The LORD!

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To: Who is called by God to be saved, by

strong, wise & pow'rfull action of this  king;

from Jews and any other nations, Christ 

is now the pow'r of God, his wisdom's bling. 

This foolish plan of God involving shame,

& suffering, & death, is wiser than 

the wisest human plans, and God’s own name

is honoured in a way that he has planned.

His weakness, is much stronger than our might.

So now recall that few of you were wise 

in this world’s eyes, or strong, or in the sights

for worldly wealth when God called you. Despised

& foolish things he spesh'ly chose, for those

will show up, and then shame folk from this sys-

tem's wisest ways. And powerless things he chose 

to shame those who are powerful. For his

choice is for things despised by all the world, 

things counted here as not having the goods.

he uses them to bring down, as they're hurled 

the things this world's own wisdom sees as shoulds.

God's little 'nothings' bring to nothing gai-nts

that wear the armour, helmets, shields and swords,

that rail and taunt & boast & flaunt defia-nce!

So no-one can be God's own over-lords!

God has united you with Christ Jesus.

And for our benefit God made him to

be wisdom, freedom, righteous holiness.

As all God's people say, “Our boast is you!” 

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But to those called by God to salvation, both Jews and Gentiles, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. This foolish plan of God is wiser than the wisest of human plans, and God’s weakness is stronger than the greatest of human strength. Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you. Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God. God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. Christ made us right with God; he made us pure and holy, and he freed us from sin. Therefore, as the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.” 1 Corinthians 1:24‭-‬31 NLT

1 Samuel 17:20‭-54 NLT

etc.

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Faith?

 Faith?

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Your faith, ain't just  com-mod-if-ic-at-ing

beliefs: collect/present, or berating.. 

Since it accesses, then expresses through, 

it also "will transform" your whole world view.

equate your faith with your set of beliefs,

then find your view truncated, flattened out,

but still you'll have to utilize the chief

stands of your saving life rope, & not pout

about its colour, or its mass-prod-uc-

-tion. Is it strong enough to pull one in?

So, "Can a faithful friend be seen as such?"

Then do your part to hold on, as you've been..

doing, in ensuing time since then.

So faith exists, and builds, & grows (or wanes),

organic'ly between two friends for when

each keeps their word, & understands the pains

the other goes through, there's a chance for real

true friendship (faithfulness) to grow in soil;

that is a living crop, at first concealed

in space that's kept between the two, a foil

to just the sameness of peas in 

a pod;

a space where gardens flourish, or could grow.

Expressions must be made, with help from God,

communicating key beliefs we know

our friend, our Master, sees as key himself,

and help our other brothers/ sisters, our true wealth,

to learn to trust themselves our father well,

committed to our fam'ly, 'gainst all hell.

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*  Faith= Belief + Trust + Action

(a mind convinced, a will committed, a lifestyle converted).

"What happened to your faith?" Omen asks Hrathen, [in Elantris…(a fantacy novel by Brandon Sanderson)]

then the narrator comments that "His beliefs, … had been precious to him."

The equating of faith with a set of beliefs is seen in our modernistic tendency to set up belief statements as a way of expressing our faith. Jesus, however had another way of 'seeing' faith expressed.

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partnering with God (thought, word, & act).. outlines a new cov-en-ant or pact..

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"Yeshua" means Yahweh's Salvation is;

the angel said that he would save from sin!"

And thus the name of Moses' servant, his

own name in Greek was Iēsous. So 'twas in

Septuagint, the Greek translation made

in Alexandria, some years before

the babe was born to Mary, just a maid,

& her betrothed became convinced, what's more!

But in those days they thought of sin not just

as evil that was dark, that threatened good,

but ignorance, or sickness, chaos, must 

include what was a falling short that would

be less than God would shoot for, hope for in

his dreams for what his world could best-ly be.

And in that sense there's much to be done min-

-ute, by each shining minute. See what he

did do, and what the good God said he planned

for all his children so to do - like him.

