16Spiritual
discernment:And I saw three unclean
spirits like frogs (toads) come out of the mouth (edge of a weapon) of
the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast,
and out of the mouth of the false prophet. Here are some hints
for frog
detection.
John Gill Daniel 2:27
Ver.
27. Daniel answered in
the presence of the king,.... Boldly, and without fear:
and said, the
secret which the king hath demanded: so he calls it, to
show that it
was something divine, which came from God,
and
could only be
revealed by him, and was not to be found out by any art
of man:
cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers show unto the king;
this
he premises to the
revelation of the secret, not only to observe the
unreasonableness of
the king's demand upon them, and the injustice of putting
men to
death for it; but that the discovery of the whole might
appear to be
truly divine, and God might have all the glory; it being
what no
class of men whatever could ever have made known unto him.
The
last word, rendered
"soothsayers" {u}, is not used
before; the Septuagint version
leaves it untranslated, and calls them Gazarenes; and so Saadiah says,
it is the name of a nation or people so called; but
Jarchi takes
them to be a sort of men that had confederacy with
devils: the word signifies
such that "cut"
into parts, as the soothsayers, who cut up creatures,
and looked into their
entrails, and by them made their judgment of events; or as
the astrologers, who cut and divide the
heavens into parts, and by
them divide future things; or determine, as Jacchiades
says, what
shall befall men; for the word is used also in the sense
of
determining or decreeing; hence, Saadiah says, some
interpret it of princes, who by their words
determine the
affairs of kingdoms: by some it is rendered "fatalists" {w}, who declare to
men what their fate will be;
but neither of these could show this secret to the king.
NAB:
21
Gadarenes: this is
the reading of Codex Vaticanus, supported by other
important textual
witnesses. The original reading of Codex Sinaiticus was
Gazarenes,
later changed to Gergesenes, and a few versions
have Gerasenes. Each of these readings
points to a different
territory connected, respectively, with the cities Gadara,
Gergesa,
and Gerasa (modern Jerash). There is the same confusion of
readings
in the parallel texts, Mark 5:1 and Luke 8:26; there the
best reading
seems to be "Gerasenes," whereas "Gadarenes" is probably
the original
reading in Matthew. The town of Gadara was about five
miles southeast
of the Sea of Galilee, and Josephus (Life 9:42) refers to
it as
possessing territory that lay on that sea. Two demoniacs:
Mark
(5:1-20) has one.
Clement
Stromata 1 Chapter
XII.-The Mysteries of the Faith Not to Be Divulged to
All.
But since this tradition is not published alone for
him who perceives the magnificence of the word;
it is requisite,
therefore, to hide in a mystery the wisdom
spoken, which the Son of God taught.
Now, therefore, Isaiah the prophet has his
tongue purified by fire, so that he may be able to
tell the vision.
And we must purify not the
tongue
alone, but also the ears, if we attempt to be partaken of
the
truth.
In
Matthew 13 Jesus said that
truth had been hidden
in parables from the
foundation of the world. The purpose was to keep those who
do not
love the truth from having access to it. Whey they use the
Word it is
like turning a shotgun backward and shooting themselves in
their own
face. Thus, God makes a laughing stock, buffon or
theatrical
performer out of them. The self-seekers think that people
are
laughing with him but they are laughing at him perhaps
without
knowing why. In Isaiah 48 the Word is hidden in symbolic
language to
keep the mercinary "prophets" from being able to predict
certain
events and take the glory for themselves. In this they are
the
personificaiton of the devil who "speaks on his own."
Wherefore
the hearers are not
permitted to apply the
test of comparison.
Nor is the word, given for investigation, to
be
committed to those who
have been reared
in the arts of all
kinds of words, and in the power
of inflated
attempts at
proof;
whose minds are already
pre-occupied,
But whoever
chooses to banquet on
faith, is
stedfast for
the reception of the divine words, having acquired already faith
as a power
of judging,
according to reason. Hence ensues to him persuasion
in abundance. And this was the
meaning of that saying of prophecy, "If ye believe not, neither shall ye
understand." [ Isa. vii. 9.] [Citation]
Such were the impediments in
the way of my
writing. And even now I fear, as it is said, "to cast the
pearls before swine, lest they tread them
under foot, and turn and rend us."
For it is difficult
to exhibit the
really pure and transparent words
respecting the true light, to swinish
and untrained hearers. For scarcely
could anything which they could hear be more ludicrous than
these to
the multitude; nor any subjects on the other hand more
admirable or
more inspiring to those of noble nature.
"But the natural man receiveth
not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are
foolishness to
him."
But the wise do not utter
with their mouth
what they reason in council. "But what
ye hear in the ear,"
says the Lord,
"proclaim upon the
houses; " bidding them receive the secret
traditions of
the true knowledge,
and expound
them aloft and
conspicuously; and as we have heard in the ear, so to
deliver
them to whom it is
requisite; but not enjoining us
to
communicate to all without distinction, what is
said to them in parables. But there is only a delineation
in the
memoranda, which have the truth sowed
sparse and broadcast, that it
may escape the notice of
those who pick up seeds like jackdaws;
but when they
find a good husbandman, each one of them will germinate
and produce
corn.
In the
treasuries of wisdom are wise sayings, but godliness is
an
abomination to a
sinner. Ecclu
1:25.
If you desire wisdom, keep the commandments, and the Lord will
supply it for
you. Ecclu
1: 26.
For the fear
of the Lord is wisdom and instruction,
and he delights in fidelity and meekness. Ecclu 1: 27.
Do not disobey the fear of the Lord; do not
approach him with a divided
mind. Ecclu 1: 28.
Be not a hypocrite in men's sight, and keep
watch over your lips. Ecclu 1:
29.
Do not exalt yourself lest you
fall,
and thus bring dishonor upon
yourself.
The
Lord will reveal your
secrets and
cast you down in the midst of the congregation,
because you did not come in the fear of the
Lord, and your heart
was full of
deceit. Ecclu 1: 30.
Acts 2:38 and 1
Peter 3:21 Receiving A holy
spirit
Acts
2:38 Then Peter said unto
them,
Repent, and
be baptized every one of you
in the
name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins,
and ye
shall receive the gift of
the Holy Ghost.
1
Peter 3:21 The like figure [pattern
to
be imitated] whereunto even baptism doth
also now save us
(not the
putting away of the filth of
the flesh,
but the
answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ:
Here, the holy
spirit is Paul's spirit
made holy or
set aside by Christ the Spirit. As Christ told the other
apostles
that He would guide them, He also told Paul that the "blinders" of his own spirit would be removed. Conscience means:
Suneidesis ((g4893)
soon-i'-day-sis; from a prol. form of 4894; co-perception, i.e. moral consciousness; - conscience.
Suneido (g4894) soon-i'-do;
from 4862 and 1492; to see
completely; used (like
its prim.) only in two past tenses, respectively mean. to
understand or become aware, and to
be conscious or (clandestinely) informed of:- consider, know, be
privy, be ware
of.
