from God

NO ONE EVER SOUGHT ME IN VAIN. I WAIT, WAIT WITH A HUNGRY LONGING TO BE CALLED UPON; AND I, WHO HAVE ALREADY SEEN YOUR HEARTS' NEEDS BEFORE YOU CRIED UPON ME, BEFORE PERHAPS, YOU WERE CONSCIOUS OF THOSE NEEDS YOURSELF, I AM ALREADY PREPARING THE ANSWER.

IT IS LIKE A MOTHER, WHO IS SETTING ASIDE SUITABLE GIFTS FOR HER DAUGHTERS WEDDING, BEFORE LOVE EVEN HAS COME INTO THE DAUGHTERS LIFE.

THE ANTICIPATORY LOVE OF GOD IS A THING MORTALS SELDOM REALIZE. DWELL ON THIS THOUGHT. DISMISS FROM YOUR MINDS THE THOUGHT OF A GRUDGING GOD, WHO HAD TO BE PETITIONED WITH SIGHS AND TEARS AND MUCH SPEAKING BEFORE RELUCTANTLY HE LOOSED THE DESIRED TREASURES. MAN'S THOUGHTS OF ME NEED REVOULTIONIZING.

TRY AND SEE A MOTHER PREPARING BIRTHDAY OR CHRISTMAS DELIGHTS FOR HER CHILD-THE WHILE HER MOTHER-HEART SINGS: "WILL SHE LOVE THAT? HOW SHE WILL LOVE THIS!" AND ANTICIPATES THE RAPTURE OF HER CHILD, HER OWN HEART FULL OF THE TENDEREST JOY. WHERE DID THE MOTHER LEARN ALL THIS PREPARATION-JOY? FROM ME-A FAINT ECHO IS THIS OF MY PREPARATION-JOY.

TRY TO SEE THIS AS PLANS UNFOLD OF MY PREPARING. IT MEANS MUCH TO ME TO BE UNDERSTOOD, AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF ME WILL BRING GREAT JOY TO YOU.

ONE WITH ME. I AND MY FATHER ARE ONE. ONE WITH THE LORD OF THE WHOLE UNIVERSE!

COULD HUMAN ASPIRATION REACH HIGHER? COULD MAN'S DEMANDS TRANSCEND THIS? ONE WITH ME.

IF YOU REALIZE YOUR HIGH PRIVILEGE, YOU HAVE ONLY TO THINK AND IMMEDIATELY THE OBJECT OF YOUR THOUGHT IS CALLED INTO BEING. INDEED, WELL MAY I HAVE SAID, "SET YOUR AFFECTIONS ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON THINGS OF THE EARTH."

TO DWELL IN THOUGHT ON THE MATERIAL, WHEN ONCE YOU LIVE IN ME,-IS TO CALL IT INTO BEING. SO YOU MUST BE CAREFUL ONLY TO THINK OF AND DESIRE THAT WHICH WILL HELP, NOT HINDER, YOUR SPIRITUAL GROWTH. THE SAME LAW OPERATES TOO ON THE SPIRITUAL PLANE.

THINK LOVE, AND LOVE SURROUNDS YOU, AND ALL ABOUT WHOM YOU THINK. THINK THOUGHTS OF ILL-WILL AND ILL SURROUNDS YOU, AND THOSE ABOUT WHOM YOU THINK. THINK HEALTH-HEALTH COMES. THE PHYSICAL REFLECTS THE MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL.

BELIEVE THAT I AM WITH YOU, AND CONTROLLING ALL. WHEN MY WORD HAS GONE FORTH, ALL ARE POWERLESS AGAINST IT.

BE CALM. NEVER FEAR. YOU HAVE MUCH TO LEARN. GO ON UNTIL YOU CAN TAKE THE MOST CROWDED DAY WITH A SONG. "SING UNTO THE LORD." THE FINEST ACCOMPANIMENT TO A SONG OF PRAISE TO ME IS A VERY CROWDED DAY. LET LOVE BE THE MOTIF RUNNING THROUGH ALL.

