Thoughts
Bless our Light, Life and LOVE.
Just a few thoughts I have written down and have been chewing upon ....
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. And 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. Romans 12:1,2
The word man (male/female) comes from the term manas, which means the
thinker. Man is the ONLY creature that has the power to do, speak, and
think that which is right and pleasing for it's self!
When Romans 12:1 and 2 comes to be the Christ (Logos/Light) within
transforms and renews the mind. If one does not develop this will power
built in the Logos/Light, then the mind is carried off by the tempting
serpent which is cursed to crawl on the ground, in the dust (remain
mired in the mud of the lower nature body temple, swayed only by it’s untrained passionate nature).
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But his delight is in the WORD/Logos/Light (law) of the LORD; and in his WORD doth he meditate day and night. And
he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth
forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Ps 1:2,3
HMMMMMMmmmmm Why would man be compared to a tree?
Man has its roots in the ground (the lower nature body-temple), it’s
trunk above the ground in the air, and its branches higher in the air
(towards the sky) that soak up sunlight and convert this light into
life-given energy.
We can look at the MIND (SOUL) of man as a TREE! The two trees in the
Garden (although they are really one tree as they both are in the midst
of the garden) shows which direction the mind of man journey towards.
The tree of KNOWLEDGE of good and evil, is a tree symbolizing knowledge, or the ability to know, through experience.
And the Tree of Life, which is also in the midst of the Garden, is the
mind which KNOWS no longer through good and evil, but comes to KNOW by
Him (Wisdom/Light).
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (from being a slave to the lower nature/carnal mind). John 8:32
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even
the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth
him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you,
and shall be in you. John 14:16,17
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because
ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.1 John 2:20,21
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“And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which
spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt where also our Lord was
crucified.” Revelations 11:8
So hmmmmmmmmm in Revelations 11:8 the crucifixion is symbolic rather than literal because the literal place of the crucifixion is Jerusalem.
So hmmmmmmmmm Sodom and Egypt are symbolic of excesses in doing things for ones own delights and selfish desires (carnal mind)
So we MUST know the Lord’s crucifixion is symbolic of our own purification by death of the carnal mind.
Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also
himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might
destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; .... Hebrew
2:14
Now this DEVIL is not some winged creature .... it is the carnal mind (Romans 8:6) that at one time had power over us but the Word of Life destroyed its power over us!
Now we are to be "....spiritually minded which is life and peace....."
How does one become spiritually minded?
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. And 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. Romans 12:1,2
To repent is to turn from desire to His will
To repent is to change one's MIND
To repent is to look to others ... NOT SELF
Lower nature: desire, intellect, reaction (the first Adam or humankind in the lower nature).
Higher nature: will, wisdom, action (the second Adam or Jesus Christ, the higher self manifested ).
Frank & Michele Welder
Lethbridge, AB. Canada
https://fwelder.blogspot.com/
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Jesus the Christ said, "Let him who seeks continue seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will become troubled. When he becomes troubled, he will be astonished, and he will rule over the All." The Gospel of Thomas, Saying 2.
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