Adam and Eve's Division

Adam and Eve’s Division

9/3/18

It is difficult to imagine that the first couple that was created had any type of division between them, but it is a truth that is rarely talked about yet an important topic for it rears its ugly head today.  God has always meant for our humanly relationships to be equal not only with each other but with Him at the same time but how often do our relationships separate even when we are still connected?  It is this dangerous position that God wants to show us about today and how important it is to keep Him first in all aspects of our intimate relationship with our spouse, for if we do not we are vulnerable to the devastating individual consequences of such divided relationships.  God also wants to remind us that no matter how our personal relationship status may be shaping out that it can be healed if both come together and renew their hearts with God and re-establish the “Definition of We”.

As I have stated a couple of times before, I have been through a divorce many years ago, and while that event occurred more than two decades ago I still carry a burden for the brokenness that came my way because of it.  Not only for my own self but for my past wife and daughter that was created during that marriage as well for both of them have suffered as well.  Living together yet separate is never a easy matter simply because it is a state in which God did not intend for any relationship to be subject to; however, it was a setting that I was well aware of and lived for quite some time and if I am to be completely honest was experiencing even before the marriage began.  I took matters into my own hands and ignored others’ opinions and advice concerning the entire situation and it was through this selfish mindset of mine and my past wife’s that caused so much deep anger and hurt that on certain levels still lives today.

It is difficult for me to admit that during this time in my life that I was not living for God and that I really had no intentions of living for Him either.  And while I had countless people praying for me and my family at the time, I knew that I was in control of things and that everything would turn out for the best for everyone involved.  I went into the military single in 1988 I got married and was divorced before my enlistment was up in 1992.  Now, how much control of the setting did I have as I look back on this period of time in my life?  It is clear that I had complete control of my life and did not allow the Creator of my life to have any part of what occurred either.  When I take a closer look at things, I have to admit that while I was married we were not one together in all areas, in fact, we were not one in most areas of our marriage yet we were still trying to function as one unit.  It was this condition that eventually took its toll on us and bit by bit separated us until the day came that things ended in total disaster.  Today, I am still not proud of this fact about my life but I can say that through God’s restoration of my life He has given me another chance to show the world that His Love endures no matter what our circumstances and choices present and that if we turn to Him and follow His Ways He is faithful to guide us into eternity according to His Covenant standards.

During this time in my life, I also lived according to what type of standard the world teaches is okay and acceptable.  It is a morally and spiritually plank that people walk when they fall for such a lie for they have no idea about what they are following and leading themselves into.  Furthermore, many see the end of that plank and instead of stopping before it is too late to continue walking hoping that their faith in themselves will change their situation before the end is reached.  I found out personally that this thought is not a good one because we end up walking right off the end of that plank when the time arrives.  Not only does it reflect about the choices we made but it also reveals the consequences of those choices in the public eye.  The world shall never even contemplate everyone getting along and living in one frame of mind and heart, for if it did then it would be following what God proclaims as the only way to true happiness and peace.  Having people or forcing people to accept certain ways in order for them to be accepted is not true peace or harmony.  The only true example we have of this peace and harmony is to have a perfect relationship with our spouse but if we follow the example of the world and live divided as we try to function as one, it only shall prove to be a lie.

As God shows me more about the vertical and horizontal relationship statuses I am overcome with sorrow because of all the things I did on my own instead of following His Ways and living in accordance with Covenant.  Today, as well back in the Bible times, that selfish initiative of humanity ruins the plan of God in people’s lives, I am lucky that God had enough of a hold of my life that I was able to see what was really transpiring around me and the fight for my eternal status.  No, I was never to the point of taking my life nor was I planning on destroying another life either for I did know that if I did that I would present myself as a complete violation of what life stands for and what God wants to teach all of us.  The world cannot teach life only death for death is the only thing that it knows, so why do we look towards the physical instead of the spiritual.  What do we depend upon or should the question accurately be asked who do we look toward for our help and the answers we so desperately seek?

A while back God shared with us the topic of being “we” in the article titled “The Definition of We”.  If you have not read this article I encourage that you locate it and read it for it explains what occurs when we live completely in a godly relationship before our eternal Creator and then what we are subject to when we choose to live without Him.  This topic serves as a consequence of what occurs when we leave such pure and holy presence to seek out the truth about life without God being first in our lives along with an answer as to why God doled out the consequences to Adam and Eve separately instead of together.  Up until a few days ago, I had never thought about this detail about God, Adam, and Eve before but it is a truth that explains just how important it is to not just live together but to be eternally bound together in ALL things. 

Most of the time when we think about the Garden of Eden and how perfect its creation was we cannot help but include both Adam and Eve in this picture.  It is not wrong to do have such a thought for when God created them He did so in such a manner that made them not only equal with each other but with Him as well, thus defining the eternal “Definition of We” that all of us still try to achieve this status again.  I am not trying to establish that we as created beings are God’s equal, there is no way that this can be possible but we were created in a state of perfection that only God can provide and it was in this status of relationship that was part of the definition of we.  Genesis 2:21-24 gives us the creation of woman from man and with this act of God gives us the first reproduction of human life.  It is done with perfect precision and completed with a perfect product that Adam saw was excellent in his eyes and heart.  In all aspects of life Adam and Eve were created equal even the spot where God chose to create Eve from was on the level, so according to this diagram of their establishment and lives together it is easy for us to place them together in all categories.

They are so much alike and equal that in Genesis 2:23 Adam proclaims that since the woman is from within him that she is bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh and is one together based on this creation type.  God is pleased with this proclamation for it is re-enforced that Adam understands the importance and necessity that they are one together and that nothing can separate them from this intimate condition.  So why would we ever separate them and place them into individual categories instead of keeping them as one at all times?  Have you ever taken into consideration that after Adam and Eve had sinned that God did not judge them as one but as individuals?  This seems like it goes contrary to how God created them, and since God is a consistent God shouldn’t He keep in line with that order?  As we shall see, God does keep in line with His Ways and it explains just how important marriages are and how vital it is that couples stay faithful to each other in all ways.

When God gave Adam the command to dress and keep the Garden of Eden the woman had not been created yet, but since she came from Adam her creation and subject fell under the same command as Adam because Adam and God were one in relationship at the time.  So, since this is the case it would naturally responsible to assume that Adam and Eve should be judged as one when they fell, but there are a few details that need to be examined before we can proceed with this claim.  As we look at how God created Adam and Eve and the eternal Law in which He brilliantly did so, we cannot overlook the fact that He gave us free will to choose whether or not we follow Him and His Ways or not.  When Adam and Eve were created they were so in a perfect environment with no flaws possible to invade their lives, unless of course, they chose to alter that state.  In Genesis Chapter 3 we find that they chose to do so but a detail is presented here that says that a bunch of time and events must have occurred between Genesis 2:25 and Genesis 3:1.

When couples decide to get married they forsake all others and live together as one in all aspects of their lives or at least that is what we all hope would occur.  It is evident that after Adam and Eve were united by God all seemed well and it looked like that they would make the perfect couple in a perfect place and setting.  However, at the time that Genesis 3:1 comes into play we see a different light being shone here because the serpent is now in the picture and he is addressing Eve alone and Adam while there says nothing nor does he place his thoughts into the setting.  It is this truth that gives reason to the statement that a great deal of time had passed since Genesis 2:25 was stated for it is clear that Adam and Eve are communicating as one but as individuals now.  If they were, then Eve would have taken her authority as a perfect creation of God along with her husband and stood against the invader.  But this did not occur and it is clear that the serpent had enough knowledge of her that he was comfortable with bringing up the issue of obedience concerning the fruit of the tree.

Now, common sense tells us that if a couple is in close communication with each other and that they are in total agreement with each other on all levels it should be easy for them to speak for each other incongruency.  If so, then Adam and Eve may have been okay with talking to the serpent and drew no violations with the encounters, but it is also evident that all three had previous conversations about the living conditions because it would not seem reasonable to just jump into a major conversation with a stranger about a specific topic that was the single item linked to obedience.  As stated before, it is evident that Adam and Eve might have been in unity here but a division had occurred for they were now not in unity with God which makes a breach between the protectorate and the protected.  Also, where was Adam while the serpent was talking to Eve?  We know that he was there for the Bible says so but at no time in Genesis 3:1-6 did he step up and defend his wife, a huge clue that Adam and Eve were divided on many levels.  This action of Adam’s does not correspond with his statement in Genesis 2:23 and therefore we can conclude that not only were there divisions between God and His prized creations but divisions between Adam and Eve as well.

