Soul Development and Christianity

The Soul has been a complex topic that many people have confused. We are looking at what The Soul is as defined by The Bible. We are looking at The Soul in cause and effect ways. Imagine a white board in a classroom. Take a black marker and draw an outline of a person. Not a stick figure, an outline like the police chalking a body. The outline of a person on the whiteboard may represent a Soul when a person is born. Why white? White like "Sins made white." White like a virgin bride on her wedding day. White like Jesus will dress us in white. White represents innocence, and the person may not have made any decisions, or experienced anything.

When a person experiences something, or makes a decision, that may leave a mark on the soul. A mark on the soul may be a teacher giving a compliment that builds someone up. It may be a bully at school being abusive. It may be celebrating Christmas with family. Both good and bad things may have left some sort of mark on the soul.

Have you seen the movie "The Butterfly Effect?" In the movie, the main character has the ability to time travel, and start all over. He was working to stop a horrible event that scarred some people he cared about. Every time he did, things became worse. One tragedy lead into another. The main character's main love interested had The Same Soul. Due to environment factors, things she experienced, and decisions made after, she was a little different each time. During one time travel, she may have been a pretty regular person. During another, due to things she went through and environmental factors, she ended up on drugs and a prostitute.

In the DC Universe, there are other dimensions or Universes. Superman in one Universe is for Truth, Justice, and the American Way. In another Universe Superman loses Lois Lane, and he loses his head. He experienced something that was traumatic to him, and became evil and Totalitarian. Superman losing Lois Lane left some sort of mark on Superman's soul. He ended up making decisions afterwards in sin and anger that also left things on his soul. The problem may have been a wound. It hurt to lose Lois. Superman's decision making afterwards was off when he lost his head, and allowed anger or rage to fuel him.

There are two Concepts here:

• Decisions made. Freewill.

• Things experienced that someone may not have had control of like a tragedy or an authority figure. It may have been something that just happened by fate, coincidence, or God?

Man makes a decision to go have ice-cream at the ice-cream store one day. He made a decision that he believed would make him feel good. He ends up meeting his future wife. He made a decision. Something unexpected happened?

Spirits

The Bible mentions Spirits. Spirits effect motivation. Here is a short list of some spirits mentioned.

• Deaf and dumb spirit (Mark 9:17-29)

• Lying spirit (II Chronicles 18:20-22)

• Perverse spirit (Isaiah 19:14; Romans 1:17-32)

• Seducing spirit (I Timothy 4:1)

• More at: https://www.christcenteredmall.com/teachings/evil-spirits.htm

What are these Spirits doing? They are influencing. They are effecting motivations. Someone with a seducing spirit or spirit of prostitution may have been on tinder in the wrong way? Someone with a lying tongue may have been a habitual liar? Someone with one of these spirits, their character may have been molded a certain way. Their soul, who they are, may have been molded to something. Part of their identity, even if it was subconscious, may have been molded to something. Some Spirits are generational. They may have been passed down from Generation to Generation. There may have been generational curses on some families. (Deuteronomy 5:9) Some spirits someone may have picked up by being in sin, and being unrepentant. Someone's Soul or character may have been molded around something.

In Christianity, keeping this non-denominational as much as possible, in general, a Christian to be is repenting of their sins, they go to Church and do what the pastor guides them into, such as baptism, and accepting in The Spirit of God. They are being cleansed, and their souls may be refreshed. Jesus heals people of their wounds, and the bad marks on the soul. When someone repents, and accepts in The Spirit of God, they are praying, they are studying their Bible, and they working to develop Godly character. Those other spirits are exorcised, and someone has The Spirit of God. They work to develop Godly Character. The Spirit of God wraps or entwines into someone's soul.

I have liked the concept of Thumos as a holistic way of looking to develop Godly Character.

Post: "Thumos and Holy Fire."

Thumos as described by Plato get deeper into what it means to be a man. Someone is doing a character study of God in the Bible. They are seeking God with all their heart, and SOUL,(Identity) and strength and mind. They are growing in Reason and Faith. Part of thumos being how a man reasons.

One of the reasons thumos has been most profound has been "Spiritual Warfare" attacking men, and what it means to be a man. Identity politics and Political Correctness have been form of Spiritual Warfare attacking how men view themselves and view God. Man is THE GLORY of God. What is Glory? Something glorious may have been David standing up to Goliath. Glory may be a man producing a work of art through God. Glory may be a new born child. Getting into Thumos, a man may be developing the creative energies of Logos through God's Holy Spirit in meekness to God.