I
speak the truth in Christ--I
am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy
Spirit Rom 9:1
Ephesians
If
so be that ye have heard him,
and have been
taught by him,
as the truth
is in Jesus:
Eph 4:21
That ye put
off concerning the former
conversation the old
man,
which is corrupt
according to
the deceitful lusts; Eph 4:22
And be renewed
in the spirit of your mind; Eph 4:23
And that ye put on the new man,
which
after God is created in righteousness and true
holiness. Eph
4:24
Wherefore putting away lying,
speak
every man truth with his
neighbour:
for we
are members one of
another. Eph 4:25
2 Peter
According
as his divine power
hath given unto us all things
that
pertain unto life and
godliness,
through
the knowledge of
him
that hath called us to glory and
virtue: 2 Peter 1:3
Whereby
are given unto us exceeding great
and precious promises:
that by
these ye might be partakers of the divine nature,
having
escaped the corruption that is in the world
through lust. 2 Peter 1:4
And
beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue;
and to virtue, knowledge; 2
Peter 1:5
First John
And
we know that we are of God,
and the whole
world lieth in wickedness. 1 Jn 5:19
And we know that the Son of God is come,
and hath
given us an understanding,
that we
may know
him that is true, and we are in him
that is true, even in his
Son Jesus Christ.
This is
the true God, and eternal
life. 1 Jn. 5:20
Spiritual
discernment is
promised as the "gift of the Holy Spirit" which is granted
when we
ask for it at Baptism. Without spiritual discernment we
would be like
the Israelites who were blinded at Mount Sinai and remained
so until
they turned to Christ as "another prophet like Moses" to
remedy their
rejection of God's Word or Covenant through Moses.
DO
we begin again
to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles
of
commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
2 Cor 3:1
Ye
are our epistle written in our
hearts, known and read
of all men:2 Cor 3:2
Forasmuch
as ye
are manifestly
declared to be the
epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with
the Spirit of the living God; not in tables
of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. 2 Cor 3:3
And
such trust have we through
Christ to Godward: 2 Cor 3:4
Not that we are sufficient of
ourselves to
think any
thing as of ourselves;
but our sufficiency is of God; 2 Cor 3:5
Who
also hath made
us able ministers of the new testament;
not of the letter (Law
of
Moses), but
of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit
giveth life. 2 Cor 3:6
But
if the ministration
of death, written and engraven
in stones, was
glorious, so that the children of Israel could
not stedfastly behold the face of
Moses for the glory of
his countenance; which glory was to be done away: 2 Cor
3:7
How
shall not the
ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? 2 Cor 3:8
For
if the ministration of
condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of
righteousness exceed in glory. 2 Cor 3:9
For even that which was made
glorious had
no glory
in this respect, by
reason of the glory that excelleth. 2 Cor 3:10
For if that which is done away
was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. 2
Cor 3:11
Seeing then that we have such
hope, we use great
plainness of speech: 2
Cor 3:12
And
not as Moses,
which put a vail over his face, that the children of
Israel could not
stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: 2
Cor
3:13
But
their minds
were blinded:for until this
day
remaineth the same vail untaken away in the
reading
of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. 2
Cor 3:14
But even unto this
day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. 2 Cor
3:15
Nevertheless, when it shall
turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. 2 Cor 3:16
Now
the Lord
is
that Spirit: and where
the Spirit of the
Lord is, there is liberty. 2 Cor 3:17
But
we all, with
open face beholding as in a glass
the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image
from glory to
glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Cor 3:18
Theophilus
of Antioch on
the Trinity: Chapter II.-That the Eyes of the Soul
Must Be Purged Ere God Can Be Seen.
But
if you say,
"Show
me thy
God," I would reply,
"Show me yourself, [Literally, "your man;" the invisible
soul, as the noblest part of man, being
probably intended.] and I will show you my God." Show,
then, that
the eyes of your soul are capable of seeing, and
the ears
of your heart
able to hear;
for as those who look with the eyes of the
body perceive earthly objects and what
concerns this life,
and discriminate at the same time
between things that differ, whether
light or darkness, white or black, deformed or
beautiful,
well-proportioned and symmetrical or disproportioned
and awkward, or
monstrous or mutilated; and as in like manner also,
by the sense of
hearing, we discriminate either sharp, or deep, or
sweet sounds;
so the same
holds good regarding
the eyes of the
soul and the ears of the
heart, that it is by
them we are able to
behold God.
For God is seen by those who are enabled
to see
Him when they
have the eyes of their soul
opened:
for all have eyes; but in
some
they are overspread, [The
techincal word for a disease of the eye, like
cataract.] and do not see the
light of the sun.
Yet
it does not follow, because the blind do
not see, that the light of the
sun does not shine;
but
let the blind blame
themselves
and their own
eyes.
So also thou, O man, hast the eyes of thy
soul
overspread by thy
sins and evil deeds. As a burnished mirror, so ought man to have his soul pure.
When
there is rust on the mirror, it is not possible
that a man's face
be seen in the mirror; so also when there is sin
in a man, such a man cannot
behold God. Do you,
therefore, show me yourself, whether you are not an
adulterer, or a
fornicator, or a thief,
or a robber, or a purloiner; whether you do not
corrupt boys; whether you are
not insolent, or a slanderer, or passionate, or envious, or proud,
or supercilious; whether you are not a brawler, or covetous, or
disobedient to parents; and whether
you do not sell your children;
for
to those who
do these things God is
not manifest, unless
they have first cleansed themselves from all impurity.
All these
things, then, involve you in darkness, as when a filmy
defluxion on the eyes prevents
one from beholding the light of
the sun: thus also do iniquities, 0 man, involve you
in darkness, so that you cannot see
God.
Spiritual
discernment,
however, is a fragile thiing: it is like the 'strait gate'
which has
so many hucksters standing around that it is hard to find.
For
instance, Livy wrote:
"What else
do you
suppose it was that they were afraid of at that time, and would today gladly upset,
except
the harmony of the two
orders,
which
they look upon as most
of all calculated to destroy their power?
"They
are, really, like so
many quack
doctors looking for
work, always anxious
to find
some diseased
spot in the republic
that there may be something which you can call them in
to cure."
"Just
as masters forbid strangers to hold
any communication with their slaves, and think it right
that they should abstain from
showing them either kindness or unkindness,
so
you interdict the patricians from all dealings with
the plebs, lest we should appeal
to their feelings by our
graciousness and generosity and secure their
loyalty and obedience. Livy,
Book 5:1
This may be why
Christ through John
Warned:
And
I saw three unclean
spirits like frogs
(toads) come out of the mouth
(edge of a weapon) of the dragon, and out of the mouth
of the beast,
and out of the mouth of the false prophet. Re 16:13
The
task of the false triad
are "spirits of demons." The task is to "work miracles" to
gather the
"kings" of the earth where they will be defeated.
About
1255
London
"The
depiction of
the great
red
dragon and the leopardlike beast is based on
details provided in the text. The
artist represents the false prophet, whose physical
appearance is not described, with a beaked
nose, simian body, cloven
hooves, and diabolical-looking red talons. With splay-legged
frogs flying from
their mouths, these three creatures confront Saint John,
who stands
to the left. He raises his left arm in defense while with
his right
hand he pulls on his forehead, as if he must force
his eyes open to witness the
terrors that have come
to the earth as part of the Last Judgment. This gesture
draws
attention to the saint's large open eyes, emphasizing the
role of
sight in visionary
experience." Getty Edu.
See
Adam
Clarks "simian" role for the Nachash or "whispering
spirit" in the
garden of Eden.
And
the Hephaestus and baboon connection. Hespaestus is
Vulcan or
"Tubal-Cain" the descendant of Cain and half brother
of
Jubal.
The
frogs created by the
miracle workers in Egypt were called "marsh-leapers." It comes from a word
meaning to "skip about." They will come hpping
into your
house, bedchamber, thy bed, thy people and they ovens. In
short, they
are uninvited and detestable but they take over.