It is known that the woman knew the command of God about the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil but through the words that she said to the serpent her interpretation of said command had been altered enough to make it her own law and no longer God’s Law.  This is not a dig on women at all nor is it a stance that the man should be considered better than the woman either but it is a statement on the importance that we all know and understand the Laws of God according to HIS standards and not ours.  In order to do this, we must continually study the Bible and ask God to show us everything possible about His Ways for if we do not then we shall be subject to the serpent’s lies and will prove that we are vulnerable to those lies.  It is evident that Adam was comfortable with the answers Eve gave to the serpent, because he did not go contrary to what she proclaimed, plus the fact that when Eve saw that the fruit was good and ate, gave him the fruit and he did not stop or refuse it.  Sin now entered into their lives and their lives changed on every level for the remainder of their time on earth.

God has shared with us before about how important it is that we have a continual and fluent relationship with Him (vertical) so that we can have the same type of relationship with our spouses and with the people around us (horizontal).  We cannot deny that some type of major breach had occurred with the humans and God for the answer Eve gave to the serpent was a blatant lie.  Through the efforts of seduction along with time, Satan used these powers to effectively gain access to Adam and Eve, and in doing so further dividing them into individuals as the acquisition of sin was introduced into their lives.  This process was not an immediate presentation it was slowly introduced to them and then when the division was far enough and deep enough it was time to strike thus establishing a permanent division between God and mankind and allowing the entire set of the human to be changed.  It was this acceptance of disobedience that opened the door for us to be judged as individuals and not as one.  It was evident that something was amiss between Adam and Eve and with God which should tell us of how important it is that we include every bit of information that occurs in our lives with our spouses and to lift them up to our level as much as possible to keep and to dress that dominion command of being eternally equal.

When couples fall apart it is never a simple process for one half of their existence is ripped from their existence and even though another may be replaced that original division is still present and not given back.  That part of our lives still is missing which means ½ of us is not present and off elsewhere so how can we be united as one again?  It is this devastation that God saw between Him and the prized creations when it came time for Him to pass judgment for He could not judge them as one for they had become unequal with their creative origins before they actually committed the disobedient act.  So, when God placed His judgment on them He did so according to His Ways but also followed His gift of free will which dictated that He did such judgment on an individual basis.  The last example here is the most painful because it demonstrates that God must take into consideration the choices of Adam and Eve through the judgment that He hands down to His prized Creations.  Both Adam and Eve chose to divide themselves from the original position that they had been created in, thus through this decision of theirs proved that this painful portion comes to fruition when Adam and Eve are not judged as one but as individuals, the result of their own division plus the division with God.  If anyone ever wants to know why societies fall it is because of their divisions between God and mankind and a direct reflection of this division comes in the form of relationship divisions between man and woman.  What does the world promote?

Genesis 3:9-13 we see that the first blame game occurs when God directs His questioning to Adam, remember God is a consistent God and created Adam first so naturally, He would ask him first; not sexist just following His holy and unadulterated pattern of creation.  Adam decides to the most individual thing a human can do and that is to take the responsibility off of his shoulders and place it on someone else’s.  In verse 12 Adam exposes himself like no other human could ever compare in the future for Adam reiterates to God that it was the woman who God gave to him that was responsible for their setting and nakedness.  If Adam considered Eve to be his equal and the other portion that made them one, then he would have never made this statement to God and would have been “man” enough to take the lead as one body that had been originally created as such; the definition of we.  It is this aspect of division that God cannot ignore and while He understands what occurred He must hand down the eternal punishment that was mentioned to Adam and Eve back in Genesis Chapter 2.

The law that God gave Adam before the woman was created not only represented the obedience of mankind to God but also represented the relationship that man had with God as well.  For both, the command and the condition were in perfect harmony with each other and thus established the definition of we based on holy and purity on all levels.  The only way that this law could be broken is if one party would violate such unity and equality and since we know that God cannot deviate from His status ever, that left only one side of the equation and that was humans.  We have no sign of any hesitancy between Adam and Eve in Genesis Chapter 2 which means Satan started his work at the end of Genesis Chapter 2 and it culminated in the beginning verses of Genesis Chapter 3.  Which now brings us to the ugliness of inequality in a relationship for it is directly and strictly through relationship that God created Adam and Eve and relationship is still today the ONE thing that God desires from His prized Creations.

In Genesis 3:15-19 we have the individual judgments handed down by God to Adam and Eve.  Yes, I know God also judged the serpent as well but he is of no consequence here because his eternal placement is already spoken and it is ours that now hangs in the choices that we make.  We will learn more about each judgment at a later date but for now, it must have been a devastating nightmare for Adam and Eve to stand there and listen to the words of God be uttered against them each.  They had never heard such words from God before for all other meetings together were of a pleasant tone even when God spoke of the dangers around them.  They were now aware of what the importance of God’s words meant by their obedience and as to why it was dire that they kept His Word in their hearts.  But now, God had no choice but to sentence them as individuals for it was what they chose to become and thus no longer willing and through their own holy creation live as the eternal definition of we.  If God would have at any point judged them according to their original status then He would have proved Himself a liar and everything that defined Him would be a lie.  Ever wonder why each one of us will individually stand before God one day and review our lives?  It is for this reason alone way back in the Garden of Eden that this shall occur one day.

Now, God once again asks us about how important it is to keep and to dress our intimate and personal relationships not just on a superficial or horizontal plane but eternally and more importantly on a vertical plane.  It was this old adage of ours that should ring loud bells in our hearts for it needs to be eternally presented at such a level.  When we have a holy and pure relationship with God then we will be able to have the same type of truthful relationship with those around us.  Every one of us desires to have a relationship with others that we can completely put our trust into but in truth can the world provide such a status?  The track record of the world is deadly and cannot raise itself to any higher standard than such, so why do we continue to accept this lie into our lives for such a time that we believe that lies are all that is available?  God plainly states countless times in His Word that if we turn our hearts back to Him He will protect us with the same protection that He presented to Adam and Eve before they became individuals.  There is nothing better to know that the intimate relationship you have with your beloved is covered from God and that both of you rely on each other as one to function each day.

The deadly game of shifting relationships cannot be emphasized enough for it creates a partnership of devastation even when the best of intentions are intended.  Ripping people apart from a holy union does not come from God but only through an act of Satan just as he successfully did back in the Garden of Eden.  It is vital that when we begin a relationship it must be done as one with God begin at the head of such institution at all times and if this standard is not kept the relationship that has been established will be subject to every shift of directional wind change that is present.  And as the winds continue to migrate in their own direction, someone will eventually eat of the fruit around them and create another breach in the definition of we.  It does not matter which level of relationship one wishes to obtain, this truth stands firm on and for all.  Nothing shall be left untouched including the most intimate of all relationship levels that physically bring man and woman together.

So, Church, what is your response to this truth about relationship status and how are we supposed to protect such institutions?  Can we do this through selfish pogroms of individuals by excluding the truth for the world’s stance?  Can we take sides with the world to prove our denominational point of accountability?  Or can we even just sing hymns of peace, love, and joy and ignore the fact that people are committing both physical and spiritual suicide while we all sit around in our flower circles and have a group hug around the coffee machine?  Eternity is no game people, it is just that ETERNITY!!  And once our life is over we can no longer make choices for they have been permanently made.  We are not supposed to be out to prove Adam and Eve correct or even wrong but to choose God and His Ways so that our eternity is represented by the covering of God that He intended for all of us to have.  We can never hope to obtain such peace and perfection again if we do not first believe and live under the law of God and to despise our enemy enough to boldly stand against his world.  We need to love people enough to share with them the true and unadulterated Life that God promises and that only comes by obeying His Word and Definition.

DLB

Life Wins

Life Wins

8/28/18

This has been a huge topic of interest over the age of my life and when it researched over the ages itself.  Many topics and subjects have been written about this term from what it means to who has control over it but one constant continues to remain is that once a life is created it is always going to be around and if destroyed a memory.  God intended for this process to occur in such a manner of remembrance it is mankind that tries to sweep it under the rug along with the help of the ruler of the world.  Life is eternal just as the Creator of life and one day we shall see all life come together as it was meant to be established.  The question is this: how will we determine that day and what will become of our life when we witness the truth about creation and what it means to be created.  God wants us to understand as much about life as possible which is why He gave us His Word in order for us to have an eternal reference about our eternal existence.