BE GLAD ALL THE TIME. REJOICE EXCEEDINGLY. JOY IN ME. REST IN ME. NEVER BE AFRIAD. PRAY MORE. DO NOT GET WORRIED. I AM THY HELPER. "UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS." YOU CANNOT GET BELOW THAT. REST IN THEM, AS A TIRED CHILD RESTS.

BE NOT AFRIAD. I AM YOUR GOD, YOUR DELIVERER. FROM ALL EVIL, I WILL DELIVER YOU. TRUST ME. FEAR NOT.

NEVER FORGET YOUR "THANK YOU." DO YOU NOT SEE IT IS A LESSON? YOU MUST SAY "THANK YOU" ON THE GREYEST DAYS. YOU MUST DO IT. ALL CANNOT BE LIGHT UNLESS YOU DO. THERE IS GREY-DAY PRACTICE. IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

MY DEATH UPON THE CROSS WAS NOT ONLY NECESSARY TO SAVE A WORLD, IT WAS NECESSARY, IF ONLY TO TRAIN MY DISCIPLES. IT WAS ALL A PART OF THEIR TRAINING: MY ENTERING JERUSALEM IN TRIUMPH; MY WASHING THE DISCIPLES' FEET; MY SORROW-TIME IN GETHSEMANE; MY BEING DESPISED, JUDGED, CRUCIFIED, BURIED. EVERY STEP WAS NECESSARY TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT-AND SO WITH YOU.

IF A GREY DAY IS NOT ONE OF THANKFULNESS, THE LESSON HAS TO BE REPEATED UNTIL IT IS. NOT TO EVERYONE IS IT SO. BUT ONLY TO THOSE WHO ASK TO SERVE ME WELL, AND TO DO MUCH FOR ME. A GREAT WORK REQUIRES A GREAT AND CAREFUL TRAINING.

ALL POWER IS GIVEN UNTO ME. IT IS MINE TO GIVE, MINE TO WITHHOLD, BUT EVEN I HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I CANNOT WITHHOLD IT FROM THE SOUL THAT DWELLS NEAR ME, BECAUSE IT IS THEN NOT A GIFT, BUT PASSES INSENSIBLY FROM ME TO MY DISCIPLES.

IT IS BREATHED IN BY THE SOUL WHO LIVES IN MY PRESENCE.

LEARN TO SHUT YOURSELF AWAY IN MY PRESENCE-AND THEN, WITHOUT SPEAKING, YOU HAVE THOSE THINGS YOU DESIRE OF ME, STRENGTH-POWER-JOY-RICHES.

YOU PRAY FOR FAITH, AND YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. BUT I MAKE PROVISION IN THE HOUSE OF MY ABIDING FOR THOSE WHO TURN TOWARDS ME AND YET HAVE WEAK KNEES AND HEARTS THAT FAINT. BE NOT AFRAID. I AM YOUR GOD. YOUR GREAT REWARD. YOURS TO LOOK UP AND SAY, "ALL IS WELL"

micah
I think if you set apart the like this it would settle things down a little.






[quote]MICAH 6:1 Listen to what the LORD says:
"Stand up, plead your case before the mountains;
let the hills hear what you have to say.[/quote]

I AM YOUR GUIDE. DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE ROAD AHEAD. GO JUST ONE STEP AT A TIME. I VERY RARELY GRANT THE LONG VISTA TO MY DISCIPLES, ESPECIALLY IN PERSONAL AFFAIRS, FOR ONE STEP AT A TIME IS THE BEST WAY TO CULTIVATE FAITH.

YOU ARE IN UNCHARTED WATERS. BUT THE LORD OF ALL SEAS IS WITH YOU, THE CONTROLLER OF ALL STORMS IS WITH YOU. SING WITH JOY. YOU FOLLOW THE LORD OF LIMITATIONS, AS WELL AS THE GOD IN WHOSE SERVICE IS PERFECT FREEDOM.

