I have wondered to what extent the people who set out to make a global impact on human behavior are themselves convinced that one viral video or picture generated in the 21st century is relevant to every tribe and language and people and nation.  If there was though that KO saying or account, isn’t it likely that it has already been delivered by one who has been approved as the messenger of the true God and in such a manner as to be without controversy?  That one viral saying that humans need desperately has been spoken and remains in writing.

No controversy

God was

1. manifested in the flesh
2. vindicated by the Spirit
3. seen by angels
4. proclaimed among the nations
5. believed on in the world
6. taken up in glory

All Gospel

Every weekend we gather to refresh ourselves and move forward into the light.  The vast majority of us endure Christless messages and endless dramatic gestures and gimmics.  During the week, Christians handle perhaps a hundred messages with supposed spiritual value.  Sadly, most have nothing to say about the Anointed.  There is more distraction than there is instruction.  The African diaspora, for example, is hopelessly mired in singing Zion’s song in a strange land, instead of calling Babylon by its right name.  Most of the churched people, as another example, are playing dance to my music and let us see who get a standing O.  There is a lot of talk about God, blessing and victory, but not a word of the gospel.  This has to be resisted!

Amercan does not want to end slavery and there is no life from the Bible except from GOD-INCARNATE.

 

Potus45, the gloating genius bigot, sat like a schoolboy beside Russian dictator Putin in Helsinki and showed himself a toothless warrior just like the evangelicals who have been laying hands on him hoping for a character miracle. A president who hides his conversations with peers or representatives of other powers is a mobster with lots to hide.

We do not allow our pastors, heads of service associations, or unions, to do what the gloating bigot did in Helsinki. Hide the notes.

Ephesians 1:3-10 is one long sentence with two time environments: long before creation and since the cross.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace…

God’s choice stands out in eternity past and effectively silences the hypocrisy that has accompanied the message we have heard up to the appearing of the Saviour of the world.

God’s choice touches down in the present with the appearing of Christ and grace through faith.

1. with which he has blessed (graced) us in the Beloved.
2. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
3. which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose,
4. which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

There is no time that God does not speak well of the believer. The Father’s blessing

1. Predates creation
2. Is heavenly
3. Is in accordance with his choice

We can spare ourselves the misery of unfulfilled desires and the disappointment that is sure to follow of the popular blessing lottery. If there is a prophet who will say with clarity what the blessing is, when and where the blessing arrives, and for whom we have not seen him or her.

Just say “hello”, “good day” and mean it. Genuine disciples are not impressed by scattershot prophecies about what is going to happen in the next day or 10 minutes or what will happen when the 10th or 7th person gets the forwarded message.

Scraping the bottom of the barrel with potus45 is your mistake.

What did you expect to find behind an unprincipled real estate mobster and headless churches?

Lamentations 4:1-2
How the gold has grown dim, how the pure gold is changed! The holy stones lie scattered at the head of every street. The precious sons of Zion, worth their weight in fine gold, how they are regarded as earthen pots, the work of a potter’s hands!

We do not consistently appreciate the difference between head and tail when we express ourselves or pursue the head or tail identity. Being a head or a tail seems to be important to us and we seem to somewhat aware that both are needed in any body. This is important because there is likely to be some discrimination as we are approached by a head or a tail. The head and tail identities are the subject of intense and ignorant passion. What would happen when a body is more head than tail, more head than abdomen, more head than legs is far more disturbing than and simple flip.

Head blessings

The concept of individuals being heads or tails is simple enough. Heads seldom rub shoulders with dirt or earth, and tails (which we do not have) have become symbols of primates and sex.  Dirt (of which we were made) is a symbol of filth and corruption.

The so called blessings of Deuteronomy 28 have never happened, and the curses have run their course. The man that presumes to say that God has given him the nod as one who has

“… faithfully obey[ed] the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all his commandments…” (Deut. 28:1).

