The Meek and The Bold

• The Meek [before God] shall inherit the Earth.

• Fortune Favors the Bold.

King David has or had a heart after God. He was meek before God. King Saul was God's anointed. King Saul wanted to kill David. David had the opportunity to kill King Saul but did not kill him. King Saul was God's anointed, and David feared God. That shows meekness to God.

David was bold. Faith is a knowledgeable dependence. How did David grow in faith?

But David said to Saul, "Your servant has been keeping his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and carried off a sheep from the flock, I went after it, struck it and rescued the sheep from its mouth. When it turned on me, I seized it by its hair, struck it and killed it. (1 Samuel 17:34-35)

David had a relationship with God. He grew in faith, a knowledgeable dependence as a shepherd leaning on God tending his flock. When Goliath mocked God and Israel, David was quick to answer the challenge? He was bold. He was meek and bold.

The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. (Proverbs 28:1)

Someone full of God's Spirit may have been more like Saint Nickolas. He had a zeal about him.

A Episcopalian reads this and points out Romans 3:10.

As it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one;there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God. (Romans 3:10,11)

Meekness towards what or too what? A Utilitarian Episcopalian who was more of a liberal theologian may have brought up Romans 3:10,11 in context of knocking someone's feet out from other them in the course of an argument. Towards what? Someone being meek to The Episcopal Church and Liberal Theology? Was he more of a Christian or a Utilitarian?

for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes. (Proverbs 24:16)

"The Pursuit of Happiness" with Will Smith may have displayed a type of righteousness. The main character had a lot of rough things happen. He was a traveling salesmen who invested heavily in a pursuit that was failing. He was not doing well in his business. He had marital issues. His wife left him. He was facing homelessness. There were a lot of trials. He got back up and didn't quit. This may be seen as a Kind of Righteousness. In the same context, someone like Spartan King Leonidas may have characteristics about him that made him more righteous.

All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away. (Isaiah 64:6)

God's Righteousness comes through God's Holy Spirit. Someone is working as a servant of God towards God's plans.

Not one being righteous may have been a rhetorical or even "Power of the Tongue" spiritual device towards getting men to let go of false perceptions and the idea or perspective that there is righteousness outside of God. It may have been true at a time. This is partly, why someone reads The New Testament from an Old Testament Understanding.

Song: Happiness.

Honor and God's Holiness

 What does it mean to be Holy?  Does being Holy mean someone is a "good person?"  What is good?  Is there an objective definition of Holiness reading our Bible?  As an introduction to this subject, I have a short video from the Bible Project. 

Short Video:  "Holiness."

In the video, God being like the sun was used.  The sun is something good that helps bring life.  The sun is also dangerous.  Someone getting too close to the sun could be destroyed?  Man is made in the image of God.  Have you ever heard the term "He is the spitting image of his dad?"  Man is made in the image of God.  Anything a man does or feels may be a reflection of something.  God Almighty is relatable.  Only God is Holy.  Given a man was working to be more like God, and have God's Spirit in a big way, what may that look like in an understanding of Holiness?  

Sergeant Major around the US Army may have been "some form of righteous" given he was doing the right Army things.  Sergeant Major may have been promoted to his position by keeping the standards, and going through various trials and tests.  Someone getting too close to Sergeant Major in the wrong may die?   Someone doing the wrong things in Sergeant Major presence may die?  Given Sergeant Major walks by someone, Sergeant Major may have had a bit of edge to him, and someone's hair stands up a little bit on their arm?  Maybe.  Sergeant may have kept "The Army Standards."   Jesus chastises and rebukes those he loves.  (Hebrews 12:6)(Revelations 3:19)  This suggests God has standards.  Were you aware of the standards?  These may have been standards for good living.  These may be standards for Holiness.  God has standards.  

