The Living Bread / The Living Word / New Tongues

Part of the reason many people have long since dismissed scripture is because it has become petrified deadwood that cannot be eaten today because it is no longer living in those citing it, something that was never the plan for Jesus and his New Covenant church.

The eternal, unchanging truths *must* be spoken in new tongues (in new language) continually because human language changes and shifts over time, but truth does not.

You won't, you can't, convince most people by reading them human-translated words from 2,000 years ago alone; those truths must be continually spoken in new tongues every day, confirmed by the undeniable power of God demonstrated in the acting out in everyday life of those words, in the lives of the speakers, because they have eaten the Living Word and it is in them.

If they don't see the speakers *living out* the Word in them, that they have eaten, that Living Bread, that same Word that lives in the commandments of Christ in the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon on the plain, most critically (because those are the core teachings of Christian life, for as he said, "these words I speak, THEY are spirit and they are life"), then powerless citations of letters written by Paul to early Christian communities in a different cultural context in Rome or Corinth are meaningless.

In The Body Is Law Fulfilled

Treat everyone with justice! For, "until heaven and earth pass, one jot or tittle shall in no wise pass from the law until all be fulfilled." What is justice? It is our being bound to the love of love: First, loving the law of God, that is the principle of respect for all life equally and impartially in honor of the living I AM, and the law of love one to another, that is doing unto others as you would have them do unto you; which is really a corollary of the first law.

Justice is: what is earned is rewarded, but what is rewarded is not "just" a reward, but a bountiful reward (manifold) -- for, "you have been faithful in little, therefore you will be given rule over many, or you will be given much as your reward." The greater glory is to the ONE who multiplies, the ONE who gives grace, for the seed is free, the holy Spirit is given as a gift, and this is the BIRTH FROM ABOVE, or the REBIRTH. Nevertheless, we must strive for the prize, we must fight, not each other, but for each other, taking each wrong against us as Christ took all of our wrongs against him, and in doing so, fulfill the will of the Father, whose will it is that ALL would come to him.

So until heaven and earth pass, the LAW is fulfilled IN us and through us, when we abide in the LIFE giver, when we live IN THE LIGHT, when we love in the light, confessing openly our wrongs to each other -- "I'm sorry I said that about you; it wasn't right, and I was just focusing on my own needs to feel better about myself, and you have a right to know that I said it so that you can decide how to view me now, because that is what I truly did. I ask for your forgiveness, but I know it is not mine to demand, and you may determine that I am better off learning a harder lesson; I am at your mercy."

If we treat each other like that truly, then we truly make ourselves servants to Christ, because those in the Body are a part of his Body and so what we do to those in the Body we do in honor or dishonor to the head, Christ, and those that are not yet in the Body might be brought into the Body through our rightful subjection to their mercies for the wrongs we have committed against them.

And when someone confesses to us the wrong they have done to us, and for which we have suffered unjustly, we should rejoice that they have sought to bring LIGHT to their lawlessness, to have it exposed and to ask for our mercy; and then we should rejoice that we can forgive them for it, as we have been forgiven for our wrongs, and in doing so, we will continue to spread love as people open up their lives to light, trusting in the Father that they will receive forgiveness from the ones in the Body of the Son. The world will be healed through our love, as we have been healed through his love.

Forgiveness is the evidence of love, for love "does not take into account a wrong suffered, [but it] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things," and this is the fruit of the Spirit freely given.

We are not greater than our Master, and if our Master suffered unjustly, we must first suffer justly for our wrongs, and then unjustly for their wrongs committed against us, and in doing so extend the grace given us to them.

The Army of God, The Meek

Do not resist evil that comes from without, because, "fear not the one who destroys the body, but fear rather the one who has the power to destroy both body and soul".

How do we "fear" that one? By respecting the value of the GRACE that is living breath. You are each and every breath is the physical manifestation of being alive, and this is an act of grace, and this is given to us so that we bear fruit, because we are all given a space of time, a portion of space-time.

The destruction of evil will not be imposed through our actions against those who break our boundaries (trespass against us) and steal our property and lives, but rather through our inaction against them and by the grace we extend toward them, that was given to us: life. We extend their lives, and grant them more grace, more time to return to the God of the Living, to the Universe that Bears Fruit and produces further generations of life, when we forgive them for their trespasses against us.

This happens WITHOUT FAIL: when we forgive, we channel the holy Spirit of the LIVING I AM, for he sends his rain upon the just and the unjust, and he ordained only ONE judge, and by forgiving, we are admitting our lack of credentials to be that judge, except within the living body, starting with our own selves, for, "examine yourselves, and see whether you BE in the faith," and, "judgement begins in the house of God,", and "do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you?"

