On the Devil Goes to Church

 Where better would the devil send his demons? It would not be the bar rooms. They are all safely sleeping their lives away unattended. 

And if he could not change believers'  belief in God he would attack God's power. The easiest to slide doubt to anyone would be the rich, since they think they got heaven already. But rich is rich. There are the rich in knowledge that provides fertile seeds for endless doubts.

Then devil likes to advertise the hypocritical population, all crowding into churches as they like to do, for company.

Well, if they do, then that is why Jesus was sent. He was sent for the sick, not the well. The sick were not sent to make God sick were they?

So I, wondering at the time whether God as Santa Claus really existed. I figured God, being an adult was in with the pastor and elders, all being adults themselves. I found they however were talking pulpit talk for the sake of the children. That was in high school.

In college I learned in logic class that it was all just a fallacy, the fallacy of mis-placed authority. But I was not out of it yet. Next I learned that God was only  pleased with faith.

But if I have logic, that is to say, proof God exists then I would not need faith. 

I just had to decide by myself what to believe and who and what to believe in. Jesus said that God would draw me to Him. Then, all I need to do, was to accept Him.

On revenge is the Lord's

Forgiveness is for My Benefit

I am starting to realize at this late date that I should not be disappointed when things do not happen the way I assume I am entitled to expect.

Especially revenge is the Lord's in events when someone has been taken over by an evil spirit. That individual would  however, would have no direction in  the matter no matter how horrifyingly tremendous.

It may be, this is my thinking only, that I would wonder if anyone who allows themselves to be taken over by an evil spirit would suffer for that itself in particular alone. This is why I could not trust any spirit whatever, except the Holy Spirit of Jesus. 

His Spirit to judge was given Him by the Holy Father and Jesus' judgement is true. I cannot bring any judgement to the matter because I would then be assuming the presence of God.

And that protects me from experiencing any resentments or thoughts of revenge, including hatreds and other spirits contrary to a loving  God, who cannot negate Himself. 

On Winnie

 

When the arrow flys by day

Living in My Secret Place

Psalms is for praise. Mostly I read it for comfort. Psalm 91is my focus at this present moment. This when I've lived, at one might say, beyond the half way mark. 

There my flesh reached a plateau, although I wasn't aware of it the time. but everything slowly and relentlessly, turned against me. Jesus warned me but I did not take great stock in it then. 

The flesh cannot help you, He said. Not only that but it can get worse without my even knowing it until I began to wonder, as my mother said before me, another new day, another new pain.  

Worlds Hung in an Empty Space
by the Father of Lights

She was so right! But the truth cannot be told by those who know. Now I see, but I see too late in this world of change. Next is the born again unseen eternity of the spirit. My hope is beside Jesus where all things, now  beyond my knowledge, are new.

On Coincidences

All Randomness Has a Purpose

I do not believe in coincidences, therefore I do no believe in random creations. What appears as random coincidence is simply because I, nor anyone else, understands them.

I rather think that today's scientific knowledge was largely yesterday's magic. A consciousness knows a lot more than we do, including all the why's, when's and what for's. On the other hand, slowly now, the more we know, the more we know there is more than ever that we don't know yet.

Bottom line: Faith! We do not know. We believe what we do not know. Except of course, if everything is to our own satisfaction. 

On Trusting Jesus

My walker broke. I look at it this way. Jesus wants me to discover who I trust, Him or my walker.

On the Home Team Winning.....

Or Favoring the Odds

Among people who like sports are those who like to predict outcomes. I wonder if they can do both well at the same time?

Why did Jesus say we cannot serve two masters? There are in my view, not a few who like church socializing  and positions who seldom share or even mention their own personal relationship to Jesus or their being born again. 

Rather, perhaps they think of other things that attract them. Among those who like to predict sports outcomes, one I would think they would focus either on money or whether their favorite home team wins against all odds.   Then there is this to consider. Those who bet on there being no God will, if they are right, win nothing. If they are wrong, they lose eternity. Never bet against God, He has the odds in His pocket.  

Original Sin

Drinking the fragile brew.

Of Artificial Intelligence

Trusting God is not easy to do after one is trapped, albeit enticed, at the base of the tree of knowledge. God placed in the hearts of ancient prophets that He saw man, when he created a building to the sky, that he could do anything he set out to do, due to the rewards of persistence. 

This actual amazing building was interictally designed to bring water to the highest levels. But who believed at the time one day men would  be high step walking on the moon?

Now at the tidal entry of artificial intelligence, it is thought, man will be wrestling with the privilege's and judgements of God.

Even tho it may be thought to be a convincingly good idea that everyone is equal, it is always eventually seen that most are less equal than a few, meaning free decision makers are reduced. So since a few are more equal than others, everyone else ends up in flyover country.

Then enter the perils of play acting God.

Jesus Talking

It is not what goes into the mouth that defies a man, it is what comes out of the mouth that defies a man. This is what I call a power quote by Jesus. Exclamations and idle words can be a problem for their tendency  toward automatic responses taking the power out of my tongue.

I've often heard people calling Jesus' name in vain trying to escape their responsibility by saying they were not referring to Jesus by saying His middle initial was "H'.  The devil I'll bet tricks them by meaning the middle initial is H to be for Himself.

Nevertheless this idle word and vain name ring thru my nose is a hard reflex to eliminate. But I am trying with some success to eliminate such automatic reflexes and it is working to a great extent. It is improving my well being outlook also. 

Jus as the tree is known

by Its' Fruit I Am Known 

All information in this blog is hearsay. Even to myself since with time passing I will change my my outlook as I move along. 

Everything changes in this world, that is what this world is based on. I grew fifty years, then I will also decay fifty years, changing my outlook as I go changing along.

I am watchful I do not appear to lose my composure in the face of hostile belligerence because it is a sign of vulnerability, an indication of weakness. I never want to think I'd would give anyone power over me to make me angry.

The shouting voice is expending its' energy revealing itself while the quiet voice keeps its' power in reserve. 

The tree is known by its' fruit. When I judge someone else then likewise, I am judging myself. Best let God do the judging rather than visit my judgements of another on myself. I write this for my own benefit.

Temples First Restaurants

Or so I have been told. I once entertained a fellow Protestant who thought Baptists were founded by Martin Luther, but argued tenaciously that he, ML, was a Protestant and definitely not a Catholic priest.

Oh yes he was, so I told him it was all founded by a priest of the Catholic Church to spice up attendance. 😉 Later, have to run now.....

Where was I? Oh yes, rise of the city states. To nip this little episode in the bud, there was a lot of fighting going on that inspired me to embrace a climatology view of history weaving everything together decorated with more interesting interludes that would make the well known trivialiteer Tony Randall envious.

At any rate the most successful churches in history have been Christian churches...until now about to be surpassed, it is predicted, in ten years. This includes megachurches. Thread got itself lost but will be picked up again.

Once Exiisted Exists Forever

The Invisible Man

The headline on the previous entry I first saw on a headstone in New Hampshire, I think it was, for Claude Rains. He was an English actor in the Golden Era of stars like Clark Gable and Bette Davis, who said she admired him as an actor. He was the invisible man in that now culture film. Claude Rains