And as we follow this God's true human

(the son of Adam), nothing 'bout him's dim!

And when we hear: "..he'll save his people from

their sins." That's all the live sins in our hearts

that make a person's life unclean, a bomb,

that ruins heaps of good plans at the start.

I've got not much idea how he did

the kind of saving that he did back then.

But he was slow to anger (flip his lid),

and worked with God, in partnership, as friend!

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From the Septuagint, [the Greek translation of the Hebrew scriptures made scores of years before Yeshua (Hebrew; Jesus, in English; Iēsous, in Greek) of Nazareth was born] 5th book called by his name: Iēsous (capitalized as ΙΗΣΟΥΣ); chapter 1:

ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν Μωυσῆ, εἶπε Κύριος τῷ Ἰησοῖ υἱῷ Ναυῆ τῷ ὑπουργῷ Μωυσῆ, λέγων, Μωυσῆς ὁ θεράπωνμου τετελεύτηκε. νῦν οὖν ἀναστὰς, διάβηθι τὸν Ἰορδάνην σὺ καὶ πᾶς ὁ λαὸς οὗτος εἰς τὴν γῆν, ἣν ἐγὼ δίδωμι αὐτοῖς. πᾶς ὁ τόπος ἐφʼ ὃν ἂν ἐπιβῆτε τῷ ἴχνει τῶν ποδῶν ὑμῶν, ὑμῖν δώσω αὐτόν, ὃν τρόπον εἴρηκα τῷ Μωυσῇ· Τὴν ἔρημον καὶ τὸν Ἀντιλίβανον, ἕως τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ μεγάλου, ποταμοῦ Εὐφράτου, καὶ ἕως τῆς θαλάσσης τῆς ἐσχάτης· ἀφʼ ἡλίου δυσμῶν ἔσται τὰ ὅρια ὑμῶν. οὐκ ἀντιστήσεται ἄνθρωπος κατενώπιον ὑμῶν πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς σου· καὶ ὥσπερ ἤμην μετὰ Μωυσῆ, οὕτως ἔσομαι καὶ μετὰ σοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἐγκαταλείψω σε οὐδʼ ὑπερόψομαί σε. Ἴσχυε καὶ ἀνδρίζου· σὺ γὰρ ἀποδιεῖς τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ τὴν γῆν, ἣν ὤμοσα τοῖς πατράσινν ὑμῶν δοῦναι αὐτοῖς. Ἴσχυε οὖν καὶ ἀνδρίζου, φυλάσσεσθαι καὶ ποιεῖν καθότι ἐνετείλατό σοι Μωυσῆς ὁ παῖς μου· καὶ οὐκ ἐκκλινεῖς ἀπʼ αὐτῶν εἰς δεξιὰ οὐδὲ εἰς ἀριστερὰ, ἵνα συνῇς ἐν πᾶσιν οἷς ἐὰν πράσσῃς. Καὶ οὐκ ἀποστήσεται ἡ βίβλος τοῦ νόμου τούτου ἐκ τοῦ στόματός σου, καὶ μελετήσεις ἐν αὐτῇ ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς, ἵνα εἰδῇς ποιεῖν πάντα τὰ γεγραμμένα· τότε εὐοδωθήσῃ, καὶ εὐοδώσεις τὰς ὁδούς σου, καὶ τότε συνήσεις. Ἰδοὺ ἐντέαλμαί σοι· ἴσχυε καὶ ἀνδρίζου, μὴ δειλιάσῃς, μηδὲ φοβηθῇ, ὅτι μετὰ σοῦ Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου εἰς πάντα οὗ ἐὰν πορεύῃ· Καὶ ἐνετείλατο Ἰησοῦς τοῖς γραμματεῦσιν τοῦ λαοῦ, λέγων, Εἰσέλθατε κατὰ μέσον τῆς παρεμβολῆς τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ ἐντείλασθε τῷ λαῷ, λέγοντες, ἐτοιμάζεσθε ἐπισιτισμόν, ὅτι ἔτι τρεῖς ἡμέραι καὶ ὑμεῖς διαβαίνετε τὸν Ἰορδάνην τοῦτον, εἰσελθόντες κατασχεῖν τὴν γῆν, ἣν Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ὑμῶν δίδωσιν ὑμῖν. Καὶ τῷ Ῥουβὴν, καὶ τῷ Γὰδ, καὶ τῷ ἡμίσει φυλῆς Μανασσῆ εἶπεν Ἰησοῦς,

