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Sunday, July 25, 2010
Good News Everyone! The Kingdom Of Heaven Is Upon You, Now! Not In Some Unseen Future!
Today I am announcing that I am going to try to start a new movement. A new common cause for world peace and understanding. This movement does not need a leader. Believers lead by example. Each leads himself to salvation and encourages others to be self leading individuals. 'Armies of One' lead by the common cause: Salvation of humanity and God's earthly creation.
Here it is:
Brothers and Sisters in Abraham - A movement to unite Christianity, Judaism, and Islam in peace and harmony - A new 'trinity' (of sorts)=(Three which are individual, yet one together, like a three leaf clover with Abraham as the stem.) - If these three were to unite, they would outnumber all other religious populations. The eastern philosophies center around peace and harmony already so they have the same common goal.
Brothers and Sisters in Abraham is an Abramic religion or philosophy - Each person is a unique individual and has a 'personal' relationship with religion, God and all that goes with it. Being that it is a 'personal' relationship, we need to respect that we, as individuals, are not going to think exactly alike on all issues, so we must respect diversity in thoughts and beliefs and customs and rites, etc., but yet we do believe that the core of our faith is based on God as 'The Creator' and, the 'salvation' and/or survival of mankind, and the respect for all of God's creation, with peace and harmony on earth our common goal. This philosophy is based upon the Abramic aspect.
To usher in a new renaissance age of enlightenment and 1,000 years of peace and to bypass or have 'salvation' from the 'Armageddon'.
The bible tells us that if we continue on our path of destruction, then the 'end-time' prophesies will come true, but if we choose to do God's bidding, then we will avoid this Armageddon and be rewarded with riches beyond our wildest dreams. God wants all his children to get along and live in peace, just as all good, loving fathers would want for their children. It is the Dragon who wants us to suffer in misery and war. Following the Dragon will certainly lead to the destruction of mankind. God teaches us that love and knowledge, not war is the way to peace and harmony. Love your brothers and sisters and put down your weapons and embrace one another and celebrate the similarities and respect the differences of each other. Justice does not always mean punishment or revenge. Justice in the bible is when "Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain". In other words, there should be no more 'haves' and 'have nots'. We should have a more equal society. Does this mean communism? No. It simply means fairness, equal opportunities, etc. Mankind needs to adjust their thinking from the 'us vs. them' attitude to the 'together we can' attitude. United together in the basic philosophy of 'survival of mankind' and care of the planet which sustains all life, all of God's creation, for which He placed mankind in care of. We need to take the responsibility to care for God's creation and God's children who inhabit the earth, very seriously. This kind of caretaking attitude is the opposite of destruction. Salvation means saving. Saving humanity from self-destruction is the key to harmony and peace. When Jesus read from the book of Isaiah and said that the prophesies were now fulfilled, it was meant to usher in a new way to worship. It was out with the 'Laws of Moses' and in with the 'Laws of God' of which Jesus said that 'loving your neighbor as yourself' was the most paramount. Once you actually start to love one another, all other 'Laws of God' will just come naturally, so first, loving is the most important step to salvation. Start showing love today! You know you can do it! Just do it now! Put aside differences and look for similarities. Get educated, because only through God's gift to mankind of knowledge and wisdom we can learn to help ourselves and how to care for the world better and understand each other better with less ignorance. Lend a hand, help others, volunteer, be kind. The work is easier if it is shared by all. One person cannot do it alone, so we all must unite together in the common cause of 'survival of humanity'. The common goal of '1,000 years of peace'. Just say 'no' to war. Say 'no' to apathy. Loving is caring. Caring is sharing. Sharing is pairing. Pairing is powerful. Peace is wonderful and leads to salvation. Jesus said, "Repent, and believe the good news: (that the scripture has been 'fulfilled'), the Kingdom of Heaven is upon you." (NOW! Not in some unseen future!)
The Rights of an Apostle
1 Corinthians 9
1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? 2Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. 4Don’t we have the right to food and drink? 5Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephasa? 6Or is it only I and Barnabas who must work for a living?
7Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk? 8Do I say this merely from a human point of view? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing? 9For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.”b Is it about oxen that God is concerned? 10Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they ought to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest. 11If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you? 12If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more?
But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ. 13Don’t you know that those who work in the temple get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar? 14In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me. I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of this boast. 16Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me. 18What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make use of my rights in preaching it.
19Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. 22To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. 23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
1Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? 2Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. 4Don’t we have the right to food and drink? 5Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephasa? 6Or is it only I and Barnabas who must work for a living?
7Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink of the milk? 8Do I say this merely from a human point of view? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing? 9For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.”b Is it about oxen that God is concerned? 10Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they ought to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest. 11If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you? 12If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more?
But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ. 13Don’t you know that those who work in the temple get their food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar? 14In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me. I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of this boast. 16Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 17If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me. 18What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make use of my rights in preaching it.
19Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. 20To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. 21To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. 22To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. 23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
24Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. 26Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. 27No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
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