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TRUTH IN LIFE, ESSENCE
Inconjuction interms of search, spirituality growth & differentiation between Lies and the Truth. We do not just say the truth. We have to know the deeper meaning of truth. There exist divine truth and natural truth. Divine truth is synonymous to spiritual truth or the invisible truth, while natural truth is physical truth, tangible truth – a kind of truth that physical people like us can easily comprehend. But our beings as humans have two important elements – the physical and the spiritual or divine. And so with everything that exists in the universe.
It is clear that there are things which are not seen and there are things which are seen, the visible and the invisible, the spiritual and the material. But outside the Bible which is the source of all truth, how can we prove this glaring truth or this doubted truth among many scientists of today? In a magnet, there are two truths that exist – the material which is the steel itself, and the unseen which is the power of magnet to attract objects or metals. The magnet is a very good example of two existing truths – the magnetism which is unseen and the steel which is seen. The Bible or God’s word tells us of two distinct truths.
It is clear that there are invisible things of God. And the invisible things of God are made manifest by the things which He made. How do you prove that the spiritual or the invisible things of God are manifest by the things which He made? The Bible tells us that God can see. In fact, He sees everywhere. (the Eye of Providence)
If you notice, it is not God Himself who is everywhere, but His eyes are everywhere. Meaning, He can see everywhere. The proof that God can see is well ventilated in the Bible.
The understanding to make an eye that can see comes from someone who can see. The understanding that made an ear that can hear comes from someone who has the capacity to hear. It is very much like a learned technician who has invented the microphone – a device that can hear what we say and transmit it through the speaker. A learned technician can create a camera that can see because he has the understanding of how something can see like his very eyes. These are truths that no one can deny. The spiritual truth that an invisible God can see, is manifest in the eyes he made. But we must not forget that there are two kinds of truth: the spiritual, or the heavenly, or the divine, and; the physical, the literal and human truth. The Lord Jesus Christ, when He taught His disciples and even those who do not want to believe Him, made use of material truth to make them understand the essence of spiritual truth.
It is clearly stated in the verse that for us to understand spiritual truth or heavenly truth, we have to be learned and believing in the material examples or discussions that the Lord Jesus Christ teaches us. Is there a way that we can separate divine truth from physical and tangible truth? There is a way.
The power of the word of God can separate the soul from the spirit. So, by the word of God, we can distinguish between physical and spiritual things. And the Bible has this to say. In Matthew 5:30, the Lord Jesus Christ said –
Of course, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Almighty God, speaks of no nonsense information. When He said, “And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off,”
We will see that the cutting away of the hand requires your initiative and effort. You will not let anybody cut your own hands. It is through your power that you must cut your hand and throw it away. It is also in your initiative that you have to throw away your right hand. But can this be a physical truth? Others regard this as physical, so there are countries in the world that execute this thing – the cutting away of the hand of someone who has stolen something or a thief. But, could that be perfectly compatible to the pronouncement of the teacher from heaven? It will not. Not so many human beings will cut their own hands although there are people who are willing to cut another man’s arm or hand. We can presume that not so many people, not so many human beings will voluntarily cut their hands and throw them away. So we have to see from the Bible what that means. Is the cutting away of one’s hand, his own initiative, the cutting away of the literal hand?
Somebody who steals or commits an offense by his hands is admonished by the Scriptures to stop stealing, “steal no more.” By that, spiritually, he is cutting off his evil hands and not his literal hands because the verse continues to say, “let him labour, working with his hands”. Meaning, the hands, the literal hands will remain intact. What is to be cut off is the stealing or the evil deeds of hands but not the literal hand because in that case you will not have the hand anymore to do what is good but the verse says, “working with his hands the thing which is good”. So, the hands remain. What does that mean therefore? It means that the words of the Lord Jesus Christ has in it spiritual truth. Spiritually, we must cut a stealing hand and it must come from your own initiative. No outside force can make you do that but your own determination. Even if you are forbidden by the law or by force, you are forbidden by somebody powerful than you are, when a stealing hand sees an opportunity to steal, when there are no eyes watching, it will still steal. So, the initiative must come from the owner of the hands. “…cut it off, and cast it from thee:” What are you going to throw away and cut? The stealing. Let us prove that.