Over the past few years, we have been witness to many people voluntarily ending their lives.  It does not matter if they are rich and famous or just the so-called normal average person.  I know that our community has been blasted over the past two years with news of teenagers committing suicide due to a number of reasons.  The procedure of abortion is always an interesting topic to discuss for it too erases an act by humans for various reasons all of which terminates a life on the physical side of things yet causes a multitude of personal and familiar issues after the fact.  We continue to see countless acts of violence across this nation and many others and each one of these acts ends in a tragedy that will scar people’s lives forever.  As we turn on the news each day it is easy to become overwhelmed with such human idiocracies and travesties, but we continue to plunge forward without any avail.  Where does this cycle end and more importantly where did this cycle begin would be the two logical questions that need to be answered?

It is clear that the human mind when it comes to its presence in this world is on a personal level only with disregard for anything and everyone else around it.  One cannot argue the fact that each day we see or hear about some type of violent activity that has claimed another life or multiple lives.  Human violence has been around ever since Cain and Able walked the earth and if we are honest, probably further back than that since Adam and Eve were separated from the world while they were in the Garden of Eden, it is just that we read about the first murder committed between their sons.  It is this process of snuffing out of a life that concerns all parents each time their child walks out the household door, and that sigh of relief does not occur until their precious feet walk through the threshold again.  It is also just as easy to pass by when we hear about others’ lives being taken away before natural causes occur simply because we are not close or familiar with those families or individuals.  Far too often this is the case and our hearts eventually become numb to such news and by the next morning, our minds have totally forgotten about such incidents.

I remember a few years back when one of our prominent people in the community took his own life.  He was praised over and over during his funeral service for all of the accomplishments that he had done over his time on the earth.  You would have thought he had died of old age or from some sickening disease for nothing was really mentioned about how he passed from this life nor was there any mention of his eternal status that had already been introduced to him, it was only the positive issues that were mentioned and nothing more.  This is only a half-truth which means it was a lie because his life was just beginning for there is the spiritual aspect of life that God gives us and it is this part of our existence that lives on forever, a term that is difficult for us to understand given that our physical portion lives for a documented amount of time.  We can ill afford to forget this truth and no matter what we wish for our lives they shall continue long after we draw our last physical breath.  Our enemy tries his best to fool us enough in believing that our problems shall end as soon as we draw our last breath, no matter what method takes us away but just all other statements by him this is a lie and one that cannot be taken back if successful.

One of the more grotesque lies that humans fall for is for us to believe that once their life is over that they will no longer be a burden to their families.  They lose all concept of reality of choice and how it should be handled by the spirit that God has given us.  When the spirit is placed second or third in our lives it is easy for our enemy to control our thoughts and lives for our Creator is not first and leading the way.  One cannot expect anything but death if they place God in another position than first.  Satan understands that God places His spirit into our lives for a reason and that reason is to maintain the presence of His Word being spread to a dying world.  Your life is a unique masterpiece that has a specific purpose and while your breath may not always reflect this great setting your children or grandchildren may be the key to some extraordinary achievement down the road.  It is the desire for Satan to see us eternally separated from God and it is this reason alone that we must keep our noses and our hearts grounded in the Word of God for if we do not know what to look for when our enemy attacks we will become target practice for him and at some point our truth shall confide in the world and its reward shall take hold.

When I look back at my life I have to wonder about such an argument for I was what the world would consider being a bastard child who was given up for adoption to save face for my mother.  Now, for the longest time, I did not know all the truth about my life nor did my parents for they were told a lie in order to cover up what had occurred.  Mom and dad never kept anything from me and through their truth about what they had been told they relayed to me as I grew older.  Almost a decade ago now, my biological family found out about me and then found me, the old proverbial knock on the door setting came true in my heart.  At the time I was not writing anything but God was sure knocking at my heart’s door with a bunch of information that needed to be shared with others.  To this day, I have no idea who these words that God gives me to share with others are for but I know that there are those out there who know of someone that needs them and I obey God and what He gives me to say.  I am fifty years old now and up until a few years back, I hated to write but now my heart needs to write for I know that God has this plan for me to give His Words to someone in need.  As of now, this is my purpose that God has given me and I shall do my best to fulfill it every day, it has taken a while to complete but it proves that my life was meant for living not dying.

As Genesis Chapter 3 unfolds we see what occurs when humans try to override God and His plans for each one of us.  While Adam and Eve were just two individuals they continue to represent what life is all about, the future.  They had things made with no issues whatsoever to think of but chose to change their lifestyles to satisfy their own desires.  The manner in which this event occurred actually gave God the eternal authority to end the lives of Adam and Eve and thus wiping out humanity before it even began to grow and establish itself.  Yet, through this complicated system of sin and disobedience, God had created in us through the manner by which He created us the option to continue life and to present ourselves as the ultimate eternal choice of proving His Kingdom to be true and valid.  A further testament and proof that our lives are worth far more than what our enemy tells us for God cannot tell us or show us that our lives are anything less than priceless.  It is through this example that God shows us that life wins because God is an eternal Being and a consistent God who can only create life and since He is eternal that is all He can create as well.  In other words, life shall always win no matter what the case may be.

When we look at the life of King David we can see a similar pattern that I follow.  No, I am not saying I will be a king at all but my life follows many aspects of David’s and we need to take a closer look at what he had to endure and what it meant for the nation of Israel.  The order in which David had to live under at home was brutal, to say the least, but the lessons he learned while living his life at home provided the skill and knowledge that would forever live in the hearts of countless people along with a stubborn and rebellious nation.  A question all of us pose to ourselves at some time is why does God have a plan for us or what is the plan that God has for our lives and why?  If there was not an eternal side to our lives then our enemy would not have a reason to target us today.  His job would have been done and over in the Garden of Eden when he tricked Adam and Eve.  Yet, he continues to adhere to his position of lying to us and thwarting God’s truth from being manifested in our lives.  God understands this and it is this understanding that God Created us so that we may continue His work of life eternal.  It is the specific plan that God has for our life that promotes then conducts the eternal life setting at all of us wish and seek after, so why does death become so important enough to execute?

The ruler of this world loves to tempt us into believing that what our physical says actually rules our spiritual and while this may seem to some as an absurd statement in the eyes of our enemy is cannot be any truer.  See, our enemy used the flesh in order to disguise the spiritual truth about obedience while we were in the Garden of Eden.  Flesh, before spirit is a dangerous state and category to rely upon for the single line of communication with our Creator, is in jeopardy when we are living in this condition and if not changed within a reasonable timeframe it is certain that our eternal communication line will be cut thus relying upon a death sentence as our “savior”.  So, if this is the way we choose to live then yeah, it not an absurd statement at all but a correct one.  However, this type of living is a lie and at some point, the truth shall be revealed and if not while we are breathing then afterward.  See, the title of this article is “Life Wins” and there is nothing else before that phrase or after it either and it is for a reason.

No matter how much we sugar coat our physical lives we cannot escape the truth when it comes to our spiritual life.  God is a consistent God and He is Spirit in nature which means He lives and breathes in this manner, which automatically places Him in a spiritual category that defines life itself.  He is perfect and holy in ALL manners that our minds can comprehend and even to those manners in which we cannot comprehend.  The Jewish language does not even have a definitive definition or written word for God, for He is that vast and incomprehensible.  Yet, He offers us a plan of redemption and salvation so that after we draw our last breath we have the assurance that life as we know it and what we do not know of it yet shall continue.  God is the source of life and if we do our best to obey Him and His Word at all times we will personally know and understand just how life wins for eternity.  However, there is an alternative side of things and it is one that our enemy sells as the optional truth and sadly, many people buy into this lie and upon their last breath realize that they were wrong and God was correct.  Life wins!

