The Beguiling Sepent
In the conversation with Eve, the devil got her to look. To see with her eyes, to be led by the sight.
Then the devil got her to reason, after seeing it was good, then she reasoned indeed it would be good to be wise and know good from evil.
Then the devil added one word to what God had said; the word was "NOT". "You shall NOT die; but God had said, "You shall die". The devil hasn't changed; and neither has God.
To be led by God is to ignore what you can see. Faith looks at the unseen, that is promised in God's word. Faith looks at the word, and says, Amen. I see it in the word, and that settles it, it's truth, and it's God's promise to me! The Word is enough, it (the word) is the evidence that I recieve for the things yet unseen, and the proof that it is mine. You can't recieve any-other way. For "my just shall live by faith". The eyes and ears and ability of the body to perceive the physical realm can't be used in the realm of the spirit. The same senses that profit you in the earth, will stop your progress in the spirit. You can't use these or rely on them. They will decieve you, for they are contary to the spirit. As in Eve, they are misleading and cause for missing God's plan. Don't go by what you can see, hear, touch, taste, or smell.
To be led by God is to ignore what you can reason out or discover by thought. The word of God comes to us by "REVELATION". Only the Spirit can give you the understanding of His word. The Spirit gives us a "knowing" in us, then we can train the mind in truth. The spirit with-in is the candle of the Lord, and He lights our spirit with His truth, and then we see truth. Consider how you came to the Lord and it will be plain to you. This is how you started in Christ, and also how you are to life in Christ. By this method you were saved, and come to completion. Reason will not take you there, but will mislead you. If your relying on your mind, you will not find the "tree of life". Knowledge is not life, life will bring "true knowledge". In the garden God told the man about all the tree's including these two. Then He told him, "you mayest eat". So eat the word, meditate, chew, ingest, inhale, imagine, and by every way drink of the word. Place yourself in the stories and characters of the Old and New Testament. Use every-thing as a picture of yourself in these settings. Open your heart to deep and full experiences, involve all the things that you did as a child, and allow the word to become real and alive in you.
The last way to be misled is to "add to or take away" one word of God. The record of God's word stands as is. If you buy a car "as is", if something is wrong you are responsible to correct it. The word of God is "as is", if you have accepted salvation from God by the Lord Jesus Christ. The whole of His word to you is "as is", God Himself is responsible for His word. And He will be responsible to it, and to do and accomplish it. But if you "add or take away", then it is not His word but yours, and you are on your own to reap your own harvest.
So look at you life and see where you are, is life springing up all around you, with goodness and prosperity, and joy and peace? If not then we are being mislead. Go to the 23 Psalm and see your life. Then go to the 1st Psalm and see your life. Then go to the 91st Psalm and see some more of your life. Hold these and others in your heart, meditate and assimulate the word of God into you. And you will see what God will do.
Then the devil got her to reason, after seeing it was good, then she reasoned indeed it would be good to be wise and know good from evil.
Then the devil added one word to what God had said; the word was "NOT". "You shall NOT die; but God had said, "You shall die". The devil hasn't changed; and neither has God.
To be led by God is to ignore what you can see. Faith looks at the unseen, that is promised in God's word. Faith looks at the word, and says, Amen. I see it in the word, and that settles it, it's truth, and it's God's promise to me! The Word is enough, it (the word) is the evidence that I recieve for the things yet unseen, and the proof that it is mine. You can't recieve any-other way. For "my just shall live by faith". The eyes and ears and ability of the body to perceive the physical realm can't be used in the realm of the spirit. The same senses that profit you in the earth, will stop your progress in the spirit. You can't use these or rely on them. They will decieve you, for they are contary to the spirit. As in Eve, they are misleading and cause for missing God's plan. Don't go by what you can see, hear, touch, taste, or smell.
To be led by God is to ignore what you can reason out or discover by thought. The word of God comes to us by "REVELATION". Only the Spirit can give you the understanding of His word. The Spirit gives us a "knowing" in us, then we can train the mind in truth. The spirit with-in is the candle of the Lord, and He lights our spirit with His truth, and then we see truth. Consider how you came to the Lord and it will be plain to you. This is how you started in Christ, and also how you are to life in Christ. By this method you were saved, and come to completion. Reason will not take you there, but will mislead you. If your relying on your mind, you will not find the "tree of life". Knowledge is not life, life will bring "true knowledge". In the garden God told the man about all the tree's including these two. Then He told him, "you mayest eat". So eat the word, meditate, chew, ingest, inhale, imagine, and by every way drink of the word. Place yourself in the stories and characters of the Old and New Testament. Use every-thing as a picture of yourself in these settings. Open your heart to deep and full experiences, involve all the things that you did as a child, and allow the word to become real and alive in you.
The last way to be misled is to "add to or take away" one word of God. The record of God's word stands as is. If you buy a car "as is", if something is wrong you are responsible to correct it. The word of God is "as is", if you have accepted salvation from God by the Lord Jesus Christ. The whole of His word to you is "as is", God Himself is responsible for His word. And He will be responsible to it, and to do and accomplish it. But if you "add or take away", then it is not His word but yours, and you are on your own to reap your own harvest.
So look at you life and see where you are, is life springing up all around you, with goodness and prosperity, and joy and peace? If not then we are being mislead. Go to the 23 Psalm and see your life. Then go to the 1st Psalm and see your life. Then go to the 91st Psalm and see some more of your life. Hold these and others in your heart, meditate and assimulate the word of God into you. And you will see what God will do.
posted by pete porter | 11:33 AM
1 Comments:
Bush and the Republicans were not protecting us on 9-11, and we aren't a lot safer now. We may be more afraid due to george bush, but are we safer? Being fearful does not necessarily make one safer. Fear can cause people to hide and cower. What do you think? Why has bush turned our country from a country of hope and prosperity to a country of belligerence and fear.
Our country is in debt until forever, we don't have jobs, and we live in fear. We have invaded a country and been responsible for thousands of deaths.
We have lost friends and influenced no one. No wonder most of the world thinks we suck. Thanks to what george bush has done to our country during the past three years, we do!
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