-James
4:7 "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will
flee from you."
How
are we to resist the devil and what about where it says to
not
resist evil?
Avoid dark side leanings,
is one way to resist.
Remember, all, absolutely
everything in the multiverse is
frequency, including of course, the
dark side. It's their
use of negative frequencies during all the time
since
they became what is known as 'the dark side' and the cabal,
that produced the world of depression, deceit, greed, hate, selfishness
and all that those sort of things have brought into our world. What
things?
The original in James
4:7 for the word.'resist'.is.'to
be set against', 'to be opposed to', 'to be in opposition to the
way of'..Zechariah
3:1. That is, you want nothing
to do with the things of evil and those
engaged.therein:.Romans
13:12; 2Corinthians 6:17;
Ephesians
5:11; 6:11.
The original in James 4:7
for the word."submit".is
"to set yourself
under", to stand under.
And what about.Matthew
5:39 where
it says to."resist
not
evil"? Does this mean we're not to resist
an enemy that wants to do harm to us and others? NO! NO! NO!
There are two kinds of war,
a selfish one and a
righteous one.
In one's own life we push
hard for good because where good is evil is not and where there is light,
there is no darkness:.Matthew
6:23 "But if your eye be evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness.
If therefore the light that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness!"
So then how
do we deal with this enemy out to destroy us? And what if your enemy is
much stronger? No problem! Nothing is more powerful as meditation
and praise. In meditation you see, you imagine,
the way you want life to be for you and others, instead of willy-nilly
just letting life happen to you and everyone else:.1Corinthians
10:10.
And the true God responds
today as in the past:.Deuteronomy
7:17-26; 1Samuel 17:26.
God's plan was finished from the beginning.(*).before
humans were made to be in it:.Genesis
1:27; 2:1.
This is the true God expressing
as you for the things that are good both you and God want for all. But
because we have free choice always, God only does for you and others
what God.(*).can
do through you, such
as...:.John
10:10 "The thief comes not, but for to steal and to kill and to destroy.
I am come that they'll have life more abundantly.".Give
yourself into God's hands and keep yourself there by using these
disciplines.
To get from God what he
has already given to you, as it was all finished from the beginning, requires
praise, a thanking God for what he has done, example 'Thank you God for
providing health and prosperity for me and those in my family'. This praise
and thanking God brings what is in the invisible realm for you, out into
the physical world you are now in, so you you can enjoy it. Your life becomes
better!
Your
job is to bring more of God into the world. You're here to make it
better and get a better reward or do nothing
and your reward will match what you've already done with your life.(*).
Be alert to the evil:.Jeremiah
16:12; 1Thessalonians 5:6,8;
1Peter
5:8. Always be on the qui
vive..1Timothy
6:12 "Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto
you are also called and have professed that good profession before many
witnesses.".Timothy
and Paul
too, were excellent examples of faithfulness to what they accepted
as true.
1Peter
5:8,9.
Well then, why doesn't God
just do it all? He won't override
you. You're in this too and you always have free choice. Why
do you think you are here? If you don't want peace, prosperity for all
and good times, then, as the ancients who kicked God out of their selfish
lives, you too will reap
that which you sow:.Jeremiah
44:16,17.
As it was for David against
Goliath.(1Samuel
17:21-26,34-58).and
as it was for Hezekiah
against the powerful Assyrian army, so it will be for you. And as it was
with Gideon.(the
story of Gideon and how he won the battle).and
as it was for Joshua.(Joshua
6:1-27).so
too it will be for you:.Malachi
3:6; Hebrews 13:8; *).
Romans
14:23 "...For whatsoever is not of faith
is sin." Ephesians 6:16 "Above all,
taking the shield of faith, wherewith you shall be able to quench all the
fiery darts of the wicked."
Sin is 'missing the mark'.
In this case, of what? Missing the mark of complete trust in this
Great Infinite One. One could have complete trust that God is guiding
him to protect the country from oppressors, such as enemies that threaten
the way of life good people deserve, deserve because they are good. In
that case, one doesn't 'lie down' allowing your enemies to stomp all over
you. If one's mission is to protect and provide a safe productive world
for all, it's then a mission of love.
Emmanuel said:.John
18:36 "Emmanuel answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom
were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be
delivered to the Jews, but now is my kingdom not from hence."
But what about today? The
kingdom Emmanuel spoke of was the
kingdom within. And now that kingdom within is on the physical
Earth, within those who have it, within those doing good:.Romans
13:10.
This is the time of the kingdom
of God on Earth. It's a kingdom that God is bringing about through those
who believe it to be so, for why would those not believing it to be so
even be interested? It's time to eliminate evil once and for all.
God is more than fully able
to bring about good on the Earth, which is happening now. Those of that
same mind have the true God on their side and need not worry over the 'darts'
of evil those on the side of the devil may use:.Ephesians
6:16 "Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith you are able
to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked."
Belief
is different for everyone; God does
not want clones. Nor will God hold your own particular beliefs against
you:.Romans
8:1,2 "There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in Christ Emmanuel, who walk not after
the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ
Emmanuel has made me free from the law of sin and death."
"Coexistence on this tightly
knit Earth should be viewed as an existence not only without wars, but
also without (the government) telling us how to live,
what to say, what to think, what to know and what not to know."....Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn, from a speech given September 11, 1973. Author of.The
Gulag Archipelago.and
numerous other books.
In James it's talking of
not giving place to the devil:.Ephesians
4:27. Be alert:.Ephesians
6:12 "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places. 1Peter
5:8,9 "Be sober,
be vigilant,
because your adversary.the
devil as a roaring lion, walks about.(Job
2:2), seeking whom he may devour.