Jesus throwing out the money lenders may be an example of God's Holiness.  The money lenders may have been committing usury, or degrading the temple area.  Jesus became righteously angry and tossed them out.  Saint Nicholas, likewise, displayed something similar when he chased some pagans out of their own temple.  Looking at various men of God from history, in an understanding of being "more holy" we may be looking for similar examples.  This understanding of Holiness gets into Thumos or Righteous Anger in the context of God and God's Holy Spirit. 

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Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.  (James 1:12) 

Song:  Rocksteady. 

Is there a danger here talking about Holiness and Righteousness?  A Pastor saying "We are Holy" or "We are righteous" may have been doing wrong.  The Bible says Christians are to be a Holy Priesthood.  There is a context to Holiness.  Was the Church working to be Holy and seeking God, or just claiming a label?  When a Church has claimed a label, they may have been putting stumbling blocks or worse between them and God.  In some experiences with God, an understanding that I was a man, and less then, may have been a start to receiving more.  I had been a life long Christian, and I was not Holy.  I was not a lot of things. 

Follow me:

God is good and Holy and Separate from sin.

I am a man. 

Does that make me evil?  

 As a man outside of God, I may have been evil.  Someone like Apostle Paul or Saint Augustine were the worst of sinners?  In an addressing and acceptance that I was less than, and not Good, may have been the start of receiving more.  God is good, and someone working in The Spirit of God is good?  

Song:  "Shackles."

What does it mean that someone was given over to dishonorable passions?  (Romans 1:18-25)  A Priest or Pastor should have been a good man?   A man of God?  Given they were doing gross or filthy things and sowing of the flesh, what happened?   It may be that they had more of a tradition, and didn't have the Holy Ghost.  It may be that they had bad theology.  It may be that they were rejecting God and his Goodness and Righteousness.  Did someone adopt "worldly" ideology?  Philosophy is important.  Someone like Saint Thomas Aquinas didn't like philosophy, and there was spiritual warfare going on between Greek Philosophers and Gnostics and Early Christians.  Given someone accepted "Liberalism" or "Socialism" or some other ideology, they may have been rejecting God for something worldly.  I was part of /r/TrueChristian for awhile.  That sub on Reddit should be more conservative right?  Around 2016, someone asked about sex before marriage, and there were some people shrugging their shoulders at it.  A variety of "more Conservative" Christians may have adopted or conformed to Marxist, Christ denying, Second Wave Feminism, and other worldly attitudes.  There may have been adultery and other things going on in or around that Church.  Jesus Chastises and rebukes those he loves.  (Hebrews 12:6)(Revelations 3:19)  To chastise and rebuke, there are standards.  Were you aware of the standards? 

Dating and Dwelling on God's Law

 Lets say someone took the time to read through this blog and do some bible study and prayer.  Given we are working to build The Kingdom of God, and very centered on God, a Christian culture may develop.  Working towards understanding what that culture may look like is an great thought exercise.  Given a man suddenly found God in a big way, and was dating, he may have ended up discovering that society is a mess, and maybe he became confused or angry and frustrated or something.  This is understandable.

• He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or a woman defiled by prostitution, but only a virgin from his own people,  (Leviticus 21:14)
• But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.  (1 Peter 2:9)
  

I woke up one day Spring 2014, and I felt tied to God's Laws or rules for his priestly class.  Christian societies value virgin brides.  Given we are building The Kingdom of God, and doing the right things, a culture develops.  I could break this all down for someone, but given someone has The Spirit of God, they may be able to see who has been doing most right, and who was been doing wrong, and we should be coming close to the same conclusions about what needs to happen.   

Given a 30 year old man, and suddenly he can only marry a virgin, how does he navigate finding a wife, and dealing with various sins, and people who have done wrong?  This is a thinking exercise. 

Stigmata and I am not Jesus.

