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I'm Screwed Up, You're Screwed Up

by Farkel in

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i have not followed very many threads of late, so if someone has already made the same observations i'm about to make, i apologize for my redundancy.. .

i admit it: i'm part of a highly secretive, highly elite group.

(we have to drink two quarts of fresh yak blood and get a tattoo of a pentagram on our butts as part of of the initiation.

AGuest

May you all have peace...

Well! I have gone from thinking... "hmmmmm"... to elation... to confusion... to sadness... to joy... to... well... now... SIGH!

Doug... I 'hear' you... as I told you before that I 'heard' you. In your silence. Long before now. We're 'cool', my friend. Truly. To time indefinite. I understood then... and I understand now. Please know, though, that I cannot take 'credit' for any 'good' someone has chosen to do toward you. While I may have mentioned something, I cannot at all say to whom... or what, if anything, they chose to do about it. If there is 'thanks' to be given then, give it to the one who has lovingly sent you a 'gift' of goodwill... and to my Father and my Lord. Please.

Teej and DBearMan... you are my 'bros, dear ones, also to time indefinite. I WILL remember you before my Father. Please know that I 'hear' you, as well. Always. Even if you don't always 'hear' me. But here this, please, and please know... that some people DO change... and, well, we just have to take their word for it. LOVE dictates that, for it is what we wish 'men to do to [us]', take our word when we attempt it sincerely. Yes? If we have the love FOR them that we wish FROM them, that's all that matters, truly. Yes?

If it's true, we WILL 'see' it. If not, and we don't... so what? Doesn't matter, really, does it? Will someone else's changing... or not changing... add... or take away... ONE cubit from OUR life span? Not really. We just have to know that some folks have a bit more difficult 'time'... ummmm... 'adjusting'... and 'growing'... in love. And that's quite understandable because MOST of us... were not TAUGHT love... but, rather, hatred. Yes? We were being, then, what we were taught to be. But hopefully, we will ALL come to see the need to 'change'.

For those of us who know love, though, OUR job is to HELP them adjust to a heart of love... and make whatever adjustment they are going through... a bit easier. "It ain't easy being cheesy". If we doubt them, or challenge them, don't we risk forcing them to conclude 'what the hell, why even try'? Is that what we should want? I, for one, do not want any to feel that way, but to feel FREE... to express whatever they wish: joy, sorrow, regret... and change of heart... in comfort... and safety. I wish to pose NO 'threat' and no 'danger' to anyone's desire to speak from the abundance of their heart. For I would HOPE... that they will ALWAYS permit me the same 'freedom'. Some, my dear one, just don't know how to manifest love outright... but... when they at least try... we HAVE to give them a break. And we HAVE to accept it... without judging their motive. For that is what we wish them to do for us. Yes? Yes. I think you 'hear' me on this. I hope you do.

UB, cheers! I guess. I don't know... are we still 'married'? Just askin...

Tina and Waiting... please... two ladies with minds such as yours shouldn't allow yourselves to hurry to offend... or BE offended. For the taking of offense is what lies with the stupid ones. And NEITHER of you ladies are stupid, by ANY means. I have nothing but love for you... and only wish to help you see the futility of your 'interchange'. As Doug said, 'please... don't'.

And SIGH!... Miss Julie... I have just given a quite boring oration about people's ability to change, and I mean that to include ALL people. Everybody. Including you. Yet I wonder: will you yet attempt to prove me wrong? You only need continue in your present course of self-assumption... and you just might 'win' this one. But I hope not. Truly and sincerely, I hope not. For again, absolutely nothing... would be gained.

Again, I bid you all peace, and I am... to time indefinite...

YOUR servant, and a slave of Christ,

SJ

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Does anyone still have their NWT ?

by WildHorses in

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i was speaking with a man the other night on yahoo and he gave me a few verses to compare.. a while back i gave my copy of the nwt to a friend who came in contact with jw's quit often and wanted to used it to compare scriptures.

anyway, could someone please look up these scriptures and compare them to the nwt and post the differences?

i was told that the nwt omits parts of these verses.. matthew 18:11 luke 4:8 john 8:9 acts 8:37/23.9 romans 13:9. thanks in advance.. "i don't want someone in my life i can live with, i want someone in my life i can't live without.