An
Egyptian goddess,
Heqa, was represented
as having a frog
head.
These kings for an hour are really frogs and they are not what
they are quacked up
to
be.
They are-
"Quacks were represented as frogs
and were associated metaphorically with serpents." (Vine) (Marsh-leapers
in Hebrew)
They
are spirits
of demons
performing miraculous
signs, and
they go out
to the kings of the whole world, to
gather them
for the battle
on the great day of God
Almighty.
Revelation 16:14
1139.
daimoni÷zomai daimonizomai, dahee-mon-id´-zom-ahee; middle
voice from 1142; to be exercised by a dæmon: — have a (be
vexed with, be possessed with) devil(-s).
Daimonios
, a,
on:
also os,
on
A.Th.892,
Lys.6.32,
OGI383.175
(Commagene):—
2. of persons, “tō
d.
hōs
alēthōs
kai
thaumastō”
Id.Smp.219b;
ho
peri
toiauta
sophos
d.
anēr
ib.203a; “daimonios
tēn
sophian”
Luc.Philops.32:
Comp. “-ōteros”
D.C.53.8.
Plat.
Sym. 202e “‘A great spirit, Socrates: for the
whole of the spiritual1
is between divine and mortal.’
“‘Possessing what power?’ I asked.
“‘Interpreting and transporting human things to the
gods and divine things to men; entreaties and sacrifices
from below, and ordinances and requitals from above: being
midway between, it makes each to supplement the other, so
that the whole is combined in one. Through it are conveyed
all divination [epōdē]
and priestcraft concerning sacrifice and ritual
1
Daimones
and to
daimonion
represent the mysterious agencies and influences by
which the gods communicate with mortals.
Plat.
Sym. 203a and incantations, and all soothsaying
and sorcery. God with man does not mingle: but the spiritual
is the means of all society and converse of men with gods and
of gods with men, whether waking or asleep. Whosoever has
skill [ sophos] in these affairs is a spiritual
man to have it in other matters, as in common arts and crafts,
is for the mechanical. Many and multifarious are these
spirits, and one of them is Love.’
Note
203a zvIn Hippocr. de morb. sacr. p.
591 the manteis
and kathartai
are witch-doctors, claiming control of the elements, as
rain-makers, etc. (katharmous
prospherontes
kai
epaoidas...
perikathairōn
kai
mageuōn...te
kai
thuōn
selēnēn
te
kathairēsei
kai
hēlion
aphaniei
kai
kheimōna
kai
eudiēn
poiēsei
ktl.):
cp. 197 C n.
magga^n-eia
,
hē,
A.
[select] trickery, esp. of magical
arts,
Pl.Lg.908d;
magganeiai
kai
epōdai
ib.
933a;
“
periapta
kai
m.”
Ph.2.267,
Gal.11.792; “
tēs
Kirkēs
hē
m.”
Them.Or.26.330b,
cf.
Jul.Gal.340a;
m.
mageirikai,
of meretricious cookery,
Ath.1.9c.
A
allē
de
(
pharmakeia）
hē
magganeiais
te
tisi
kai
epōdais
labōn
ta
pharmaka
kai
tas
epōdas...magganeuei
kai
phenakizei.
Plat.
Sym. 203d
Thaumasto (wonder working)
Sophos
, ē,
on,
A. skilled in any handicraft or art,
clever, harmatēlatas
s.
Pi.P.5.115,
cf. N.7.17;
“kubernētēs”
A.Supp.770;
“mantis”
Id.Th.382;
“oiōnothetas”
S.OT484
(lyr.);
of a sculptor, E.Fr.372;
even of
hedgers and ditchers, Margites Fr.2;
but in this sense mostly of poets and musicians, Pi.O.1.9,
P.1.42,
3.113;
en
kithara
s.
Sophon:
sophia
, Ion. -iē,
h(,
prop. A. cleverness or skill
in handicraft and
art, as in carpentry, tektonos,
hos
rha
te
pasēs
eu
eidē
s.
Il.15.412;
of the
Telchines, Pi.O.7.53;
hē
entekhnos
s.,
of
Hephaestus and Athena, Pl.Prt.32
1d;
of Daedalus and
Palamedes, X.Mem.4.2.33,
cf. 1.4.2;
in music and
singing, tekhnē
kai
s.
h.Merc.483,
cf. 511;
in poetry, Sol.13.52,
Pi.O.1.117,
Ar.Ra.882,
X.An.1.2.8,
etc.;
in driving, Pl. Thg.123c;
in
medicine or surgery, Pi.P.3.54;
in
divination, S.OT 502
Working Poieo
to make or produce. Bring something new in
existence 4. after Hom.,
of Poets, compose, write, p. dithurambon,
epea,
Hdt.1.23,
4.14; “p. theogoniēn
Hellēsi”
Id.2.53; p. Phaidran,
Saturous,
Ar.Th.153,
157; p. kōmōdian,
tragōdian,
etc., Pl.Smp.223d;
“palinōdian”
Isoc.10.64,
Pl.Phdr.243b,
etc.; “poiēmata”
Id.Phd.60d:
abs., write
poetry, write as a poet
g1140. daimo/nion daimonion, dahee-mon´-ee-on; neuter of a
derivative of 1142; a dæmonic being; by extension a deity:
— devil, god.
1
Polemeo (g4170)
pol-em-eh'-o; from 4171; to be
(engaged) in warfare, i.e. to battle (lit.
or fig.):- fight, (make) war.
[
. . . ] )8[ . .
. ] 19[ . . . which ] 20[,, . they shall write . . . the
trumpets of
Col. 3 the battle
formations, and
the trumpets
for assembling them when the gates
of the war are opened so that the infantry might advance, the trumpets for the
signal of the slain, the trumpets of 2 the ambush, the trumpets of pursuit when the enemy is defeated, and the trumpets of reassembly when the battle returns.
War Rule Dead Sea Scroll
Polemic is from the Greek
"polemikos" and means a war:"to shake, cause
to tremble, dispute, controversial, argumentative. A polimicist is one "skilled in making war." (Webster) (I.e. a
skilled change
agent)
For this reason Christ came
into the world to
free believers so that they can both understand His
mysteries and be
able to tell a "prince from a frog." The new language of
"praise" is
really the erotic
language of self
gratification
even if it means, as one
fellow claimed, having sexual
intercourse with God.
John warns those
stripped naked of the Word:
Behold,
I come
like a thief! Blessed is he who stays awake and keeps
his clothes with him, so that he may not
go naked and be shamefully exposed." Revelation
16:15
The test of a non-frog
spirit is that
he doesn't leap around and
croak. He
doesn't try to soar
like a mountain over the "little hills" selling polemic
skills,
even making problems so that he can get paid for curing
them.
Spiritual discernment is the only way to keep them from
"lading" you
with burdens like pack animals.
THE MARKS OF THE
QUACK SPIRITS
2 Peter 1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the
scripture is of
any private interpretation.
Discernment comes from giving heed to the word: private
interpretation is done by rhetorical or mechanical devices.
A
musical instrument is defined as a machine for doing hard work
mostly
in MAKING WAR or polemics or creating the shock and awe of
religious
spectacle.
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Epilusis (g1955)ep-il'-oo-sis;
from 1956; explanation, i.e. application:
- interpretation.
Epiluo
(g1956) ep-ee-loo'-o; from 1909 and 3089; to solve further, i.e. (fig.) to explain, decide: -
determine,
expound.
