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Discerning The Gospel Of The Kingdom Within Christianity
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It is often said in varying ways that there is no sense in visiting Jesus' grave because He is not there. Fortunate for us that the finality of death has been overcome by one man's desire to do only the will of the Father, and not His own. Yet as a result, rather than follow this example, man...
People seem preoccupied with knowing the mind of God. This, when it seems to me that He said, don't go there. Stick with what you were created for. Following Him is not the same as knowing His mind, that is to say attempting to mimic Him, naturally being what vain man will often do. This of...
Think about how one might be better off considering what the Father does for us, rather than what we do for the Father thus putting the spotlight on ourselves in the process.
There is much pride and vanity exhibited among Christians today over their relationship with God. We should be showing...
Christianity was never meant to exude unity, for the truth behind Christianity lies in the very lack of said unity within the religion. God gave over the teachings of Jesus to those gentiles who were well known for (and who still practice) self-glorification, which of course in itself leads to a...
Christian traditions are often defended as keeping Christianity alive and carrying it on until this day. The problem is that the wrong message is often being promoted as God knew it would be, a confusion when human tradition is mixed with Christian tradition.
Man being man, maintains worldly...
The traditional ways of mankind are to accept at face value what the world wishes to teach us. Unfortunately, this also applies to those in charge of religion, having established for themselves a kingdom of their own making on earth, and like governors and financiers, expecting us to believe and...
One quite often hears the excuse from the aggressively minded out there, that they must put on the armour of God and basically 'attack'. These are still of the world and not of the Kingdom, as yet not being reborn into a way of thinking that does not complement the traditional ways of mankind...
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.
© ...timothyu
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...