AGuest

Dearest Lilacs (hey, girl!)... may you have peace!

You will most probably find these verses in the footnotes of the NWT Reference Bible, which is one of the better Bible versions for two reasons:

1. It contains a LOT of the original language and wording (albeit in the footnotes, but so long as it's there, who cares?)

2. It unwittingly serves to expose the falsity of the WTBTS and its leaders more comprehensively than ANY other Bible ever published. (In truth, most Bible versions expose the falsity of its translators. That, in truth, is one of their MAIN benefits. For some reason, the translators always fail to see themselves in the renderings. Which is why the SAFEST 'way to go' is to simply follow the Master's admonition at John 5:39, 40).

Anyway, for those, I personally LOVE this particular Bible 'version' (yes, when quoting and researching, I am directed to use other versions as well, including Interlinear and parallel types, depending on who the message is directed to...).

Again, peace to you...

Your servant and a fellow slave of Christ,

SJ

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Logic of God escapes me

by Amazing in

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in past posts i have placed god on trial by questioning two issues: 1) the issues in the graden of eden, and the severe punishment of the entire human race for a very minor act of eating fruit.

2) god ordering the extermination of entire cities, including every last man, woman, child, baby, and even livestock.. results: the result on this forum have be mixed as expected, but showed a range from suport to tryuionmg top explain these events with reasoning, logic, or plausibilities.

some felt that i might be losing my faith.

AGuest

My dearest brother, Amazing... may you have peace!

A 'funny' thing occurred this morning: I was directed to answer a very similar 'situation' for one inquiring. While the message was indeed SPECIFIC for that one, I believe that what I was given to 'share' is appropriate for what you wish to understand as well. Therefore, permit me, if you will, to restate it to you here, and please know that it is my sincerest wish that you, too, 'hear'... and get the 'sense' of it:

[i]"Do not be too hasty to judge in your heart the Holy One of Israel. For indeed, if you are seeking His love and mercy for YOUR acts, which acts you have committed in righteousness AND unrighteousness... how then can you judge His acts, all of which have been committed in righteousness? If indeed the sons wish to be shown the benefit of the doubt, how then can the sons judge as unrighteous the works of the Father?

"True, you USED to have a father who was of your flesh to discipline you, and you used to give HIM respect. Shall you not much more subject yourself to the Father of your spiritual life... and live? For your fleshly father used to discipline you according to what seem good to HIM, as you did with YOUR children; but our heavenly Father does so for our own profit, that we may partake of HIS holiness.

Hebrews 12:9, 10

"If you, although flesh, do not wish to have your hand 'checked' by your children, how can you check the hand of the Holy One of Israel? Have not your decisions of discipline seemed to YOU to be necessary for the good of YOUR household? Yet, the Holy One of Israel Himself swore in a covenant to look after His Household, Israel, and remove from it all of that which causes stumbling, as well as any enemies of that Household. Can you say, in your righteousness, then, that you would not have done the same out of your love for YOUR household?

"Take as an example the days of Noah: Was it not 'law' for the Holy One of Israel to save a righteous man? Did not JUSTICE dictate that such man, Noah, MUST be saved, even if it meant annihilation of ALL the unrighteous? Indeed, justice dictates such, by means of my Father's covenant... with the 'righteous'.

"So, please, 'soften' your heart toward the Holy One of Israel, as you wish Him to keep His softened toward you. And He will. For no matter what our works, His are always righteous... and notivated by love... FOR the 'righteous'. Just as you, a man, will do whatever necessary to save and protect the good of YOUR Household, so, too, the Holy One of Israel will not leave off from His promise to bless Israel.

