I am me, and I am not. I am me, and I am too. Jesus taught me not to let my left hand know what my right hand is doing. [Matthew 6:3] My right hand thinks my left hand doesn’t know what it’s doing. On the other hand…when I am aware of both hands, there appears a third person with hands of his own. Who do I follow? One of my “selves”, or the guy that holds his hand up saying, “gimmie a hand”? (that’s me too) Jesus says the kingdom of heaven is at hand. Okay; which hand? I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to grab something. It will probably end up being a cup of coffee and a cigarette.
Here is where I find a problem…Suppose there is something in your life you do, but wish you didn’t. Smoking, overeating, getting angry, etc…why can’t you just stop after a simple decision? Why not? What makes addiction even possible? It sometimes seems as if my mind has a mind of it’s own. Okay, suppose you think you have no addictions. Would you believe sickness was one? How about death? Old age?
I once told a psychologist that we all hear voices. After he explained why only abnormal people hear voices, I asked him; “Do you think in English?”. “Who” controls me (at times) when I can’t seem to control myself? Who is doing the smoking? Me? Which me? Who is making coffee for who? Who wants a doughnut? Who feels bad sometimes? Me? It’s bad enough not knowing what we are; even worse not knowing who we are.
[ Matthew 12:25] [Mark 3:25] “A house divided against itself shall not stand” We are a house.
It seems that sometimes I am the gracious host of a house guest. Either I have a host; have a guest; or I am a host, depending on how you want to look at it. Or, am I all of the above? Actually, I am the host, I am the guest, and I am the house where “they” all live. Either way, one of the “meeees”, wants to smoke, and one does not, and the house suffers.
We were created as a tabernacle. A house, temple, or "dwellingplace" for a spirit (or two, or three, or more in some cases). Psychologist use words like conscience, subconscious, and ego to describe different “parts” of the mind. Jesus tries to show us our duality, and teach unification of the mind. [James 1:8] “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” Jesus also says to rule your own house. [Matthew 24: 45-47] “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he commeth shall find so doing. Verily, I tell you that he shall make him ruler over all His goods.”
I prefer to think I’m the good one, and the “bad” one want’s to smoke. Jesus says there are at least two “yous”. Body and spirit? Soul? The un-unified mind creates a third, and altogether different being. One you is “fed” more, and becomes the “strongman” of your (house), which is also you. Jesus says to “bind the strongman”.
Most of the verses about this are either hid, controversial, misread, and therefore…not known. Early Christians were hunted and killed by those that wished to stay in control. The original teachings were modified in an attempt to keep people from understanding them. Why does God let these things happen? So we can learn, and know, and to see who’s faithful to Him. Taught one way by one, and another way by another, obscure passages pose a problem. Ironically, the reason they are obscure is because they were written to only one “you”; but read by all you(s).
God also knows His people will read through whatever anybody does to his words. “My sheep hear my voice.” [John 10:27] Jesus also teaches us to study, and watch ourselves. Learn yourself. When “you” do something, watch yourself doing it. Does it seem as though you are led to do things? Sense faith comes by hearing; He says to “take heed” how you hear (or read). After reading a verse, can you see yourself talking it over with yourself? The word is “ponder”.
[Luke 8:18] “Take heed therefore how you hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall more be given; And whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken what he seemeth to have.” Notice the word “seemeth”? So how do we “take heed”? What is the right way to hear (or read)? Know this…that both him that hath, and him that hath not… are both you.
This teaching will cause conflict, and division in your mind. I hope so. The strongman is in your house, and having himself a smoke…enjoying his goods. He is not going to like you spoiling his fun. [Matthew 12:29] “Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.” Luke 12:51: “Suppose ye that I come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division.”
I teach a lot about how the mind “adds to” the Scriptures. Jesus warned of this in Revelation 22:18. For instance the Scriptures read, “and all eyes shall see Him”…and the mind adds, “at once”. So it gets taught as such; making blind leaders of the blind. And they wonder why their faith doesn’t work. Then it turns into a fairytale. [2 Timothy 4:4], ”And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned into fables.” {see “Dead Man Down” for more on this, and the fable of Jesus Christ}
Jesus speaks to our duality often in Scripture. The verses are read as though they refer to two people. Jesus speaks to the same, double minded man. The rapture is one such teaching. Two will be together; one will be taken, and one will be left. One “you” wants to think there are two separate people, one good, and one evil. God will take one to heaven, and burn the other sucker to a crisp! People miss the word “together”, and don’t realize they are the same person. As a result, the teaching is a fairytale version of us all looking up to a beautiful drama in the sky, with magic flying people. That would be great, except God is patient, and doesn’t wish to burn anyone, no matter what you think.