It happens without fail, because the will of the Father creator is fulfilled in every possible, conceivable scenario, every possibility that is possible given the mass of free-will choices we make; and it happens in this manner, that the one to whom we give grace is saved for another day by the grace we extend (or rather, channel, since we would be incapable of extending this grace apart from the Living Source), and the will of the Father is glorified in this, because then again it can be said, glory be to the one who is merciful, and the mercies of God are everlasting to everlasting. And, if the one who wrongs you has any desire and hunger for truth even amidst his broken way, he will be spoken to by the spirit of Love in you, and you will plant a seed of life in him.

Or the one who has broken your boundaries who does not reconcile himself to you in this life, before he draws his last breath, will be bound in the prison of his own error, and it will come down upon his head, and he will not be able to leave prison until he has paid every last cent of the debt he incurred on his soul, for, "Truly I say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last cent." What is the glory for God in this? It is two-fold: yet again it can be said, glory be to the one who is merciful, and the mercies of God are everlasting to everlasting, for the mercy in you toward another could only come from the spirit of God that used your vessel, and this through the consented subjugation of your right to demand justice, in order that the will of God be fulfilled: that all of humanity would come to him and join in the dance of the fire of life, and secondly, that his will has been fulfilled in you his vessel, and it has been manifest in his vessel, by this act of forgiveness, because only God can forgive sin, so a sin against you that has been forgiven "by" you is not properly so done "by" you so much as through you. But you that have forgiven have learned the secret of life, the fruit of life: life expands, it grows, as a vine grows, and you have shown that you are in the Vine, for mercy is the nature of the Father and his Branch, and the Branch's branches, to each generation.

You will not overcome the evil in the world by fighting it with swords of metal, with bullets, with nuclear weapons, or drone planes with missiles; it can only be overcome through the LIFE principle, and not the DEATH principle, and the life principle is the rule of non-resistance by the members of the body, knowing that the ONE ABOVE, who sustains life itself, will purge the diseases from the body, not out of hate for the diseased elements, but out of love for the Body. You cannot fight a cause against you and be a follower of the Christ, because the disciple is not greater than his master, and his master the Christ is the lowly Meek in Chief in the Army of God, who through his lowliness in human form is the King of the World Above, the ruler (measure and master) of the "kingdom of heaven."

The Meek are the true Army of God!

The Seventh Day Has Not Yet Come

The seventh day, the rest, has not yet come: we are still in the 6th day, and thus, we are still in the creation; we are, even now, being created, and we are now, with our will or with our Father's will, even now creating.

"Depart from me, you that work your own will and create evil."

There is not supernatural in the sense of being outside the world of the natural; the only thing outside of the natural is the SPIRITUAL and it creates the natural.

We are the creators, or rather, we are channels for the spirit of God who creates, or we are creators of "evil", which is nothing in the final analysis but the natural consequence of self-will, or will of MY FORM over will of MY FATHER.

MY FATHER created me. You may call her MY MOTHER, but THE I AM is neither male, nor female, neither Jew nor Gentile, because I AM is Spirit, and Spirit is CREATOR BEING THAT ANIMATES, WHO WAS AND IS AND IS TO COME.

It is the will of MY FATHER that all would be redeemed. Do not think redemption to be such an odd term; you redeem coupons all the time at the market, whether material or immaterial (advertising).

What is father? This means, the one who generates, if you think of this term not in the face of any human being (not even the human Jesus), but in the act of its very defining characteristic: a father is a father by virtue of being one who creates offspring.

We are his offspring.

But when we are not in the Way of the Father, we are out of the will of the Father, and we are not protected, and this is what it means to be a child of the "devil". Whatever horrible thing you have seen, or have dared to imagine (do not do it, it is foolish), you have seen the ending, natural consequence of a chain of events that ensue when you are not IN the Living Body, or you have foreseen in your mind the end result of the same. There are terrible things; this is not a word to be considered in the horrific sense, except that it is to your mind because it is still, through the grace of God, in a higher state than the terrible things you imagine.

A child of the devil is simply one who has chosen to pursue his own interests in lieu of the interests of his Father. This is his choice, and because the will of the Father is ALWAYS fulfilled, then this is how the Father will fulfill his will. If you are bound to your current FORM, your experience of the fulfillment of his will may be perceived as unpleasant to you.