"You ARE a son, by means of an anointing with holy spirit, which anointing you yourself 'wished' for... and 'asked' for. Are you not yet seeking your 'home'? If then, you were not a son, would you not already BE 'home'? For what then are you still seeking? You are seeking your 'former' place, that place from which you originated, and are desiring to return. Know it; own it... and it will be yours. In your heart... as well as in your mind.

"But remember, it is not the Father who answers to the sons, but the sons who must 'render an accounting' before the Father. Take care, then, to 'love your neighbor... including your God... as yourself'... and do not let judging in unrighteousness cover over your heart."

This was the message that I 'heard', dear Amazing, and that I related to another, just as I heard it.

And I say to you, as I said to that one, please... HEAR what the Spirit says. Our Father is NOT an 'exacting' God, as many have painted Him to be. He is a 'righteous' God; yet, His righteousness is HIGHER than our righteousness... and His thoughts are higher. He will indeed annihilate ALL of the unrighteous, for the sake of one mere righteous man. That is His 'law'.

We do not have to agree with it, any more than our children have to agree with our decisions in discipline... or punishment. Most times, however, what our children cannot see or discern at the moment of discipline, they can later. It is the same with us: what we do not understand now, we will later. It is on us, however, to 'soften' our hearts so as to HEAR discipline and HEAR righteousness... and accept its working out in us.

My Father's 'pen' cannot write on a hardened heart, dear Amazing. And as He has always told us, Israel... is a HARD hearted, HARD headed, STIFF-necked house. But it does not have to be that way. We CAN... by means of Christ... soften our hearts so as to have the Law of the Holy One of Israel... not the Law Covenant, but a NEW law, a NEW covenant, a RIGHTEOUS law... written thereon. He, however, will not soften our hearts for us; it is up to us to make ours minds... and our hearts 'over', to CIRCUMCISE them, by cutting away the flesh and its works, particularly ANGER AND CONTENTION, by means of Christ and holy spirit.

There is set before us all... a blessing... and a malediction. Life... or death. Before us all. The choice is entirely ours. If, however, we continue to look for REASONS so as not to have to serve the Holy One of Israel, and REASONS so as to not know His righteousness and REASONS so as not be sons... we will find them. For this world, which lies in the power of the wicked one... is full of such reasons.

There are only two (2) kinds of 'sons' in this universe, dear Amazing: the 'children of God'... and the 'children of the Devil'. There are no other choices. We are either the 'offspring' of one... or the 'progeny' of another. There is no other 'father'. We have, all of us, originated from the heavenly places, the 'seed' of His 'woman'. The issue, however, is not so much who are 'mother' is... the spirit realm... but who our FATHER is. Who it is that we obey, who it is that has 'fertilized' us with HIS seed: God, and thus Life, through our "Eternal Father", Christ... or Death, and thus Destruction, through the 'father of the lie', Satan.

And I now state to you, as I did to the one previous, that:

"I, myself, Shel, by means of the spirit of my Father, JAH OF ARMIES, that is in me, holy spirit, by means of our Lord JAHESHUA MISCHAJAH, have spoken it to you, my dear one, just as I have heard it. Please, do not take this as 'grievous' discipline, dear one. Take as a Father's LOVE... to a son. 'Hear' what the Spirit is trying to tell you... and teach you."

I am not a 'fundy', dear Amazing. I am not even 'religious'. I am nothing more than a good-for-nothing-slave, by means of an anointing with holy spirit, and thus, I am...

YOUR servant, as I am servant to ALL those of the Household of God, Israel, as well as your sister by means of holy spirit, and a slave of Christ,

Shel

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I'm Screwed Up, You're Screwed Up

by Farkel in

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friends

i have not followed very many threads of late, so if someone has already made the same observations i'm about to make, i apologize for my redundancy.. .

i admit it: i'm part of a highly secretive, highly elite group.

(we have to drink two quarts of fresh yak blood and get a tattoo of a pentagram on our butts as part of of the initiation.

AGuest

Peace... to you all!

A slave of Christ,

SJ, who will readily admits she USED to be 'screwed up', but that was because she was blindly following those who were even more 'screwed up' than she ever was... or ever could be.

