomplished and that it, the adversarial spirit, will have no part in the Kingdom to come, it's reign and it's...
Many people talk of the need to be saved, but it seems they rarely say or clearly define saved from what? Instead they expound endlessly on how to be saved or what salvation is.
Reverse the process by asking and answering the question 'saved from what?'. The answer to that question would...
Jesus and the Way were once seen as a cult simply because His teachings conflicted with the status quo, much in the same way the early Gentile state church in their own struggle, called opponents heretics. What we today would call a cult is a person or group that personally benefits in some way...
Jesus was concerned about our overcoming self in this world in order to better understand the ways of the Kingdom. In following His commandments, we are unable to misuse the knowledge of good and evil, for in servitude there is no gain. That is the way of the Kingdom.
This is then why few...
There is a lot said about walking the talk of Jesus, but it seems to me for many their walk is still one of this world. This while ignoring the basics of Jesus' teaching, instead, promoting an attitude that says we are the elect, and regardless of what we do while supporting the man-made...
The Tempter still walks the earth and does it's job. It's biggest accomplishment was getting the Gentile church to accept rule over the kingdoms of man by teaming up with state 1700 years ago. The position was vacant as Jesus had previously rejected the offer while out in the desert. It's a...
Many people talk about a reward or blessing that often follows hardships, but through the hardship we should never lose sight of God or stop trusting in Him even if hanging on just by a thread. That to me seems to be the whole point. I guess the priorities of some people looking forward to a...
There are those who speak of truth but often the purpose is to promote their own truth and not God's. Jesus continually said, "I tell you the truth" in His Gospel of the Kingdom and in His teachings of how to live in the ways of the Kingdom. Teachings about living amongst the mankind who still...
In today's world there seems to be a lot of complaints over separation of church and state, where churches demand a say in government but want government to stay clear of churches.
What many of these people forget is that God also wants nothing to do with man's government or man's politics...
We often hear the phrase " inalienable rights ". I wonder. Who's rights? Are they determined putting God's will first, or instead the will of mankind or just your own? Sadly, the majority stand up for the latter two more often than not, and then use God to justify it.
A lot of Christians...
It seems to me the good in humanity is in constant conflict with the bad. The old cowboy movies made that clear. Yet we could say that the mid 20th century was a good time for many of the first world nations even though there were constant wars.
What made it good was not us or our godly...
Are we a product of our environment or of our own thinking?
Is not our thinking influenced by our environment? Whether we think in compliance with it, or seeking an alternative way to it, are the two still not influenced by the same?
Did not Jesus give us an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT to...
Two natures... animal and spirit.
Two principles... self serving and selfless
Two worlds... world created upon man's principles and Kingdom created upon God's principles.
Two cultures... man's culture and God's counter culture
Two theologies... one which wrongly says we can have it both ways and...
Consider how Jesus gave us examples of things we could do if we felt compelled to go out and do some good today. A couple of examples were feed and clothe the poor, or visit the infirmed or incarcerated. Was He just talking about seeing to their physical needs? Or was He talking about more...