The Whole Creation Story – Part 8
Matthew 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. … 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Remember, now, to “love” means to choose and to “hate” means to reject.
Deuteronomy 7:7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to [choose] the one, and despise [reject] the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Romans 9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved [chosen], but Esau have I hated [rejected].
Psalms 135:4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
Isaiah 41:8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Isaiah 44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Understanding this concept of love=choose and hate=reject/not choose, will help you understand what are otherwise difficult passages.
Matthew 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
John 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Next, to understand The Bible – it must be taken LITERALLY.
There is a PHYSICAL WORLD.
There is a SPIRITUAL WORLD.
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Ephesians 3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
1Corinthians 13:12 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.
Revelation 1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
EVERYTHING IS LITERAL unless The Word makes it explicitly so.
You must not “spiritualize” things without the text telling you explicitly to do so.
What does it mean to “spiritualize” something?
What is the difference between “spiritualizing” something and something being LITERAL “in the spiritual realm”?
There is a HUGE difference.
Let’s see an example.
This is a pretty well-known passage…
Mark 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Here is the LITERAL “carnal” interpretation.
1Corinthians 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
There is a problem with the literal CARNAL interpretation. Nobody has ever done it or witnessed it being done. NEVER. Have you???
Since that can’t be true, because it has never worked, ever, here is the “spiritualized” version.
“mountain..” is in The Bible 314 times. EVERY time, it is a reference to a literal mountain.
But the “spiritualized” version, the cop-out, I don’t understand how this can possibly be true version is …
A “mountain” can just be a lot of something.
A “mountain” of debt. A “mountain” of work. A mountain of trouble. A mountain of hatred.
It is more widely used in Spanish – un “monton” de trabajo. Un “monton” de problemas.
So, the SPIRITUALIZER says,”well, this just means a lot of something. A big obstacle. You pray, God takes care of it.” And they say it so smoothly and with such SUBTILTY that the babies and the children fall right for it.
Because that is all they can grasp.
Here is the LITERAL “spiritual” interpretation.
This is NOT “spiritualizing” anything. Spiritualizing is when it is NOT taken LITERALLY.
A Literal Spiritual application means that it will happen LITERALLY, just as The Bible says, IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE SAME THING AS “SPIRITUALIZING” SOMETHING.
To “spiritualize” something is to make it non-literal. To make it say something it does not say that will allow it to be possible.
This will happen just as The Lord says it will.
Someday, when time ends, the bride of Jesus will create their own worlds, their own planets, their own cities – their own mountains!
And if you want your mountain to move a little to the left, then it will. And if you tell if to go jump in the sea, it will.
Oct 2 2022
The Whole Creation Story – Part 8
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The Whole Creation Story – Part 8
The Whole Creation Story – Part 8
Matthew 10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. … 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Remember, now, to “love” means to choose and to “hate” means to reject.
Deuteronomy 7:7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
Matthew 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to [choose] the one, and despise [reject] the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Romans 9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved [chosen], but Esau have I hated [rejected].
Psalms 135:4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.
Isaiah 41:8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
Isaiah 44:1 Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen:
Understanding this concept of love=choose and hate=reject/not choose, will help you understand what are otherwise difficult passages.
Matthew 10:37 He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Luke 14:26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
John 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Next, to understand The Bible – it must be taken LITERALLY.
There is a PHYSICAL WORLD.
There is a SPIRITUAL WORLD.
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Ephesians 3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
1Corinthians 13:12 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.
Revelation 1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
EVERYTHING IS LITERAL unless The Word makes it explicitly so.
You must not “spiritualize” things without the text telling you explicitly to do so.
What does it mean to “spiritualize” something?
What is the difference between “spiritualizing” something and something being LITERAL “in the spiritual realm”?
There is a HUGE difference.
Let’s see an example.
This is a pretty well-known passage…
Mark 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Here is the LITERAL “carnal” interpretation.
1Corinthians 13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
There is a problem with the literal CARNAL interpretation. Nobody has ever done it or witnessed it being done. NEVER. Have you???
Since that can’t be true, because it has never worked, ever, here is the “spiritualized” version.
“mountain..” is in The Bible 314 times. EVERY time, it is a reference to a literal mountain.
But the “spiritualized” version, the cop-out, I don’t understand how this can possibly be true version is …
A “mountain” can just be a lot of something.
A “mountain” of debt. A “mountain” of work. A mountain of trouble. A mountain of hatred.
It is more widely used in Spanish – un “monton” de trabajo. Un “monton” de problemas.
So, the SPIRITUALIZER says,”well, this just means a lot of something. A big obstacle. You pray, God takes care of it.” And they say it so smoothly and with such SUBTILTY that the babies and the children fall right for it.
Because that is all they can grasp.
Here is the LITERAL “spiritual” interpretation.
This is NOT “spiritualizing” anything. Spiritualizing is when it is NOT taken LITERALLY.
A Literal Spiritual application means that it will happen LITERALLY, just as The Bible says, IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT THE SAME THING AS “SPIRITUALIZING” SOMETHING.
To “spiritualize” something is to make it non-literal. To make it say something it does not say that will allow it to be possible.
This will happen just as The Lord says it will.
Someday, when time ends, the bride of Jesus will create their own worlds, their own planets, their own cities – their own mountains!
And if you want your mountain to move a little to the left, then it will. And if you tell if to go jump in the sea, it will.
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