Since God is eternal in all things that means life is eternal since He is the definition of life.  We have previously been taught that God has no rival which means He has never been defeated and thus has never been wrong.  What does this mean to us when it pertains to life?  It means that God is the eternal source of life and if we choose to challenge Him and His definition then we are sending ourselves up against the same eternal Being that Lucifer challenged.  Do we need a reminder of how that confrontation turned out?  One can argue all they want in front of human courts and beg to keep all forms of murder legal, it does not matter for when you and I stand in front of the Creator of EVERYTHING, our selfish desires, and wants will melt away when God’s voice speaks which means all of our defenses shall be destroyed before we have a chance to open our mouths.  Life wins!

God is the author of all life and since this is a true statement, He cannot represent or give anything else but life.  Up until Genesis 3:6 Adam and Eve had no idea about what death was for all they knew and understood was life and the eternal benefits that it brought with it.  Adam and Eve were created in life itself and are the only humans that knew how life was intended to be.  Even though Adam and Eve chose the world instead, life continued to win for it did not die but was still intact and protected by God because if it was not then there would have been no reason for sacrifices in the Old Testament and definitely no reason that God would send His only Son to die and serve as the eternal sacrifice in the New Testament.  Even though to our human eye that this type of definition of life is far-fetched or a long ways away, it is not for it is actually closer than a brother.  What I find so intriguing sad is that many people who call themselves Christians spend less time studying the Word of God than those who do not know God at all but are seeking foundation to ignore God.  How can even argue with anyone when they have more knowledge about God than we do?  Do you realize that they actually understand, blindly of course, about life than we?

To the world, this type of final outcome that is constant and secure would be considered final without any degree of variability possible.  This cannot be any further from the truth because we have all the options known to mankind to make such choices while we walk this earth.  When we present ourselves to the world on a daily basis it is a shaky plan and outcome at best, for the world continually changes and as it does take any and all stability with it.  It is well known that our lives do not do very well when the rug that we are standing on is constantly threatened with being pulled from under us.  God cannot create such chaos only the ruler of the world can establish such animosity and uncertainty.  God is the Creator of life itself which follows a certain pathway and is subject to this chaos if we allow our enemy to infiltrate our lives.  To the world, being calm and resting during a storm is madness and in some circles be considered insane, but this is the life that God brings to our lives and is exactly why He can represent Life eternal and why we can always state the truth when we claim that Life Wins!

One of the most probabilities is that people who seek out the truth about life will be bombarded with different opinions concerning the issue.  This type of aggressive behavior should be expected and is warranted since those who stand on this truth statement go against what the world preaches.  It is at this time that the Church should be bold enough to take a stand and to proclaim the truth about life but we sit in silence and accept what the world teaches as the truth and in many cases participate in the physical aspects of the world when it comes to life or ending life.  Ending a life on any scale is exactly what our enemy wants for when the physical is gone the potential for what that life was commissioned to do is null and void but what our enemy shall not tell you is that even though that physical life is no longer present it is alive and well in the spirit realm.  It does not matter if that life was an aborted baby or a murdered adult, the physical is gone but the spiritual is alive and it was the human that took its physicality from this place.  Did we learn anything from this life that is now gone or did we just allow our own selfishness to rule the day and establish the kingdom of the world’s grip tighter around our necks?

In a world that cries out for some kind of consistency and stability, it would seem logical for every single one of us to be running as fast as we can to this eternal and perfect source.  Yet, the one entity that should be the voice of this eternal truth is silent on the matter and promotes personal and physical choice over what is proven true and righteous.  Her voice of reason has been replaced with reckonings of worldly trash and acceptance of revolt in the streets.  Her congregational walls have been lined with adulterers and pedophiles which are on the exposing block almost every week and yet I never hear a single word about repentance from these denominations, only needed time off to get away from the spotlight for a while.  How vile God’s House has become and presents no shame or remorse for such activities, to me it seems like God needs to come down and wipe out a bunch of structures that serve no purpose to Him and once again set straight the moral compass of what His Temple should stand for.  There is a reason God says that He shall never be mocked, for with God and everything He stands for and does cries out to all creatures that Life Wins!  God does not represent a double standard and He shall defend life as it is His definition and since God is a consistent God He cannot vary from this truth.

God wants us to reevaluate our position and stance on just accepting the physical aspect of life once again.  Yes, the necessities of the physical are important but it is the spiritual that gives us our definition when it comes to eternity.  There is nothing we can do about our physical life for it shall end some day, but that is NOT where our existence ends and I can guarantee you that if we do not fully believe in God and all that He possesses and gives then we are sunk eternally due to our teaching of lies.  Eternity is not a game nor is it a handout, it is a free invitation for a battle that needs to be recognized and understood.  God loves each and every one of us and it is vital that we know what is at stake, for if we allow our enemy to infiltrate and then win over our hearts we shall never see eternity in the fashion and manner that God intended for us to walk within.

The world shall always pretend that God is out of date or behind the times and when a presentation that is so wishy-washy in its existence makes a statement such as this it is easy to believe.  Change is a good thing as long as it follows the Ways of God but any variance from such Standard and the world shall win, guaranteed.  In either outcome, God always wins and that means Life Wins no matter what one may believe.  Church, what are you showing and teaching the world?  Is it a worldly stance where you are afraid to proclaim the truth as you stand over a young person’s body after they have been taken from this world by their own hand, or are you eulogizing them adequately with eternal truth being proclaimed to those sitting in the pews of that service that are contemplating the same action?  Too many of our loved ones are dying or are being taken away from us not knowing who eternally loves them and how important it is to obey God and His Ways for the physical may end but the eternal is just that, eternal.  In all conditions and circumstances, Life Wins but which side of Life shall you give stance upon when your time arrives to represent your life itself?

DLB

A Comfortable Position

A Comfortable Position

8/26/18

All of us would like to live in a position where we feel comfortable and safe at all times and it is this belief that many of us try to compel others to accept.  But do we ever reach this goal and achieve the ultimate prize of complete and total peace concerning all aspects of our life?  When we look at the world today, it seems near impossible to comprehend this far-fetched idea but in truth, there is a Way that leads to this desperately sought after path.  God and His Ways is the only representative of such a lifestyle and until we go back to such a pattern of living this perfect assumptive belief shall remain as such only an assumption.  So why do we continually believe that the world can provide such settings?  Take a look around you once again and notice what the world has given us and how we voluntarily accept such garbage, then take another look at God and know that only He can provide all our needs and the true desires of living that we need.

For people who were born before the 1980s, probably have a concept of the Cold War and what it meant to live in such times.  It is difficult for me to grasp the concept of the younger generations who do not have to grow up with that manmade threat and how they have no feelings of tension that the world that they live in could end with a push of a button.  It was a time in my life that I had to know how to protect myself if something drastic did occur and my parents taught me as much as they could about the dangers that lurked around our world, they did not leave out the personal issues as well such as keep your eyes open for any unusual people roaming the neighborhoods or never go close to a stranger, etc.  I enhanced this training by joining the military in 1988 and spent the next four years trying to seal my skills in this defense mechanism and all the settings it presented.  But during this time of training my perception of nuclear disaster began to fade when our enemy fell and after their release of their contingents, I started relaxing and along with the other higher-ups in the government began to wallow in our mud of comfortability.

I sometimes envy the younger generations because of the lack of need to keep abreast of major enemies that have the necessary skills and equipment to destroy the world many times over.  It seems like the threats have become smaller in size yet larger in number and somehow this seems to be less of a threat to our societies than one large destructive force.  The methods in which people protest and activate their individual alarms over seemingly minor details while other major inner issues are ignored seem quite illogical in natural defensive tones yet this is the manner to which we as societies now function; oh, and then when these individual and smaller issues arise we put out the proverbial “pray for _____” signs and wish that all will be safe and okay down the road.  It is at this point that my heart breaks because it becomes physically visible that our hearts do not point towards the One who has the authority to stop this bleeding pain that is constantly being provided through our own devices and choices.  In this world of continual luxuries and comfortable money flows, we fail to recognize exactly who has given us these privileges and through these blessings forgot how to live according to what has been provided, starting with returning it as it has been commanded.

We cannot ever forget that God is a consistent God and when things are going well for our lives it is easy to ignore or not think about where our luxuries come from.  Sadly, it is this one-sided feeling that concludes with us complaining and groaning when times become tough and we then wonder where God is at not understanding that His consistency is concurrent and inclusive all the time and never conditional.  Growing up my family never had a bunch of excess items floating around the house and even though my toy box was handmade and quite simple in nature it was almost always full of items that I had received at various times during the year.  This did not mean that I received everything that I asked for, but did receive enough to pass my spare time in happiness and peaceful conditions.  While I had the necessary upbringing with clothes, food, and a roof over my head I still knew that all could be wiped away if a natural or manmade disaster occurred.  But in reality and when I look back at these conditions of my past, can I honestly know how things would be in my life if those conditions were taken away due to my own upbringing and choices?