ΙΗΣΟΥΣ 1:1‭-‬12 GRCBRENT

[In English:

 "After the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord spoke to Yeshua son of Nun, Moses' assistant, saying, “My servant Moses is dead. Now proceed to cross the Jordan, you and all this people, into the land that I am giving to them, to the Israelites. Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given to you, as I promised to Moses. From the wilderness and the Lebanon as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, to the Great Sea in the west shall be your territory. No one shall be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you. Be strong and courageous; for you shall put this people in possession of the land that I swore to their ancestors to give them. Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to act in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may be successful wherever you go. This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to act in accordance with all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall be successful. I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Then Yeshua commanded the officers of the people, “Pass through the camp, and command the people: ‘Prepare your provisions; for in three days you are to cross over the Jordan, to go in to take possession of the land that the Lord your God gives you to possess.’ ” To the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh Yeshua said,.." Yeshua 1:1‭-‬12]

And with the new covenant [more than a year after God's prophet, John the Baptist, has said of Yeshua: "Behold, the lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" (Jn 1:29)]:

Καὶ μετὰ ἡμέρας ἓξ παραλαμβάνει ὁ Ἰησοῦς τὸν Πέτρον καὶ τὸν Ἰάκωβον ⸀καὶ Ἰωάννην, καὶ ἀναφέρει αὐτοὺς εἰς ὄρος ὑψηλὸν κατ’ ἰδίαν μόνους. καὶ μετεμορφώθη ἔμπροσθεν αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτοῦ ⸀ἐγένετο στίλβοντα λευκὰ ⸀λίαν οἷα γναφεὺς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς οὐ δύναται ⸀οὕτως λευκᾶναι. καὶ ὤφθη αὐτοῖς Ἠλίας σὺν Μωϋσεῖ, καὶ ἦσαν συλλαλοῦντες τῷ Ἰησοῦ. καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Πέτρος λέγει τῷ Ἰησοῦ· Ῥαββί, καλόν ἐστιν ἡμᾶς ὧδε εἶναι, καὶ ποιήσωμεν ⸂τρεῖς σκηνάς⸃, σοὶ μίαν καὶ Μωϋσεῖ μίαν καὶ Ἠλίᾳ μίαν. οὐ γὰρ ᾔδει τί ⸀ἀποκριθῇ, ⸂ἔκφοβοι γὰρ ἐγένοντο⸃. καὶ ἐγένετο νεφέλη ἐπισκιάζουσα αὐτοῖς, καὶ ⸀ἐγένετο φωνὴ ἐκ τῆς νεφέλης· Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ⸂ἀκούετε αὐτοῦ⸃. καὶ ἐξάπινα περιβλεψάμενοι οὐκέτι οὐδένα εἶδον ⸂ἀλλὰ τὸν Ἰησοῦν μόνον μεθ’ ἑαυτῶν⸃. ΚΑΤΑ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ 9:2‭-‬8 SBLG

In English

Six days later, Jesus (Yeshua) took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain apart, by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his clothes became dazzling white, such as no one on earth could bleach them. And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, who were talking with Jesus. Then Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three dwellings, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.” He did not know what to say, for they were terrified. Then a cloud overshadowed them, and from the cloud there came a voice, “This is my Son, the Beloved; listen to him!” Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more, but only Jesus. Mk 9:2‭-‬8