HE, THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE, CONFINED HIMSELF WITHIN THE NARROW LIMITS OF A BABY-FORM AND, IN GROWING BOYHOOD, AND YOUNG MANHOOD, SUBMITTED TO YOUR HUMAN LIMITATIONS, AND YOU HAVE TO LEARN THAT YOUR VISION AND POWER, BOUNDLESS AS FAR AS SPIRITUAL THINGS ARE CONCERNED, MUST IN TEMPORAL AFFAIRS SUBMIT TO LIMITATIONS TOO.

BUT I AM WITH YOU. IT WAS WHEN THE DISCIPLES GAVE UP EFFORT AFTER A NIGHT OF FRUITLESS FISHING, THAT I CAME, AND THE NETS BROKE WITH THE OVER-ABUNDANCE OF SUPPLY.

COMPLETE SURRENDER OF EVERY MOMENT TO GOD IS THE FOUNDATION OF HAPPINESS, THE SUPERSTRUCTURE IS THE JOY OF COMMUNION WITH HIM. AND THAT IS, FOR EACH, THE PLACE, THE MANSION, I WENT TO PREPARE FOR YOU.

MY FOLLOWERS HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD THAT, AND LOOKED TOO OFTEN UPON THAT PROMISE AS REFERRING ONLY TO AN AFTER-LIFE, AND TOO OFTEN-FAR TOO OFTEN-UPON THIS LIFE AS A SOMETHING TO BE STRUGGLED THROUGH, IN ORDER TO GET THE REWARD AND THE JOY OF THE NEXT.

SEEK TO CARRY OUT ALL I SAY, AND SUCH UNDERSTANDING, INSIGHT, VISION AND JOY WILL BE YOURS AS SHALL PASS INDEED ALL UNDERSTANDING. THE PLANS OF GOD ARE VERY WONDERFUL-BEYOND YOUR HIGHEST HOPES.

CLING TO THOUGHTS OF PROTECTION, SAFETY, GUIDANCE.

KEEP YOUR SPIRIT LIFE CALM AND UNRUFFLED. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS. LEAVE ALL TO ME. THIS IS YOU GREAT TASK, TO GET CALM IN MY PRESENCE, NOT TO LET ONE RUFFLED FEELING STAY FOR ONE MOMENT. YEARS OF BLESSING MAY BE CHECKED IN ONE MOMENT BY THAT.

NO MATTER WHO FRETS YOU OR WHAT, YOURS IS THE TASK TO STOP ALL ELSE UNTIL ABSOULTE CALM COMES. ANY BLOCK MEANS MY POWER DIVERTED INTO OTHER CHANNELS.

POUR FORTH-POUR FORTH-POUR-FORTH-I CANNOT BLESS A LIFE THAT DOES NOT ACT AS A CHANNEL. MY SPIRIT BROOKS NO STAGNATION, NOT EVEN REST. ITS POWER MUST FLOW ON. PASS ON EVERYTHING, EVERY BLESSING. ABIDE IN ME.

SEE HOW MANY YOU CAN BLESS EACH DAY. DWELL MUCH IN MY PRESENCE.

i will go ahead and post the rest of what i have pre-typed....it will be the end of 'all caps'....

thank you for reading this...

I AM WITH YOU BOTH. GO FORWARD UNAFRAID. HEALTH AND STRENGTH, PEACE AND HAPPINESS AND JOY-THEY ARE ALL MY GIFTS. YOURS FOR THE ASKING.

IN THE SPIRITUAL (AS IN THE MATERIAL) WORLD THERE IS NO EMPTY SPACE, AND AS SELF, AND FEARS AND WORRIES DEPART OUT OF YOUR LIVES, IT FOLLOWS THAT THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT, THAT YOU CRAVE SO, RUSH IN TO TAKE THEIR PLACES. ALL THINGS ARE YOURS, AND YE ARE CHRIST'S, AND CHRIST IS GOD'S. WHAT A WONDERFUL CYCLE, BECAUSE YE ARE GOD'S.

BE NOT AFRAID. FEAR NOT. IT IS TO THE DROWNING MAN THE RESCUER COMES. TO THE BRAVE SWIMMER WHO CAN FARE WELL ALONE HE COMES NOT. AND NO RUSH OF JOY CAN BE LIKE THAT OF A MAN TOWARDS HIS RESCUER.

