July

I have not written anything in a very long time and what I am about to write is not for my friends who do not believe in God. This should not affect you :).
Life seems to come at me faster and faster and my reflexes are not as quick as they used to be. Thankfully my spirit is always where it needs to be so focus on this dying flesh only tricks me to get my eyes off of " the Word of Truth, The Life, The Faith of God in Christ". But I can never deny who I Am in Him. That has been my saving grace in this religious/carnal minded world. I am no longer carnally minded because I am not worldly or religious minded. It is all the same, yes, I said "the same" and produces death, guilt, shame, resistance because it is focus on what I must do to become like Christ or someone or something else instead of following the command, the only command, of Believe on Him who He sent and His Love. The laws/curse/self makes us try to analyze what I in my flesh must do to please God instead of knowing that I now have the mind of Christ and that Christ is in me and that is why I always please the Father. Because He only sees Christ in me. And yes, I have been hounded on every side by good meaning religious people who think freedom in Christ is like earthly freedom. "It will cause you to sin." "You have to be careful with it". In other words, if you have no restraints you will run like a madman to sin. Well it is quite the opposite in Christ. This is the mystery of the gospel, the true gospel, there is no other. I believe therefore I am. I don't believe in me. I believe in Him. So yes, I believe in we. Grace and freedom in this carnally minded world works death. But not in Christ, it can not for in Him is life and peace for He is the Power of God in us unto salvation. Look to the cross, if it holds no power over sin and death for you "in this present evil world" then Christ was crucified in vain and you are still in your sins, sold unto a slavery you neither see or understand.
You see in a perfect world communism/religion would work. But there is evil in the hearts of man because of their freedom of choice and because they have been self condemned, not condemned of God. Christ took all condemnation and sin on Himself on the cross putting all the shame on himself so we could all turn and see it is no longer ours to bare. Self is a consuming fire," out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks" and "the tongue is an unruly evil full of deadly poison" with it people can bless God and curse man. Self is the fire turned within always thinking of self, always self examining, always comparing itself to others. But in Christ when you are a "New Creation" you must believe that Christ has the power over sin and death in your life to make you complete in Him. That is belief in Christ, that is the trust, that is the faith of the Son of God, not mans faith. God is a consuming fire not at all like self. His light turns out, like the sun it is constantly giving, constantly showing, constantly proving just by being. He is Love, therefore His fire is not destructive but passionate. He gives and gives and you, must just receive. That is to simple for a mind consumed with self. It is a fact that man and religion has done all in it's power to hide. But you can not hide God's light under a basket. It is impossible. It will shine forth forever. So you can call it darkness, or cruelty, you can fear it and turn away Or you can look upon it and become consumed with it, filled with it. Then everything seems to be so clear as clear as the sky on a noon day w/o a cloud. The spirit of God is in all man, so we all know our maker and are without excuse, religious or not. BUT? Well no there are no buts. Stop looking to man for their answers. Turn to God. Ask Him for the Way, the Truth, the life. He wants "no one to perish in unbelief but for everyone to turn(repentance is just a change of mind by seeing the truth) and see Him for the Love that He is. It is nice to be single minded in God, free from narrow mindedness. I admit I have been both carnal and narrow minded in the world w/o the Love of God in Christ and also in religion, religion the longest. One believes there is no God and worships self and the one who believes in religion and worships the deeds of man. Both are not of Christ. Both are not freedom. Persecution has never really come to me from the world, they are understanding if you are not trying to act like God to them. But I have been persecuted, like Christ, by religious people. Those are the ones who see you bleeding by the way and should have the love of God in their hearts for you but their mind is so full of sin consciousness that all they can do is judge you unworthy by their system because something in your life is not perfect and they continue on. The world may say. "I don't want your Jesus" but they will stop and help you up because they know that they are not perfect either and can not be soiled by helping you. They are certainly more free than religious people. No wonder when they look at religion and they want nothing to do with God. I always try to tell them that if they do not see Peace and Love in any of your actions than what they are seeing is not God. And why should I not let them measure you by religious law? You have no problem measuring each other by it and they need to know that the fruit of God is sewn in peace. I am loving my life whatever it is because it is all about Christ's finished work not mine. It is all about enjoying every moment in His fullness not my own. In Him, I live and move and have my being. This is the mystery of the Gospel Christ in you the hope of glory!