This accounting took place just as Israel was preparing to enter Canaan. “If you obey” sets forth the condition: but the abundance of produce and livestock are all signs of God’s generosity to all humans, just or unjust.

And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the LORD your God. Deut 28:2

Head of which body?​

Lest we look for some old prophet from Israel or elsewhere for confirmation of what a head really looks like we should remember that reliable sources leave the building when the prophet with the truth arrives.

the elder and honored man is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail; Isaiah 9:15

No-one is being enrolled as head with blessings of this age and world because they have diligently followed Yahweh’s instructions. There is no-one being registered as tail because they failed to comply with covenant terms. Check your coins before you flip. Each day has both good things and bad things. Each day we live has suffering and glory. Each day has abundance and scarcity of both earthly and heavenly treasures. The acting out of what we are not and doing a slide show of what we not possess is a poor way to flip and disastrous way to honour God’s provisions. Grasping for the blessings listed in Deuteronomy 28 and using the sayings as self-talk is a deadly strategy for lying about God’s arrangement and our performance.

Since the Jewish people, at the end of 4000 years, have nothing with which to prove their compliance and blessing how credible is the claim of people in the 21st century who cannot even read the instructions as written even in English.

The great and powerful thrust

Without a proper identity the ideal of responsible behaviour does not get off the ground. The commandment is stated in a circular way. Love from God’s perspective (the SON-view) peaks in dying and rising from the dead for others. Love from humanity’s perspective peaks in the lifestyle (not events) of humble loving service. All the talk about obedience (doing, guarding, teaching, learning) are a distraction from God’s completed work.

Of what is the Lamb of the foundation evidence?

Salvation is a deliberate plan, not a case of intervention. It declared a many-sided wisdom and the fullness of love. John calls the revelation the Father’s only-begotten’s glory. It demonstrated God’s righteousness and his gift of the same to us.

The full meaning of God’s self-revelation

Exodus records that God said “You shall not” (vss. 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17). However Jesus and James seem to understand the Covenant as saying do not ever kill, commit adultery, steal or witness falsely.

Did God say “don’t ever” sin”?

What would be God’s intent in saying to human beings “Don’t ever sin” if he was not prepared with the remedy for man’s choice to sin? Our one-strike you’re out righteousness is a nonstarter. God stands ready to forgive the proverbial 491st sin.

It seems that the prohibition that should matter most now that God is personally with us is “Stop being afraid”. It is the expression that is common with every divine visitation. We slip so often off the highway of love when things we should not fear get the best of us! We don’t ever need to ask where is God where is his love.

By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. 1 John 4:17

It is strange how much of the reflection on the only person authorized to speak for God comes out in our commitment and comments. Words and actions are fashioned after their author. One cannot have a golden life without discarding the old. Looking unto the pioneer of human salvation includes looking away from something.

looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, Hebrews 12:2a
ἀφορῶντες εἰς τὸν τῆς πίστεως ἀρχηγὸν καὶ τελειωτὴν Ἰησοῦν,

Looking away

Looking away to Jesus, considering the theme of Book, namely that all spokespersons lose their grip as Christ speaks (Heb. 1:1-2), must mean that our interest in the previous messengers must change.

ἀφορῶντες, aforôntes, is a compound action. The “af” is a form of “apo“, meaning from, and the second half is the verb the verb orao, I see, I look.

It is also emphatically stated who the target of our look should be.

The of-faith-pioneer Jesus

The of-faith-finisher Jesus

Both of these appellations configure our faith as exclusively Messianic, eclipsing and replacing prophets, just and wise persons. He starts the saving experience and is ready to finish it. He alone introduces us to an effective salvation. Effective because all who have died as faithful witnesses before the saving sacrifice did not taste the kingdom downpayment (recieving Holy Spirit) as do people who have come to faith since Christ died.
Types and carnal ordinances are not of faith. Faith and grace are the prescription for life, Let us be courageous and abandon the glitter and toys (models) of the former arrangement and step boldly with the Way, the Truth, and the Life: the golden treasure we can rely on.