There is a part of me that as I look back at my life have to accept that all the while I was living in a comfortable place did not do what I had been taught concerning spreading of the gospel of Christ to those who needed Him.  At that time, I was living great with no worries to think about and while not even considering what others might be going through, I hid the Truth from these beautiful people that Jesus died for and who knew Him not on any level.  It was easy for me not to think about this eternal status of their lives all the while not realizing that as I sat in the pews of my father’s church building and did nothing for Christ, I too was in the exact same boat that those people who had never heard the Word of God taught to them were in.  With this personal information of mine in tow and the small amount of knowledge that I have about the Church today I can see that she is in dire need of Christ into her life again for she has failed to teach the eternal Truth about Christ and what it means to live a separate life from the world, a sad history lesson that is hard for me to swallow for me personally and on an overall Church level.

When we are young, we sometimes miss what is right in front of our eyes and when it comes to the issues that God wants us to see and to understand this pointed setting is common in all of us.  Each one of us is given a dominion when we are created and it is through this dominion that we must keep clean and dressed so that we may have a functioning existence in a world that wants us dead.  There is nothing orderly about the world and what it pushes onto us contributes to our disruptive state of mind, but for some reason we have become used to such a lifestyle that we deem it to be normal and expected at all times thus initiating the calming effect as an unsettling time in our lives, one that is seen as an exciting and invigorating opportunity.  God did not intend for us to live in such calamitous times and lives, nor did He intend for us to involve ourselves in such troubled times that we fail to completely understand our drive and our direction; however, we now thrive on such shocking developments and thus fulfill the results of what Adam and Eve had no idea would present down the road.

In Genesis Chapter 2 we have the perfect setting that each of us wishes we could live in but do not reach ever even when continually doing our best to get close enough to this goal.  When our ambitions turn from completing our job for our dominion to be in order to realize that our place of work and living is a place of comfortability instead, there is only one result that can be achieved and that is disobedience.  If I do not complete my assigned tasks at work each day how can I expect to receive a good report on my evaluation or even keep my job for that matter?  I must care enough about my patients, my coworkers, and my place of employment enough to want to complete a result in a timely manner so that a correct regime of treatment can be delivered.  It is natural for a bad word of mouth to follow me if my work is slow and sloppy for that is what I deserve but when I do things according to the correct period of time and through the instruments that I use I deserve to have a good rapport with my patients, administration, and community.  Adam and Eve clearly had a good rapport with God when things began for their lives and this is a true statement because if they did not then Satan would not have had to trick them into disobeying God’s one command.

I have no idea just exactly how long it was from the moment of their creation until they fell into sin, it could have been weeks, months, years, decades, millennia but whatever amount of time passed it became obvious to Satan that both Adam and Eve became increasingly comfortable in their position and lifestyle.  It was at this time that Satan knew they had become vulnerable and that it was time for him to begin his process of deception.  Believing that all is okay and that everything you do is acceptable through the power and stability of comfortability is the highest form of a sitting duck that one can display and it is this position that Satan saw the opportune time to strike and he did so with an eternal accuracy that continues to haunt humans today.  Adam and Eve had become so predictable to the enemy that he was able to play them face to face without them even knowing what direction they were headed and evident through the misquotation by her concerning the command that God gave them.  Does this placement and sayings resemble a society that we know of today?  It should because it describes us right down to where the period is placed at the end of our sentences.

Adam and Eve began to live under conditional obedience and it was through this belief in a lie that Satan gave them their orders and results.  Conditional obedience is a state that many of us follow and it is one that we shall discuss in depth at a later date but please know that obedience is either there or it is not and it cannot be partially present, many want to believe that it falls into the same category of “being a little bit pregnant”.  Please, do not understand God incorrectly, He established a perfect and comfortable setting for Adam and Eve, but it was their lack of sustained equality between God and themselves that brought their doubts into play thus establishing a negative or divided environment for which Satan could operate.  God is ALL FOR His prized and eternal Creations to live in such happiness and peace, but if we live in such conditions and then turn from God only bad results can occur.  Conditional obedience can only lead to one result, full disobedience if not checked and repented from and will be evident through the resumption of the dominion desired to be complete or not.  God taught Adam and Eve so much about what they were protected from, for God is a complete God and even when it comes to the knowledge of what is around He fulfills this standard.  It was Adam and Eve who began the doubt and thus followed into the physical comfortable position that God had already provided for them.

Do we understand what a major sign of this comfortable position is, especially when it has incorporated itself into our lives?  The direct sign of such a position comes in the progress of upkeep of our respected dominions for if the product is not kept pure the direction of completion stops but the size of the dominion begins to change the growth complex.  It is like when our metabolism is at one pace and our intake of food is at another and the resulting weight gain or loss becomes noticeable to others, including the ones willing to notice and then invade with ugliness.  This previous statement is not meant to be taken as an insult on any level, but as a truth statement about how we work to complete our dominion and thus become obedient to our eternal Creator.  At some point, if we do not correct this size increase with true progression, then our size will far outgrow than the direction of what we are supposed to complete and then Genesis Chapter 3 shall occur and our lives shall change forever.  I am sure that Adam and Eve believed that what they were accomplishing and completing as each day passed was the “right” thing to do, but in truth, it was completing nothing to what God had commanded them to do thus opening the door for lethargy and then disobedience to arrive.

Look at our world today and it is easy to see that our size is far outgrowing our direction.  We have become so large in stature that we can no longer bend over and take care of the grounds that need to be cared for, nor can we even see that there is an overgrowth occurring.  We continue to move along a path with our eyes fixated on our appearance and abundance that we fail to recognize that we are being watched by those who do not wish for our status to continue as such.  In fact, we invite them to our places of living and grant them privileges that are not earned but handed out in the means of free handouts in the name of equality.  Can you imagine if Adam and Eve granted Satan this type of access to their lives in the name of such condolences?  It is a legitimate question and probably has great merit in an answer as well.  Many of you have heard before the statement that we no longer know or care to know about God which is a true statement but what we forget about is the second half of that truth and that is when we do not know or care to know about God we can by default not know or care about our enemy either.  It is this evidence that doomed Adam and Eve and Israel and it is the same ignorance that shall be the destruction of this nation if we do not get our act together before God says “enough”.

The lifestyles of the West and its societies have reached the repugnant stages in the nostrils of God and what makes things worse than one can imagine is that the actions of the world have the direct and complete blessings of the Church.  The world has received a pass from the Church to run amuck and free without any hindrances or consequences for what it taunts and preaches.  Our pompous and arrogant attitudes about the blessings we have received have been turned from the outside towards others to the direct insurgent belief that what we have belongs to others without invitation, in other words, directed inwards.  This type of living example cannot be more predictable than an individual, a state, or nation having the belief that they are in a comfortable position and need to spiritual governing body over them.  In this instance, we cannot forget that God is a consistent God and if He was consistent in the Garden of Eden and in the land of Judah and Israel He shall be the same with our land as well.

Failure to recognize this path of ours shall have but one ending and it shall not be as before.  Remember Adam and Eve were taken from the Garden of Eden and never returned and Judah and Israel were taken from their lands as well and were never the same when they were allowed to return either.  In both of these instances and settings, God placed either Himself or people that sounded His message to those who did not listen or ignored the truth about what they had been given as a witness to the world.  Church, it is us who are responsible for passing the message of God and His Ways to those that do not know God, not to be a flag-waving banner holder for the causes of the world.  These words are so predictable for they have been mentioned over and over for years now but they are given for a reason and that reason is to make sure that every ear and heart has been told that there is an answer to every problem that we face, both physically and spiritually.  In order for this perfection and restoration to occur, the Church needs to repent and start once again to dress and keep up her dominion properly.  The Church as well probably believes just as Adam and Eve along with Judah and Israel that the ways that they are acting is the “right” thing to do but just as before unless you are living a separate life and witnessing 100% of the time, you are not in obedience but in a lethargic state.

