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The Evil and the Single eye
Deborah-Leigh:
WHEN LIGHT IS DARKNESS
"The light of the body is the eye: if therefore, your eye be single, your whole body shall be full of light. But if your eye be evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the LIGHT that be in you is DARKNESS, how great is that darkness!" (Matt. 6:22-23).http://bible-truths.com/fools.htm
How can a eye that is SINGLE produce a body full of light and an eye that is EVIL produce a body full of darkness? How does single relate to EVIL?
ONE GIANT PARABLE
The more I teach the more simple I’m going to make this Bible. It’s all one thing. http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,5312.0.html
ITS ALL ONE THING!
John 17 : 17 "...Thy Word is Truth."
You have to worship Him according to the Scriptures, because it's true. I found this to be interesting, John says, Your Word is truth, and in the OT in Isaiah 8 it says:
Isa 8 : 20 To the Law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this Word, it is because NO LIGHT IS IN THEM. http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,5312.0.html
(Caps mine.)
Gods Word is Truth not Truths or Words. The Scripture does not say Gods words (plural) are truths ( plural)
There is no light in them who believe in many words and not THE WORD of God that is Christ. The worldly believe in self plus God that makes two not ONE. The unregenerate mind believes in itself and practises beliefs and words that lend themselves to encouragement in belief in in self determinism, free moral agency, independence from God and self righteousness.
Psalm 51 : 17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
The soul that has come to an end of itself that is purged of independence, all self-will, all self-righteousness and is turned to solely trust in God not in its own merits, but only in God is the work of God in His children. This work of God hurts the flesh and the self will of the delusional mind. God in His Wisdom and Mercy knows just how to produce the brokenness and contrite heart that comes to the end of its self and cries to God as the last resort. God knows how to use precisely the correct degree of pressure and pain to bring a person to that valley of death of self. to achieve HIS Plan and Purpose to make us into the image of His Son.
Before we reach this experience we dally in many feel good wisdom's of the world that make merchandise of Gods Word. The world if full of platitudes that appease all too briefly, the deep hurts of our souls in our creators hands as He purges out our self reliance and our dependence for approval of our mortal idols that are being overturned to be replaced by Christ on His Throne in the centre of our lives and being.
This experience of God working in our lives is not an academic one. It is a real life experience that can directly relate to many personalities who have gone before us in the Old Testament and New.
1 Cor 8 : 4-6 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: WE KNOW that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that THERE IS NO GOD BUT ONE. 5. For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, yet FOR US THERE IS BUT ONE GOD, The Father, from Whom ALL THINGS CAME and for whom we live; and THERE IS BUT ONE LORD JESUS CHIRST, through whom all things came and through whom we live.7. BUT NOT EVERYONE KNOWS THIS.
If a person believes in free will, self determination, independence from God and self righteousness, then that person suffers from the stout and arrogant heart that will see not ONE God from Whom ALL THINGS COME, but will see a war between good and evil with no light in them and bound in that darkness that Jesus described as ..."how great is that darkness!"
Jesus said Mk 12 : 29 The first of all the commandments is , " Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.
The wicked heart or eye believes and fears that God is the one who is outpowered by many demons. Such error promotes superstitions, fears and corruption that give rise to lusts and desires that spring from delusion. Ehp 4 : 22
It is delusion that we all need to be healed from. Delusion is a sickness that defies reason and rejects truth. Our Salvation is our Healing that only the Spirit of Christ can cause, create and give.
"Salvation" was never part of the New Testament Greek Vocabulary.....the word "salvation"....was "health"...the very oldest Anglo-Saxon Scriptures translate it "health" not "salvation." http://bible-truths.com/lazarus. html
We all need healing. We all need Christ BUT NOT EVERYONE KNOWS THIS.
Arc
Marky Mark:
Thanks Arc,more butter for my toast ;D.
Peace...Mark
Amrhrasach:
--- Quote from: Arcturus on April 26, 2009, 02:18:32 AM ---
WHEN LIGHT IS DARKNESS
"The light of the body is the eye: if therefore, your eye be single, your whole body shall be full of light. But if your eye be evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the LIGHT that be in you is DARKNESS, how great is that darkness!" (Matt. 6:22-23).http://bible-truths.com/fools.htm
How can a eye that is SINGLE produce a body full of light and an eye that is EVIL produce a body full of darkness? How does single relate to EVIL?
ONE GIANT PARABLE
The more I teach the more simple I’m going to make this Bible. It’s all one thing. http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,5312.0.html
ITS ALL ONE THING!
John 17 : 17 "...Thy Word is Truth."
You have to worship Him according to the Scriptures, because it's true. I found this to be interesting, John says, Your Word is truth, and in the OT in Isaiah 8 it says:
Isa 8 : 20 To the Law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this Word, it is because NO LIGHT IS IN THEM. http://forums.bible-truths.com/index.php/topic,5312.0.html
(Caps mine.)
