GUILT FREE LIVING

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MIRROR IMAGES

Just as principalities and powers on earth are also in, or next to heaven; so does the righteousness Jesus won for us. We have been decreed righteous based on His righteousness. Our acceptance of Him as our savior and our righteousness; creates a filter. The completed work of Christ on the cross and His resurrection is that filter. We are saved by faith in Christ and in His redemptive work.

[Colossians 3:1-4] Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. [2] Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. [3] For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. [4] When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

All guilt and wretchedness Jesus absorbed along with the wrath of God, which falls on all evildoing from which come many problems. We have misinterpreted those problems attributing their cause to a second evil god. On one hand we behave like the lost in huge maze of deities pagans supposing that we please the Almighty when we blame the enemy for all evils. And on the other hand we exempt ourselves from all responsibility having nothing to repent for. If there were the third hand it would be this: as a result we drifted away from having a living relationship with God for we have made and embraced our own theology.   

What Jesus had done physically on earth it spiritually reflected on the heavenly side (next to us). All principalities and (governmental) powers on earth have their counterparts in the spiritual sphere (Romans 13:1). Hence, the kings of Persia were able to retain the man in linen in the Book of Daniel (Dan. 10:13). By understanding these facts we also understand that Christ’s done work on earth is being reflected in heaven. Therefore, both good and evil is being reflected, but only one is being covered—those who are IN Christ, His siblings.

Additionally, Jesus is our intercessor filtering anything displeasing to God, but why? – So that we might have grace, space during which time the Holy Spirit teaches and guides us into all truth. Once this knowledge is established we then gradually conform to the image of Christ who is God’s image also. In view of this understanding Jesus said in Matthew 5:48 that we ought to be perfect as the heavenly Father is perfect.

[2 Corinthians 4:4] in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

[Romans 8:29] For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren.       

[Ephesians 2:4-6] But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, [5] even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), [6] and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

It is better to be seated with Christ than be seated alone.

Christ is the Firstborn and not the only begotten Son. He is not God the Father, but the image, reflection, and to us He is the prefect representation of God’s glory (Hebrews 1:3) the exact representation of God’s nature. Since He is the First-born among many brothers; hence, sons also then quite naturally so we are His siblings. 

Jesus was born and brought forth. We were born and brought forth. We attain to His glory as Jesus had attained to the Father’s glory. The same equipment He came to earth with can be ours minus the cross, suffering and dying. When we die to self resurrection is for us also. 

[Matthew 16:25] For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

[Mark 10:31] But many who are first will be last, and the last, first.

[John 8:51] Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death.

GOD SEES YOUR BLOOD

The heart pumps blood containing the living soul. Therefore, the heart pumps emotions, feelings, strong and weak, good and evil. Whatever your habit may be in that habit you will find guilt emotions. Blood mans life. It contains earthly elements, minerals, metals, vitamins and nutrients; and spiritual elements: inspiration, gifts, spiritual thoughts with inventions, artistic abilities, love, altruism, peace and joy. But it also reflects their opposites: hate, condemnation, sin, perversions, evil imaginations, malice, envies etc., these emanate from human soul and pass through your blood. So what kind of blood does the Creator see?

Besides seeing it all as in a mirror of your blood; things may be are turn-offs or an attraction. Hence, He draws near to the humble; who makes room for Him and for His ways; and is repelled by the conceited and proud. 

[James 4:8] Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

[Numbers 14:24] But My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully...

FEAR & GUILT

God had the best plan, but fear of the unknown stole trust. We can deepen our trust by learning more, by digging deeper, by investigating, and not just by blind believing. If we don't, guilt lurks within the darkened with ignorance soul; ready to leap out at most unexpected moments. 

[Numbers 14:28] But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land.
 
All people had died except these two who had a different spirit. They did not give into their fears. They trusted God and their leader Moses who knew God and gave them His word. That takes self-discipline and some work. Today we know that it is the number one fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:23) and all the other fruits follow then. 

Joshua and Caleb chose well,the rest chose guilt in which they died. The ex-slaves remained slaves in their old unbroken psyche. They were unwilling to rise above ignorance, but remained in the old form of thinking. 

Today we have so many people who fear the fresh and the new God sends their way through different vessels. Due to competition and pride (only among hirelings) others label them as false. That's what the ex-slaves did with the NEW WORD of God given to them through Moses. In their eyes Moses was false and God's liberating Word was false. The result was a big turn-off, so big that although God dwelled among them, they did not possess the Promised Land. One by one they died; still wearing shoes and clothes that never got worn out. They died but not from a disease; for their bodies were healthy; they died from stubborn pride. So what was really blocking them? The answer is this: the inability to repent and change. Only the new can change something old. But when the old blocks anything new; death follows. Repetitious traditions and daily routine can make you rigid and stubborn. This is indeed a powerful force. Guilt can also be vindictive and it confuses true freedom with bondage. The old bondage wields the upper hand when allowed, but it contains death. 