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On STUMBLING BLOCKS

by You Know in

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just a few loose ends and random thoughts for a select group of readers who have not been completely defrauded of your faith.. on the topic of stumbling: stumbling typically involves the mistakes of others whether real or perceived.

the reason jehovah does not consider any stumbling block as a valid reason for abandoning ones faith is because a persons faith should be in jehovah and christ in the first place.

and since god most assuredly did not let his worshipper down, what a fellow believer does or does not do should have no bearing upon our personal relationship with our heavenly father.

AGuest

Dearest You Know...

I await your comment on Ezekiel 3:20. I apologize if I missed it somewhere and you need only point out to me its location and I will go review it.

Thank you.

A slave of Christ,

SJ

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On STUMBLING BLOCKS

by You Know in

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just a few loose ends and random thoughts for a select group of readers who have not been completely defrauded of your faith.. on the topic of stumbling: stumbling typically involves the mistakes of others whether real or perceived.

the reason jehovah does not consider any stumbling block as a valid reason for abandoning ones faith is because a persons faith should be in jehovah and christ in the first place.

and since god most assuredly did not let his worshipper down, what a fellow believer does or does not do should have no bearing upon our personal relationship with our heavenly father.

AGuest

Dearest You Know...

May I ask... you believe 'all scripture to be inspired... and beneficial for teaching, reproving and setting things straight," yes?

May I ask your 'position', please, then, on Ezekiel 3:20?

Thank you.

A TRUE servant to the Household of God, Israel, and a TRUE slave of Christ,

SJ

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When God created Adm, did he knw that Adam wd sin?

by D wiltshire in

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when god created adam and eve did he foreknow that they would sin?.

this is taken from the reasoning book:.

when god created adam, did he know that adam would sin?.

AGuest

Hey, Rex, and again... peace to you.

You are as transparent as glass.

Praise JAH! I have nothing to 'hide', Rex. Nothing at all. I WISH you to 'see' all of me... well, not ALL of me (you poor folks don't deserve THAT!)... but all that is in my heart.

Give it up.

Sorry, but I don't 'work' for you, Rex, dear. My 'pink slip' must come from another. And although on MANY occasions and for MANY reasons I have wanted to ask for one... I have not yet had the... 'nerve' to do so. WAY too much of a privilege to lose. Have TRULY had to 'guard [my] heart' where that is concerned, because one might just receieve what one asks for. And in truth, I don't want to lose it.

No one here believes you have any direct instructions from God

Okay. But please know that no one... has to.

"... except those ones you bring over here from your little group on your own site."

I have no site, Rex. I posted what I was given. You do not see my name there... or any where. It is purely information and in fact includes a hopeful direction that the reader does NOT need to contact anyone, but WILL exercise faith and rely on holy spirit. Yes? Or did you miss that? The last page should help you out if you did.

"Just remember that those who presume to teach are held to a greater accounting..."

Actually, I am not a 'teacher', Rex. At least, I do not consider myself to be one, and I don't think anyone else here considers me one, either. I am PURELY... and solely... a messenger. A good-for-nothing-slave. A 'teacher'... knows his/her subject... as well as his/her pupils. Yes? I have told you: I know nothing. I only share with you... what I am given by my Lord. HE knows things; that which the Father gives HIM.

But, not taking lightly what you have stated here, I DO understand... COMPLETELY... the 'greater' responsibility. That is why I 'test' the spirit and speak only what my Lord grants me to speak when referring to him as speaking. If it is of my own initiative, I try to state that, by saying that I AM 'on my own'. Do I ALWAYS do that? No, not always. But if it is something received from my Lord, I ALWAYS give the credit... and the glory to him and my Father.