Gods Word is Truth not Truths or Words. The Scripture does not say Gods words (plural) are truths ( plural)
There is no light in them who believe in many words and not THE WORD of God that is Christ. The worldly believe in self plus God that makes two not ONE. The unregenerate mind believes in itself and practises beliefs and words that lend themselves to encouragement in belief in in self determinism, free moral agency, independence from God and self righteousness.
Psalm 51 : 17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
The soul that has come to an end of itself that is purged of independence, all self-will, all self-righteousness and is turned to solely trust in God not in its own merits, but only in God is the work of God in His children. This work of God hurts the flesh and the self will of the delusional mind. God in His Wisdom and Mercy knows just how to produce the brokenness and contrite heart that comes to the end of its self and cries to God as the last resort. God knows how to use precisely the correct degree of pressure and pain to bring a person to that valley of death of self. to achieve HIS Plan and Purpose to make us into the image of His Son.
Before we reach this experience we dally in many feel good wisdom's of the world that make merchandise of Gods Word. The world if full of platitudes that appease all too briefly, the deep hurts of our souls in our creators hands as He purges out our self reliance and our dependence for approval of our mortal idols that are being overturned to be replaced by Christ on His Throne in the centre of our lives and being.
This experience of God working in our lives is not an academic one. It is a real life experience that can directly relate to many personalities who have gone before us in the Old Testament and New.
1 Cor 8 : 4-6 So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: WE KNOW that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that THERE IS NO GOD BUT ONE. 5. For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, yet FOR US THERE IS BUT ONE GOD, The Father, from Whom ALL THINGS CAME and for whom we live; and THERE IS BUT ONE LORD JESUS CHIRST, through whom all things came and through whom we live.7. BUT NOT EVERYONE KNOWS THIS.
If a person believes in free will, self determination, independence from God and self righteousness, then that person suffers from the stout and arrogant heart that will see not ONE God from Whom ALL THINGS COME, but will see a war between good and evil with no light in them and bound in that darkness that Jesus described as ..."how great is that darkness!"
Jesus said Mk 12 : 29 The first of all the commandments is , " Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.
The wicked heart or eye believes and fears that God is the one who is outpowered by many demons. Such error promotes superstitions, fears and corruption that give rise to lusts and desires that spring from delusion. Ehp 4 : 22
It is delusion that we all need to be healed from. Delusion is a sickness that defies reason and rejects truth. Our Salvation is our Healing that only the Spirit of Christ can cause, create and give.
"Salvation" was never part of the New Testament Greek Vocabulary.....the word "salvation"....was "health"...the very oldest Anglo-Saxon Scriptures translate it "health" not "salvation." http://bible-truths.com/lazarus. html
We all need healing. We all need Christ BUT NOT EVERYONE KNOWS THIS.
Arc
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Arch, thank you.
From a person who came from a broken home (early on when they weren't the "norm"), a father in prison until the ripe old age of 70 and a mother who ran roads for thrills and left 4 children to fend for food, I felt it necessary to "achieve", to further myself...........self determination. Academics was, I felt, the acceleration, the out. Along with quite a bit of rude trouble that seemed to follow like a black cloud and that I would never allow an upper hand, rebellion and striking back was natural.
I've questioned God ALL my life as to....why? Destiny, it seemed. Nonetheless, I always felt a presence of his guiding hand.
Only NOW, after reading and listening to Ray for the last year am I beginning to, elementarily, understand that he has a plan. Trusting in him is forthwith. Self-reliance is becoming (becomes) defeated. A long road. A humbling experience.
I pray for a contrite heart and broken spirit. To me, now, nothing in this world is valuable, save knowing him. And even with that I can't call him "Lord", even though I know he is, but, if only I could obey.
Your post is valueable, as always.
Gary
EKnight:
Gary,
That was great and honest testimony. I admire your spiritual self-awareness.
I yearn for the day that I am completely reliant on God without having to give it much thought (second nature).
Eileen
gmik:
Hi Arc...as usual you get me thinking!! ;)
As lives go, I have had a pretty good one. From a divorced home, but a decent upbringing-no drama-college-married 35 years to same man-3 wonderful well adjusted educated kids, all love the Lord-again they never caused any drama- and 3 gorgeous grandkids!
When I read some of our forum families troubles my heart does hurt for them and I do pray when you all ask....then....some guilt comes in, and I think that God isn't working in my life and I won't be in the chosen group.
So it scares me a little to read about purging and getting my mind/heart totally set on Him. I honestly don't want troubles in my life...and it could be a moment away...but how then does one get purged??
This isn't making the sense I want it to. It is hard for me to admit to some of this. I hope the Father will give someone here some insight for me.
Thanks.
Love yu Arc!
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