Epi-lusis, A. a
Release from fear. A.The.134. 2. solution, sophismatôn.
explanation,
2
Ep.Pet.1.20
[A].
Almost
by
definition even godly preachers are forced to "release
the
congregation from fear." Evil preachers lie and force
people to violate
the Bible and all known evidence by imposing musical
instruments by
RELEASING them from fear.
Mic.
2:11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood
do lie, saying, I
will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong
drink; he shall even be
the prophet of this people.
GOD'S WORD Translation
Liars
and frauds may go around and say, "We will preach to
you about wine and
liquor." They would be just the type of preacher you
want.
Sophis-teia, sophistry, mantikê, of Balaam, mantikê
means divination,
soothsayer
Playto,
Cratylus says "the part of
appropriative, coercive, hunting art which hunts animals, land animals, tame animals, man,
privately, for pay, is paid in cash, claims
to give education, and is a hunt after rich and
promising
youths, must--so our present argument concludes--be
called sophistry.
MECHANE 3.theatrical
machine by which
gods, etc., were made to appear in the air, II.
any artificial means or contrivance
for doing a
thing, of any work requiring skill or art, crate an arousal
or epephanês
Epiphaino make the gods or
spirits appear
Māchĭnāmentum
I.a machine, engine; an
instrument, organ
Orgănum ,
i, n., = organon, Of
musical instruments, a pipe, Quint. 11, 3, 20; 9,
4, 10; Juv. 6, 3, 80; Vulg.
Gen. 4, 21; id.
2 Par. 34, 12 et saep.--Of hydraulic engines, an
organ, water-organ: organa hydraulica,
Jubal handled musical instruments meaning "without
authority."
Organon
, to, ( [ergon, erdô] 3.
musical instrument, ; homendi' organôn ekêlei anthrôpous, of
Marsyas, Pl.Smp.215c
; aneu organôn psilois logois ibid.,
cf. Plt.268b
; o. poluchordaId.R.399c
, al.; met'ôidêskaitinônorganôn Phld.Mus.p.98K.
; of the pipe,
Plt.268b
Plato, Statesman: [268b] and
he alone knows the midwife's
science of aiding at the birth of their offspring.
Moreover, so far as
the nature of the creatures allows them to enjoy sport
or music, no one
can enliven or soothe them better than he;
whether with instruments or
merely with his voice he performs the music best suited to
his own
herd; and the same applies to the other herdsmen. Is not
that the case?
Suited: Tropos, IV.
in Music, like harmonia, a
particular mode, Audiost. Pi.O.14.17
ôidê stropos, mousikês tropoi, dithurambikoi t.
(distd. fr. êthos) Phld.Mus.p.9K.; ho harmoni
kostês mousikês t. Aristid.Quint.1.12 , cf. 2.1; of art
in general, pantestêseikastikês t. Phld.Po.5.7
Ergon, 1.
in Il. mostly of works or deeds
of war, polemêïa
theskelos
, on, Ep. Adj. perh. A.set
in
motion by God ( [kellô] ), and
so marvellous, wondrous, always of things, th.
erga deeds or
works of wonder, Il.3.130, Od.11.610;
theskelaeidôs Call. Fr.anon.385:
neut. Adv., eïktodetheskelonautôi it was wondrous
like him, Il.23.107;
prob. taken by later poets as,= God-inspired (
[keleuô] ), th. Hermês
Coluth.126
Ekêlei kêl-eô, A.
charm, bewitch, beguile,
esp. by music, korên humnoisi E.Alc.359
; ôidais
Pl.Ly.206b ; kêlôntêiphônêihôsper OrpheusId.Prt.315a
,
cf.Luc.Ind.12; houtôsekêlei, of Pericles as an
orator, Eup.94.6; epaidôn k. charm
by incantation, Pl.Phdr.267d;
tôimekêlêseistropôi;
Achae.17.2; of bribery, Theopomp.Com.30:--Pass.,
kêleitaiaoidais
The Secret of
Safety
delivered by Lord Jesus Christ
Then
said Jesus to
those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue
in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; John 8:31
And ye shall know
the truth, and the truth shall make you
free. John 8:32
And
he said unto them, These
are the words
which I
spake unto
you, while I was yet
with you, that all
things must be
fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in
the
prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. Lu 24:44
Then opened he
their understanding,
that they might
understand the scriptures. Lu 24:45
And said unto
them, Thus it is
written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to
rise from the
dead the third day: Lu 24:46
And
that repentance and remission
of sins should be preached in his name among all
nations, beginning at Jerusalem. Lu.24:47
Jesus didn't prescribe as
worship what we
nornally do like the Synagogue which was school or learning
center
and not "worship center." Worship is clearly defined
throughout the
New Testament as giving attendance to the reading of the
Word and
meditating on it. "Singing" is not the operative word.
Rather,
"speaking" the revealed word as it has been delivered is the
only way
to keep the quacks, frogs or marsh-leepers out of your
pulpit.
Spiritual discern grows only by giving heed to the Word of
Christ and
meditating on it.
However, the
Spirit
prophesied:
NOW
the Spirit
speaketh expressly, that in the latter
times some shall depart from the faith,
giving heed to seducing (roving tramps) spirits, and doctrines
of devils; 1 Timothy
4:1
Speaking
lies in hypocrisy
(actors); having their
conscience seared with a hot iron; 1 Timothy 4:2
There were many listed errors but the
solution for all
was:
If
thou put the
brethren in remembrance
of these things, thou
shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in
the words
of
faith and of good
doctrine, whereunto
thou hast attained. 1 Timothy 4:6
But
refuse profane
and old
wives
fables
(myths
spun for
"tutition"), and
exercise thyself rather unto godliness. 1 Timothy 4:7
Clement:Chapter
VI.-By Divine
Inspiration Philosophers Sometimes Hit on
the Truth.
"A
great crowd of
this description rushes on my mind, introducing, as it
were, a terrifying
apparition
of strange demons,
speaking of fabulous and monstrous shapes,
in old
wives' talk. Far from
enjoining men
to listen to
such tales are we, who avoid the practice of soothing our crying children, as
the saying is, by telling
them fabulous
stories, being afraid
of fostering in their minds the impiety professed by
those who,
though wise
in
their own conceit, have no more knowledge of the
truth than infants.
For
why (in the name of truth!) do you make those who
believe you
subject to ruin and corruption, dire and irretrievable?
Why, I
beseech you, fill up life with idolatrous images, by feigning
the winds, or the air,
or fire, or earth, or stones, or stocks, or steel, or
this universe,
to be
gods; and, prating
loftily of the
heavenly bodies in this much vaunted science of
astrology, not
astronomy, to those men who have truly wandered, talk of the wandering
stars as gods?
It
is the Lord of the spirits, the Lord of the fire, the Maker of the
universe, Him who
lighted up the sun,
that I long for.
I seek
after
God, not the works of God.
A
beautiful breathing instrument (Psalm 150) of music
the Lord made
man, after His own
image. And He Himself
also, surely, who is the supramundane Wisdom, the
celestial Word, is
the all-harmonious, melodious, holy
instrument of God.
What,
then, does
this instrument-the Word of God, the Lord, the New
Song-desire?
To open the eyes of
the
blind, and unstop the ears of the
deaf, and to lead the
lame or the erring to righteousness, to exhibit God to
the foolish,
to put a stop to corruption, to conquer death, to
reconcile
disobedient children to their father.
The instrument of God loves mankind.