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Another gospel?... (notes in the plane)

 

• The judai-iser's heresy: 

During Jesus' 3 years of publicly proclaiming the word of God, the gospel of God (like Habukuk before him, "God is still on the throne"), demonstating this message (by the kindness and love of God in action, and his throwing out of unclean (unhelpful) spirits, and interpretting it (the kingdom (reign) of God is like this, and like this, and like that), some Teachers of the Jewish law interacted with Jesus thus: ‘Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!’ Jesus replied, ‘And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, “Honour your father and mother” and “Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.” But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is “devoted to God,” they are not to “honour their father or mother” with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition. You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you: ‘ “These people honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.” ’ But the things that come out of a person’s mouth come from the heart, and these defile them. For out of the heart come evil thoughts – (murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft), false testimony, slander. These are what defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile them.’ Matthew 15:2‭-‬9‭, ‬18‭-‬20 NIVUK

• In Romans ch10, while discussing how Jews will get "saved" from certain destruction, Paul says: 

Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved. For I can testify about them that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not based on knowledge. Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God’s righteousness. Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes. Moses writes this about the righteousness that is by the law: ‘The person who does these things will live by them.’ But the righteousness that is by faith says: ‘Do not say in your heart, “Who will ascend into heaven?” ’ (that is, to bring Christ down) ‘or “Who will descend into the deep?” ’ (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). But what does it say? ‘The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,’ that is, the message concerning faith that we proclaim: if you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. As Scripture says, ‘Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.’ For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile – the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!’ But not all the Israelites accepted the good news. For Isaiah says, ‘Lord, who has believed our message?’ Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word about Christ. But I ask: did they not hear? Of course they did: ‘Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.’ Again I ask: did Israel not understand? First, Moses says, ‘I will make you envious by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation that has no understanding.’ And Isaiah boldly says, ‘I was found by those who did not seek me; I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me.’ But concerning Israel he says, ‘All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.’

Romans 10:1‭-‬21 NIVUK

Obedience that comes from faith, as distinct from the mere ritualistic obedience that isn't born of faith, but a kind of technology, ritual,  incantation or spell, 

• The scriptures say that by believing in your heart, & speaking with your mouth "Jesus Christ is Lord", increasingly, in every area of life (including  words, deeds, and emotional responses)" you are saved, but, those who follow the mentality of the Judaisers say that this is not enough… you also have to give assent to 

• our special rituals, or 

• our theories that make us feel safe, secure, & comfortable in our lazy, simplistic thinking.. 

• we want to put our extra little rules, & understandings up as essential as well! (counter to Romans chapter 10:9ff, & Romans ch 14, and the whole book of : Galatians, and Acts 17….)

• God, speaking from heaven to Peter (& James & John)... gives them the way forward: After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, ‘Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters – one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.’ While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, ‘This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!’ When the disciples heard this, they fell face down to the ground, terrified. But Jesus came and touched them. ‘Get up,’ he said. ‘Don’t be afraid.’ When they looked up, they saw no-one except Jesus. Matthew 17:1‭-‬8 NIVUK

• This is in line with what Jesus said himself to his disciples: "Why do you call me 'Lord, lord' yet not do what I say?"

• Jesus, in his teaching to his disciples on forgiveness, tells a parable to them about a king's forgiveness that is explicitly related to his own entering into the same spirit of merciful thoughtfulness to those around us. Not a unilateral transaction, but a covenental relationship… all to do with what the first servant did, & did not, do, in expressing the spirit of the master:

• ‘Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. ‘At this the servant fell on his knees before him. “Be patient with me,” he begged, “and I will pay back everything.” The servant’s master took pity on him, cancelled the debt and let him go. ‘But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. “Pay back what you owe me!” he demanded. ‘His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, “Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.” ‘But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened. ‘Then the master called the servant in. “You wicked servant,” he said, “I cancelled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?” In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. ‘This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.’ Matthew 18:23‭-‬35 NIVUK

• "Matthew17?