IT IS A PART OF MY METHOD TO WAIT TILL THE STORM IS AT ITS FULL VIOLENCE. SO DID I WITH MY DISCIPLES ON THE LAKE. I COULD HAVE BIDDEN THE FIRST ANGRY WAVE BE CALM, THE FIRST GUST OF WIND BE STILL, BUT WHAT A LESSON UNLEARNED? WHAT A SENSE OF TENDER NEARNESS OF REFUGE AND SAFETY WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST.

REMEMBER THIS-MY DISCIPLES THOUGHT THAT IN SLEEP I HAD FORGOTTEN THEM. REMEMBER HOW MISTAKEN THEY WERE. GAIN STRENGTH AND CONFIDENCE AND JOYFUL DEPENDENCE AND ANTICIPATION FROM THAT.

NEVER FEAR, JOY IS YOURS, AND THE RADIANT JOY OF THE RESCUED SHALL BE YOURS.

FEAR NOT. DO NOT FEAR TO BE BUSY. YOU ARE THE SERVANT OF ALL. "HE THAT WOULD BE THE GREATEST AMONG YOU, LET HIM BE THE SERVANT OF ALL."

SERVICE IS THE WORD OF MY DISCIPLES. I SERVED INDEED, THE HUMBLEST, THE LOWLIEST. I WAS AT THEIR COMMAND. MY HIGHEST POWERS WERE AT THEIR SERVICE.

BE USED. BE USED BY ALL, BY THE LOWEST, THE SMALLEST. HOW BEST CAN YOU SERVE? LET THAT BE YOUR DAILY SEEKING, NOT HOW BEST CAN YOU BE SERVED.

TRULY MAN'S THOUGHTS ARE NOT GOD'S THOUGHTS, NOR MAN'S WAYS GOD'S WAYS. WHEN YOU SEEK TO FOLLOW ME IN ALL, IT FREQUENTLY MEANS A COMPLETE REVERSION OF THE WAY OF THE WORLD YOU HAVE HITHERTO FOLLOWED. BUT IT IS A REVERSION THAT LEADS TO BOUNDLESS HAPPINESS AND PEACE.

LOOK AROUND YOU, READ WHAT IS BEING WRITTEN. WHAT DO YOU FIND? DO THE AIMS AND AMBITIONS THAT MAN STRIVES FOR BRING PEACE, OR THE WORLD'S AWARDS BRING HEART-REST AND HAPPINESS. NO! INDEED MAN IS AT WAR WITH MAN. THOSE WHOM THE WORLD HAS MOST REWARDED, WITH NAME, FAME, HONOR, WEALTH, ARE WEARY AND DISAPPOINTED.

AND YET, TO THE LISTENING EAR, ABOVE THE JANGLE OF THE WORLD'S DISCORDANT CRIES, THERE ECHOES DOWN THE 2000 YEARS MY MESSAGE, "COME UNTO ME ALL YE THAT ARE WEARY AND HEAVY LADEN AND I WILL GIVE YOU REST."

AND THE WEARY AND DISSAPOINTED WHO LISTEN AND TURN TO ME FIND INDEED THAT REST. JOY OF THE WEARY I AM, MUSIC TO THE HEART I AM, HEALTH TO THE SICK, WEALTH TO THE POOR, RAPTURE TO THE JADED, LOVE TO THE LONELY.

THERE IS NOT ONE WANT OF THE SOUL, THAT I DO NOT SUPPLY FOR THE ASKING, AND TO YOU TOO, I LONG TO BE ALL.

I AM THY SHIELD. HAVE NO FEAR. YOU MUST KNOW THAT "ALL IS WELL." I WILL NEVER LET ANYONE DO TO YOU BOTH, OTHER THAN MY WILL FOR YOU.