Mortify – to put off, to kill, to cut off your members which are upon the earth; fornication”, et cetera. It is very clear in the Bible what the Lord Jesus Christ means when He said “cut it off”, it must come from your initiative. To cut off or to mortify the evildeeds, not only of your hands, but the entire body itself. More examples interms of this subject where it says Pluck own eyes. Therefore, we find a glaring truth that if it cannot be done physically, it possibly can be done spiritually. Proving that there are two kinds of truth in the Bible: the spiritual or the divine, and the material or the human. Of course, not all these kinds of truths will always jive or harmonize with each other. There are spiritual truths that go against the material truth. Let me prove that. In Hebrews 11:24-27, it says –
Moses has rejected the pleasures of sin for a season because he was after eternal life. It is very clear in the verse, there are pleasures of sin. That is physical truth, human truth. When we sin, there is pleasure in our flesh. The flesh of human beings, without the knowledge of God’s words and divine wisdom, has pleasure in sins. There is pleasure in being drunk daily. There is pleasures & consequences being dependant on higly addictive substances specially without moderation and control. There is pleasure in fornication. There is pleasure when you are out with another woman for the first time after you have been encapsulated in the arms of the woman you first loved for the last 20 or 30 years. For the first time you go out with another woman, there is pleasure in it. So, the Bible tells us something very important and true. There is pleasure in sins; that is physical truth, human truth. But it doesn’t harmonize with spiritual truth. The pleasures of the flesh are against God, against the Spirit of God. Let us read –
So, we know in our being deep inside us that the Bible speaks the truth. You can notice it by your own experience. After sinning, there is something in our being that makes us regret. After sinning, after having had enjoyed the pleasure of sin, there is in us, in our conscience that tells us that what we have done is not good. It is against the pleasure of our flesh. I believe in the Bible with all my heart. Because it tells me what is deep inside my being. No other book on earth can tell us what is deep inside our hearts. The Apostle Paul is having a confession before the First Century Christian Church –
This is such a wonderful confession from a very straightforward and frank person in the Bible, the Apostle Paul. He’s not after being admired by people in the flesh; he’s not after attaining glory in the flesh. In fact, he is revealing the dishonor in his flesh. But he’s teaching us spiritual truth that what is pleasurable for the flesh is against the spirit; it is against God. I hope you will believe in the Bible and try for yourself. Remember, the Bible has two kinds of truth – the divine and the human, the spiritual and the physical. Edited by pacmanbreed (10/12/18 10:32 AM)
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THE TRUTH IS SOMETHING SIMPLE MEANT FOR SIMPLE MINDS
Deviations from the truth complicate matters. They also cause entanglement of ideas as well! No one can deny that within the religious world of our generation there are apparent detours from the path of truth to unimaginable fables.
Being carried away from truth to fables is not as simple as it may seem. It is caused by some hidden and complicated matters, some of which are rejection of truth, the work of an unseen enemy, and pleasures of the flesh!
There’s a host of unseen enemies convincing people to transgress the truth!
The pleasures of the flesh brought about by sin easily convince people to deviate from the truth.
It is by his true faith in God that Moses was able to overcome the call of sin. The truth is simple!
T-R-U-T-H is spelled by the word of God! The entirety of the Word of God!
Just the Word of God. No more!
No less!
The truth in the written word of God in the Bible says:
The Lord Jesus Christ speaks of things spiritual in His teachings.
When He said, “Call no man your father upon the earth…,” He was speaking of spiritual things. He did not mean that we cannot call “father” the father of our flesh or of our physical being.
Catholic popes and priests are not our fathers in the flesh unless they have the courage to accept that they have fathered some of us – and in a very secretive manner! If they are not fathers in the flesh, why do they let their subjects call them father? Spiritually speaking, only the Father in heaven is our spiritual father whom we may religiously address as Father.
There were times when the Lord Jesus Christ addressed His disciples as “children,” but never did He allow them to call Him Father! There is no instance recorded in the Bible wherein the Christians called Him Father. He was addressed as “Lord”, “God”, “Master” and “Teacher,” but never “Father” because He prohibited them to call Him such!
The apostles addressed some Christians as “sons in faith” but never allowed these people to call them “Father”.
Catholic priests and leaders are called by their members in a manner of utmost respect which they have dictated to them. They include many titles including “Monsignor” which means “My lord.” This is shamelessly more excessive than they call the Father in the prayer, “Our Father.” It is utterly a blatant disrespect to the commandment of the Lord Jesus Christ! Notice the simple truth. In “Our Father, which art in heaven…” the word Father is simply “Father”! But when Catholics address their priests they call them: Reverend father, Very Reverend father, Most Reverend father, Most Holy father. Why are the titles in adjectives and adverbs in the superlative degree? Because these catholic priests and leaders had commanded their members to call them such.
In contrast, there was no apostle or minister of Christ who was addressed by the first century Christians as Most Holy father or Most Reverend father or even simply “father”, because they knew how to obey the simple commandment and the simple truth that says: (MATTHEW 23) 8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. To God be the glory and honor forever! Edited by pacmanbreed (08/26/18 10:27 AM)
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THE TRUTH… THE WHOLE TRUTH… AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH
It is seemingly impossible to unify or unite opinions and beliefs of people regarding almost every area of life. There are apparent evidences to prove this kind of disunity. Divisions, sectarianism, warring factions, are pervasive all over the planet. The cause:
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.” Divisions and disagreements among people are instruments of the devil, but there seems to be something that is common to almost every group that disagrees with each other. Their most — and least common denominators — are fraud and deceit. The paradox is, while they disagree on so many things, they seem to connive when it comes to cheating and deceiving people. The reason:
While creating factions and divisions, satan, in his cunning scheme, injects deceit, hatred, fraud, and hypocrisy among his victims. These explain the existence of a global system accepted worldwide as norms and standards in society — norms and standards that do not conform to the “should be” norms and standards of an intelligent and prudent human society.
This is the belief of the first century Christians and we know in our times that they are speaking the truth when they said that "the whole world lieth in wickedness“.
What seem to be scientific — the norms and standards of the world — are not so, if we look for the real truth. The Apostle Paul was right when he said that “the wisdom of the wise in this world is nothing”.
Few more list are:
This article may not be a delicious side dish for others, but I hope that this will prove my point that world standards and norms are utterly substandards and abnormal for anyone who really knows the truth.
The world is now a very hostile place to live in, but those of Godly advices and knowledge can keep us safe from the standards of this world.
Lets continue traveling in the avenues of life and discover the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help us God. Sincerely, Edited by pacmanbreed (08/26/18 07:46 AM)
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So we have to see from the Bible what that means. Is the cutting away of one’s hand, his own initiative, the cutting away of the literal hand?