Heart and Soul and Strength and Mind

• 5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.. (Deuteronomy 6:5)
  

• He answered, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" (Luke 10:27)

Song to Preface this: Heuy Lewis "Heart and Soul."

A year and a half ago I lived in walking distance from Duke University. Given someone was a Duke fan, or Duke Alumni, or had a lot of Duke Paraphernalia, they may have loved Duke University. How did they love Duke University? They loved Duke with their Soul or Identity. When Duke wins or has done well, they rejoice? They feel good? In their soul, they rejoice. That is where the soul is. Given anyone has been a sports fan at some point, and has identified as a fan of ___________ their soul rejoices when their team does well.

What is a soul? A soul is a person. In the Bible, given a King has fifty souls, he possibly has fifty servants or subjects. How do those subjects or servants identity themselves? Part of their identity may have been “A servant or subject of King Solomon” or “member of the Tribe of Judah.” They loved something with their Soul. Given someone loves or identifies with one Political Party of the other strongly in 2019, they may be loving something with their identity. Someone identifying with The Democrats, regardless of if they have believed in Jesus or not, may care more about what their friends think, and be prone to certain attitudes that lean towards ungodliness. Are their bad people on The Right? Yes. The State of Tennessee has been known to be Conservative. It is also the most politically corrupt state in the Union, and has accepted more liberal views on morality? There may have been ugly things going on behind closed doors in the State of Tennessee? What was the root of the problem? False teachers and false Prophets promoting sin and immorality, like “Sex Week” at the University of Tennessee, and societies general acceptance of it, in a “Whatever floats your boat” way.

There is a stripping process to growing in Faith. Someone growing in Faith should identify as a child of God, and work to build God’s Kingdom. Someone rejecting the world, and working to please God may end up hated. Faith is not easy.

The Soul and Identity.

• The Song of Songs is in the Bible as a representation of God's Love for Israel.

• In the New Testament, The Church is a Bride for Christ.

• Christ is to man as a man is to woman or Christ is the head of man as man is the head of woman. (1 Corinthians 11:3)

Marriage has been an important part of The Bible and Faith and growing in understanding.

Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, (1 Peter 3:1)

Woman is meek before her husband. Man is meek before God. A woman loving her husband with her heart and soul may have taken his name. She is forging a new identity as Mrs. _____________. Someone with a Hyphenated last name is one foot in, one foot out. Who or what does she love more? Her husband or Feminism? Feminists tend towards socialism. Is a woman really married to her husband or more married to The State? Woman is meek before her husband. A man is meek before God.

Meditation on God's Law Part III - Why Liberals Are Wrong

The basis of Christianity is Love The Lord your God with all your heart and SOUL and strength and mind.  Dwelling on God's law, seeking Truth, and being most right, someone may be guided to some hard Truth, and it may have hurt some people more than others.  The Truth hurts.  Knowledge brings sorrow.  Ignorance is bliss?  Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. Seeking to Love The Lord our God, and be most right, has been more like walking in artillery.  Artillery is an area of effect weapon.  Fire for effect.  Danger close.  Dwelling on God's Law, liberal have been wrong. 

News Article:  Rods Of God. 

How do you identity yourself?  Part of The SOUL has been identity.  Someone loving God with their SOUL may be identifying themselves as a servant of God, as a child of God.  They are seeking understanding in and through God.  Someone reading the title may have become prickly.  A man defends what he loves.  He identified as a Democrat.  He identified as a liberal.  He may have been a SJW he had his egotistical pronoun he demanded people to use.  Love is a two way street.  A man defends what he loves.  What did you love with your SOUL or identity?  Someone who was a Liberal is always going to be wrong. 

I have been teaching about Dwelling on God's Law.  I may have already written somethings about this topic.  Doing some critical thinking, and dwelling on God's Law, what do you see? 

Somthin' in The Water

The following is something I arranged through God's Holy Spirit.

These may be signs of the times.

Song: Somethin' Bad

Song: S.O.B

Song: Life Is Hard.

Song: Life is a Highway

Song: Something in the Water.

Posted With Comments:  "Somtethin' in The Water" /r/tiesthatbind. 

Heart Powered

A Servant of God is heart powered. Have you ever seen a picture of Jesus Sacred Heart? A Servant of God is heart powered. I have a testimony about that. After the testimony I will highlight some important things for you.

Testimony:

I was sitting in a Davidson County Tennessee waiting room. This is the waiting room for Davidson County jail where there were many people waiting to be processed into jail. Why was I there? That is another testimony.