 It was Summer 2014, and I was homeless.  It was in July, and I was on Liberty Street in Durham, NC.  I started coming down with stigmata.  I had been posting things as I was shepherded to by God online, and some people started to think that I may have been Jesus.  I am not Jesus.  Not the Christ.  Not the Messiah.  I started coming down with some stigmata.  I would itch around where the wounds of Christ may have been.  I started rubbing off skin, and wounds started to form.  I needed to assert to some people I was proselytizing to, online, that I was not Jesus.....or God was going to make me a walking miracle in ways I didn't like.  

I asserted I was not Jesus. 

Songs that I was drawn to from around that time, and seemed significant: 

Song:  Resurrection Blues.  

Song:  Rebel of Babylon.   

 

 

Prophetic Intercesion Part III - Love is not conditional.

 Lets say someone dug into this blog, and they dug into their Bible, and some testimony.  Love is not conditional.  "Given he does x or y, then I will believe" or something like that.  Love is not conditional.  God is God you cannot control.  God doesn't change.  (Malachi 3:6-7) 

Matter of America is a cool subject matter.  Stuff like that was not forced.  It came to me through God.  It flowed.  I felt compelled today to do "Matter of America part 5."  It hasn't quite worked out at this time.  It may later. 

Searching for songs, I found:

Song:  I Drove All Night. 

I don't know.   It is a good song.  Given it ended up as part of a story, it becomes something more. 

Voices

In the media, in what context has "Someone hearing voices" come up? Why? By media, we could do TV, movies, books, music, or other. People online have tended to have short attention spans, especially on Reddit, and not many people are into doing homework. Short songs may work best at this time. When someone has referenced hearing voices where and why? In what context?

Cadence: "In The Early Morning Rain."

Song: "Thorazine Shuffle."

Both examples referenced a "monster inside." Does that make sense in a Christian context? It can. Someone may need to be careful. God is not a monster. Lets look at some themes.

• Your Body is a Temple. Jesus dwells in a man through his Holy Spirit.

• Man is made in the image and GLORY of God. Man is God's Glory. (1 Corinthians 11:3)

I am a man made in the image and Glory of God. What is Glory? Glory may be David standing up for God and Israel against blasphemer Goliath. Glory may be an artist creating a piece of art. Glory may be a man's bride on his wedding day. Glory may be a new born child. These things are glorious. Man is God's Glory. As a man created in the image of God, anything that you do or think or feel could potentially be a reflection of something. What are we reflecting?

Song: "Asshole" Dennis Leary.

The Spirit of God is a gentleman. A Christian society is a polite society. The song "Asshole" by Dennis Leary may have gone too far, or in some other direction. There may be something to it. Given someone was serving God most right, they may not exactly fit in. People may hate him because he challenges the thought of the day, and potentially exposes corruption. They hated Jesus first. (John 15:18) The song "Asshole" may be both on to something, and showing how someone could take something too far, and in the wrong direction.

Given someone was hearing a voice, what was the character of said voice? God has a character. Did said voice line up with the character of God? You will know them by their fruit. (Matthew 7:16)

Song: "Losing Your Mind"

Zakk Wylde has claimed to be a devout Catholic. I don't know that I care to do a complete breakdown of Black Label Society at this time. We have a song about potentially hearing voices, and other songs that references spiritual things by Zakk Wylde. In what context?

Given someone was hearing a voice does that make them "Crazy?" They need to be centered on God. They may have ended up "Servant to their Sorrow." They need The Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is a teacher and a Councilor.

Helpful Links:

• Servant to One's Sorrow

• Understanding and Growing in Faith

• Spiritual Logic and Paradoxes

Is the above understanding dangerous? If it were easy, anyone could do it? A lot of people have been promoting equality. Real equality may come with an equality of trials. (James 1:2-4) Given someone doesn't care to be that equal, I don't know that they have to be. They should be content in their station.

Here I am. Send Me!

 
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"  (Isaiah 6:8) 

  Song:  Call on Me 

Part of spiritual warfare has been a war of words and a war of thoughts.  How does someone perceive God?  How does someone perceive themselves?