• Jesus, to the pharisee regarding the lady who anointed him with nard and tears and dried his feet with her hair…. 

• Matt or Luke

• Cf James and Rom 5?

• John's logic from a life of goodness, showing faith/love

• 1 John 3 -5

• Paul to the Roman Christians: "But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. God ‘will repay each person according to what they have done.’ To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honour and immortality, he will give eternal life. But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger. There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; but glory, honour and peace for everyone who does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For God does not show favouritism. All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. (Indeed, when Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature things required by the law, they are a law for themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the requirements of the law are written on their hearts, their consciences also bearing witness, and their thoughts sometimes accusing them and at other times even defending them.) This will take place on the day when God judges people’s secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares." Romans 2:5‭-‬16 NIVUK 

• (cf Paul in Athens "A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, ‘What is this babbler trying to say?’ Others remarked, ‘He seems to be advocating foreign gods.’ They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection." (Acts 17:18 NIVUK), then in the Areopagus, to a group of learned Pagans, Paul stands up and says: ‘People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: To an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship – and this is what I am going to proclaim to you. ‘The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. “For in him we live and move and have our being.” As some of your own poets have said, “We are his offspring.” ‘Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone – an image made by human design and skill. In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.’ When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, ‘We want to hear you again on this subject.’ At that, Paul left the Council. Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.  (Acts 17:22‭-‬34 NIVUK)

• Actions to honour the life of God..

• End of Eph, or Col, or Philippians, or Gal…

• If I have faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing… 1Cor 13

• Jem 9:10-15

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The telling of the Ruler's Euangelion is a sign of the Ruler's rule..

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My God how good you are, in all your works,

and ways you take in making them to be.

Your motives, so inscrutable, berserk,

seem quite irrational to the machine,

or animal alike, who cannot love,

at least until it could gain contact with

you as a source of all good - from above

who starts the greater pain absorption myth..

and fosters it, by modeling yourself

within the story, after Man's City;

but then your rep's [a greater suff'ring wealth 

could be imagined, but (I'd say) hardly!]

Yet, everyone who loves, responsively,

both up and down the line (of cause-effect,

but more than that, it is authority)

will know within themselves, what to expect,

or hope it, till they hear a story such

that those old hopes will come alive in flame

for their experience has taught them much

of this world, & of those made by the same

creative love who reaches out just now

and ev'ry moment you've been here in his..

his resting place, where he lived out somehow

the mystery of life in love that IS!

And then, the poetry, the rhyming, starts,

and doesn't seem to finish (in my soul).

And takes its roots down deeper in our hearts

until one day, we'll be as he is - whole.

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..(that they might be with him and that he might send them out to announce and) to have authority to drive out demons.

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Mark 3:7-12; 14‭-‬15; 5:1-20; 6:7,13-14 etc

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He gave them his authority to out

the unclean spirits, wise in dis-orders,

that seem to trip things up; they hang about

and go against God's will, on the borders

of God's good world, where human wills affect

the whole she-bang, since we were put in charge,

depending on the human's pow'r neglect-

-ed, though the human's no idea, they barge

on in and say this power comes from them

the human duped, can rarely ever "see"

and make sense of this world, it feels condemned,

and unconnected from all dignity.

So pow-er is the only concept left,

by which to live within this world of God's.

Yeshua's own authority has kept

them looking foolish. No matter the odds.

Please do this more again, within your world!

We hear your ruling Son, in Earth's hist'ry,

command a tree, wave, wind, & fever; hurled

into dimensions that are not to be.

A Legion was no match for this Master,

one knowing, breathing, filled with, God himself,

who came to bring destruction, disaster,

to all the works of independent wealth.

And we who choose to never live again

as individual cells, amoeba like,

now represent a body, with more pain,

but too a higher order than mere life.

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