Jesus rebuked those who loved traditions with which they altered God's commandments. The traditions of the elders were more important then the always fresh, living and moving Word Of God.

The glorious exit from Egypt became old.  The entry into Canaan was new. 

The glory of exodus faded away and the miracles. The people fell back into the old sentiments of guilt, which only slaves carry. 

Guilt is put on us since babyhood. We hear it from fairytales, and from religion with its original sin (in Christianity; in Judaism there is no original sin doctrine). Each slave-master's crack of whip creates guilt. A girl gets raped and she feels guilty. Victims feel guilty although they should not, yet they do. It is in the oppressor's interest to keep guilt alive with which he or she binds another human being. God sees it all and turns His face away in disgust. I feel His heart and He feels mine. I am pleasing to Him and this witness I already have inside me.

[John 5:39-42] You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; [40] and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. [41] I do not receive glory from men; [42] but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves.

[John 8:36] So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.  

Moses came to make the slaves free, Elijah and all the prophets. Finally Yeshua came to proclaim liberty and open prison doors and make you truly free. Together with My elder brother Yeshua I say the same. You may search for sources assuming that I draw from those sources, that you might draw from them all by yourself; and are unwilling to come to me. Yet, I am the one sent to you to make you free.

Against the old canvas the new seems false, but such declarations come from insecurity. Peter walked on water when he obeyed the word of Jesus "come", but when he shifted his attention to wind and the threatening waves he sunk. Fear and guilt go hand in hand. 

To the disciples Jesus' walking on water was brand new. They never saw it before. All they knew was boat, nets and fish. Yet Peter was hungry for the new and asked the master to to tell him to come. No problem. "come" Jesus said, and on that single word Peter walked. It was all too new and too fresh, not well established by a stale repetitious religion. 

I was challenged too and I knew that I will be accused of falsehood, yet I trusted and stepped out of the wobbly boat of man's traditions. I am still walking on that one single word "come."

Guilt arises when your routine thinking is broken and you have to do something different from that which you are used to. Your thinking pattern orders behavior.

All of us were born in respective countries, which were formed by history. Nationalism plays a large role in the way our psyche is formed. Our parents pass on to us their mentality through language, paternal and maternal behavior, which they have also inherited.   

Breaking out from these configurations is like breaking out from any confines. This we often see in the nonconformist behaviors of teenagers. They broadcast to us that there must be something new, progressive and better than the old beaten paths. We call it rebellion because we do not like it, but we were once quite the same way; only that we have conformed and became set in our ways. Teenagers are about to either choose something dying or something newly born. Every new generation carries the seeds of innovation in every sector of human life.

The older we get the closer to the sunset of our days we come. Teenagers just entered the world of the rising sun. We see their behavior as being wrong and reckless, disorderly and troublesome for we have always sought peace. We assume that the traditional way carries peace, while the new way is volatile and therefore unwelcome. That is the basic psychology. But is that true or false? It is false because it is an artificial sense of peace, which can be easily abolished.

We are admonished to make peace and seek peace. It is God’s Word to us; hence, His kind of peace (John 14:27). We make peace after we receive peace. Imagine yourself standing under a rock from which water drops on your hands and splashes off to the person standing in front of you. You have received water from the rock you stand under; and you give it to the one standing next to you. This water is God’s peace. You receive it first and then you give it to others. You are a peacemaker.

The same is with faith. You receive it for someone else and thus you pass on the gift of faith. Just as it is in growing economy the exchange of money makes it expend; God’s gift of faith fills every open vessel and so the overall economy grows. God’s Kingdom expands this way.

The world possesses not, nor can ever give us this kind of peace. Therefore most of our set ways are embraced in the name of peace of our own imagination. Guilt comes when this artificial peace is disturbed; and all sorts of dislikes surface. This Golden Cow or Dagon has been disturbed, but who disturbed it? The answer is—God, but through whom? Again, the answer is—through your children. All idols must totter and eventually fall and the sooner we let them fall the better.      

Guilt also arises when nationalistic sentiments are being touched in any way. E.g., enlarging your views beyond those of your own language and country.

1.     Repeatedly getting angry over the same thing

2.     Repeatedly having the same argument over the same things

3.     Routinely eating and drinking the same thing, wearing the same clothes

4.     Going to sleep at the same time with the same habit of eating or drinking

5.     Praying the same prayers with the same expressions

6.     Hearing the same repetitious sermons

7.     Not being open for anything new because of the love of tradition

Religious stagnation stops spiritual progress and the deeper knowledge of God, His ways and therefore the transforming power.