I cannot TELL you the 'fear' that is in my heart that I might do as Moses did, LET people 'provoke' me, so that I speak 'rashly' with my lips... or my heart. I have come quite CLOSE to it, on many occasions. When I am slandered... and reviled. But... by the grace, love and mercy of my Father, JAH OF ARMIES, and His holy spirit that I receive from my Lord, His Son, JAHESHUA MISCHAJAH, I seem to always manage to get a bit of that spirit that is love... long-suffering... and self-control. And I KNOW it is them... and that spirit... because it is NOT me. I do NOT love that much, truly... and I do NOT possess such long-suffering and patience (self-control)... on my own. I PROMISE you.

It is YOU, Rex, and folks like YOU... who give me credit... and glory... that I do NOT 'deserve'. You think I speak of my own initiative, that I know this stuff. I have tried and tried to tell you, though, that I do NOT. I am nothing more than you and, in fact, am LESS than you. I promise you that. I did not and DO not 'receive' because I am 'special' or 'better'... nor do I wish you to ever think so. I have confessed and hid from NONE, that I am a 'foremost' sinner. Yet, I 'receive'... SOLELY... and PURELY... because I exercise FAITH... and listen. That is the ONLY reason. I hear... put FAITH in what I hear and from whom I hear it... and I obey.

You, too, have the capacity to hear, Rex. EVERYONE does. But... when you DO... you do not exercise FAITH in what you hear... and obey. That is the ONLY difference between me... and you... and anyone else.

That's it; that's all. And if you look at ANY of those 'prior' to me... it was exactly the same with them. No matter whether they had committed murder, adultery, coveted, even served another god (Nebuchadnezzar)... when my Lord and my Father SPOKE... they HEARD... and exercised FAITH.

Hebrews 12:25
John 10:27

And THAT... is all that is 'required'.

My peace remains, and I remain,

YOUR servant and a slave of Christ,

SJ

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When God created Adm, did he knw that Adam wd sin?

by D wiltshire in

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friends

when god created adam and eve did he foreknow that they would sin?.

this is taken from the reasoning book:.

when god created adam, did he know that adam would sin?.

AGuest

Dearest Susan... may you have peace and may I say to you:

Amen... and amen. I believe that what you so succinctly stated is what my Lord meant when he said:

"In order for the TRUE seed of God to 'come to life'... a 'seed'... had to die."

Please note the word "had". In gardening, it is 'death'... dead organisms that break down to fertilize the soil in order for 'life'... NEW plants... to come into existence. My Father knew that in order to 'cultivate' His seed in the earth, the earth would have to be 'prepared'. Death, then, would have taken place at SOME point. In this case, the blessing to US... was not Adam's death, but my... our... Lord's.

Again, peace to you!

Your servant and a slave of Christ,

SJ

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When God created Adm, did he knw that Adam wd sin?

by D wiltshire in

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friends

when god created adam and eve did he foreknow that they would sin?.

this is taken from the reasoning book:.

when god created adam, did he know that adam would sin?.

AGuest

You are not unlike the Watchtower with your arrogant assumption that people will see YOU as some kind of prophet...

Actually, Rex... and, of course, peace to you!... to the contrary, I am not like the Watchtower in that I don't wish people to 'see' ME... at all and that I most ALWAYS give the 'glory' to God and Christ... rather than take credit for something that is NOT mine. That is the VERY reason WHY I said:

"... my Lord prompted me to ask of you..." and "... he permitted me to make a reply..." and "He has now directed me to speak to you..." and "My Father wells knows..." and "my Father knows..."

I did not speak of my OWN initiative, just as I confessed to you. I took NO glory for myself but stated TRUTHFULLY to you my 'source', and acknowledged that rather than ME, it is the Father that 'knows', these things. I know them ONLY because they were given me by the Son, who was given them by the Father. I did not lie to you in this, and openly and willingly confess to you... now and forever... that I... know nothing.

You go on to accuse me:

"... then you reply with patently obvious points that require no insight..."

Well, okay. If YOU already knew this, more 'power' to you. But perhaps some did not. Either way, I did not question my Lord as to his REASON for having me speak; I simply heard... and obeyed. Isn't that what we're SUPPOSED to do?

YOU decided to reply...

