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The Last Best Hope of Man

Warning This post is likely to bug people but I must post it for my Christian friends and family.

America is not “the last best hope of man.”, it never was, Reagan was mistaken,

Jesus Christ and his government on earth is the last’s best hope for mankind. Jesus already has a govt on earth, it is called the ecclesia (in Greek). It is not a government with a constitution and bill of rights written in Washington DC.

It is also not wealthy 501c3 corporations we call churches or denominations, those are religious companies made up of Christians repeating tradition inherited from our parents.

But within many of those corporations and all around the earth is the remnant of the “ecclesia”, the real government of Jesus Christ on earth. It doesn’t need money, or hierarchy, or political connections.

I grew up on Ronald Reagan, loved the guy, but as an adult I see things differently, he was mistaken about America from a spiritual perspective. I also love America and understand why he said it but his way of thinking doesn’t jive with the gospel of the kingdom and the true and originally intended nature of the church.

America may be the last hope for man APART from Christ. If Christ must be excluded. I can reluctantly agree with that. But then if that’s the case it has become a well-meaning competitor with Jesus Christ hasn’t it? Just like Rome and most every other government.

NOTHING will stand as a competitor to Jesus Christ.

“If man will not be ruled by God (Jesus Christ) he MUST be ruled by tyrants.” It’s required, it’s inevitable, Satan has many rights to us outside of Christ.

This is first and foremost true among real Christians. I believe this is why so called “churches” around the nation are being shut down by governors and bureaucrats.

Don’t we weekly refuse Gods rule through the Holy Spirit, in exchange for pious entertainement and eloquent self-help speeches? We call worship and sermons, what are they accomplishing? Who really believes they are being discipled by this?

I believe this is the most important issue of our generation, the lordship of Jesus Christ when we gather. some great guy? or Jesus himself? I don’t believe we can get away with the immaturity and idolatry that’s former generations did.

I don’t dare take sides in elections this year. A party of tyrants or a party of idolators. My strong inclination is to vote with the idolators but I’m not convinced we are not due for tyranny.

All I can do is pray, pray, pray. Either side wins I wonder if it may be the same outcome.

If you disagree please comment.

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What Is Brotherly Love

“Now concerning love of the brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anyone write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another…”

Paul in 1 Thessalonians 4:9

If our love of one another is cold, if we call social pleasantries (which are actually quite distant) as examples of our love. Then we are deceiving ourselves and one another.

To really love someone is to spend entire Christian gatherings speaking with them back and forth.

Brotherly love involves a good deal of conflict, it involves confession of sins back and forth. It is giving of things, it is in helping our brothers and they us. It is not a distant hand shake and a “how you doing?, and a “boy that was a good sermon”

If we don’t get past a distant periodic hand shake and a “how you doing?” God is not able to teach us as Christians how to love one another. God cannot get to teaching us because of coldness, we won’t allow it, our collective tradition of coldness prevents him.

Hearing sermons accomplishes close to nothing spiritually.

A two-hour banquet and face to face gathering can be more spiritual than 500 hours of sermons.

Most sermons are like a nagging wife or husband, like a constant dripping on your ceiling of a leaky roof. Forever reminding us to do things we already know to do, but never quite giving us the ability to do them.

But Jesus does give us the ability, he teaches us the impossible then he empowers us. And he miraculously does both through fellow Christians. I hear and see Jesus in fellow Christians, even immature ones. Even ones I don’t enjoy being around.

Brotherly love is defined by the ecclesia. It is seen exclusively in the gatherings of Christian brothers and sisters.

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How To Be More Creative

This is a post from 2014 that I think had a poor title.

Freedom is a powerful and compelling force. I define freedom as the ability to do as I please without harassment or enslavement by any individual or situation. There are assumptions inherent in this definition. I cannot do whatever I want of course since we have laws and rules that we all agree to, in order to curb crime. What I think is more important than having total freedom is having the feeling of freedom or the perception of freedom. The ability to feel free from restraint and harassment is a powerful and liberating force. Feeling free to explore interests and gifts is a major part of life. When a child grows older he/she begins to enjoy the freedom that we all are given. The feeling of freedom can be intoxicating; many children throw off parental restraints enjoying the new found freedom of adulthood. If parents went too far in the restraints often the child goes wild, sewing wild oats and making bad choices.

There are many things in my life that I’ve not felt free to pursue. Most of the not feeling free was due to lack of finances. A friend of mine once launched a successful business and became financially free. The adjustment was difficult for his child. Because she had become accustomed to being restrained financially, the new found freedom to spend felt strange. The difference is in perception. Having a perception of personal freedom frees people of mental clutter, mental busyness and imagined restraints. The family was now free but she was still stuck in the perception of lack and restraint financially. Every person should develop personal freedom to unleash untapped creative potential by taking the following five steps.

1)      Determine to focus on ‘inner work’.

‘Inner work’ is just another term for personal development, looking within. Then dealing with the emotional wounds or with weaknesses and strongholds that hold one back in life.

3)      Imagine Having Freedom to Create whatever you wish, without restraint.

Ask “what would it look like if I had complete freedom to create?” For example, I love to teach people, if I could study and teach all day long what would it look like? Well, it would look like this: “I would get up very early to study, I would break down the topic into smaller more manageable points, then people would come to me and I would teach them what I know. They would be receptive, I would be inspiring and life would be great.” That is one creative dream that I have.

4)      Write down what hinders you.

Imagining freedom in that area of life is fun, now ask yourself what is it that restrains you? Write that down, it could be lack of discipline, it could be lack of money, it could be an addiction, it could be an unfair situation. Whatever you believe it is write it down.

5)      Start creating anyway.

Now ignore what hinders you and start creating in small increments, for my example above I can teach in little bursts. I may not have a huge audience, but I can teach my kids new things, I can teach my wife the things I know. This small baby step starts an internal perception of freedom to create (for me to teach) that is liberating, it is empowering. It is encouraging and it changes my entire mindset. Soon this part of me grows, I gain confidence, I improve my skills and people now come to me to teach on certain topics

I am now free to create and to do more of what I was created to do.

This is only an overview of the process but if you feel stuck or hindered; try these steps above … they work!

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