God’s power brings something fresh and unprecedented, otherwise the power does not need to come.

Guilt emotions are the worst, for they pack and clot the arteries of your soul and of your entire psyche.  

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THE IMMUNE SYSTEM & OVERCOMING

From whichever angle we look at life, cosmos, nature or humanity as a whole; one fact cannot escape us and that is the wonder.

Let’s look at those living organisms that make us ill. We take a disease in order to defeat it. That’s what immunization is. Vaccines strengthen our immune system. Like troops getting ready for combat the white cells in our body are training their brains; figuring out the invader’s tactics. In a similar way it is with anti-venoms, which are made from actual snake venoms. Once the body puts a up fight it build resistance to that one particular deadly poison. Snake handlers have been bitten several times and they are okay, but there might be one serpent that has a different venom. If that intruder bites and the snake handler has not build immunity for that particular kind; he or she may die. Anti-venom antidote works only for one particular specie.

Speaking of anti-venoms: did you know that the earlier types of insulin were derived from pigs and cows. Does the consumption of pork and beef has anything to do with diabetes? 

Imagine, our body can combat all diseases in existence, and as long as it knows what it combats it wins. Ignorance cannot defend you, a blind belief won’t either. You must know the invader and its kind; only then the human white cells (the same goes for all animals) create a formidable defense against it. How do they do it? This is amazing.

The white cells do the guesswork first. Once they know the invader’s kind they split into two cells; the second cell contains the memory bank or the brain. It is like the Internet. You make a page, which contains a general information, but if you want to know more you link it to another page. And if you want to go deeper still, and want to enforce or execute that acquired knowledge; then you have to download the information into your—in this case—immune system.The white cells in our body draw from what they have stored in the memory bank and then outsmart the illness-causing invader. Each time you get exposed to the same virus, or bacteria, your immune system knows what it is and how to act. Anything foreign, yet not processed by the white cells, remains in a state of a guesswork. During that time one may be ill.

Instead of examining our immune system’s power—the actual defenses of our bodies—we rush to medicine, pills and injections, and God forbid… surgeries. Cutting our bodies is not the way to go. Lack of knowledge prevents us from knowing the inner forces of our organisms; therefore, operations are sometimes necessary. But that is an acute types of emergencies.         

There is no personified evil. We call violence, murders, and thefts as being evil, and then we seek another behind such actions to blame. We wonder and rush to ask questions like, why this and why that, and who is behind it? We do that with evildoing, but have a hard time doing the same thing with the good.

We take credit for doing good, but seem hesitant taking credit, and responsibility for any evildoing. Is it our mind that plays tricks on us, or we make our mind choose what it wants to believe in? Who is the “I?” Is it corrupt and we keep on excusing it, or is it good, but we compromise? We want to fit in. We are community oriented people, but if the society badly influences you and the “I” compromises just to fit in; then it will fall into the trap of the blaming game. Religion is best known for this. It is convenient and self-suiting, but destructive. It destroys braincells by making the neurons lazy. It minimizes the powers of cognizance. Mystification of anything is detrimental to the human being. A blind belief in the mystery of a sacrament; and doing something accordingly; is detrimental for it stalls progress; and eventually it breeds bigotry and fanaticism.      

If evil is behind evil actions and the good is not behind good actions, then we chose confusion as if on purpose. One is of the devil and the other of God, would be the common logic, but all things come God, even the human free will and free choices in life.

[Deuteronomy 32:39] ‘See now that I, I am He, and there is no god besides Me; it is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand. [Isaiah 45:6-7] I am the LORD, and there is no other, the One forming light and creating darkness, causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these.

There are forces that trigger calamities and termination of life. We must know the reasons behind all that befalls us.

We come to the point of godhood when we assume responsibility for our thoughts and actions.

In religion, it is repeatedly said that Adam and Eve sinned, but did they? Is transgression a sin? Is there a difference? Sin is an injury and the way of pain, but transgression is like getting a ticket for speeding or for parking a car in a wrong spot. The penalties are usually monetary. They may hurt your pocketbook, but are they sins?

In Religion Adam and Eve became the first fallen creatures because Eve had listened to the tempter Satan. If that was not enough; man’s inquisitiveness drove him even further; to discover the root cause of evil. From this wild goose-chase came Lucifer and fallen angels. The original sin and philosophical explanation of evil, sickness and death.

Imagine the same now with the Good God, fallen but the good angels. Instead of Lucifer falling down to earth, from which planet we do not know; so let’s imagine that it was God who came down to earth. I think that we would not know what to do with Him and with these thoughts. You may say that God did come to earth as Jesus, but with Jesus also came Satan, the devil and demons. It is all in the New Testament, but why?

