Looking to find or get right with yourself? One cannot be right with anything if one is focused on self and self interest. The secret is to focus on the well being of all. Focus on others and self will heal itself.
The original sin was 'self' when Eve, then Adam, chose their will over the will of God. This set the 'self' concept in motion. Hence self-awareness, self-interest, self-justification, etc and all the self oriented ways of man that have created all the problems in this world we have made in our own self-image. God, since the Garden, has repeatedly told mankind to reverse our ways and reject the selfishness displayed in others and in ourselves. First He said "NO", then He gave us commandments to give examples of our backwardness. Jesus later summed it up in two commandments on how to get our acts together. Put God's will first, which in our situation is love all as self. So far, few have bothered to follow this advice yet still expect to find a home for themselves in the Kingdom.
© ...timothyu
The original sin was 'self' when Eve, then Adam, chose their will over the will of God. This set the 'self' concept in motion. Hence self-awareness, self-interest, self-justification, etc and all the self oriented ways of man that have created all the problems in this world we have made in our own self-image. God, since the Garden, has repeatedly told mankind to reverse our ways and reject the selfishness displayed in others and in ourselves. First He said "NO", then He gave us commandments to give examples of our backwardness. Jesus later summed it up in two commandments on how to get our acts together. Put God's will first, which in our situation is love all as self. So far, few have bothered to follow this advice yet still expect to find a home for themselves in the Kingdom.
© ...timothyu