Actually, Rex, you are in error. I 'decided' nothing. I simply heard and obeyed. In TRUTH, I don't always relish coming here and speaking. As you can see, I have not made a response in a couple days. That is because I haven't been directed to... and haven't wanted to outside of such direction.

God did not PROMPT you to do anything.

Well, literally, no. He didn't. Technically, however, He did, in that my Lord did indeed 'prompt' me. In fact, he directed me. And since he does what he is instructed by the Father, I must then conclude that indeed, my Father DID 'prompt' me. I am sorry, that you... and professed 'christian'... cannot seem to fathom that, though. Tell me, please, as a 'christian'... who... or WHAT... prompts YOU?

Sheesh.

Calm down, Rex. "Abusive speech" doesn't 'become' you.

You also still use the '' too much!

Uh, well, I guess all I can say is 'let the one without sin...'

Peace, my dear brother [in Christ?]

Your servant (as always), sister? and fellow slave? in Christ...

SJ

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When God created Adm, did he knw that Adam wd sin?

by D wiltshire in

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friends

when god created adam and eve did he foreknow that they would sin?.

this is taken from the reasoning book:.

when god created adam, did he know that adam would sin?.

AGuest

Hello, all... and may you have peace!

May I make a reply? Thank you.

1. The "Tree" of the knowledge of good... AND bad... was just that: a means to know good (God; Life)... and bad (Death; Destruction). My Lord is the "Tree" of Life, which was 'planted' and 'cultivated' by my Father, JAH OF ARMIES.

John 15:1, 7
John 14:6
Psalm 1:1-3
Isaiah 11:10
Romans 11:16
Colossian 2:7
Jeremiah 23:5
Zechariah 3:8
Revelation 22:1, 2 (please see NWT Ref. Bible footnote for verse 2, showing the TRUTH, a SINGULAR tree, and not plural trees...)

The Tree of the knowledge of good... AND bad... was also planted, not as a source of life, but a means to 'cut off' life, should it become necessary. For it is 'knowledge' of that which is NOT good, and thus NOT God and Life... but which is 'bad'... DEATH... that leads to destruction. Thus, when he/she ate, Adam and Eve, who previously did not 'know' bad... i.e., did not 'know' Death... DID in fact have their eyes 'opened'... and became 'like' God... 'knowing' good... and bad. KNOWING life... and now KNOWING Death. While they had always known Life... they now knew Death. Yet, it was only full spirit beings who knew both before that event, for Death, too, is a spirit.

2. What TRULY was Adam's 'sin'? Was it 'disobeying' and eating from the tree? No. While indeed, disobedience is a 'sin', such 'sin'... can be forgiven. However, Adam not only CHOSE to sin, but he then HID his sin... and LIED... thus, blaspheming against the spirit of my Father by attempting to FOOL Him and prove FALSE to His holy spirit (Acts 5:1-4). And rather than REPENT (not cease the literal act, for it was 'done'), but of the deceitful HEART CONDITION - unlike my forefather and brother David - Adam then blamed God AND the woman. (Genesis 3:12; 2 Samuel 12:12, 13) Adam's 'unforgiveable' sin, therefore, was NOT the act of his flesh; his sin... was his DECEIT, his failure to acknowledge HIS error, and his blaming of OTHERS for it.

Dear ones, you CAN sin... and live. That is a 'gift' from God. But you CANNOT sin, try to hide such sin from God, blame God and others when found out... and then expect to be shown mercy. If you have not ACKNOWLEDGED the sin, so as to ASK for mercy, so as to RECEIVE mercy... none will be given you. My Father's heart is LARGE... READY to forgive... but only those who HUMBLE THEMSELVES before His mighty hand and ASK for such forgiveness. Those who feel they have no NEED of humility before God, nor any NEED of His mercy, nor any NEED to be saved... like Adam... will not be.