Whom resist stedfast
with faith.(original
is 'whom resist {with} stedfast
faith'), knowing that the same afflictions
are accomplished in your brethren that are also out there in the world."
How can one know the difference?
One comes from outside of you to affect you and the other from your own
mind having been led astray.
The 'resist' in James 4:7
is resisting yourself going toward ways taking you from the good
God wants you to have. The 'resist not' in Matthew 5:39 is talking about
ways of society that are bringing evils into the world. You deal with your
attitude with God's help. And, it's God that deals with the attitudes of
evil in society, which are there so humanity can clearly see the ways of
evil as compared to the ways of God:.Deuteronomy
30:15.
God doesn't override anyone's
mind. They can freely select which
way they have learned about. In this their true character is shown
to both them and others.
The devil is the
bad God, always out waiting for you to open the door by your attitude.(*),
so negative things that can harm you and/or others, can be
pumped into your mind. How bad are those influenced by the devil?
Our bodies follow what it
is that is in the mind, that is, we all think before we act. We may think
the actions would be good for us and if not, then we avoid those actions.
So knowledge is important in decisions.
In Matthew, Emmanuel
is saying not to resist evil, that is, the
evil things that come along to afflict a person, to
try them, to sharpen them, to make them better, so one's reward
will be greater:.Romans
8:28; 1Peter 4:12.
God is dealing with the evil,
so you don't have to, so Emmanuel tells us not to resist evil, as it has
its purpose, but as said earlier, you should not be ignorant of evil or
you could get sucked into it:.2Corinthians
2:11 "Lest Satan should get an advantage of us, for we are not ignorant
of his devices."
Know what's going on out
there, that is, what is evil:.1Peter
5:8 Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring
lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour. Whom resist stedfast with
faith.(original
is 'whom resist {with} stedfast faith'),
knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that
are also out there in the world."
-Hebrews
5:8 What does it mean."He
learned obedience"?
The root original of the
word."obedience".means."to
listen, to respond, to harken". And such is
true of us all. We learn as we live through the
sufferings of life.
Obedience is coming to see
that one way leads you to where it's harmful and the other way, to a better
life. Daily we are choosing what
takes us down one road or another by making decisions on what we do or
don't do. Choose the highest and best you know and continue to learn.
-Ezekiel
18:30-32 If God is responsible for our salvation, why then does He
tell us here to change, as though we had power ourselves to do this?
The
Creator is responsible for calling us to an awakening,
saving
us. But, He also has to provide the correct direction
to Him or we wouldn't know that the true path to the real God even
exists. One can't choose from what he is unaware of. God not only is supernatural
and all powerful, but He is also practical
and
logical.
Once we decide upon sonething, God does His work, because Creator-God never
overrides anyone.
-Matthew
16:28, Mark 9:1,
Luke
9:27 Did these people here see the Kingdom of God?
Yes!
But some Christians then believed
otherwise.
-John
8:52.What
did Emmanuel mean when He said."some
wouldn't taste of death"? And, does this mean
if a Christian we don't die?
What we
call death, the Infinite One calls sleeping.(John
11:10-13;
1Thessalonians
5:10;
4:14;
1Corinthians
15:6,51; 11:30;
Acts
13:36); sleeping, awaiting a resurrection.
So get busy and resurrect some people out
of their sleep.
-Matthew
5:25 Is this saying that we should at all costs not go to court with
our adversary?
Notice the verse says that
you may get cast into prison. This is a serious crime talked about here,
one that may get an individual put away for his or her belligerence.
Emmanuel means that we should
avoid making adversaries in the first place. Be agreeable
as much as you possibly can:.Matthew
5:38-48; Romans 12:18.
Should we not go to court
over an injustice to us? Perhaps. Paul wrote:.1Corinthians
6:1-8.
If it's a dispute
with another Christian.(a
true
one), one should try to solve it
between you and him alone without going to court and if necessary, with
other Christians there to help with the problem, by allowing them to decide
what's the best course of action.
If it's with some other adversary
and it would be injustice to allow yourself to be defrauded
by settling out of court, perhaps wiping out all you have to the point
where it may hurt others relying upon you, such as family and/or children
who rely upon you, then, if you are sure you are in the right, go for it!
The courts today are for
the most part, different than the unfair and influenced ones back in Emmanuel's
days. Emmanuel was giving advice to help one live a happier, freer life.
If you think that courts
are unfair where you live, perhaps you should come to North America, the
United Kingdom or certain parts of Europe where the nation's founding principles
are based upon Christian principles out of the.Holy
Bible. Depending upon area, these principles continue to be foundational
principles of modern law. But cabal
controlled courts, watch out for. Many are not just corrupt, but severely
so.
-Romans
11:11 Why does God provoke others to jealousy?
The word."jealousy".here
means to 'burn with zeal', in other words 'to get off your butt and get
going' in life.
Paul here was hot
for the truth and as the context
shows, it was in his mind to awaken others to the truth of their existence,
to
awaken them to the reason they are on the Earth.
-Romans
11:28 What's this scripture talking about?
The.Peoples
New Testament Notes.states
"Their.(the
ancient
nation of Israel).rejection
of the gospel had proved a blessing to the Gentile world:.Romans
11:11. Hence their enmity
was allowed for the sake of the conversion of the Gentiles. The nation.(Israel).was
a chosen nation. Though enemies of God, God still remembered that they
were children of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and did not cast them off forever,
but remembered them in love..."