I CAN SEE THE FUTURE. I CAN READ MEN'S HEARTS. I KNOW BETTER THAN YOU WHAT YOU NEED. TRUST ME ABSOLUTELY. YOU ARE NOT AT THE MERCY OF FATE, OR BUFFETED ABOUT BY OTHERS. YOU ARE BEING LED IN A VERY DEFINITE WAY, AND OTHERS, WHO DO NOT SERVE YOUR PURPOSE, ARE BEING MOVED OUT OF YOUR PATH BY ME.

NEVER FEAR, WHATEVER MAY HAPPEN. YOU ARE BOTH BEING LED. DO NOT TRY TO PLAN. I HAVE PLANNED. YOU ARE THE BUILDER, NOT THE ARCHITECT.

GO VERY QUIETLY, VERY GENTLY. ALL IS FOR THE VERY BEST FOR YOU.

TRUST ME FOR ALL. YOUR VERY EXTREMITY WILL ENSURE MY ACTIVITY FOR YOU. AND HAVING YOUR FOUNDATION ON THE ROCK-CHRIST, FAITH IN HIM, AND "BEING ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN HIM," AND HAVING BELIEF IN MY DIVINITY AS YOUR CORNER STONE, IT IS YOURS TO BUILD, KNOWING ALL IS WELL.

LITERALLY, YOU HAVE TO DEPEND ON ME FOR EVERYTHING-EVERYTHING. IT WAS OUT OF THE DEPTHS THAT DAVID CRIED UNTO ME, AND I HEARD HIS VOICE. ALL IS WELL.

NO EVIL CAN BEFALL YOU, IF I AM WITH YOU. "ALL THAT HE BLESSES IS OUR GOOD." EVERY TIME OF BEING LAID ASIDE IS A TIME OF RETREAT INTO THE QUIET PLACE WITH ME. NEVER FEAR BUT IN THAT PLACE YOU SHALL FIND RESTORATION AND POWER AND JOY AND HEALING.

PLAN BOTH OF YOUR RETREAT DAYS NOW AND THEN-DAYS WHEN YOU LIVE APART WITH ME, AND ARISE RESTED AND REFRESHED-PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, AND SPIRITUALLY, TO CARRY ON THE WORK I HAVE GIVEN TO YOU. I WILL NEVER GIVE YOU A LOAD GREATER THAN YOU CAN BEAR.

LOVE, JOY, PEACE, WELCOME THESE. LET NO PERSONAL FEELINGS, NO THOUGHTS OF SELF, BANISH THESE. SINGLY, THEY ARE MIRACLE-PRODUCING IN A LIFE, BUT TOGETHER, THEY CAN COMMAND ALL THAT IS NEEDED ON THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND SPIRITUAL PLANES.

IT IS IN THESE WONDER-REALM ATTRIBUTES, ALL SUCCESS LIES. YOU HAVE TO SEE YOUR INNER LIVES ARE ALL THEY SHOULD BE, AND THEN THE WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED. NOT IN RUSHING AND STRIVING ON THE MATERIAL PLANE, BUT ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF THE SOUL ARE THESE THINGS WON.

ALL SACRIFICE AND ALL SUFFERING IS REDEMPTIVE; TO TEACH THE INDIVIDUAL OR TO BE USED TO RAISE AND HELP OTHERS.

NOTHING IS BY CHANCE.

DIVINE MIND AND ITS WONDER WORKING, IS BEYOND YOUR FINITE MIND TO UNDERSTAND.

NO DETAIL IS FORGOTTEN IN MY PLANS, ALREADY PERFECT.

TAKE COURAGE. DO NOT FEAR. START A NEW LIFE TOMORROW. PUT THE OLD MISTAKES AWAY, AND START ANEW. I GIVE YOU A FRESH START. BE NOT BURDENED. BE NOT ANXIOUS. IF MY FORGIVENESS WERE FOR THE RIGHTEOUS ONLY, AND THOSE WHO HAD NOT SINNED, WHERE WOULD BE ITS NEED?

REMEMBER AS I SAID TO MARY OF OLD, "TO WHOM MUCH IS FORGIVEN, THE SAME LOVETH MUCH."