The Lord
pities, instructs, exhorts, admonishes, saves,
shields, and of
His bounty promises us the kingdom of heaven as a
reward for
learning; and the only advantage He reaps is, that we
are saved. For
wickedness feeds on men's destruction; but truth, like
the bee,
harming nothing, delights only in the salvation of
men.
Again the Spirit
speaks
expressly:
THIS
know also,
that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 Tim 3:1
For
men shall be
lovers of their own
selves, lovers of
money, boasters, proud,
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
2 Tim
3:2
Without
natural affection,
trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers
of those that are good,
2 Tim 3:3
Traitors,
heady, highminded, lovers of
pleasures more than
lovers of God; 2 Tim 3:4
Having
a form of godliness,
but denying the power thereof:from such turn away. 2 Tim
3:5
For
of this sort are they
which creep into
houses, and lead
captive silly women laden with sins, led away with
divers lusts, 2
Tim 3:6
Ever
learning, and
never able to come to the knowledge (full
discernment) of the truth. 2 Tim 3:7
The Frog or Beast
People
against the Lamb People
The Bible shows that there
are two "species"
flocking around the world:the first are just flesh: beasts
of the
field much like those in the garden of Eden of which the
serpent was
the slickest, most cunning and also "the most naked."
There are a tiny few who
have their own selves
sucked dry of "demons" so that the Spirit of God or the Mind
of
Christ can get inside.
To the first, Christ spoke
in parables
because, as Isaiah 48 shows, they would just "repackage and
dilute"
the Word and retail it for a living. They can recite the
Word well
enough to sell it but they don't know that they are mixing a
deadly
poison by adding "as much of the world to attract the
world."
And
great
multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he
went into a
ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.
Mt.13:2
All
these things
spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without
a parable
spake he not unto them:Mt.13:34
And
the disciples came, and
said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? Mt.13:10
He
answered and
said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the
kingdom of
heaven, but to them it
is not given. Mt 13:11
For
whosoever hath, to him shall be given,
and he shall have more
abundance:but whosoever
hath not, from him
shall be taken away even that he hath. Matt 13:12
Therefore
speak I
to them in parables:because they seeing see not; and
hearing they
hear not, neither do they understand. Mt.13:13
And
in them is fulfilled the
prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall
hear, and shall
not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not
perceive: Matt
13:14
For
this peoples heart is
waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and
their eyes they
have closed; lest at any time they should see with
their eyes, and
hear with their ears, and should understand with their
heart, and
should be converted, and I should heal them. Matt
13:15
But
blessed are your eyes, for
they see:and your ears, for they hear. Matt 13:16
To the latter, Christ gives
the power of co-perception.
They can understand the parable nature of the
Word
which God used "from the foundation of the world" to hide
the Word
from the "flood of words from Satan." A clean conscience is
like a
"clean house" not contaminated by self-doubt sold by the
declaimers
as "spiritual anxiety created by religious ritual" but one
swept
clean of the demons so that a right spirit can live inside
able to
know a frog
when he sees one.
Basil
wrote about illumination.
Paul Told us Who
has the
Treasure Chest
FOR
I would that
ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them
at Laodicea,
and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; Col
2:1
That
their hearts
might be comforted, being knit
together in love, and unto all riches of the full
assurance of
understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God,
and of the Father, and of Christ; Col 2:2
But
I fear, lest by any means,
as the serpent
beguiled Eve through
his subtilty, so your minds
should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in
Christ. 2
Co.11:3
Beguiled is
"para
logic."
Nasha (h5377) naw-shaw'; a
prim. root; to
lead astray, i. e. (mentally) to delude, or (morally) to
seduce: -
beguile, deceive, * greatly, * utterly.
Having
eyes full of adultery, and that cannot
cease from sin; beguiling unstable
souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed
children: 2 Pe.2:14
Note
that this is not a
trinity of God, Father and Christ. Rather, God manifests
Himself in
many forms. Here it is--
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Father
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God or
Deity is
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Christ
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There
is no
mystery if we look at this without discernment and are
beguilde.
However, it takes discernment to see the clear "pea under
the shell"
that pure Deity is One but is manifested in three primary
ways.
Musterion (g3466)
moos-tay'-ree-on; (to shut the mouth); a
secret or "mystery" (through the idea of silence
imposed by
initiation into religious rites):- mystery
In
whom are hid all
the treasures of wisdom
and knowledge. Col 2:3
And this
I say,
lest any man
should
beguile you with enticing words. Col 2:4
Performers will direct you
to a "temple"
ritual of pomp, music and sacrifice. It can bring tears to
your eyes.
However, God made us to live in a physical world and we
cannot
"ascend to God" or "bring Christ down" in ceremony. We
worship "in
spirit" or in the Mind. Our pattern is a human image of God
never
self-seeking and, to the watching world, the vilest of
criminals
needed to hang like meat so that everyone can look upon Him.
However,
"on the cross" is the only way we can look upon God:we
cannot have a
legalistic, exhilarating good time in worship as if we are
already in
heaven.
Beguilement comes from a "parallel word" or system
of religion. It means "para-logic." It looks real but all of
the
"thesaurus" is hidden in Christ. If you listen to the
"chicken soup"
concocted out of the cabbage heads of the world you will be
mis-directed. You know, like a magician. You are certain
that you saw
the Statue of Liberty disappear before your eyes. But you
cannot see
or listen to two things at the same time. If false teachers
can
direct you to yourself, themselves or the conditions of the
world you
cannot possible see Jesus.
They will likely say that
they preach just
Jesus and Him crucified. However, if you look to the hidden
treasures
you will determine that these people are making fools of you
by
claiming that you are "still carnal" and not ready to eat
spititual
meat.
The Gift of A
holy
spirit:the power of Spiritual Discernment of God's Word
which is
Spirit.
Paul in 1 Cor 2 makes it
clear that there are
no mind readers. There is no one who can tell when you are
lying.
However, a believer is given the power of discernment simply
because
the veil is lifted into the Most Holy place or the mirror
has been
wiped clean of those who fog it up with hot air.
New Testament spiritual
blessings are
prefigured in Old Testament events. The gift of the holy
spirit of
God in building the Tabernacle is defined in
Exodus:
See,
I have called
by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son
of Hur, of the tribe of
Judah:Exodus 31:2
Becalel (h1212) bets-al-ale';
prob. from 6738 and 410 with
prep. pref.; in (the) shadow (i. e. protection) of God;
Betsalel; the name of two Isr.:- Bezaleel.
And
I have filled him with the spirit of
God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and
in knowledge, and
in all manner of workmanship Exodus 31:3
Bezaleel had a human spirit
or mind created
with the power of a "new man" who could work in gold, silver
and
brass and other skills "that they may make all that I have
commanded
thee."
Of the Messiah who will be
Jehovah-Saves the
builder of the true Tabernacle in heaven and the church on
earth:
AND
there shall
come forth a rod
out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch
shall grow out of his roots: Isaiah 11:1
And
the spirit
of the Lord shall rest
upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the
spirit of counsel and might,
the spirit of knowledge and
of the fear of the
Lord; Isaiah 11:2
And
shall make him
of quick
understanding
(spiritual) in the fear of the Lord:and he shall not
judge after the sight of his eyes, neither
reprove after the
hearing of his ears: Isaiah 11:3
If
the great Lord is willing,
he
will be
filled with the spirit of understanding;
he will pour
forth words of
wisdom and give thanks to the Lord
in prayer. See
Isaiah
Ecclesiasticus
39:6.