Jesus supposedly defeated the author of death, Satan, but Satan is still around, although defeated, of which we must constantly remind ourselves, lest we forget.

First of all, heaven encompasses all things in existence, all galaxies, planets the earth included. So God is already on the earth. No one knows Satan, there is no book, like the Bible, where Satan speaks with humans, as God did in the Bible. Therefore, personification of evil is really a psychological impairment. However, it can be fixed.

It was God who sent the tempter to the Garden of Eden and He Himself planned it. For Adam and Eve were not yet ready for a communion with God. The free will and the ability to choose make for partnership and fellowship. But this was not yet then. It was created in Eve, but later, and then the fruit became desirable. The desire was created and then came the consequences. When Adam ate the fruit then, he also created another reality. In this way cognizance was created and that was a practical application of knowledge.

This new knowledge made the pair aware of their nakedness. Then they looked upon the consequences of their transgression and learned something brand new for the very first time. Those were those speeding and parking tickets, for which they had to pay. And they did. But God did not stop reaching out to them, did He?

After the expulsion Adam and Eve were capable of reaching for the other fruit from the Tree of Life, which was close proximity to the Tree of Knowledge (good and bad) of the opposites. Having the sense of contrasts always leads to either good, or bad choices.

Time has elapsed. In the seventh generation after Adam, Enoch kept making the right choices until he overcame the most hideous disease called death. For him the blame game stopped and that was big of Enoch. Others were not so big, they kept the blame game on.

When you deal with death, then you must know that you can conquer it, or it will conquer you. You can only do that with the right choices. That mechanism is already in you. Vaccines work on the same premise. Our bodies have the built-in mechanism, which speaks louder than any words. Our immune system strengthens and builds up a resistance to any death-causing disease. As our bodies overcome an invader, like polio, our immune system overwhelms it. Quite naturally so it creates a barrier against it.

If blaming something, or someone else, is easier, than that is your choice too, but remember that it leads to death. 

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ACCESSING HUMAN GOODNESS

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MIRACLES' ANATOMY

The inner workings of miracles

Miracles can be explained and obtained because the Bible presents us with many examples of circumstances in which miracles took place. It is worthwhile to study the milieu in which miracles happen.

1. Not all miracles work as a result of faith. I have seen too many miracles without any faith. Those who experienced them were utterly shocked. 

A. Signs and wonders happen for a witness.

B. To reach a sinner (God sees the heart) bringing him or her to repentance. One is God's son or daughter but in a lost state so a miracle opens their eyes to their true belonging and heavenly identity. 

C. To confirm anointing - God's choice of a vessel. Jesus said, (...) believe because of the works themselves (John 14:11). 

2. Melting and surrender. There are mechanisms which God created. Simple humbling of the pride of life touches His heart, e.g., Hezekiah, King Ahab or Nineveh. 

A. Praise and worship are the two mechanisms that can bring one to a state of surrender. Praise may bring surrender provided that it is indeed true praise, and not mere song singing. God is enthroned upon the praises of Israel (Psalms 22:3).

B. Worship is like giving up territory one imagined to have possessed or even owned. Worship means to bow low before the Lord, the lower one goes the more of Him becomes present until the lines get crossed and one enters His holy corridors. 

C. Abandonment in worship can bring ecstasy as that of the fifty prophets (under Samuel) and the fifty sons of the prophets. 

D. This sort of worship brings changes. Power of God comes only to change anything old into something new. When there is no will to change anything and one is unwilling to let go one will be only irritated by the "too loud praise" or "too emotional worship." 

3. Bible teaching does not carry the spiritual presence like worship does. Teaching is for the intellect.

A. If you are after only the intellect, because you want to be smarter, more knowledgeable, wiser, more important; (and God forbid) to show off then no matter how much you would like to experience a miracle it will not happen. Intellect is intellect for your brain; and something spiritual deals with your spirit.   

B. The spiritual realm can be easily confused with feelings of the human soul. When the gratification of feelings in any possible way is being only sought then it all comes down to gratified emotions, exalted emotions, and happy feelings. This can happen through religion, dancing, parties, eating drinking, joking, sex and playing; these have nothing to do with the spiritual realm of worship. 

C.  Those who are too intellectual are dry in another area. The Living Waters cannot flow when one constantly defines things, accepts one thing and rejects another. 

D. Those who are simple and openhearted receive miracles at the point of their need. I have seen most of these miracles. 

In closing

Sometimes, when people are taught to believe and they release their faith they receive something similar to a psychosomatic miracle; like a temporary loss of pain. But the status quo all too often returns. The higher way is to make room for God's faith through the humbling of the pride of this life.

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