{"id":13335,"date":"2017-01-24T18:21:32","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T01:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newagedevelopments.org\/blog\/?p=13335"},"modified":"2017-01-24T18:21:32","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T01:21:32","slug":"in-the-words-of-jesus-part-1471","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newagedevelopments.org\/blog\/2017\/01\/24\/in-the-words-of-jesus-part-1471\/","title":{"rendered":"IN THE WORDS OF JESUS\u2013Part 1471"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ON LOVE; PART MCX<\/span><\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391<\/span><\/h6>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">GoodWill\u00a0IS Love in Action<\/span><\/h2>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391<\/span><\/h6>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">FIRST IS THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS: &#8220;<em>The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these<\/em>&#8221; (Mark 12:29-31).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">WHAT THEN IS LOVE? In a general sense love is benevolence, good will; that disposition of heart which inclines men to think favorably of their fellow men, and to do them good. In a theological sense, it includes supreme love to God, and universal good will to men. While this IS from an older definition of Charity, which IS rendered in the King James Bible from the same Greek word <em>agape<\/em> which IS generally rendered as Love,\u00a0we should amend our own definition here to include the idea that in the reality of Love a man will accord to ALL men ALL things that he would accord to himself and to say that Love IS our thoughts and attitude\u00a0of the equality of ALL men regardless of their outward nature or appearance&#8230;that ALL ARE equally children of Our\u00a0One God<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">PLUS THE EVER IMPORTANT AND HIGH IDEAL TAUGHT TO US BY THE CHRIST: &#8220;<em>Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them<\/em>&#8221; (Matthew 7:12).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the last essay we discussed how that the idea that the Apostle Paul presents to us as the result of his admonition that one &#8220;<em>be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind<\/em>&#8221; IS the reality of our <strong><em>realization<\/em><\/strong> of the Truth&#8230;.the same <strong><em>realization<\/em><\/strong> that comes to us in our\u00a0<em><strong>trifecta<\/strong><\/em> which shows us the results of <em>keeping His words<\/em>. Paul tells us that in so DOING, in being <em><strong>Transformed<\/strong><\/em>, that a man can then &#8220;<em>prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God<\/em>&#8221; but it IS ONLY when we understand this Greek word <em>dokimazo<\/em>\u00a0as <em>discernment<\/em> that we can Truly understand his point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The apostle&#8217;s message here IS that those who can DO as he says, those who can &#8220;<em>present your bodies a living sacrifice<\/em>&#8220;, ARE those that can be &#8220;<em>transformed by the renewing of your mind<\/em>&#8221; and it IS these who can have then the <em>discernment<\/em> of &#8220;<em>what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God<\/em>&#8220;. These ideas ARE NO different than the admonitions of the <strong><em>trifecta<\/em><\/strong> nor that any of the apostles&#8217; many words; in ALL there IS a quid pro quo and here we should understand that there IS NO <em>gift<\/em> per se but rather the automatic flow of <strong><em>revelation<\/em><\/strong> and <em><strong>realization<\/strong><\/em> by the same measure by which on DOES <em>strive<\/em>. We read the apostle&#8217;s words\u00a0to the Romans again with these ideas in mind:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.\u00a0And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.\u00a0For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith<\/em> (Romans 12:1-3).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We should remember that Paul&#8217;s words here ARE addressed to men of whom he says &#8220;<em>I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world<\/em>&#8221; (Romans 1:8). It IS these men whose <em>focus<\/em> IS upon the things of God in some measure who can &#8220;<em>present your bodies a living sacrifice<\/em>&#8221; and here we should try to see that one&#8217;s change of <em>focus<\/em> IS a serious prerequisite to the <em>grace<\/em> that comes as one&#8217;s ability to <em>discern<\/em> &#8220;<em>what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God<\/em>&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It IS this <em><strong>revelation<\/strong><\/em> KNOWLEDGE that IS the <strong><em>realization<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0the <em>renewed<\/em> mind of the man who has been able to &#8220;<em>present your bodies a living sacrifice<\/em>&#8220;. This IS NOT unlike the cost of discipleship which Jesus shows us and which can be most easily seen through the Great Commandments. Jesus tells us that &#8220;<em>If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple&#8230;.So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple<\/em>&#8221; (Luke 14:26, 33).