Sitting in a Davidson County Tennessee waiting room I was dressed in black. I was wearing a black dress clothes with a black sports jacket, and looked good. I was also athletic, tall, and may have intimidated some people by my quiet demeanor. Various people in the waiting room were talking. A female asks me "What do you for a living?" I told her I worked for God. "I thought you were an assassin!" She exclaimed.

Twenty minutes or so later, I was sitting in a bigger waiting room. Suddenly I felt something come out of my heart. Power or something. Something was coming out of my heart, and my perception was someone had prayed, and had faith. I didn't have any proof. I didn't know who prayed, or for what. That is what I was perceiving.

• But Jesus said, "Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me." (Luke 8:46)

I didn't know what a Sacred Heart was. It was nothing taught to me in Church. I ended up discovering things. When power came from Jesus, based on the experiences I have had, and in an understanding of a Circumcision of The Heart, power came from Jesus' heart.

• And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith. (Matthew 13:58)

How someone perceives you is important. Jesus may have had some childhood acquiescence, and people who knew him growing up. To them, he may have been Jesus their playmate. Jesus did few miracles in his hometown.

In the testimony I gave, no one knew me. I asserted confidently "I work for God." I looked good, or looked the part. How people perceive a servant of God may be important.

After revealing this, someone may ask "Why don't you go heal people or perform miracles?" I don't know that God has needed me to do something like that. I have been living like a hermit other than going out to eat or drink. I have gone to a few bars that have been kind of like Cheers. I have been a "Servant to my Sorrow," and I have worked online for God mostly at this time. Living alone, serving God, and working to show and prove some things. I have been doing what God has shepherded me to do, and having access to the internet, someone may potentially be able to reach a lot of people.

The Connection Between Prophecy and Music

After that you will go to Gibeah of God, where there is a Philistine outpost. As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place with lyres, timbrels, pipes and harps being played before them, and they will be prophesying. The Spirit of the LORD will come powerfully upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person. (1 Samuel 10:5)

And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them.

11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? (1 Samuel 10:10-11)

I have found that there has been a connection between music and prophecy. What may have the procession of prophets been doing in 1 Samuel 10:5?

• They were in The Moment.

• No Hesitation. No fear. No Doubt.

• They may have been intuitive. They perceived through God's Spirit in The Moment.

When King Saul saw and heard them, the Spirit of God came upon him powerfully and he was "In the Moment" with no doubt or fear, no hesitation. King Saul felt compelled through God's Holy Spirit. He started prophesying.

As for you, son of man, your people are talking together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, saying to each other, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the Lord.’ 31 My people come to you, as they usually do, and sit before you to hear your words, but they do not put them into practice. Their mouths speak of love, but their hearts are greedy for unjust gain. 32 Indeed, to them you are nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your words but do not put them into practice. (Ezekiel 33:30-33)*

Prophet Ezekiel was a musician who people came to see.

King David was a musician and a Psalmist. He had a heart after God.

There appears to be a link between music and prophecy. Working for God, I have found myself posting a lot of music videos as shepherded by God. God has shown me things watching said music videos. I may have been interrupting an artists dream or vision, through God, or there may have been spiritual references in a video, and the lyrics worked a particular way towards a particular purpose, and God may have shown me some things. There may have been signs of the times in the media. I don't know how to describe the link between music and prophecy any better than this, at this time, other than to point it out.

Which music is best? Someone really getting into music, and God, may have dropped their ego. It wasn't really about which music was best, it was about looking for God things, and signs, and how music may have stirred the soul or moved someone. How does a particular song or songs make someone feel, and do the lyrics have a profound meaning in someway? There has been different music between Orthodox and Catholic and Protestant denominations. Different worship music or liturgy. Which of those is best? I don't know. God is love. Part of different denominational music may have to do with The Soul. Culture may play a big part in how someone's soul was molded over time. Someone's soul may be able to be re-orientated or developed to appreciate certain music. Someone with a heart for God may have learned to more love and appreciate what God loves.

Post: Discovering The Soul

I have posted a lot of Youtube music videos online through a variety of social media. I have done so to help people have eyes to see and ears to hear. Help drop Jacob's Ladder down so they could be with God. Also, I find that listening to music and/or watching specific Youtube Music Videos, I may receive something from God and/or start Prophesying.

Short Example:

The first time I did the following, I felt compelled to by God. I saw a theme and it worked. I posted the following on my personal Facebook Page.Where does real Faith come from? I don't know that there is one right answer, but at times, when a man has nothing, he turns to The Lord. God answers

Song: Gov't Mule - Broke Down on the Brazos

What do you love? The World and it's lies or God? (1 John 2:15)

Song: Shinedown "Cut The Cord" (Official Video