1Corinthians
15:19-29 "If in this life only we have hope in Christ.(Ephesians
1:18; 4:4),
we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead
and become the firstfruits of them
that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the
resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all
die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in
his own order. Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's
at his coming. Then comes the end, when he shall have delivered up the
kingdom to God, even the
Father; when he shall have put down.(original
'deprived of force and influence').all
rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he has put all
enemies under his feet. The
last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
For he.(the
Great Infinite One; the Father).has
put all things under his feet. But when he says all things are put under
him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under
him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son
also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God
may be all in all."
Also
Romans 8:20-23. Christ is
doing a job now for the Father, to return all to Him.
In spite of many trials
and afflictions that we all have to deal with here in this physical
life, it's important to keep at it, seeing
the overview.
-We are here to develop patience;
to be victorious
in the great invisible
battle that we were born into the moment we took our first breath.
-We are here to move into
our own guidance from within. Here to move into being
guided through intuition, when the invisible mass
mind tells us to look to selfishness and the productions of the collective
selfishness, such as corporations and government, which, as society moves
away from a spiritual base, humans become increasingly dependent upon.
Well, it justifies the existence of increasing government and more and
more control upon the individual by them. A sort of surrendering your soul
to the devil as Altiyan
Childs reveals. It's been the
same all through history. In spirituality, it's hard to see any gains
at all if one looks at society as a whole. It's always been much the same,
a steady decline into more evil for many on Earth. It's the purpose for
now to rise above and away from the crud.
-We are here to reveal God
in us in all we are, all we do, and all we plan to become:.Galatians
1:16 "To reveal his Son in me....."
-We are here to move from
here, from the ego level we have
stood by all our lives until now with and now on to the
higher consciousness things:.Ecclesiastes
2:16; 4:16; Hebrews
10:36.
Once one
becomes
a spiritual individual of love.(called
a Christian in the
Bible,
although man has many other names for sincere spiritual people motivated
by love {Buddhist, Protestant, Jew, Catholic, Muslim, Hindu, Taoist, etc.}),
he needs to take on.Him.(Galatians
3:1-3).through
prayer,
study,
meditation.and.contemplation.
Why? So we can grow up into Him.(Ephesians
4:15), getting a
better reward than we would have had:.Hebrews
11:40.
Physicist
Masaru Emoto.(you
may remember him from the movies.What
the Bleep Do We Know?.and.What
If? The Movie).has
proven scientifically that prayer does have a
positive effect."through
the study of frozen water crystals, scientifically proving the power of
prayer to influence the vibrational frequency of water."
Our bodies are about 80%
water. Prayer has an effect upon them as well and upon all things, for
all
is frequencies and respond to a person's present.dominant
mind interest.
And we have all heard of
the two sets of plants, where the one given loving attention and care thrived,
and the one ignored, didn't grow as high and wasn't as hardy and beautiful.
If one can find others hot
in heart for God to fellowship with, all well and good!
And how
does one develop character. Certainly, it comes from what
we think, as this leads to our actions and reactions and also brings
into our experience circumstances in accordance with our thoughts.
It takes decisions backed
up with effort to develop character.(what
is character?).both
in yourself and in your
children:.Philippians
2:12;
1Peter 2:5; 3:15;
4:1,2;
5:5-9;
2Peter
1:5-8; 3:18;
1John
3:23; 5:6;
2John
1:8; Jude 1:17,21; 1Timothy
4:12;.1Peter
2:21 "For even hereunto were you called because Christ also suffered.(original
is).for
us, leaving us an
example, that you should follow his steps.".Character
is our foundational beliefs, expressions of which distinguish our personality.
We give attention to how
we think our image appears by the vanities and idols
we hold fast, the 'nothingnesses' that will be gone and long forgotten.
We are all forgotten so quickly, once we're gone. My uncle, one of the
top five people in the head office of a large Canadian bank was seldom
talked of after he passed away and by now is long forgotten:.Ecclesiastes
1:11 "There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there
be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come
after."
Consequently, with all the
various staff changes and transfers, two years later, few if any, would
have even heard of him. So much for Earthly success and glory:.Psalms
103:15,16 "As for man, his days are as grass. As a flower of the field
so he flourishes until the wind passes over it and it is gone and the place
thereof shall know it no more." Psalms
144:4 "Man is like to vanity. His days are as a shadow that passes
away."
-While here we are to have
all
the good the Father wants us to have, but because that includes both
now and after, this life is here
to try you.
-We are here to come from
bondage to those
things we have accepted which have made us what it is we individually
have become, learning as we all do from life's experiences till God
calls us:.Galatians
4:2,3.
-We are here to be pure
and holy.
-We are here to increase
our belief.(how?),
to thereby grow in grace and knowledge:.2Peter
3:18 "But grow in grace.(grow
from an understanding
into the overstanding
of what
God has done for you and why that's important)
and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Emmanuel
the Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen."
Difference
between faith and belief...
As we pray
and study, learning more about how great this
real being is who made us, our faith and the assurance of His presence
and the assurance of His existence and the assurance of the
reality of the presence of the Infinite One and the sureness of what
He says is true for you, all this greatly increases.
People spend too much time
away from learning that which could increase their faith. In effect, they
are wasting their future and limiting their reward
in the Kingdom of God, soon to be on the
Earth.