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Apostle Luke shows us that these words from the Master ARE separated by his examples of counting the cost and we should see in these ideas Paul&#8217;s amplifying and clarifying idea that the disciple must\u00a0&#8220;<em>present your bodies a living sacrifice<\/em>&#8221; which IS the price to pay to be counted among those who have that\u00a0&#8220;<em>glorious liberty of the children of God<\/em>&#8221; (Romans 8:21). We should remember here that Jesus also shows us the Way which DOES NOT involve the rigors of becoming a &#8220;<em>living sacrifice<\/em>&#8221; nor of <em>forsaking<\/em> ALL as the specifics of the way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Master shows us that in the reality of men&#8217;s <em>striving<\/em> to <em>keep His words<\/em> one will, as a matter of course, most willingly <em>sacrifice<\/em> and <em>forsake<\/em> as the Truth of His words will cause him &#8220;<em>to awake out of sleep<\/em>&#8220;. And we should remember here that Paul&#8217;s\u00a0instruction\u00a0&#8220;<em>that now it is high time to <span id=\"yui-gen34\" class=\"criteria\">awake<\/span> <span class=\"criteria\">out\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"yui-gen44\" class=\"criteria\">of<\/span> sleep<\/em>&#8221; (Romans 13:11) IS written in regard to Love, it IS written to tell men that &#8220;<em>now it is high time to <span id=\"yui-gen34\" class=\"criteria\">awake<\/span><\/em>&#8221; to the reality of Love as in one&#8217;s <strong><em>expression<\/em><\/strong> of <em>agape<\/em> &#8220;<em>is the fulfilling of the law<\/em>&#8221; (Romans 13:10). And here we should add Paul&#8217;s ideas on\u00a0one&#8217;s ability to <em>discern<\/em> &#8220;<em>what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God<\/em>&#8221; to the <em>rewards<\/em>, the <em>grace<\/em> as the <em>gift<\/em> if you will, from fulfilling the ideas of the <em><strong>trifecta<\/strong><\/em> and understand that by measure ALL comes to the man who <em>strives<\/em>. Repeating out <strong><em>trifecta<\/em><\/strong> we read:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>&#8220;If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free<\/em>&#8220;<em> (John 8:31-32).<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>&#8220;Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven<\/em>&#8221;\u00a0(Matthew 7:21).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>&#8220;He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father&#8217;s which sent me&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0(John 14:21-24).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0It IS in KNOWING the Truth that one can <em>discern<\/em> or have the KNOWLEDGE of\u00a0&#8220;<em>what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God<\/em>&#8220;; it IS in the Presence of God that comes to the man &#8220;<em>that hath my commandments, and keepeth them<\/em>&#8221; as Jesus tells us and it IS the man who KNOWS\u00a0&#8220;<em>what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God<\/em>&#8221; that can claim the Kingdom of heaven as his own. ALL of this works together as Paul tells us saying &#8220;<em>we know that all things work together for good to them that love God<\/em>&#8221; (Romans 8:28) and we should understand here that &#8220;<em>them that love God<\/em>&#8221; ARE they of whom the Master speaks saying <em>&#8220;He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me<\/em>&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We noted in the last essay that the greater lesson that the apostle IS offering us here IS in that\u00a0<em>discernment<\/em> which IS the result of one&#8217;s <em><strong>Transformation<\/strong><\/em>, and here we should remember that this <strong><em>Transformation<\/em><\/strong> IS a process that begins in True <strong><em>Repentance<\/em><\/strong> and works in measure according to one&#8217;s newfound measure of <em>focus<\/em> upon the things of God. There IS NO magic pill that <strong><em>Transforms<\/em><\/strong> a man there IS NO affirmation that results in &#8220;<em>the renewing of your mind<\/em>&#8220;&#8230;.and there IS ceremony by which one IS Truly &#8220;<em>born again<\/em>&#8221; according to the meaning ascribed to this by the Master&#8212;a meaning ascribed by His words &#8220;<em>Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God<\/em>&#8221; (John 3:3).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But doctrines DO NOT see this. Doctrines continue in their belief that there IS a magic pill, that there IS an affirmation or a ceremony by which one IS &#8220;<em>born again<\/em>&#8221; despite the logic offered by the <strong><em>trifecta<\/em><\/strong> which defines the Way to the Kingdom as that the Kingdom\u00a0comes to &#8220;<em>he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven<\/em>&#8220;. Neither DO they see the reality of <em>discernment<\/em> as Paul shows us saying that it IS by one&#8217;s <strong><em>Transformation<\/em><\/strong> that he can <em>discern<\/em> the things of God which IS the same idea as Jesus shows us as He tells us that &#8220;<em>ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free<\/em>&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The doctrinal thinker ever puts himself into the company of those of whom Paul speaks in such sayings\u00a0that show the saint, sayings that show the <em>discernment<\/em> that comes to the man who IS <strong><em>Transformed<\/em><\/strong>. The doctrinal thinker DOES NOT see that this <em><strong>Transformation<\/strong><\/em> IS a process that begins with <strong><em>Repentance<\/em><\/strong> and continues as a man DOES make that &#8220;<em>living sacrifice<\/em>&#8220;. Until <em><strong>Repentance<\/strong><\/em>, True <strong><em>Repentance<\/em><\/strong> as that change of <em>focus<\/em> that prepares a man to be that &#8220;<em>living sacrifice<\/em>&#8220;, a man IS yet &#8220;<em>conformed to this world<\/em>&#8221; as he operates in his carnal and finite mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And while few if any doctrinal thinkers will admit this, neither will they see themselves as the &#8220;<em>natural man<\/em>&#8221; of whom the apostle says &#8220;<em>the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned<\/em>&#8221; (1 Corinthians 2:14). So many that ARE in the ranks of the &#8220;<em>natural man<\/em>&#8221; DO NOT see the way to spiritual <em>discernment<\/em> as we read above yet they DO believe that they ARE among those who have &#8220;<em>the\u00a0<span id=\"yui-gen32\" class=\"criteria\">mind<\/span> <span id=\"yui-gen33\" class=\"criteria\">of<\/span> <span id=\"yui-gen34\" class=\"criteria\">Christ<\/span><\/em>&#8221;\u00a0(1 Corinthians 2:16).