JOHN 14:14-17...
14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
15 “If you love me, keep my commands.
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—
17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
15 “If you love me, keep my commands.
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—
17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
IF we are living in *GOD*, much like a child, fearing their parents, we will, FIRST, and, FOREMOST, consider if we are acting in a way pleasing unto HIM, HEALTHY to self, and, others, and, evident of GROWTH!!!
*GOD* IS OUR FATHER, thus, it is NATURAL that we SHOULD want to please HIM, AND, pattern ourselves after HIM! However, how many of us EVER spend more time than necessary, contemplating HIS stance on our behaviours???
In building our Temple of the LIVING *GOD*, we need to become SUBSTANTIAL people, in a very broad sense!
SUBSTANTIAL =...
Consisting of or relating to substance
Not imaginary or illusory : real, true
Important, essential
Ample to satisfy and nourish : full
Possessed of means : well-to-do
Considerable in quantity : significantly great
Firmly constructed : sturdy
Being largely but not wholly that which is specified...
Now, *GOD* IS SUBSTANTIAL, and, IS SUBSTANCE!
We then, SHOULD develop substance, to become substantial, that we ARE the Temple of the LIVING *GOD* intended!!!
Let us look at the word SUBSTANCE...
Essential nature : essence
A fundamental or characteristic part or quality
Christian Science : *GOD*
Ultimate reality that underlies all outward manifestations and change
Practical importance : meaning, usefulness
Physical material from which something is made or which has discrete existence
Matter of particular or definite chemical constitution
Material possessions : property
In respect/regard to Essentials, substance = fundamentally! Thus, FUNDAMENTALLY (primary, basic, principal, radical, deep-rooted; serving as an original, or, generating source), we ARE ALREADY standardized to BE substantially, people of substance, as IS ordained THROUGH CREATION, and, IN conjunction with HIM having CREATED us, IN HIS IMAGE!!!
Therefore, in REGARD to creating a more enhanced, and, pleasing Temple of the LIVING *GOD*, for *GOD* to reside in, we need to ALTER, ADHERE, and, ALIGN to HIS WAYS, and, live in respect of HIS WILL! A few basic things to begin this cleansing, if you will, are to:
Be careful where your body goes
Be careful what it does
Be careful what it thinks
Be careful how it reacts...
Just from these BASIC examples, one can see that the EGOCENTRIC person/mind, IN it's free will, given to us BY *GOD*, plays a huge role in determining the substance of our substantiality! We are prone to choose NOT to consider what *GOD* thinks as we do what is considered NORMAL IN SOCIETY! This, alone, proves that we are NOT living in *GOD*, as IF WE WERE, society would have NO hold on us whatsoever, and, our ONLY measure of normal, would be in reference to *GOD*, and, HIS WORD!!!
Next, we will get into the meat of what this post means!!!
REV. LWINSOR © 2011
ALL RIGHTS RETAINED/RESERVED IN AUTHORSHIP
*except for BIBLICAL, and/or, other references*
*GOD* IS OUR FATHER, thus, it is NATURAL that we SHOULD want to please HIM, AND, pattern ourselves after HIM! However, how many of us EVER spend more time than necessary, contemplating HIS stance on our behaviours???
In building our Temple of the LIVING *GOD*, we need to become SUBSTANTIAL people, in a very broad sense!
SUBSTANTIAL =...
Consisting of or relating to substance
Not imaginary or illusory : real, true
Important, essential
Ample to satisfy and nourish : full
Possessed of means : well-to-do
Considerable in quantity : significantly great
Firmly constructed : sturdy
Being largely but not wholly that which is specified...
Now, *GOD* IS SUBSTANTIAL, and, IS SUBSTANCE!
We then, SHOULD develop substance, to become substantial, that we ARE the Temple of the LIVING *GOD* intended!!!
Let us look at the word SUBSTANCE...
Essential nature : essence
A fundamental or characteristic part or quality
Christian Science : *GOD*
Ultimate reality that underlies all outward manifestations and change
Practical importance : meaning, usefulness
Physical material from which something is made or which has discrete existence
Matter of particular or definite chemical constitution
Material possessions : property
In respect/regard to Essentials, substance = fundamentally! Thus, FUNDAMENTALLY (primary, basic, principal, radical, deep-rooted; serving as an original, or, generating source), we ARE ALREADY standardized to BE substantially, people of substance, as IS ordained THROUGH CREATION, and, IN conjunction with HIM having CREATED us, IN HIS IMAGE!!!
Therefore, in REGARD to creating a more enhanced, and, pleasing Temple of the LIVING *GOD*, for *GOD* to reside in, we need to ALTER, ADHERE, and, ALIGN to HIS WAYS, and, live in respect of HIS WILL! A few basic things to begin this cleansing, if you will, are to:
Be careful where your body goes
Be careful what it does
Be careful what it thinks
Be careful how it reacts...
Just from these BASIC examples, one can see that the EGOCENTRIC person/mind, IN it's free will, given to us BY *GOD*, plays a huge role in determining the substance of our substantiality! We are prone to choose NOT to consider what *GOD* thinks as we do what is considered NORMAL IN SOCIETY! This, alone, proves that we are NOT living in *GOD*, as IF WE WERE, society would have NO hold on us whatsoever, and, our ONLY measure of normal, would be in reference to *GOD*, and, HIS WORD!!!
Next, we will get into the meat of what this post means!!!
REV. LWINSOR © 2011
ALL RIGHTS RETAINED/RESERVED IN AUTHORSHIP
*except for BIBLICAL, and/or, other references*
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