Jesus said in Matthew 16:28, “There are some standing here now that will not taste of death until they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.” He said that two thousand years ago, and they did see Him…as will we…but it doesn’t say, “all at once”. There is a lot of Scripture about this. Most are obscure, and most are controversial. The reason is simple, actually. As you follow this series on faith, you will learn that faith is what we see, as described below, and not what we hope to see.
I’ll give you a hint. It is reality, and reality is not the same for us all at once. We want to see the mountain move. With the faith I now have, an atheist can shoot me, see me die, and watch as I am buried. Believe me or not, that is not what I will see. This is also how some have already seen us “all at once” go up… and some have yet to see us “all at once” go up. The end day battle is played out every day for someone. So are all the other scenes. We see time because of faith, and like everything else we see, such as the mountain that refuses to move, it is but a fairytale version. As a result, the “truth” (as mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:4) of the mountain moving becomes the fairytale.[2 Corinthians 6:2] “…behold, now is the excepted time, behold, now is the excepted day of salvation.”
[Matthew 6;22-23] “The light of the body is the eye; if thine eye be single, the whole body is full of light. But if thine eye be evil (opposite of single?), thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!”
[Hebrews 11:11] “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Faith is substance not seen; hoped for; then seen. Hebrews 11:11 is usually taught that faith is: “just believe” without seeing. Think about the word “evidence” in that passage. The teaching supposed to be that faith is the actual thing hoped for, and seen. Faith is the evidence of the thing, not the hope of it. We want to see the actual substance in the physical. If this were not possible, then it’s all a big waste of time. If the mountain will not actually move, then why bother reading all this…. it’s a waste of time.
How you read, see, and hear makes you think what you think. “Faith commeth by hearing…”What you think also makes you see what you see. The Bible has a rhythm. The righteous shall bla bla bla, but the wicked will bla bla bla. If you think the righteous verses are for you, and the wicked for someone else, then you are only reading half the teaching. Only one of you will prevail, and become stronger than the other in your body (house). You have to first “bind the strongman” of the (house), as Jesus says. In order to do that, we must first locate him. In order to do that we must take heed how we hear. When we ponder (talk it over with ourselfs), “to heed” is to watch ourselves. See which “you” makes the final decision, and more importantly…he will be the one that “decides” that a decision must be made.
One of Jesus points to note is this…While all this talking among “ourselves” is going on, nobody is listening to Jesus…. the speaker of the words. [Revelation 2:9] “To him that hath an ear to hear…(I love this next part)… let “him” hear.”
From the Gospel of Thomas:
Text 11: “On the day you were one, you became two. But when you became two, what will you do?
For more reference, and some “other” Scriptures from the Gospel of Thomas, and related verses from King Jams Bible, see “Footnote for the binders“
Here is where I find a problem…Suppose there is something in your life you do, but wish you didn’t. Smoking, overeating, getting angry, etc…why can’t you just stop after a simple decision? Why not? What makes addiction even possible? It sometimes seems as if my mind has a mind of it’s own. Okay, suppose you think you have no addictions. Would you believe sickness was one? How about death? Old age?
I once told a psychologist that we all hear voices. After he explained why only abnormal people hear voices, I asked him; “Do you think in English?”. “Who” controls me (at times) when I can’t seem to control myself? Who is doing the smoking? Me? Which me? Who is making coffee for who? Who wants a doughnut? Who feels bad sometimes? Me? It’s bad enough not knowing what we are; even worse not knowing who we are.
[ Matthew 12:25] [Mark 3:25] “A house divided against itself shall not stand” We are a house.
It seems that sometimes I am the gracious host of a house guest. Either I have a host; have a guest; or I am a host, depending on how you want to look at it. Or, am I all of the above? Actually, I am the host, I am the guest, and I am the house where “they” all live. Either way, one of the “meeees”, wants to smoke, and one does not, and the house suffers.
We were created as a tabernacle. A house, temple, or "dwellingplace" for a spirit (or two, or three, or more in some cases). Psychologist use words like conscience, subconscious, and ego to describe different “parts” of the mind. Jesus tries to show us our duality, and teach unification of the mind. [James 1:8] “A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” Jesus also says to rule your own house. [Matthew 24: 45-47] “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he commeth shall find so doing. Verily, I tell you that he shall make him ruler over all His goods.”
I prefer to think I’m the good one, and the “bad” one want’s to smoke. Jesus says there are at least two “yous”. Body and spirit? Soul? The un-unified mind creates a third, and altogether different being. One you is “fed” more, and becomes the “strongman” of your (house), which is also you. Jesus says to “bind the strongman”.
Most of the verses about this are either hid, controversial, misread, and therefore…not known. Early Christians were hunted and killed by those that wished to stay in control. The original teachings were modified in an attempt to keep people from understanding them. Why does God let these things happen? So we can learn, and know, and to see who’s faithful to Him. Taught one way by one, and another way by another, obscure passages pose a problem. Ironically, the reason they are obscure is because they were written to only one “you”; but read by all you(s).