Church, we have lost the message of Psalms Chapter 16 and what its content states about our lives and how we obtain life itself.  We have converted this eternal and holy truth into a physical realm and goal as a means of survival.  I pray that we find it in our hearts the truth of this passage again before God has to clean out our hearts in such a supernatural manner as He did in the Garden of Eden and in the lands of Judah and Israel.  Our structure needs to be placed in God and to lean onto His understanding and not the world and we need to teach this to those who are lost instead of the doughnut and coffee sermons as each week passes.  As the old song says and while it might seem a tad funny it speaks volumes of truth because they do not serve breakfast in hell.  All spiritual food that we need to hear comes from the Bible, the definition of God and nothing else. Church, we have fallen down and as of this moment, we have another opportunity to speak out the truth to the dying world.  For even as the rich and famous of the Kingdom of Judah and the Kingdom of Israel were slaughtered and taken into captivity so God shall do the same through His pure and supernatural abilities.  It all boils down to the choice that you and I have to make; the world is waiting for an answer, so what will that answer be Church?  Which comfortable position shall you and I endure?

DLB

Not Worth Anything?

Not Worth Anything?

8/22/18

Every human being has asked themselves at some point in their lives this question or has believed that their worth does not matter to anyone.  It is this madness that our enemy acquires renting space in our hearts and minds that causes so much discontent that our reactions to such lies can reach to the eternal status.  It was never God’s plan for you or me to experience such disbelief in our existence and it is still today not God’s plan for you or me to live in such poverty.  When we doubt our own abilities and existence, the purpose that God has for our lives to the world is halted thus rendering us useless for others, the perfect setup for our enemy.  God wants us to understand that He has not lost faith in us nor has He placed any less value on our lives; however, He does want us to stop the path that we have chosen and return to Him so that He bless our lives for eternity before it is too late.  We are all more precious than we can even comprehend and it is our responsibility to share this truth with others.

After my discharge from the United States Air Force in 1992, I was at pretty much rock bottom in my life.  The long military career that I had been hoping for had been dashed through my own accord and almost everything that I had learned from the military was now but a memory.  I knew that my life was at a crossroads and I had two options to decide from and while it took me a while to actually believe in myself again, it did arrive at some point down the road, but that road was a bumpy one to travel.  I also could have given up on the career path that I had chosen long before my military service but instead, I clung on to it and held it tighter than ever.  God was not the most favorite person in my life either - at least in my eyes - for I had violated one of the most sacred acts of human existence as my military career ended, a divorce.  Growing up as a minister’s son I had always heard about the consequences of divorce and how bad things were when one occurred.  Also, I had been taught that when you marry it was for life and that it should be considered a holy institution for it was and continues to be the closest thing to the image of Covenant that humans have to compare with God’s Covenant.

This was the point in my life to which I had found myself existing back in late 1992 when I moved to the current town that I reside.  How could I ever live up to the potential that my parents always told me that I had, and how could I ever face the one Being that gave me such a protected and purposeful life when I was younger?  These questions and a billion more continually ran through my mind and dictated a good portion of my waking day and sleeping night, yet I always continued to rise and face another day as a mere mortal who had fallen into a likewise category that so many others had faced or were facing at that time.  I was miserable, had no confidence in my abilities as a human, as a husband, as a brother, or even as a son and with that, I started over.  I believed my worth had been taken away so deeply that I would never again understand what worth was or that I could ever be useful to anyone else all to the fact of my choosing and of my selfish choices sometime before this status was now my own and this is how my life would be remembered.

As my contact with more people increased, it became clear to me that I am not isolated in this condition of mine and that many others struggled with the same “condition” as I did.  It soon became apparent that two choices presented themselves to my life and once again I had to decide which direction I wanted to travel.  It was an easy choice this time and I chose to get out of the mud and clean myself off with God being the one who held the water hose this time.  As I watched person after person pass through my ED or laboratory, I made up my mind that I was not going to continue this death trap kind of lifestyle so I changed my attitude and allowed God to begin digging in my life, taking out the ugliness and turn my heart back to Him.  With all that had happened in my life, I sat back and wondered just how I became off-track with the idea that my life was worth nothing and that I could no longer adequately contribute to God’s Kingdom any longer?  No, I never contemplated suicide or just completely dropping off the face of the earth, but at this point in my life I had the thought of just existing and remaining a figment of everyone else’s memory, but God had other plans for me and in fact, His plan for His Kingdom was just getting started.

It was not until a few years later that I had an opportunity to stop and look around me and take notice of how my life and worth had returned.  To be honest, my worth had never been taken away from me for it was given to me even before I was born it was just hidden from me heart’s eyes because of the sin that I had allowed to infiltrate my life that caused me to believe that I had no worth and that it was gone forever.  It is this lie that our enemy uses to blanket our lives with self-worth alone and useless informative progress according to worldly standards, and sadly, it is through this lie he uses the advantage we give him and then gains complete access to our lives in which he attends to destroying us piece by piece.  It took me a while to see such mud and muck but I thank God every day that He brought me out of this condition before I reached the point of no return.

I know that many of us know about the story of Lazarus and how Jesus raised him from the dead, but have we looked at our lives through the love of Christ that He has for us according to this famous passage?  For the last few years, we have learned that God is a consistent God and that He cannot change His Ways no matter how much humans can preach differently.  God’s love for us began even before we were created, Jeremiah tells us this and since this truth is known and declared it means that God cannot change His Ways to satisfy our desires to fulfill our earthly desires.  But how does this passage tell us about issues that we deal with today including the ones that deals with our insecurities about God, His love for us and our eternal worth?  The verse that we are going to focus on is verse 3 where Lazarus’s sisters come to where Jesus was located and informs Him that Lazarus is sick.  A specific portion of this verse gives us the clue about our worth for it says “Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.”  This love was once again proclaimed in verse 5 where it says that Jesus did love Martha, her sister, and Lazarus.

So, as the story goes, Jesus returns to Judea and arrives what it seems too late to save Lazarus for he had been dead for three days.  We all know that Jesus commands Lazarus to come from the grave and that this miracle of Jesus bringing him back to life occurred.  One of the old heresies in the Early Church proclaimed that Jesus was not God and that He was only a human and did not represent God on any level.  It is through this miracle alone that proves such teachings false and that Jesus is part of the eternal and holy trinity; yet, part of the human race as well the perfect condition for an eternal Savior.  Another verse comes to mind about God’s love for people and that is John 3:16 where we have the clearest message from God concerning this matter.  It is this verse that specifically states that God loves the entire world and that this love was the single reason God sent His Son.  So, once again, God asks this question of how much are you worth?  As we shall see when we continue to study this passage in the Book of John, Lazarus is no good to Jesus dead, so He raises him and brings life back into his body, it is this worth of life that Jesus brought back and it is His motion of life-giving existence that reinforces the truth about our worth to God.

When Lazarus was in the tomb, it seemed to his loved ones that his life was over and that there was nothing else to be done.  This is a common state that many of us find ourselves in and tend to exist in such a lifeless manner.  When we believe such a condition exists in our lives it always means that the world has been allowed to infiltrate our presence for the world can only produce death as a result of anything.  It is this point that Jesus was making to Martha and Mary when it came to Lazarus because God represents nothing about death but of life and He desires for everyone to live both in the physical sense and in the spiritual realm.  See, God’s eternal Covenant goes totally against what the laws of the world operate within and it is this eternal Covenant that Jesus demonstrates here when He raises Lazarus from the dead.  We are all dead due to the sin that we inherit when we are born and it is our choice to accept the powerful Covenant of eternal life that comes from God alone or not.

Our lives are worth more than we can imagine and it is proven by the healing powers of Christ as shown to us in the passage of John 11:1-10 and through the well-known verse of John 3:16.  It is apparent that mankind is doomed to failure through our sinful existence but God has graciously provided an eternal escape plan if we only take it and live under its protection.  From the beginning, God’s Law has been in place to protect us from the world and to separate us from the world and not as a system of punishment.  Over the many millennia, humans along with the help of our enemy have perverted the meaning of such holy Law to make this Law the formidable enemy.  It is through God’s Law that our worth is defined and whether or not we understand it or not, the passages of reference in this article represent Gods Law.  God has one overall law for our lives and that was given to us in Genesis chapter 2 when He laid out the one command to Adam, that law has never changed and it is still in place today, obedience.

