Where Do I Fit In The Body Of Christ? III

There never seems to be enough time to do all one has planed. So it is so easy to put it all off, because you cannot get it all done. There comes a time, Eccl. 3, when one needs to put the things they have been taught into Action and go beyond just teaching & encouraging others. WOW how the truths that I have taught for 30years, all of a sudden seem to make, not only more sense, yet reveals how much more there is yet to partake of.
Hang on, more to come! Chapter 2 next week.

Where Do I Fit In The Body Of Christ? II

Ok, a day behind, yet not a dollar short! To continue on from Friday the 7th of September.

I want to thank The Wife of my youth, The Lovely Marilyn, who has stood by me, supported and encouraged me in so many ventures and adventures in nigh unto 5 decades + of Marital Learning & Communication. Also my Family, the natural & spiritual children who have contributed to who I am. To those Brethren who were so instrumental in challenging the box, (way of thinking), that I had bound My LORD JESUS in. And my good friend and Sister in The LORD, Kath Salomons, who was an associate I was working with in the educational field for nigh unto 10 years who we met face to face for the first time last Nov, 2006. She has been an encourager and thought provoker for so many years and will proof read & edit this new enterprise that is now before me in its entirety. MOST of all, Special Thanks to my GOD & Savior, The LORD JESUS, The Anointed SON, for saving me and patiently teaching me to seek HIM for direction, in all endeavors.

Next week, more to come!

Book Review Joseph’s Bones

Loved Of The LORD

I just finished reading this book & I thought you might be interested in another direction I invested in.

Joseph’s Bones

Understanding The Struggle Between God And Mankind In The Bible

Jerome M. Segal

Being a believer and follower of Jesus for thirty years, reading this work was somewhat a strain to do, as Jerome Segal suggests, to set aside my beliefs and read with an open mind. This was indeed a trek in unexplored space for me. Yet another review to add to my list

I found Jerome Segal to be an astute student and scholar of the bible. His extensive knowledge and understanding of Holy writ is obviously displayed in this in-depth critical analysis and perspective.

Segal sets aside conventional, theological and accepted views and uses Scripture (Those he chose.) alone to radically present his contentions.

His analysis thru the Torah & Joshua (Hexateuch ) portrays GOD as a immature neophyte, who is omnipotent, yet not omniscience nor magnanimous.

He seems to have Yahweh looking for a mentor and has Abraham and Moses as instruments in respectably shaping GOD’s character and perspective on obedience, justice & punishment..

His writing displays his belief and love for god and he is scholarly neutral in his position on the deity of JESUS, while at the same time suggesting that JESUS was also a part of Yahweh’s evolution.

He emphasizes the Israelites carrying two arks with them one being the bones of Joseph, which seems feasible, as the bones were with them till they buried them in Shechem, It was probably more a sarcophagus being of the rank he held in Egypt.

The Ark of the covenant being the visible image of GOD’s Law and Judgment and the ark of Joseph’s Bones reminding them of Joseph’s Love and Forgiveness.

As hard as it was to read, (because of my beliefs) I found it never dry and it kept my interest as a mystery would. Dr. Segal did an exceptional job showing JESUS and Joseph being alike in so many ways.

Even though I have never found two people agree completely on what Scripture is saying and as different as this was, I have to say that, “All and all it was a good read for understanding how others see The Word.”

Where Do I Fit In The Body Of Christ? I

Ok! Loved Of The LORD, ... I'm Back
How many people that I know … and so many more that I do not, have a lost feeling about their place, i.e. “Where they are to function” in The Body Of Christ?

For so many years knowing that I belonged by The Word Of GOD, yet always questioning the place I would find myself in.
Oh do not get me wrong, there are always times that I would be blessed & know where I was, was GOD’s will, yet people’s response or reaction to the things I would say or do, seemed to leave doubt.

Knowing that I was a leader from an early age & also knowing that you always served an apprenticeship period and paid your dues, kept me strong in my pursuit of GOD’s will for my life and understanding HIS Word.

Even writing this today, I have known that I would be writing it for some time, just as now it is being manifested and you might say, that I am “Taking the bull by the horns” and “JUST DOING IT”

More on its way!

Lot more to say about creation.

I apologize for not getting back sooner, as I am also building a web site & learning from scratch.
Now some of you are waiting with bated breath for me to elaborate on:

Now I have a "Whole Lot More" to say about our part of creation here & now, yet will leave it for another curiosity. (From 070515)

OK But don't call the 'The Blab It & Grab It ' Police on me till you weigh this out. OTOH go ahead.
Hard to get up to speed, because it will take a lot of Scripture Quotes to get there,
Let me start with, 'JESUS giving us the Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matthew 16:18-19
And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. [19] And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."

HE Confirms what the keys are ( In the mouth of two or more witness) in:

Matthew 18:18-20
Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. [19] Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven. [20] For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them."

Now look at what else HE says,"Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven."