God also knows His people will read through whatever anybody does to his words. “My sheep hear my voice.” [John 10:27] Jesus also teaches us to study, and watch ourselves. Learn yourself. When “you” do something, watch yourself doing it. Does it seem as though you are led to do things? Sense faith comes by hearing; He says to “take heed” how you hear (or read). After reading a verse, can you see yourself talking it over with yourself? The word is “ponder”.
[Luke 8:18] “Take heed therefore how you hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall more be given; And whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken what he seemeth to have.” Notice the word “seemeth”? So how do we “take heed”? What is the right way to hear (or read)? Know this…that both him that hath, and him that hath not… are both you.
This teaching will cause conflict, and division in your mind. I hope so. The strongman is in your house, and having himself a smoke…enjoying his goods. He is not going to like you spoiling his fun. [Matthew 12:29] “Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.” Luke 12:51: “Suppose ye that I come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division.”
I teach a lot about how the mind “adds to” the Scriptures. Jesus warned of this in Revelation 22:18. For instance the Scriptures read, “and all eyes shall see Him”…and the mind adds, “at once”. So it gets taught as such; making blind leaders of the blind. And they wonder why their faith doesn’t work. Then it turns into a fairytale. [2 Timothy 4:4], ”And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned into fables.” {see “Dead Man Down” for more on this, and the fable of Jesus Christ}
Jesus speaks to our duality often in Scripture. The verses are read as though they refer to two people. Jesus speaks to the same, double minded man. The rapture is one such teaching. Two will be together; one will be taken, and one will be left. One “you” wants to think there are two separate people, one good, and one evil. God will take one to heaven, and burn the other sucker to a crisp! People miss the word “together”, and don’t realize they are the same person. As a result, the teaching is a fairytale version of us all looking up to a beautiful drama in the sky, with magic flying people. That would be great, except God is patient, and doesn’t wish to burn anyone, no matter what you think.
Jesus said in Matthew 16:28, “There are some standing here now that will not taste of death until they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.” He said that two thousand years ago, and they did see Him…as will we…but it doesn’t say, “all at once”. There is a lot of Scripture about this. Most are obscure, and most are controversial. The reason is simple, actually. As you follow this series on faith, you will learn that faith is what we see, as described below, and not what we hope to see.
I’ll give you a hint. It is reality, and reality is not the same for us all at once. We want to see the mountain move. With the faith I now have, an atheist can shoot me, see me die, and watch as I am buried. Believe me or not, that is not what I will see. This is also how some have already seen us “all at once” go up… and some have yet to see us “all at once” go up. The end day battle is played out every day for someone. So are all the other scenes. We see time because of faith, and like everything else we see, such as the mountain that refuses to move, it is but a fairytale version. As a result, the “truth” (as mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:4) of the mountain moving becomes the fairytale.[2 Corinthians 6:2] “…behold, now is the excepted time, behold, now is the excepted day of salvation.”
[Matthew 6;22-23] “The light of the body is the eye; if thine eye be single, the whole body is full of light. But if thine eye be evil (opposite of single?), thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!”
[Hebrews 11:11] “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Faith is substance not seen; hoped for; then seen. Hebrews 11:11 is usually taught that faith is: “just believe” without seeing. Think about the word “evidence” in that passage. The teaching supposed to be that faith is the actual thing hoped for, and seen. Faith is the evidence of the thing, not the hope of it. We want to see the actual substance in the physical. If this were not possible, then it’s all a big waste of time. If the mountain will not actually move, then why bother reading all this…. it’s a waste of time.
How you read, see, and hear makes you think what you think. “Faith commeth by hearing…”What you think also makes you see what you see. The Bible has a rhythm. The righteous shall bla bla bla, but the wicked will bla bla bla. If you think the righteous verses are for you, and the wicked for someone else, then you are only reading half the teaching. Only one of you will prevail, and become stronger than the other in your body (house). You have to first “bind the strongman” of the (house), as Jesus says. In order to do that, we must first locate him. In order to do that we must take heed how we hear. When we ponder (talk it over with ourselfs), “to heed” is to watch ourselves. See which “you” makes the final decision, and more importantly…he will be the one that “decides” that a decision must be made.
One of Jesus points to note is this…While all this talking among “ourselves” is going on, nobody is listening to Jesus…. the speaker of the words. [Revelation 2:9] “To him that hath an ear to hear…(I love this next part)… let “him” hear.”
From the Gospel of Thomas:
Text 11: “On the day you were one, you became two. But when you became two, what will you do?
For more reference, and some “other” Scriptures from the Gospel of Thomas, and related verses from King Jams Bible, see “Footnote for the binders“