He
will direct his counsel and knowledge
aright,
and meditate
on his secrets. Ecclesiasticus
39:7.
The gift of God's Spirit in
a spiritual sense
is the regenerating of the old human spirit to make it
fit for God's
use. Just as Bezaleel was
"born again" as a skilled craftsman, the
Christian
believer has a new
spirit or mind
able to approach
God in the "temple" of the heart.
Peter used
different words
to show how the sanctified heart happens when our body
is washed with
water:
The
like figure
whereunto even baptism
doth also now save us
(not
the putting
away of the filth of the flesh,
but the request
for a good conscience toward God,) by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ:1
Peter 3:21
In
baptism we have our own
"vessel" washed in pure water and God sanctifies our spirit
to make
it suitable for His use. That is, God "sprinkles" Christ's
"blood" or
the merit of His blood on our spirit which is that which
serves
Him.
Paul also
connected the
Gift of the Spirit to Baptism and Crossing the Red
Sea.
The blood of Christ was shed
in type when the
lamb was slain.
After the literal
"Passover", Paul says of the
passage through the Red Sea:
They
were all baptized into
Moses in the cloud and
in the sea. 1 Cor 10:2
They all
ate the same spiritual food 1 Cor 10:3
and drank the
same
spiritual drink;
for
they drank from the spiritual
rock that
accompanied them,
and that
rock was
Christ. 1 Cor
10:4
Becoming
Co-Perceivers with
the Mind of Christ, the Holy Spirit
Satan does his
work best
with the new code word:The Core Gospel. By deliberately
lifting
Paul's comments to Corinth out of context, Satan sows
the "tares"
which prevent the Word of God from developing. Paul
decided to
"preach just Christ and Him crucified" was the use of
irony to insult
the Corinthians who never rose aboe veing carnal. To
those who were
"weaned" or "perfected" it was possible to feed the
"meat" of
spirit-developing doctrine.
Now
we have
received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which
is OF God;
that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. 1
Corinthians 2:12
Which
things also we
speak, not in the words which mans wisdom
teacheth,
but
(words) which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing
spiritual things
with spiritual. 1 Corinthians 2:13 I speak the truth in
Christ--I
am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy
Spirit Rom 9:1
Wherefore
Jesus also, that he
might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered
without the gate. Let us go forth
therefore unto him
without the camp, bearing his reproach.
For
here have we
no continuing city, but we seek one to come. By him
therefore let us
offer
the sacrifice of praise
to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his
name. Hebrews 13:12-15
The "gospel only"
keeps on
sowing the seed but once the "seed" has germinated by
hearing the
Word by faith, it needs to advance beyond childish
"milk."
For
when for the
time ye ought to be
teachers, ye have need
that one teach you again which be the first principles of
the oracles
of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong
meat. Hebrews 5:12
For
every one that
useth milk is unskilful
in the word of righteousness:for he is a babe.
Hebrews 5:13
A
babe is a minor infant.
Figuratively it is a simple-minded person or an immature
Christian.
Those still fed on milk after the first principles are
understood are
hungering and thirsting for the Word of God and cannot find
it. In
several examples in the Old Testament performance music was
used to
"take
away the key to
knowledge."
From
1:2 milk is seen as only Christ and Him
crucified. Until the
Corinthians clear their minds of the Pagan idolatry notion
that the
oracles, priests and interpreters were super-stars was
Christian not,
it would be useless to go beyond and feed them the deep
spiritual
meat of the Word of God.
But strong meat
belongeth to them that
are of full age, even those who by reason of use have
their senses exercised to discern both good and evil
Hebrews 5:14
"Exercised" is a
gymnasium
practice where one becomes "naked"
of everything which
hinders. The exercises
are not "spiritual" in the warm-fuzzy or "chicken soup"
sense but to
become spiritual must have their perception or senses exercised.
Aistheterion (g145)
ahee-sthay-tay'-ree-on; from a der. of 143;
prop. an organ of perception, i.e. (fig.) judgment:- senses.
When you do not
let it sink
down into your ears, the result is predictable:
Then
there arose a
reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. Luke 9:46
A
clear conscience means more
than freedom from a guilty feeling. Without a guilty feeling
all of
the obscacles to discernment are cleared away. As a result,
we are
able to see "over the horizon" which is deliberately hidden
within
the revealed Word and reserved for the exclusive use of
believers.
The
clear conscience which we ask
from
God at
baptism clears off the obstacles
of a carnal
brain and gives one's
senses a co-perception of spiritual things:
The
like figure
whereunto even baptism
doth also now save us
(not
the putting
away of the filth of the flesh,
but the request
for a good conscience toward God,) by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ:1
Peter 3:21
Suneidesis (g4893)
soon-i'-day-sis; from a prol.
form of 4894; co- perception, i.e. moral
consciousness; - conscience.
Suneido (g4894) soon-i'-do;
from 4862 and 1492; to see
completely; used (like its prim.) only in two past
tenses,
respectively mean. to
understand or become aware, and to be conscious or (clandestinely)
informed of: - consider, know, be privy, be ware
of.
For
in him dwelleth all the
fulness of the Godhead bodily. Colossians 2: 9
And ye are complete in
him, which is the head of all principality and power:
Colossians 2:10
In
whom also ye are circumcised with
the circumcision
made without
hands,
When?:
in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh
How?: by the circumcision of Christ: Colossians 2:11
Buried
with him in
baptism, [b] wherein also ye are
risen with him
through the
faith of the operation of God, who hath raised
him from the dead. Col
2:12
Jeremiah 6:10 To whom
shall I speak,
and give warning,
that they may hear?
behold, their ear
is
uncircumcised,
and they cannot
hearken:
behold, the word of the Lord is unto
them a reproach;
they have
no delight in
it.
Any
Bible believer knows the spiritual
high
of having a
"clear conscience" promised only by turning to Christ in
baptism.
This does not mean "preacher-absolved guilt from sin."
Rather, it
means to
be able to
understand the Word
when we read it and grasp the 'mystery' which Christ was hidden
from the foundation of the
world in parables.
I
speak the truth
in Christ--I am not lying, my conscience confirms it in the Holy
Spirit Rom 9:1
Here,
the holy
spirit is Paul's
spirit made holy or
set aside by Christ the Spirit.
As
Christ told the
other apostles that He would guide them, He also told Paul
that the
"blinders" of his own
spirit would be removed.
Mandaeands
Sabians
Iraq Christians
"Sabian"
is a word derived from the
Aramaic-Mandic verb "Saba" which means "baptised" or
"dyed", "immersed
in
water". "dMandaeans" is
derived from "menda" which means in the mandiac language
"knowledge".
Thus,
"Mandaean Sabians" means those who are baptised and who know
the
religion of God.
Clement
of Alexandria in Stromata
notes that co-perception is not
automatic:
Here
he terms the Babylonians wise.
And that Scripture calls every secular science or art by the one name wisdom (there are other arts
and sciences invented over and
above by human reason), and that artistic and skilful invention is from God,
will be clear if we adduce
the following statement:
"And
the Lord
spake to Moses, See, I have called Bezaleel, the son of
Uri, the son
of Or, of the tribe of Judah; and I have filled him with the divine
spirit of wisdom, and understanding, and knowledge, to devise and to
execute in all manner of work, to
work gold, and silver, and brass, and blue, and purple,
and scarlet,
and in working stone work, and in the art of working
wood," and even
to "all works." [Ex. xxxi.
2-5.]
And then He adds the
general reason,
"And
to every understanding heart I have given understanding; " [Ex.
xxxi. 6.]
that is, to
every one capable of
acquiring it by pains and exercise. And again, it is
written expressly in the name of
the Lord "And speak thou to all that are wise in mind,
whom I have filled with the spirit
of perception." [ Ex. xxviii.
3.]
Those
who are wise in mind have a certain
attribute of nature peculiar to themselves; and they
who have shown
themselves capable, receive from the Supreme Wisdom a spirit
of perception in double measure.
For those
who
practise the common
arts, are in
what pertains
to
the senses
highly gifted:
in hearing, he who is commonly called a
musician;
in touch, he who moulds clay;
in voice the singer,
in smell the perfumer,
in sight the engraver of devices
on seals. (marks)
If we
compare ourselves with
ourselves we will get into trouble. Therefore, a lack of a
guilt
feeling has no value. However, when our witness bears
witness with
God's Word then we co-perceive.
For
when the
Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in
the law, these, having not
the law, are a law unto themselves:Romans 2:14
Which
shew the
work of the law written
in their hearts,
>
their conscience (co-perception) also bearing
witness,
> and their
thoughts the mean
while accusing or else
excusing one another;Romans 2:15
Thoughts
are:
Logismos (g3053)
log-is-mos'; from 3049; computation, i.e. (fig.)
reasoning
(conscience, conceit):- imagination, thought.
You
will notice that the first
effect of having the law written on our hearts which is
the gift of a
holy spirit is that our conscience bears witness. However,
the next
idea is more like a feeling of guilt. Therefore--
This word also
carries the
idea of consciousness or awarness:
For our
rejoicing
is this, the testimony
of our conscience,
that in simplicity and godly sincerity,
not with
fleshly wisdom,
but by the
grace of
God,
we have had our conversation in the
world, and more abundantly
to youward. 2 Cor 1:12
Vine notes that "some regard consciousness as the meaning here."
Howbeit
there is not in every man that
knowledge:for some with conscience of the idol unto this
hour eat it as a
thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience
being weak is defiled. 1 Cor 8:7
For
if any man see
thee which hast
knowledge sit at meat
in the idols temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be
emboldened to eat those
things which are offered to idols; 1 Cor 8:10
But
when ye sin so
against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience,
ye sin against
Christ. 1 Cor 8:12
Vine:"In 1 Pet. 2:19
signifies... perhaps
here, a consciousness so controlled by the apprehension
of God's presence, that the person
realized that griefs
are to be born in accordance with His will."
There is no
Spiritual
Discernment Until We Turn to Christ.
This
does not mean "turn into
a Christ." It means just the opposite. It means be ready to
live so
that the world despises and rejects you and will do
anything,
including crucify you, to shut your mouth. No applause the
the
believer who doesn't want to be consumed with worms.
Therefore,
Paul addressed the
"first principles" to church goers who were not yet in on
the
mystery:
1 Cor 2:2 For I determined
not to
know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him
crucified.
The
Corinthians were still
identified as carnal and not spiritual. Chapter 10 warns
them about
turning back to the musical worship of demons
which doomed Israel so that they could not "see through the
veil." In
chapter 13 he identified the booming and clanging of worship to the
worship of demons through soothsayers. He said:
AND
I, brethren,
could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal,
even as unto babes in Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:1
Pneumatikos (g4152)
pnyoo-mat-ik-os'; from 4151; non-carnal,
i.e. (humanly) ethereal (as opposed to gross), or (daemoniacally) a spirit (concr.), or divinely
supernatural, regenerate, religious:- spiritual. Comp. 5591.
Because of their
ongoing
problems, the first
letter was to show the Corinthians that others were not able
to
"see
through the
glass" because the
performers in speeches, prayers and songs were standing
between it
and the possible spiritual person. Therefore, until Corinth
got their
act together he could tell them:
For now we see through a glass,
darkly; but then face to face:now I know in
part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. 1
Corinthians
13:12
In the second
letter to
Corinth, Paul
connected "turning" to getting a clear "mirror" into the Mind
of Christ:
But
even unto this
day, when Moses is read,
the vail (covering so you cannot see) is upon their heart. 2
Corinthians 3:15
Nevertheless,
when
it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. 2 Corinthians 3:16 (So
you can see
the kingdom)
Now the Lord is that Spirit:and where the Spirit of the
Lord is, there is liberty. 2 Corinthians 3:17
Can anything be
clearer
that the Lord is the Spirit. Mystically true, however
many degrees
from college makes it impossible to read 3:17 and
understand it
unless one has truly humbled themselves in the sight
of the Lord and
been baptized without lying to God.
But
we all, with
open face beholding as in a glass
the glory
of the Lord, are changed into the same image
from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 2 Corinthians 3:18
"Since
being filled
with the Spirit and letting
the Word of Christ dwell within both produce the same
results, a spirit-filled Christian is one in
whom the Word of Christ dwells. A
Spirit-filled Christian is a
Christ-conscious Christian.
"A
Spirit-filled
Christian is consumed
with learning everything he or she can about
Jesus and obeying everything that Jesus
said.
"That
is what it means to 'let
the word of Christ richly dwell within you.' To be
filled with the
Spirit is to be totally and richly involved in all there
is to know
about Jesus Christ." (MacArthur, John, Charismatic Chaos, p. 259, Zondervan).
1 Cor 3:1 AND I, brethren, could not speak unto
you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as
unto babes in
Christ.
Therefore,
those who
pretend to just preach Christ and Him crucified have not
been
crucified with Christ. And they are exist only by still
speaking to
you as carnal, babes in Christ.
One
with spiritual
consciousness or the gift of the Spirit will not listen.
You
can listen and know
that even if they can quote the entire Bible they have not
yet been
initiated into the mystery of a mind which "on a clear day
can see
forever."
An infinite God
of the
universe had the power to manifest His mystery and the
mind-set of an
earthling just learning to toddle. He became a son, a
child. Totally
helpless. Yet, He was God just as God wanted to reveal
Himself to the
yet carnal mind--just animal:
For
unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:and the
government shall be upon his
shoulder:and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty
God, The everlasting Father, The Prince
of Peace. Isaiah 9:6
You cannot see pure or Holy
Spirit Who is
Infinite and Eternal. Yet, He choose to image Himself, his
attributes, character, nature fully in ONE baby who would
grow up so
counter-cultural to the animal world that He would be seen
as the
vilest criminal:just cannot wait for the tigers to get their
flesh
into His body. Some still have the canabalistic urge to
devour His
literal flesh and drink His literal blood.
When Jesus died He promised
that He would come
again as "another" Spirit form but He would still be called
Jesus of
Nazareth because He didn't want this "spirit" to be marketed
and sold
to build ministeries built upon superstition.
However, Jesus said that God
was Incarnating
Himself in His inspired, written and
protected Word
so full of mystery
that the
Jews couldn't begin to grasp His parables because Jesus
didn't want
them to understand.
It
is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth
nothing:the words
that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are
life. John 6:63
Bible worshiper?
The
Jews were just as
irate when they asked "human worshiper?" A mere man whom we
can murder is to be worshiped
as God? Away with Him. Kill Him. Give us a murderer!
How can a human
image
God?
If you don't
believe it you have failed the test because God is not going
to sweep
you into His sensuous arms and dance the night away with
you. Nor is
He going to give you the power of revelation which is no
less
powerful than the power to fly. Take Him or leave Him.
