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WHY THE BLOOD ON THE CROSS? THE FORCE OF NATURE (EARTH)

7/28/2024

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​why the blood on the cross? The force of nature (Earth)

        You have a friend in life that you feel safe to confine into and bare your emotions? Someone who would be worth thousand of dollars as a counselor, however, they listen and are willing to hear your words and understand your heart simply because of their chastity. Such a person can place their hands upon you with an intensity of a physical touch which can bring you to tears as you’re growing through seasons in life with suffering, plus, connect on a level of deep intimacy with a simple hug. My wife when we first were married and we were feeling our aftermath, honeymoon phase, would tell me when I would hug her, she would feel that the demons would flee. People are involved with relationships, plus, live within communities to assist one another in carrying our burdens. Who can measure or compare their pain against their neighbor or someone else? To them (our neighbor) their pain hurts; to us our pain hurts. Empathy is connecting on that level of pain which one can identify. Pain cannot be measured; it can only be felt. Our culture engulfs the meaning of the church to embrace healing within the environment. The healing is market to the ones who are suffering within the community. The church within a culture should resemble the nature of a hospital within a community.
            A hospital is a business which helps the sick, ill and disable. This very concept captures the heart to the “why” of a hospital business. The way to make money is to understand people then find a way to help the people whom you understand. In return you are able to make a profit. The concept behind the flow of currency or the way money is made is that you add value to the world, and you compensated for that value. Everything is relevant when talking about money. People become very emotionally attached. The reason for the feelings is not always good reasons. Human nature tends to bring one’s heart to a darker character when dealing with the nature of money. Jesus says it is more difficult for a rich man to enter into the gates of heaven than it is for a camel to go through an eye of a needle. (SPIRITUAL REFLECTION: Mathew 19: 23 & 24)
Read these scriptures Mathew Chapter 7: 7& 8 then verses 13& 14
            The question to ask is why only a few find the narrow road? Which road is easier to find then travel, the wide road or the narrow road? Answer: the wide road. What is the difference of something that is difficult and something which is impossible? Difficult is a hard task or something which takes much work and/or force to complete. Something that is impossible cannot be done.
It reads in Hebrew 11:6- “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him”
Why only a few find the narrow road? Answer: only a few truly seek it. Knowledge change one perspective of reality. In today’s generation, spiritual maturity, to accept and express simple spiritual characteristics of humanity is demanded among the churches of the nations. The seven churches referred to in Chapter two and three of the Book of Revelation in the Bible reflects the maturity of the first Christian churches. We see from the Book of Acts, Jesus’ desired Christians to cultivate His nature within our relationships and communities throughout the world. This is the only way to win the heart of humanity and overcome evil within humankind. This is the plan; there is no Plan “B”. God desires His name and Word to grow through generations much as you would use and see manure enrich the soil for plants to grow in forest and gardens.
Read this foundation which God established among His people in the scripture in the Book of Deuteronomy Chapter 6, Verses 1-5- “These are the commands, decrees and laws the Lord your God directed me to teach you to observes in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, so that you, your children and their children and their children after them may fear the Lord your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, promised you”
This is the heart of our God. Who will carry the banner for our God?
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THE NATURE OF THE CROSS

7/13/2024

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The Nature of the Cross

             What is the problem with human nature? I honestly feel from the bottom of my heart that the core of humanity is good. I’m not lost… or blind… or in denial. I see the world. I see murder daily; rape regularly, child neglect, child abuse, child molesting lingering in the Catholic church. I know human trafficking is vicious. I’m aware that slavery was real only a few generations ago within our past right here in our great nation of U.S.A. And it is still legal in some parts of the world. We are still presently overcoming racial, gender, religious prejudice within our home culture of America. I know about domestic abuse. I used to steal like a pirate myself when I was adolescence. I also used foul language like a sailor. I know people are sinful to their core. I’m aware of our present state within humanity. However, I also see architecture structure upon the backdrop of spectacular landscape. I see the incredible infrastructure building within the genius mindset of civil engineers. I see the beauty of art within museums, plus within historical monuments as well as classical and present paintings. I hear the amazon sound of good music with multiple genres. I’ve eaten great cuisine among several cultures of civilization. We have great cities and established governments. We’ve built planes, trains, and automobiles. We’ve written literature to fill volume of books to fill libraries by the thousands. The Holy Spirit used the hands of humans to assist in writing the Bible. I feel if the nature of humanity was not worth saving, God would not have made an intend to save us- Where is God’s heart on this matter, within the scripture:
            “To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it. But I am full of the wrath of the Lord, and I cannot hold it in. ‘Pour it out on the children in the street and on the young men gathered together: both husband and wife will be caught in it, and the old, those who live in the land.’ declare the Lord. ‘From the least to the greatest all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit. They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say; when there is no peace. Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush.
                                                                                                                        Jeremiah 6:10- 15
            God also is not blind. He is not in denial. He is not ignorant of sin. What is the heart behind human nature? What does it mean to love; brotherly love unconditionally, plus, have a pure heart towards God as a creator? Who are human to have such a nature. Reflect upon this scripture- 
                        “Therefore the showers have been withheld and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame.”- Jeremiah 3:3
What is it for a man to blush in shame? Have you ever seen a grown man blush? Is this actually a masculine trait? Who are we to see God through pure eyes? Who are we to see this world as He gazes upon us. Consider Jesus’ nature:
            “Jesus wept.”- John 11:35
            “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. – Luke 13:34
Jesus is a man after God’s image. Humans were created in God’s image. The core of the nature of God is that God is love. (SPIRITUAL REFLECTION: I John 4:16-21 & John 13: 34, 35) We as humans are commanded to love. This is the purpose of humanity; to overcome wickedness through the force of love. And only through the aid of the Father can we overcome injustice. Consider God’s heart within this scripture about His chosen people; the nation of Israel:
            “Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that just justice is perverted.”
                                                                                                            Habakkuk 1:3,4
God morns. God grieves and yet has compassion. God force of sympathy goes beyond human compacity of empathy. God is just. He will balance and judge good and evil. He will restart nature and embrace a new Earth. It says so in His Word. What is the problem with human nature. Humanity must come to God on His terms. One who seek to know God must come to God on His term. God is holy and He calls us to be holy.
            “The Lord said to Moses, Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them; ‘Be holy because I, the Lord you God, am holy.” – Leviticus 19: 1, 2
Nature will be in harmony with humanity and God will establish His Spirit to dwell among humans on His terms. This will assist the problem with our present human nature.
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