When you place the truth into our hearts about sin we cannot deny the fact that sin is death and cannot represent anything else but such.  God’s Law demands life and life abundantly and completely clashes with the laws of the world and it is through this battle between the two law states that proves God’s Love for our lives and just how much our lives are worth.  God had every bit of authority to wipe humans from the earth more times than just one, yet He chose to continue His work in our lives through His unbroken truth.  Do we understand that how we look at our worth directly depends on who rules within our hearts?  Sadly but honestly, I do not believe that many people who call themselves Christians believe this question or understand it because of how they live their lives as each day passes.

Over the past few moments we have learned that Jesus loved one of His fellow humans and while this should not come as a surprise to anyone, we must consider the fact that Jesus is consistent as His Father so that means Jesus loves you and me just the same as He does Lazarus.  As I have stated before I have never looked at this passage with such intent but God has the uncanny ability to allow us to see things not only for ourselves but for others to understand as well.  God also has spoken that He loves us as well, all of us which means that this includes everyone who existed, who exists today and who will begin their lives tomorrow.  While this love of God and His Son never waivers in any form, it does not give us the authority to comply with the ruler of the world by accepting factors into our lives that would deprive us of knowing the true existence of eternal love from our eternal Father. 

Yet, we have a tendency to believe the liar instead of the victor in a quest to continue our lifelong journey without any bumps and bruises.  It is this aspect of our quest that our enemy preys upon and when his claws are allowed to take hold begins to change our ways of acceptance and creates a divide from the eternal truth about our lives that brings shame and doubt to why we exist at all.  We can ill afford to forget that it is this same type of weapon that our enemy uses on us today that he used on Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and through this doubt he can manipulate ANY system that exists within our lives.  Doubt gives him the door to operate any type of organized or disorganized means of personal sabotage against your worth thus against the worth that God has given you.  This type of belief and acceptance is a defeated life and can have only one author, Satan.  God cannot be defeated nor can He create such sin, for He is always victorious in all that He is and does.

There is a wonderful song out now called “Still Rolling Stones” by Lauren Daigle and it fits right into play with the topic of this article and the message God wants you and I to fully understand.  What Jesus did with Lazarus is nothing short than a miracle and it cannot ever be denied as such but what is more important is that we understand that God loves us just as much as He does Lazarus and He wants us to never doubt this eternal love either.  If Jesus rolled away the stone of Lazarus and he came forth, then rolled away His own stone when He came forth what makes us doubt the love He has for you and I today?  We have the eternal Creator and His Son that vouches for us with every breath we take, so how can we devalue ourselves enough to warrant such worldly bribery?  You are a miracle and everyone knows it, but when we allow the enemy to invade deep enough to doubt that truth then we eventually reach the point where the doubt becomes our truth and not God’s truth.

I wish I could state that doubts about our worth will not come around but if I did so then I would be lying to you and not telling you what God wants to hear and to understand.  Yes, there will be times where we may think twice about our existence but it at this time where we draw from what we have learned about God and how His love for us gives us our worth.  It is also at this time that we know the Word of God well enough to know how to combat these attacks against us, for it is the knowledge of this Word that points out to our enemy that we know our worth and we believe in our worth that has been given to us.  There is a correlation here that we need to permanently fix into our heads and it deals directly with what we allow into our heads and then hearts.  In the Garden of Eden, all was perfect until Adam and Eve allowed the words of the world infiltrate their thinking which grew into their beliefs thus rendering their actions.  The same occurs in our lives if we allow it, the conditions and settings of the Garden of Eden did not change when they sinned, it was their lives that changed and had to leave.  The eternal protection of God has not changed today either, it is us who change our thinking about and our beliefs about who we trust and choose and it is this truth that is fixed.

If we take a hard look at our existence as the Church, can we see who actually has changed their thoughts and beliefs?  If for one second we have the inkling of the idea that God has changed His plan for our worth then we are gravely ill and need a repenting heart soon for we are on our eternal deathbed.  The only issue with that previous statement is that the modern Church DOES believe that God has changed His Ways and that He is now accepted another form of salvation for His people.  The CHURCH believes this!!  It is this lie from Satan that has come into our being and has destroyed countless amounts of lies in its wake.  For if anyone believes that God has lowered His standards for His people in any manner then you automatically believe that YOUR standards of creation and existence have been lowered as well.  If God would ever do such an act, then it would mean that His Kingdom would be divided and we know what happens to a divided kingdom.

Church, why do we promote such lies then?  Why do we water down God’s definition and the authority He has over our lives?  Why do we pursue the world’s values through biblical ideas and then expect the blessings of God to continue to rain down over our presence?  How foolish and blind can we be to believe such a lie?  Have we become so focused upon our physical existence that we have forgotten what God says about our lives?  How can we stand as a nation before God not to mention as individuals and ask for God to continue to cover us with His Covenant when we slap him in the face and spit on His beard?  Oh, Church, repent and allow God to open our spiritual eyes to see how far away from God we have strayed before it is too late.  Let us return to His Ways and live under His protection again before the storm becomes a mighty hurricane in which we will face without any protection.

It is clear that when any individual or organization becomes enthralled with the world, their ambitions become self-guiding and the value of life becomes “some girl in Iowa”.  God knows exactly who that “girl in Iowa” is and continues to love her very much and He holds her value so high that He would have sent His Son to die for her sins even if she was the only human being ever created.  “Some girl in Iowa” is the product of this world and it is the only result that the world can provide which is the exact reason this precious life in Iowa was snuffed out by someone who other ambitions for her.  God does not value death or disobedience in any way, He only values you and your eternal placement with Him and that is the ONLY reason for His Word and Ways.  Church, we are not completing this eternal reality we are playing games.  If we do not fulfill the plan of God and the mission of Christ in its entirety then we are devaluing not only the lives of others but our life as well.

DLB

No Beginning

No Beginning

8/14/18

It is difficult for our thought process to comprehend that something has no beginning for the very definition of our life begins at conception, a process that takes place and begins a growth process.  Yet we are familiar with or have at least heard about a being that has no beginning or an end, one that cannot be accurately defined due to this status but one that provides eternal life and love beyond our human belief system.  The world projects this Being as a controlling and manipulative creature that wants nothing but to place you under His thumb but in truth, all He wishes to do is to bring us eternal life and freedom from the true enemy of our existence.  We have chosen to accept the world as our friend and as we do so, watch the world grow within our hearts which only can bring tragedy.  It is time to bring back God into our lives and to once again believe and place our trust in the One who has no beginning.

It is no mystery that our lives have a beginning, a place where male and female come together as one and form a new life this is an old practice that has not changed since mankind was out from under the eternal cover of the Garden of Eden.  When one studies the process of Embryology, it becomes apparent that the entire act of conception and then growth is a process that is a miracle within itself, for there are so many errors that can take place yet few ever materialize.  It is this conception point that represents our beginning and a point that many will contend as the arguing stance for their beliefs, but no matter how one wishes to perceive this truth, it is the truth of conception that begins our life until we draw our last breath sometime later.  It is this point of reference that if something does go wrong the issue can be noticed and in some cases fixed but the point is we have a definitive starting point and everything from that moment on can be written about and talked about as our point of reference.

Everything about our physical lives can be defined from the point of our conception for it is at this point where our genetic makeup begins to replicate itself into who we are and who we will become.  There are no genetic codes for some of the current theories that the world is promoting, just eternal lies that seem like great alternatives to facing reality and the truth about the fight that is being waged against us.  Angels are in the same boat as we are, for they too have a beginning for they are created beings, it does not matter if they are fallen angels or angels that continue to serve God and His Ways, God is the only Being that has no beginning and it is for that reason alone that He is always given a capital letter when referred to.  It is hard for our finite and limited minds to believe or to even comprehend such a truth and so it goes that through this limited and foiled mind of ours we should believe that there is one Being that stands far greater in wisdom and knowledge that we can ascertain.  Isn’t it kind of worrisome that many people who want to find a definition of their lives totally ignore the Bible?  In truth, it is not a mistake but a conceived lie from our eternal enemy to keep us ignorant of our existence and purpose for our life.