If what you see in your world disturbs you, and you do not think it is the will of the Father that people lie, and hate, and murder, and steal, then follow that instinct: be disturbed, be stirred.

There is a much, much, higher way: it is the way of light (so that you may see where you are!), and it is the way of truth (so that you are not bound in a false world of lies).

If you do not choose it, you cannot BE; this is not punishment, it is just that TO BE is in the universe of I AM, and that WHICH IS NOT cannot BE, and so it is DESTROYED. Again, this is not punishment; punishment is a terrible insanity of your minds; to not be is just natural consequence of choosing a way that is darkened, for this ends in an abyss, a black hole. To not do the will of the Father who IS, is to choose to ___ (not live) outside of the I AM. But there is no life outside of I AM.

This is not terrifying, unless you really do seek destruction; destruction is natural, but terrifying because it is very jagged and sudden and harsh on the scale of the small, and an infestation that causes the body to decay at an unnatural rate is a rotting fruit, and it decomposes; the rotting fruit is food for the much, much smaller life forms that can make food out of the spoiled fruit. However, this eventually comes to an end, when the fruit becomes expended, and within a few generations, the small life forms must move onto another world or they will vanish.

While the fruit is part of the tree, it thrives.

But the fruit needs to descend and die, for another tree to grow that will bear more fruit.

We all die. But our lives here can be pleasant or they can be hellish, and it can get much worse, until the destruction of our very home planet, but likely more the destruction of the human species, because we know there are many extinct species; WE ARE NOT THE FINAL CREATION, for we are still in the 6th day.

Harder To Believe Than Not To

Nothing is colder than the winds of change

Where the chill numbs the dreamer till a shadow remains

Among the ruins lies your tortured soul

Was it lost there

Or did your will surrender control?

Shivering with doubts that were left unattended

So you toss away the cloak that you should have mended

Don't you know by now why the chosen are few?

It's harder to believe than not to

Harder to believe than not to

It was a confidence that got you by

When you know you believed it, but you didn't know why

No one imagines it will come to this

But it gets so hard when people don't want to listen

Shivering with doubts that you left unattended

So you toss away the cloak that you should have mended

Don't you know by now why the chosen are few?

It's harder to believe than not to

Some stay paralyzed until they succumb

Others do what they feel, but their senses are numb

Some get trampled by the pious throng

Still they limp along

Are you sturdy enough to move to the front?

Is it nods of approval or the truth that you want?

And if they call it a crutch, then you walk with pride

Your accusers have always been afraid to go outside

They shiver with doubts that were left unattended

Then they toss away the cloak that they should have mended

You know by now why the chosen are few

It's harder to believe than not to

I believe

-- Steve Taylor, 1987

A World of Creators

Can you imagine a world, where each of us sings, or writes, or paints, or builds, or composes, or otherwise adds beauty and meaning, and adds a new level of awareness of the amazing life we already have inherited?

We are all creators, each of us, but the quest for personal fame has detracted us from creating.

A system that can get us there would be a world in which no one takes credit for his work. Instead, we can all contribute anonymously, and in secret, and take joy when our works are good enough to be recognized, and take joy for the grace of the giver of gifts when we read, and listen, and see, the works of his creation. All inspiration comes from the giver of gifts, and it is more glorious, much more rewarding, to work in secret, good and glorious works.

There's a story we each are making with our lives, and if you can imagine a kinder world, a world with less suffering, a world with more love, than begin the work in yourself by creating. Don't keep it inside. If you bury your gifts and do not release their works without concern for who will benefit materially, release them to benefit yourself financially, because if it's a good work, it could still inspire someone else.

A Word of Encouragement

If you believe in science, I ask you to put it to the test, every day, in your life, and prove it out. If we can learn about the physical, material world through the scientific method, how much more could we gain from learning about the spiritual, immaterial world, through this proving out?

This is my theory, but it isn't mine, really:

Meditate on these two, every morning, and then watch every day, and if you are the type that needs reminding often, write down your observations on paper, though the place it will stay written effectively, is only on your heart:

(1) Love what is above you, and beyond you, and what is above every other person and every other system you can possibly imagine. It goes up a LONG, LONG way.

(2) Love each other equally, your self and others, equally.

Do it in that order, and you will find that the rest of the words that were spoken by the first overcomer, will make more and more sense to you. There is life beyond death only for the ones who watch and pray, and when you understand what those words really mean, you will not need a building to go to do it, or a liturgy book to know how to do it, or a teacher to tell you how to do it, except the one who lives within you when you truly seek truth.