How can mere
human words
image God? The Christ
killers will still crucify you just as Jesus predicted.
But
the "princes" in Jerusalem
fell behind the publicans and prostitutes in Jerusalem
because they
said:"How can baptism cause God to remit my sins?" So they
"rejected
the counsel of God for their lives."
Yes,
words are powerful. The
jury has the power to put life or death in the words not
guilty or
guilty. How can we think that God is less powerful"
Peter knew that
understanding the Words of Christ is that which can cleanse the conscience to chase out the old
"demons" so that
God can live in the
mind or spirit:
We
have also a
more sure
word of
prophecy; whereunto ye
do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in
a dark
place,
until
the day
dawn,
and the day
star arise in your hearts:2 Peter 1:19
Peter said also:
Searching what, or what
manner of
time the Spirit of
Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the
sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. 1
Peter 1:11
1. Take heed is the one of the rare
"worship" word
connected with the Gospel:
Proserchomai (g4334) pros-er'-khom-ahee; from 4314
and
2064 (includ. its alt.); to approach,
i.e. (lit.) come
near, visit,
or (fig.) worship, assent to: - (as soon as he) come
(unto),
come thereunto, consent, draw near, go (near, to, unto).
2. Day Dawn:
Diaugazo (g1306) dee-ow-gad'-zo; from 1223 and
826;
to glimmer through, i.e. break (as day): - dawn.
But
have renounced the
hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but,
by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every mans
conscience in the sight of God. 2 Cor 4:2
But
if our gospel be hid, it is
hid to them that are lost: 2 Cor 4:3
In
whom the god
of this world
(age) hath blinded the minds of them which
believe
not,
lest the
light of the glorious
gospel of
Christ, who is
the image of God, should shine unto them. 2 Cor 4:4
For
we preach
not ourselves, but Christ
Jesus
the Lord; and ourselves your
servants for Jesus sake. 2 Cor 4:5
For
God, who commanded the light to shine out
of darkness, hath shined in our
hearts, to give the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus
Christ. 2 Cor 4:6
But
we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of
the power may be of God, and
not of us. 2 Cor 4:7
One
half of our brain is
logic-oriented. That means that it is spiritual meaning
rational.
When we allow the truth to come to us without mind-altering
drug-producing music or spiritual anxiety created by
"brinkmanship"
the rational mind grasps the truth spiritually.
Then
the emotional
nature can rejoice knowing that it has been "filtered" by
the
God-designed mind and not injected directly into the blood
stream by
music or drama.
However, most of
the
Israelites did not have a holy spirit or pure mental
disposition:
The Israelites had the
presence of God as the
Rock, Water, Manna and Pillar. That is, they had the abiding
presence
of the Spirit. However, they did not have a new spirit:
They
were all baptized into
Moses in the cloud and
in the sea. 1 Cor 10:2
They all
ate the same spiritual food 1 Cor 10:3
and drank the
same
spiritual drink;
for
they drank from the spiritual
rock that
accompanied them,
and that rock was Christ. 1 Cor 10:4
Note: the Rock is the
source of the water so
they didn't drink the Rock.
Nevertheless,
God was not
pleased with most
of them; their bodies
were scattered over the desert. 1 Cor 10:5
Now
these things
were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as
they also lusted. 1 Cor 10:6
Neither
be ye idolaters, as were some of them;
as it is written, The people
sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. 1 Cor 10:7
This
was musical worship of Osiris of whom Apis the calf
was the
incarnation.
The Prophecy of a
New
Spirit
The Book of Jubilees condemning Jubilees:
14 And they will forget all My
law and all My commandments and all My
judgments, and will go
15 astray as to new moons, and sabbaths,
and festivals, and jubilees,
and ordinances.
And after this they will
turn to
Me from amongst the
Gentiles with
all their heart and with
all their soul and with all their strength, and I will
gather them
from amongst all the Gentiles, and they will seek me
20 Thee. Let thy mercy, O
Lord, be lifted up
upon Thy people, and create in them an upright
spirit, and let
not the spirit of Beliar rule over them to accuse them before Thee, and to
ensnare
them
The spirit of
Beliar means that our
mind or spirit is infested with a demonic band of evil,
self-serving
thoughts.
The Upright Spirit is a holy
spirit.
Baptism is
the only time
and place that we can
appraoch Jesus to have him cast out the old and restore
a new, holy
or upright spirit.
The spirit of
Beliar
21 from all the paths of
righteousness, so
that they may perish from before Thy face. But they are
Thy people and
Thy inheritance,
which thou hast delivered with thy great power from the hands
of
the Egyptians: create in them a clean heart
and a holy spirit, and let them not be
ensnared in---
And what
concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath
he that believeth
with an infidel? 2 Cor 6:15
Yes, "there
be infidels in
the land!"
22 their sins from
henceforth until eternity.'
And the Lord said unto Moses:'I
know their contrariness and their thoughts and
their stiffneckedness,
and they
will not be obedient
till they confess
23 their own
sin and the sin
of their fathers. And
after this they will turn
to Me in all
uprightness and with all (their) heart and with all
(their) soul, and
I will circumcise
the foreskin
of their heart and the foreskin of the heart of
their seed,
and I will
create in them a holy
spirit,
and I will cleanse them
so that they shall not
turn away from Me
from that day unto
eternity.
24 And their souls will cleave
to Me and to all My
commandments,
and they will fulfil
My
25 commandments, and I will
be their Father and they shall be My children. And they
all shall be
called children of the living God, and every angel and every
spirit
shall know,
yea, they shall know
that these are My children, and that I am their Father in uprightness and righteousness, and
that
26 I love them. And do
thou write
down for thyself all these words which I declare unto thee on this mountain, the
first and
the last, which shall come to pass in all the divisions of
the days
in the law and in the testimony and in the weeks and
the
jubilees
unto eternity, until I descend and
dwell
27 with them
throughout eternity.'
Jeremiah
Jesus
said that worship would
not be accepted when related to ritual "time and place."
Rather,
worship must be "in spirit" or in the mind as it
contemplates the
"truth" or the Words of Christ:
But
this shall be
the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel;
After those
days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward
parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God,
and they shall
be my people. Jer 31:33
And they
shall teach no
more every man his
neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the
Lord:for they shall all know me,
from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith
the
Lord:
for
I will forgive their
iniquity, and I will
remember their sin no more. Jer 31:34
Jesus
placed forgiveness of
iniquits at Baptism and Peter says that at Baptism God
gives us
co-perception or spiritual discernment which grows with
use.
Whereof
the Holy
Ghost also is a witness to
us: for after
that he
had
said before, Hebrews
10:15
This
is the
covenant that I will make with them after those days,
saith the Lord;
I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write
them; Hebrews 10:16
Searching
what, or what manner
of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did
signify,
when
it testified
beforehand the
sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
1 Peter 1:11
1 Cor. 2 notes
that the
Mind of Christ is the Holy Spirit.
First, one is not considered
a "brother" who
does not already know the Lord.
Second, the new "Prophet" will
not "teach to
the tune of a hickory stick" in song or sermon. The teaching
which
would come
to an
end
is the
Hebrew:
Lamad
(h3925) law-mad'; a prim. root; prop. to
goad, i. e. (by impl.) to teach (the
rod being an Oriental
incentive):- [un-]
accustomed, * diligently, expert, instruct, learn,
skilful, teach
(-er, - ing).
Erasmus
defines the legalist "teacher" as the
clergy, monks,
princes and the pope.