3. Did my Father KNOW Adam would sin? Yes, He knew. Indeed, if my Father well knows "the inclination of man", if He knew 'sin [was] crouching] at Cain's door, if He knew that Solomon would take many wives, if He knows 'whatever things you are needing before ever you ask them,' then indeed, He knew the 'heart' of Adam. For the Son knows only what the Father has revealed to HIM... and he knew Nathaniel to be "an Israelite for a certainy in whom there is no deceit." He knew Peter would deny him. He knew Judas would betray him. Indeed, if my Lord was 'knowing them all' because he knew 'what is IN man', does not my Father know, too? For isn't it FROM my Father, that my Lord 'received'... ALL things?

In order for the TRUE seed of God to 'come to life'... a 'seed'... had to die. It is this way in the physical world as well. In order for a plant to grow, the seed must germinate... or die. True, in the larger sense, our physical bodies must undergo a death... be 'sown'... in order to be 'raised up'. But our Lord had to be 'sown'... also in order for us to 'raised up'. He was SOWN... killed, dead, buried... in the flesh... because of Adam's KNOWING death, knowing 'bad'... and selling such 'seed' into SLAVERY to Death. Adam lost a life; my Lord gave one. Adam GAVE a life; my Lord lost one. And eye... dear ones... for an eye. And a life... for a life.

A few weeks ago, my Lord prompted me to ask of you just what it was that God wanted from us. And he permitted to make a reply. He has now directed me to speak to you on just what it IS that makes us 'bad'... in the eyes of God. Is it 'sin', as in the weakness and error of the flesh? No, for we were 'sold' into such 'sin' and 'error'. My Father wells knows that. It is disobedience, in and of itself? No, for my Father knows that we are 'dust' and that the flesh is at enmity with the spirit, so that there is always a 'battle'.

The error, dear ones... and the SIN... that can cost us our lives... is BLASPHEMY against the Spirit, in that we follow ADAM... and try to HIDE OUR SIN, rather than follow my Lord and come into the LIGHT and have our works 'reproved'. If, however, we CONFESS our 'sin'... and simply ASK for forgiveness... it WILL be granted! Always has... always will. Even those who did NOT sin... begged for mercy... and received it!

2 Kings 20:5

My Father is not asking us to be perfect in the flesh, for He gave us One who fills that requirement FOR us. He is asking... that we be perfect... IN THE SPIRIT... in that we do not HIDE our spirit from Him... as did Adam. Adam DECEITFULLY attempted to hide what he had done... so that his 'sin'... which originates in the HEART... was granted a 'hiding' place... flesh as we know it today. A 'long garment of skin.' It is so we can 'hide' our uncleaness from other HUMANS, so that others cannot see it and judge us. We have gone so far, however, as to try to hide it from God, who sees ALL things, who EXAMINES the heart... and from whom, like Adam... we CANNOT hide. No matter WHAT we think.

Dear ones, we can try to fool one another, but trying to fool God is another story entirely. It is a form of blasphemy. And why do we hide ourselves from one another? Because, in our OWN uncleaness, we are always ready to judge another as unclean. We FORCE one another into hiding... by our hypocritical judging of one another. For NONE of us are 'clean'; not ONE of us. We are ALL of us sinners and in need of a ransom. How then can we judge one another? But... we do it. And in attempting not to BE judged, although we ourselves judge... we hide what we TRULY are... from one another.

You cannot, dear ones... hide from God. Best thing, then, is to not even try to. And when you hide from each other, you in essence hide from God. How so? Because 'to the extent you did it to the least of these [my] brothers, you did it to [me]', and how can you say you love God, whom you have NOT seen, if you are not loving your brother, whom you have seen?

The lesson: SPEAK TRUTH WITH ONE ANOTHER... ALLOW OTHERS TO SPEAK TRUTH TO YOU... and speak truth... with your whole heart, your whole mind, your whole soul and your whole strength... with God. For anything less... is a sin. Against your brother, and therefore, against God.

May the undeserved kindess and mercy of my God and Father, JAH OF ARMIES, and the peace of His Christ and Son, my Lord and Master, JAHESHUA MISCHAJAH, be upon you... if you indeed so wish it... to time indefinite.

A servant to the Household of God, Israel, and to all mankind, and a slave of Christ,

SJ