A request for each of you

[Rick C. Hodgin]

To my fellow "Usenet group"ies:

I come before you today with a request for each of you. I ask
you to give it an ear and ponder it in your heart. Consider it
for a time each day and think about what it means to the baseline
fundamental views we hold in our lives.

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My request is that you consider what this means to your self-
image: You were created. You do have a purpose. You were not
an accident of random chance in this universe. You were, instead,
specifically and purposefully hand-crafted by God, hand-placed
into this world where you are, with a purpose to have a real im-
pact upon this world. To further realize that within the creation
of your existence, the one creating you had a real purpose in do
doing. God created you with a goal of certain things He wants you
to do in this world, for example.

Think about this idea: That you were created, that you do have a
real purpose, and that you will go on after you leave this world,
and that you do have a choice today regarding how you will live
your life, and that the warning given you by your very creator is
that there is a real enemy here in this world, responsible for all
that we see wrong here, who seeks to mislead you, trick you, trap
you, and ultimately destroy your soul by leading you away from God,
but if you will give God an ear, and stop hardening your heart
toward Him, that He will guide you not only to safety in this world,
but to the fullest, richest prosperity in Him.

Think about this. Read it a few times. Make sure you get a clear
understanding: You were created specifically by God. You have a
real purpose, and there are two paths before you: one leading to
forgiveness for the wrong you've done, to be a part of God's plan
for your life, one that keeps you unforgiven in the wrong you've
done and is leading away from God and God's plan for your life.

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God created you for greatness. He loves you. He will lead and
guide and protect and save you from all evil. But He also honors
you too much to violate His greatest gift to you: your volition.
He will not violate your free will to choose. But look into Him
and see how He's revealed Himself through His Son. The Bible
gives us a view of God that explains things in a way which really
resonates on the inside if you're willing to receive it. But if
you harden your heart, it will always only be a book of laughable
tales and fantasies.

The choice is yours, but the truth speaks to you. You were God's
creation. You were made special. You do have a purpose. And
you will go on after you leave this world. God has a plan for you
and will save you from everything bad, and give you a real and
secure future that dwells in fullest, richest prosperity for you,
His beloved and held dear, most special creation.

Thank you,
Rick C. Hodgin

 

[Rick C. Hodgin]

Additional information. Here you are taught about the two natures,
and what is happening to you (to your flesh) in this world.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.lang.c/9Pu0u8Yi7L0/dVYZ0ALQAQAJ

Thank you,
Rick C. Hodgin

 

[Rick C. Hodgin]

There is additional information about this on this thread:

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.arch/FHcTC4_xQMs/uwwqpFrHBAAJ

It describes how we are all a part of a larger-than-any-of-us plan
put in motion by God, whereby He created us on purpose, put us where
we are on purpose, gave us the ability and opportunity to learn and
know and be creative and do (on purpose), so that we could be a part
of that which He is doing for mankind.

Our goals in using the skills and abilities we've been given, and
in our labor time and efforts, are to look up to Him and see how He
wants us to be a part of this assembly of man He's created.

Each of us is a part of that system, and when we acknowledge that
actively, and look up to God actively, and seek how we can use our
skills and talents to improve the people around us and be a part of
that world He intends for us here on Earth, then we are moving as
we should be, and then we are part of His plan, and then our labor
will bear forth unto real fruit, even fruit which lasts into the
hereafter because those things we do for Christ will be tried in
the fire along with all our other works, and those things we do for
Him will not be burned up by the fire, but will endure, and we will
receive a reward.

Refocus your life and your life's purpose on serving God with your
skills. Don't follow after the ways of the world, but rely upon
God to provide for you, and use everything you possess to try to
improve the lives of those around you. And if you ever have any
doubts or concerns on how to do that, ask God the Father ... literally
ask Him in prayer. Say in your prayer, "Jesus, I've come to you
asking forgiveness for my sin so I could be saved, and now I'm here
wondering what to do next. You've told me that I can come boldly
before the Throne of Grace, and that I can speak directly to God the
Father. So, I come forward and I ask: Father, please show me in
my life what to do, and how to do it."