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We should understand here that the apostle IS speaking about <em>discernment<\/em> of\u00a0&#8220;<em>what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God<\/em>&#8221; and of its <strong><em>expression<\/em><\/strong> &#8220;<em>according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith<\/em>&#8220;. We should try to see here that this &#8220;<em>measure of faith<\/em>&#8221; defines one&#8217;s measure of <em>discernment<\/em> and of his KNOWING. It\u00a0IS when these ARE the <strong><em>realization<\/em><\/strong> of the man in this world that he should then\u00a0<strong><em>express<\/em><\/strong> some measure of the ideas that the apostle lists for us below and, in regard to the first part of this list, &#8220;<em>according to the proportion of faith<\/em>&#8220;. We read again the list of those items of <em>grace<\/em> and the apostle&#8217;s instructions on how to apply one&#8217;s KNOWING to Life in this world; we read:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;<em>For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office:\u00a0So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.\u00a0Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;\u00a0Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;\u00a0Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.\u00a0Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.\u00a0Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;\u00a0Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;\u00a0Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;\u00a0Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.\u00a0Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.\u00a0Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.\u00a0Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.\u00a0Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.\u00a0If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.\u00a0Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.\u00a0Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.\u00a0Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good<\/em>&#8221; (Romans 12:4-21).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We should remember that the first part of this list, the first four ways of <strong><em>expression<\/em><\/strong> of one&#8217;s measure of realized Truth, ARE tied to his caution that tells us that we should DO these things &#8220;<em>according to the proportion of faith<\/em>&#8220;; that IS according to the measure of True KNOWING, of True <em>discernment<\/em>. None of this <em>discernment<\/em> or KNOWING IS ever tied to the doctrines of men and this IS a point that Jesus makes clear in regard to His own teaching. The Master shows us how that it IS ONLY when one&#8217;s <em>focus<\/em> can come off of the carnal Life, the Life here in this world, that one can begin to see the Truth; Jesus says &#8220;<em>My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.\u00a0If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.\u00a0He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him<\/em>&#8221; (John 7:16-18).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">And this IS the same message that Paul IS giving us. It IS the man who can &#8220;<em>present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service<\/em>&#8221; which IS the reality of <strong><em>Repentance<\/em><\/strong> as this man&#8217;s <em>focus<\/em> IS now upon the things of God. Paul tells us that in DOING this one will &#8220;<em>be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind<\/em>&#8221; and it IS in this that he may &#8220;<em>may <del>prove<\/del>\u00a0discern what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God<\/em>&#8220;. Can we see the point here? Can we see that any whose <em>focus<\/em> IS upon the Truth, IS upon the Good, the Beautiful and the True, any whose <em>focus<\/em> IS Truly upon the things of God, will KNOW that the doctrines of the Master ARE Truth and that the doctrines of the churches ARE but a pale shadow of that Truth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">From His standpoint in time the Master also says that &#8220;<em>Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law?<\/em>&#8221; and here, in the response of the Jews, we can clearly see the effect of that <strong>glamour<\/strong> the so colors the minds of men that they CAN NOT see, or, better, WILL NOT see the Truth that IS before them. The Jews say to Jesus &#8220;<em>Thou hast a devil<\/em>&#8221; (John 7:19-20) which shows us the grip of &#8220;<em>the bondage of corruption<\/em>&#8221; and of the <em>vanity<\/em> in which most ALL men DO yet live. And this reality carries forward into Jesus&#8217; day and beyond. It IS to those who were &#8216;following&#8217; Him that He says &#8220;<em>why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?