WHY DO YOU FRET AND WORRY SO? I WAIT TO GIVE YOU ALL THAT IS LOVELY, BUT YOUR LIVES ARE SOILED WITH WORRY AND FRET. YOU WOULD CRUSH MY TREASURES. I CAN ONLY BLESS GLAD, THANKFUL HEARTS.

YOU MUST BE GLAD AND JOYFUL.

WANT OF LOVE WILL BLOCK THE WAY. YOU MUST LOVE ALL. THOSE THAT FRET YOU AND THOSE WHO DO NOT.

PRACTICE LOVE. IT IS A GREAT LESSON, AND YOU HAVE A GREAT TEACHER. YOU MUST LOVE, HOW OTHERWISE CAN YOU DWELL IN ME, WHERE NOTHING UNLOVING CAN COME? PRACTICE THIS AND I WILL BLESS YOU EXCEEDINGLY, ABOVE ALL YOU CANNOT ONLY ASK, BUT IMAGINE.

NO LIMIT TO MY POWER. DO ALL YOU CAN AND LEAVE TO ME THE REST. PEACE WILL COME AND TRUST. FEAR NOT, I AM YOUR ADVOCATE, YOUR MEDIATOR.

ONLY BELIEVE. THE WALLS OF JERICHO FELL DOWN. WAS IT AXES OR HUMAN IMPLEMENTS THAT BROUGHT THEM ALL DOWN? RATHER THE SONGS OF PRAISE OF THE PEOPLE AND MY THOUGHT CARRIED OUT THE ACTION.

ALL WALLS SHALL FALL BEFORE YOU, TOO. THERE IS NO EARTH-POWER. IT FALLS LIKE A HOUSE OF PAPER, AT MY MIRACLE-WORKING TOUCH. YOUR FAITH AND MY POWER-THE ONLY TWO ESSENTIALS. NOTHING ELSE IS NEEDED.

SO, IF MAN'S PETTY OPPOSITION STILL HOLDS GOOD IT IS ONLY BECAUSE I CHOOSE TO LET IT STAND BETWEEN YOU AND WHAT WOULD BE A MISTAKE FOR YOU. IF NOT-A WORD-A THOUGHT-FROM ME, AND IT IS GONE. THE HEARTS OF KINGS ARE IN MY RULE AND GOVERNANCE. ALL MEN CAN BE MOVED AT MY WISH.

REST IN THIS CERTAINTY. RELY ON ME.

JUST GO STEP BY STEP. MY WILL SHALL BE REVEALED AS YOU GO. YOU WILL NEVER CEASE TO BE THANKFUL FOR THIS TIME WHEN YOU FELT AT PEACE AND TRUSTFUL, AND YET HAD NO HUMAN SECURITY.

THAT IS THE TIME OF THE TRUE LEARNING OF TRUST IN ME. "WHEN THY FATHER AND MOTHER FORSAKE THEE, THEN THE LORD WILL TAKE THEE UP." THIS IS A LITERAL DEPENDENCE ON ME.

WHEN HUMAN SUPPORT OR MATERIAL HELP OF ANY KIND IS REMOVED, THEN MY POWER CAN BECOME OPERATIVE. I CANNOT TEACH A MAN TO WALK WHO IS TRUSTING TO A CRUTCH. AWAY WITH YOUR CRUTCH, AND MY POWER SHALL SO INVIGORATE YOU THAT YOU SHALL INDEED WALK ON TO VICTORY. NEVER LIMIT MY POWER. IT IS LIMITLESS.

i would very much like to hear your thoughts and see some discussion....

i appreciate your participation

OOH you're a cultist! Those are even more fun than plain ol' devoutly religious. I'm suprised they let you use the internet. Are you supervised at a public terminal? (Do you need help?)

portal star....thanks for contributing.........

how would you suggest that God 'pour out his spirit' while not comprimising our 'faith'??

Beware of false prophets. Jesus said that too, I believe.

yes he did say that....out of everything i have posted do you see anything suspect?

if i am convinced it is false, i will admit my mistake and apologize...