Anything they ask ... "DONE" in heaven. Yes I know by our FATHER!
Now how do you bind & loose?
To bind or loose here on earth can only be done with the mouth, & Heaven is not here on earth ... per se, yet it is within the believer.

Luke 17:21
nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you."

Whew! This is going to take some work, so hang on, I will try to hurry!
When Paul is talking about the word of faith that saves us, we 1st think about it and then believe it, Yet it is when we say it, that it comes to pass. OK The Scripture!

Romans 10:8-10
But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith which we preach): [9] that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. [10] For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Now where did Paul get this perspective? This one is not mystical like some of his other views ... well yes it is, ... yet backed up with "The Word OF Faith" !

Deut. 30:11-16
"For this commandment which I command you today is not too ¹mysterious for you, nor is it far off. [12] It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' [13] Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?' [14] But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
[15] "See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, [16] in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess.

Let us look at this a little closer; ¹mysterious in the NKJV, hidden in the KJV and difficult in the NIV. Moses says that this is as plain as the nose on your face, WP's V. Now look at Vss 12-14 and compare with what Paul says in Rom. 10:6-8. Not verbatim, as he was probably writing from memory. YET "In Your Mouth" nevertheless! Continuing:

Deut. 30:15-16
"See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, [16] in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess.

Look at this: "Set before us ... 'Life and Good' 'Death and evil'" Now what are we to do with these? I am glad you asked!! :-)

Deut. 30:19
I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore ² choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;

Now I ask you how do you ²choose?
Moses and Paul both say with your mouth! Now do not argue with me, argue with The Word of GOD!

Now I will tip toe here a moment. 1st let me clarify that Ignorance is not a bad word, It just means, to not know, let alone understand.

When someone is going thru trials, e.g. financial problems, sickness etc, there are a few things to look at. GOD Knows best and I believe that we are in school. Now the believer never fails, yet we often take the same tests over & over till we pass. Some of the times it is just plain Ignorance of what GOD had created for us and if we do not know, we can never really understand.

OK Some Explanations!

OK Some Explanations!

Some of you might have some Qs on Yesterdays post.


To Get Things Going!

How about 'The Blab It & Grab It ' Police? In some Churches it is taboo to take The Scripture as truth. e.g. "You can have what you say!" Mark 11:23&24 and claim that anyone who says you can is from The 'Name it and claim it!' &/or 'Blab it & Grab it' sect, if not go all the way and call it a "Cult". They who partake of that mind set, I call, 'The Blab It & Grab It ' Police.

BTW! I am learning how to do this "Blogging" as we go! :-0

So that is one down and a few to go! More tomorrow. Any more Qs, Post me.
Have a blessed evening, 1, as we all are about our FATHER's Business!
Making A Difference And Helping Other People Reach Their Goals!

To Get Things Going!

In answer to E-Mail request on: “Hearing GOD for direction.” Please make query to any terms that you are not familiar with. I will let this develop accordingly.

070109 A lot on my plate, yet I want to give you my 'Honest Opinion' and I do not want to alert 'The Blab It & Grab It ' Police, IYKWIM?
1st let me re-establish my position. We (@ least U & me) have been put here, (Where ever that may be @ the Time) to find out how much GOD Loves us, ... to 'Know' (Somewhat) what 'Price Was Paid' and to 'Also Know' that U & I are debtors and that the accruing interest thru the past has been paid, by our obedience to HIS Direction, i.e. accepting what HE has done all (At The Cross) that all has been paid., Now as HE Publishes (Thru Us) that Truth to every other human being on the face of the earth, as HE directs. (BTW! Not as others expect &/or demand us to do!)
That being said!
The more I study, the more I am learning that we have more to do with (The OnGoing) Creation in 'The Here & Now' that meets the Proverbial Eye! You especially 'Know' that I have been teaching for many moons that we hear @ least 5 voices. GOD, if we have our ears on, the devil for sure & need to recognize that one, our Peers, (Family, Friends & Associates), The World and all of its offers &/or Traps, and the "Subtle One", which is 'Self' Itself"!!!
"Sub Divide", as U desire. ... ... ... Now I have a "Whole Lot More" to say about our part of creation here & now, yet will leave it for another curiosity. One thing I do Know, (@ least @ this time) is that I need to Hear HIS Voice above all ... ... ... and that HE Confirms my Direction (with 2 or more { I have so many daily that I can bet w/out gambling!}) and that as long as I am seeking (HIS) Direction that I can & will count on " Philippian Stop Sign " (Philip. 3:15; ) should I venture off ... ... ... this exciting path!
A N D ! Amos 3:7
Surely the Lord GOD does nothing,
Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
N O W ! Yes there are many voices, thoughts, ideas that go thru our minds, AND like birds ... that we can do nothing about ... flying over our heads, Yet 'We Can Choose' which ones we will allow to build nests in our hair! IYKWIM?
Believing that this will help ... I am '1' ... ... ... ORU12?