God has promised to guide us:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+1%3A5&version=KJV

James 1:5 - "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that
giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and
it shall be given him."

The word upbraideth there means it won't be tangled or confusing,
but will be easy to receive, known, and understand, because God
gives to us at the point of our abilities, just as you would give
to your 14-year old at a 14-year old level, and your 8-year old
at an 8-year old level. God does the same for us.

It is a great comfort to know you are part of God's Kingdom. It
gives you real inner peace, and as He begins to work in your life
you look around and go, "Wow! Will you look at that." It's not
you doing it, but it's God living inside you guiding you to do it.
It's something you cannot help but feel awe over.

Thank you,
Rick C. Hodgin

 

[Rick C. Hodgin]

On Wednesday, September 27, 2017 Rick C. Hodgin wrote:

God has promised to guide us:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=James+1%3A5&version=KJV

James 1:5 - "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that
giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and
it shall be given him."

The word upbraideth there means it won't be tangled or confusing,
but will be easy to receive, known, and understand, because God
gives to us at the point of our abilities, just as you would give
to your 14-year old at a 14-year old level, and your 8-year old
at an 8-year old level. God does the same for us.

It's interesting how the spirit of God works in a person. When I
posted this, there was a feeling inside of me that I did not have
the correct definition for upbraideth. I have heard teachings on
this matter before and that was the explanation given me, but the
spirit of God guides us to all truth. He gave me a feeling within
my core that it wasn't right.

I went and looked it up:

http://av1611.com/kjbp/kjv-dictionary/upbraid.html

2. To reproach; to chide.
God who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not.
James 1.

It means God won't criticize you for not knowing something, or
having not yet figured it out on your own. He's a good Father,
and He teaches His children properly, lovingly, in all areas.

It is a great comfort to know you are part of God's Kingdom. It
gives you real inner peace, and as He begins to work in your life
you look around and go, "Wow! Will you look at that." It's not
you doing it, but it's God living inside you guiding you to do it.
It's something you cannot help but feel awe over.

Amen.

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[Rick C. Hodgin]

Last night, I was listening to a sermon from a church in Hawaii,
and I heard the most amazing thing I've ever heard regarding Jesus
dying on the cross.

It was from the communion part of their service published on
YouTube (beginning at 1hr 19m 0s):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQj-_BVAG1U&t=1h19m0s

The pastor's talking about the bread and the wine, and how Jesus
said as often as you eat this bread, or drink this wine, do this
in remembrance of me.

He teaches of the two elements which came out of Jesus when he
was pierced by a spear at the cross. They were blood and water,
which are also the two elements which come forth when a woman
gives birth.

He teaches that it was the birth of the bride of Christ, which
is the church (believers in Jesus Christ), taken from the side
of Christ in His death, just as Adam's bride had been taken
from his side when God put Adam into a deep sleep and made Eve
from his rib. God made Eve for Adam, just as He made His own
bride for Himself.

Jesus literally created His own bride by His death on the cross,
birthed at the time of His death, with the seventh wound He
received (two in His feet, two in His hands, one on His back
from the scourging, one on the head from the crown of thorns,
and then one more, the seventh, was the piercing of His side
by the Roman soldiers -- seven is the number of Biblical
completion. It comes up time and time and time again in
Bible scripture, and is significant to God's design).

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It's the most amazing thing I've ever heard about the full
circle from man's original creation to Christ's redemption of
man, in the same pattern from pre-fall form, to salvation-from-
the-fall form.

I've never heard his piercing explained in that way in my
entire life, and even with a tremendous amount of active study
of the Bible since 2004, in listening to sermons, thinking
about these things, searching the matter out, etc.

God is so beautiful in what He conveys. You just have to be
looking for it. You just have to be willing to receive it.

Thank you,
Rick C. Hodgin