Genesis 1:1 brings us into light about just how long God has been around, or it at least gives us an idea that even though our beginning as we know it God was already present and from all indications had been present for countless ages before our starting point.  Genesis 1:1 also states that even before we were present on this earth God was present and through this verse alone proves that God was around when the beginning of all things known was started.  This verse states as follows: “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”  This means that God was around long enough before this verse occurred that He understood the necessity of this creation and the reasons why this creation was needed to further His Kingdom.  Now, to be honest, this type of information is hard to deal with in the presence of our minds for we cannot even remember when we were little babies much less when our Creator was alive and well so far back in time that there is no way to measure such an era.  It is also through this verse that God sets apart the foundation of eternal faith in Him and therefore defines His existence through the truths of His Word.

It is this foundational truth about our Creator that our enemy seeks to destroy in our hearts for he knows that if he can place doubt in our hearts about this truth all other lies that he will present in our lifetimes have the possibility of believing as well.  We forget that science is all based upon the physical laws the God established for our learning, not in the direction of disproving that God exists.  The idea that God does not exist is a concept that many educated people have come to agree with, solely based upon the theories of humans seeking the truth but believing a lie when their results are presented to them.  The human laboratory (the heart) can never fully understand what occurred eons before time began but we can put pieces of the puzzle together if we are listening to the correct voice.  God placed it in our hearts to learn, this world is limited and God is not; therefore, in order to understand this limited rock, we must first begin to understand God.  We can never forget that there is only one Being that has no beginning and since God has no beginning that automatically means that He can only have and thus survive in one direction. 

Since God has one direction this also means that anything He creates will be created in the same manner but since God is the ultimate representative of eternal love He gives all of His beloved creations the ability to choose Him and not hover over us like a controlling master or slave owner.  Which sets the Scripture passage of Isaiah 55:8 into motion when it states: “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.”  Now, many have used this verse to try to grasp the understanding of how God works in His mysterious ways and rightly so, but how about we look at things on a more direct and personal level and place this verse to our standards.  If we do this we see ourselves as a failing creation due to our choices and one who needs pure and holy guidance at all times in our life.

God understands that our finite minds cannot completely understand His existence.  While this is a detail about His existence that might deflect some thoughts and beliefs about Him, His Word does provide our minds and hearts with enough information to give us the direction in which He wishes for us to know.  For example, while Adam and Eve were still within the holy confines of the Garden of Eden and pure in all standings of existence, God knew that even in this perfect state humans could not fully understand His presence and existence.  This limited ability of ours is explained in Genesis Chapter 2 when God instructed Adam to dress and to keep the Garden of Eden and not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  If mankind would have understood all things about life and about God, God would not have needed to instruct this command to Adam and Eve for it would have already been known; for even the angels have choices and our enemy is one that chose to leave God and His Kingdom.

God has never left any of His people to rot in a land without giving instructions; in fact, God has never left mankind rotting in ANY type of living conditions or existing conditions for that matter.  God has always instructed His people, everyone, that is, of how to live under His protection and grace and it is our choice to either abide by His authority or to go our own way and live according to the world’s principles.  Today, God has left us with specific instructions on how to survive in this world and trough this definition of His existence also provide a means to which others can live eternally as well.  In doing so, God has not left out the truth about His existence and in Isaiah 55:8 we find that God is willing to share with us the truth about how long He has been around.  “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are my ways your ways, saith the Lord.”  Through this verse, God sets Himself on a different plane than what we are constituted, for we have a beginning and if He represents a different plane, He must not have a beginning.

It is this difference that begs our hearts to study His existence and definition, or if we are honest with ourselves and listen to the desire of worship that He placed within our lives.  Through God’s will for our existence to understand His being, He made His Word possible for us to understand it, which means that humans had to write His definition in such a manner that through His Divine instructions gave to us as wisdom and knowledge about Him; a brilliant method of individuality and personality that no human could ever conjure up alone.  While many people seek the Bible for disproving His existence, God has placed His Word in our hands so that it may serve as the greatest covering and guide for eternal life.  God has never pushed any one of His children away from Him but made it strictly our choice to serve Him or not and it is through this eternal gift of His definition (the Bible) that serves as the foundation of eternal life if we choose to bring ourselves closer to Him through living within His definition.  In short, if you do not believe that the Bible is the eternal, unadulterated, pure and holy Word of God you cannot truly state that you believe in God or His Son because if one does not believe in a definition as being specific, no definition can be adhered to.

Isaiah 55:8 might seem a tad odd or even a verse that has no relevance to the topic at hand but when you dig deeper into the verse one will find that it actually brings inviting possibilities into our lives not only about God but our existence as well.  This verse does separate those who wish to understand God and the true and holy definition of His existence from those who superficially and whimsically read over verses to satisfy a reading guideline or conscientious timeline (religious) which provides a guilt-free mindless environment.  Many people use this superficial drawing table as a defense for how they wish to interpret God’s Word and in doing so, voluntarily invites our enemy into our hearts with an open door.  If we pursue God with a pure and holy heart, He has stated that He will justly show us His Ways and thus can adopt them into our lives.  As God demonstrated to us back in Genesis about how He cannot serve our lives when our hearts are not pure, this holy Way still stands true today.  However, He did not leave Adam and Eve back then and He will not leave us today, for He always provides a way even when the waters rise and take away dry land.

How many times have we humans tried to make things work, or provide answers on our own without God being the center of the explanation?  I know that I have personally tried to hand out answers to those with these types of limited and rhetorical words, all to the effect of naught for nothing gets accomplished with such gibberish.  If we stop and really contemplate what God is saying to us here we will begin to understand that everything that we need cannot be defined or answered from a finite beginning.  All true and vibrant answers must come to a different and separate source that has far-reaching abilities than what a limited source can provide and God wants to make it clear to His children that He and He alone, is the source of all our answers and the eternal provider of all our needs. 

Over the past centuries, many individuals, leaders, and nations have come to rely upon their own physical characteristics rather than having faith in the One who has no beginning.  While some scientists will tell you that anyone who believes in such spiritual and faith-related beliefs is hysterical in nature, they fail themselves in providing a sound and holy alternative answer.  When one who has a beginning tries to rise above a Being with no beginning the entire truth claim of that person’s presence is automatically falsified.  Once again, the prime example of this is given to us in Genesis Chapter 3 when humans choose to believe in a defeated and created being instead of listening to the One who has no beginning.  Now, God poses another question here concerning our beliefs and lives, and that is who do you believe in?  Do you believe in the created beings that have a worldly covering defined through a defeated enemy or do you believe in an eternal Being who has never been defeated and has no rival who can give you short term, long term and eternal answers that will not only give you answers you wish but eternal knowledge as well?  The answer to that question is definitely visible today and it does not look good for the people that walk the earth.

Church, you too are included in this limited answer session, for you have violated God’s truth laws when it comes to your desire to live under the Covenant that He provides.  Oh yes, you love to claim the “grace” portion of the Covenant but fail to recognize, understand, then live under its ENTIRE Ways.  Claiming grace alone will not provide you with ANY protection from the wiles of the devil, nor will living at the edge of the Covenant “umbrella” either – you know, the condition that you can step out from under the covering in public but step back under it when time comes to show off your Christian status.  Church, you have become stricken with a disease that you deem is necessary to be accepted within the communities of the world, to remain relevant. You are NOT supposed to become relevant to the world, you are supposed to oppose the world in love according to the Ways and definition of God.  So, once again God has a question for us and it goes like this.  How do you expect the conditions of the world and especially your lives to miraculously improve if you first do not follow the One example that can provide everyone with the desired conditions? 

The answer to this question is quite simple in that we shall never understand or know the true meaning of life and the conditions that God desires for ALL His children until we turn our hearts back to Him.  God’s call to repentance is clear and concise with no hesitations or obstacles in front of it.  God knows that at some point if we the Church do not stop our sinning and turn back to Him so we can correctly proclaim His dominion to the dying world, our nation and all other nations that exist shall be physically and spiritually affected by a grave judgment, and this judgment is NOT the one represented in the end times.  We must once again find the fire of the Holy Spirit and allow Him to burn away all ugliness and sin from our hearts before God has to say “enough”.  Church, repent and allow God to restore His perfect heart into our lives again so that we may fully understand His Ways and His truth about His No Beginning.  This is good news, people and it is our responsibility to teach this and to proclaim this truth to those who are dying and need answers.  Are we afraid of the answers that we may receive or is it really that we are afraid of the truth about God and the truth that He has no beginning?

DLB