Micah-
You say it comes from two women. Mary Magdalene and Jesus's prostitute friend (not necessarily the same person) are the only presently documented people in the bible who had enough contact with Jesus (throughout the bible) to have written about him post mortem.

Did you find a lost portion of the bible, or did you take one person's diety and apply it to a new version of a mystery cult?

How did you learn to read and write? Where are you from? What is the name of your group? What are you trying to accomplish by posting here?

Everything you have written is suspect because it is unquoted and non-sensical. It is half-assed capitalized metaphor put into a sort of aged sounding format. I see no truth, I see evidence of foolhardiness or brainwashing.

portal star....i enjoy your humor.....i live in california.....do you have the time to point out exactly what you see as 'foolhardiness' within the text itself??

you ask, what am i trying to accomplish here?

well....if only one preson receives the same level of joy that has come into my life as a result of this text i would be elated....

So, you're from California. I know there are some strange religious organizations there. Is that where the branch dividians are from?

you posted a whole lot of text, still haven't told me where it has come from. Like I said, it is metaphoric and most of it doesn't make sense (how could I pick out one strand from a sea of nonsense?) I feel like I'm trying to explain that the sun is light.

And I wasn't kidding about you being a cultist, or a troller. What is the name of your following?

Those who are truly happy in their religion don't need to assure themselves by converting others.

Thanks Portal Star, you got out everything that I wanted to say. By the way micah,

are you calling christianity a cult? The pope will have your head!

unless of course ones God wishes him to spread the news...actually commands it....doesn't leave any room for your statement here....

http://godcalling.homestead.com/

i actually didn't know this page existed until 10 minutes ago...had i known i might have just posted a link....then again....a moderator did delete a link i posted earlier....

Micah, I hope that you can have the strength to get help (or realize you are in need of it.)

Micah, you PM'ed me and invited me here, probably others too I'l wager...because you have seen my posts and know that I am a christian? Well, let me just let you know....I am not in the habit of letting anyone tell me 'thus saith the Lord' if it's not written in my Bible. The words in the Bible, which for me is the word of God, is enough for me to live my life and be convicted by things in my life.

Are these the words of Jesus? I have no idea...but I do know that in the Holy Trinity, Jesus is not the father, and several instances in your posting have the speaker referring to himself as the father, or A father speaking in first person...*shrug*

I know that prophets will come in the last days, both true and false (I think the last days are here already actually, I just don't know how long they will last - but let's not talk about that) I also know that if I pray for myself and ask God to tell me about these words you've written down, and he doesn't, I'm discounting it. Well, not discounting it so much as not even giving it any regard. Thanks for the invite though...i think.

I have a big problem with the following however:



This is a direct conflict with the Bible saying the we ALL sin. that's all I am going to say. I would think it silly that all children of God do not know that the enemy delights in our failures, that doesn't in anyway mean we will never fail. That's why the Lords mercies are new every day - we need that as his children, 'cause we're always messing up, those of us that try to live according to his word...I know I am anyway.

have a Blessed day Michah....if you are in a cult and need some help (anything's a possibility), http://www.911.com.

The argument does, however, justify a disclaimer that a big reason why we have to have faith is that knowledge would negate too much of our agency, and overly maximize our accountability. Few and far between have been given the light necessary to drive themselves to the lowest levels of darkness; and that's a good thing in my opinion. Anyway, don't mean to egg anyone on...

There's a famous quote that probably never was said, that says, "If we could see Heaven, we'd all kill ourselves to get there." Irony...

as a matter of fact Seal; just the title of this thread makes it easy "not" to read!

your reading and comprehension skills are lacking...i suggest you read it again....



again, your comprehension skills are in jeopardy....there is no conflict here....i'm stunned that you could even fathom this argument....He is presenting a 'what if' situation here....hence the words "if"......is that really the best thing you could come up with??




actually it's m i c a h............the above quote is quite funny...thanks for that...no i'm not in any cult or group...i do however find it frightening that some of Jesus' followers are unable to recognize Him in writings such as i have presented here....

i'm sorry, but your arguments here are quite poor...