<\/em>&#8221; (Luke 6:46) and this same Truth can be see in the doctrinal church today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Returning to the apostle&#8217;s list we should see that he IS cautioning men to <em>prophecy<\/em>, to <em>minister<\/em> and to <em>teach<\/em> &#8220;<em>according to the proportion of faith<\/em>&#8221; that one has and, as we have discussed, we must see these Greek words in the fuller and deeper meaning\u00a0and NOT according to the doctrines of men. In <em>prophecy<\/em> we have\u00a0<em>divinely inspired utterance or revelation<\/em> <sup>7\u00a0<\/sup>which we should see IS the product of one&#8217;s <em>striving<\/em> to <em>keep His words<\/em>; <em>divine utterance<\/em> DOES NOT come to the man whose <em>focus<\/em> IS yet on the things of the world nor to one whose <strong><em>expression<\/em><\/strong> IS NOT some measure of ALL of &#8220;<em>the fruit of the Spirit<\/em>&#8221; (Galatians 5:22). And this idea of <em>prophecy<\/em> IS NOT the normal psychic abilities of some which \u00a0ARE purely carnal and operate through the carnal mind and emotional set.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In <em>ministering<\/em> we should see the greater idea of <em>service<\/em> and understand this as Paul presents it&#8230;.as the work of the aspirant and the disciple, the work of <em><strong>expressing<\/strong><\/em> the Truth of Love and some measure of ALL of &#8220;<em>the fruit of the Spirit<\/em>&#8220;. In this work one will surely DO as Paul tells us saying to &#8220;<em>present your bodies a living sacrifice<\/em>&#8221; and this IS ONLY possible in True\u00a0<strong><em>Repentance<\/em><\/strong> as one&#8217;s <em>focus<\/em> moves away from the carnal and onto the things of God. We should see here how that it IS necessary to DO such <em>service<\/em> according to the <em>grace<\/em> that one has achieved; we should see that to DO more relies upon the carnal mind to perform rather than the natural action of Love.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In the idea of <em>teaching<\/em> we have the same admonishment to DO so\u00a0&#8220;<em>according to the proportion of faith<\/em>&#8221; but here we have NOT ONLY the activity of <em>teaching<\/em> but we have as well what IS <em>taught.<\/em>\u00a0As we discussed this Greek word <em>didaskalia<\/em>\u00a0IS most always rendered as doctrine and here the idea becomes just what doctrine one IS teaching; IS it the doctrine of Christ which IS covered under His own admonition that the disciple should be &#8220;<em>Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you<\/em>&#8221; (Matthew 28:20) or IS it &#8220;<em>teaching for doctrines the commandments of men<\/em>&#8221; (Mark 7:7)? The former requires the vision that comes as the Truth to the man who <em>strives<\/em> while the latter IS but the product of the carnal mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Then there ARE the words that ARE rendered here as <em>exhorteth<\/em>\u00a0and <em>exhortation<\/em>. The Greek word <em>parakaleo<\/em> which IS rendered here as <em>exhorteth<\/em> IS rendered in a variety of ways in the King James Bible including:\u00a0<em>beseech<\/em>, <em>comfort<\/em>, <em>exhort<\/em>, <em>desire<\/em>, <em>pray<\/em>, and <em>intreat<\/em>. Others render it here as <em>comforting,<\/em> <em>encouragement<\/em>, and <em>counselor<\/em> to define this gift but NONE of these ideas can be seen in a Truly spiritual Light. In another place where the noun form IS rendered as <em>consolation<\/em>, Vincent tells us that this IS:\u00a0 <em>Literally, a calling to one&#8217;s side to help; and therefore entreaty, passing on into the sense of exhortation, and thence into that of consolatory exhortation; and so coming round to mean that which one is summoned to give to a suppliant &#8211; consolation. Thus it embodies the call for help, and the response to the call\u00a0<\/em><sup>4<\/sup> .<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Vincent also shows us that this Greek word <em>paraklesis<\/em> IS related to a kindred word used by the Apostle John&#8230;.the <em>paraclete<\/em> from the Greek word\u00a0<em>parakletos<\/em>. Here, in this Greek word we surely have a spiritual idea which IS NOT quite discovered in the various translations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We will continue with our thoughts in the next post.<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"20%\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Aspect\u00a0<del><\/del>of \u00a0God<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Potency<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Aspect of Man<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>In Relation to the Great Invocation<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>In relation to the Christ<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\" height=\"59\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>GOD, The Father<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Will or Power<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Spirit or Life<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Center where the Will of God IS KNOWN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Life<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\" height=\"57\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Son, The Christ<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Love and Wisdom<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Soul or Christ Within<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Heart of God<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Truth<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\" height=\"56\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Holy Spirit<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Light or Activity<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Life Within<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Mind of God<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">\n<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Way<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Note on the Quote of the Day<\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This daily blog also has a Quote of the Day which may not be in any way related to the essay. Many of these will be from the Bible and some just prayers or meditations that may have an influence on you and are in line with the subject matter of this blog. As the quote will change daily and will not store with the post, it is repeated in this section with the book reference and comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This daily blog also has a Quote of the Day which may not be in any way related to the essay. Many of these will be from the Bible and some just prayers or meditations that may have an influence on you and are in line with the subject matter of this blog. As the quote will change daily and will not store with the post, it is repeated in this section with the book reference and comment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We repeat here a Quote of the Day that we spent much time with over the course of our essays. In this affirmation we find the Truth of discipleship as we have been ever been expressing and here we can relate our themes of the last few days; \u201ctake no thought\u201d for the things of the world and that we approach the Kingdom and discipleship in the nature of the little child, in humbleness, meekness, unashamed in any way and unassuming. The message that this imparts for us today IS that it IS the Soul that is at work in the world of men as it expresses to some degree the purpose, power and the will through Life in this world. These words are from a meditation offered to his students by our Tibetan brother and in which we find greater understanding of the message of the Master. This IS Truly the way of the disciple.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>My Soul has purpose, power and will; these three are needed on the Way of Liberation.<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>My Soul must foster love among the sons of men; this is its major purpose.<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>I, therefore, will to love and tread the Way of Love. All that hinders and obstructs the showing of the Light must disappear before the purposes of the Soul.<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"western\" style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>My will is one with the great Will of God;. that Holy Will requires that all men serve. And unto the purposes of the Plan I lend my little will.<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Let the peace of God rule in your hearts<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"wrapper\" style=\"display: inline !important;\">\n<div id=\"container\" class=\"hfeed\" style=\"display: inline !important;\">\n<div id=\"page\" class=\"blog\" style=\"display: inline !important;\">\n<div id=\"content-box\" style=\"display: inline !important;\">\n<div id=\"content-container\" style=\"display: inline !important;\">\n<div id=\"content\" style=\"display: inline !important;\">\n<div id=\"post-13244\" class=\"post-13244 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-abundance-of-the-heart category-born-again category-bread-of-life category-children-of-god category-christianity category-disciple-of-christ category-eternal-life category-faith category-forgiveness category-light category-living-in-the-light category-reincarnation category-righteousness category-son-of-god category-the-kingdom category-jesus-words-2 tag-abundance-of-the-heart tag-aspirant-to-discipleship tag-born-again tag-buddha tag-children-of-god tag-christ tag-disciple-of-christ tag-enlightenment tag-eternal-life tag-faith tag-forgiveness tag-goodwill tag-christian-love tag-gospel tag-gospel-of-thomas tag-holy-spirit tag-jesus-words tag-jesus tag-light tag-light-of-the-world tag-merciful tag-mercy tag-new-age tag-new-age-developments tag-new-birth tag-peace tag-pure-in-heart tag-quote-of-day tag-rebirth tag-reincarnation tag-resurrection tag-righteousness tag-sons-of-god tag-spiritual-reality tag-the-christ tag-kingdom-of-god tag-truth tag-united-nations tag-unity-in-diversity\" style=\"display: inline !important;\">\n<div class=\"entry entry-content\" style=\"display: inline !important;\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0New Testament Greek Lexicon on BibleStudyTools.com<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><sup>4<\/sup> Word Studies in the New Testament; Marvin R Vincent D.D. 2nd edition, 1888<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><sup>7<\/sup>\u00a0Dictionary.com Unabridged based on Random House Dictionary \u2013 2011<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ON LOVE; PART MCX \u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391 GoodWill\u00a0IS Love in Action \u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391\u03a9\u2022\u0391 FIRST IS THE GREAT COMMANDMENTS: &#8220;The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; 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