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Rick C. Hodgin
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On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 3:25:44 PM UTC-4, Brane2 wrote:
It's the truth:
http://biblehub.com/kjv/romans/1.htm
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all
ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth
in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them;
for God hath shewed it unto them.
All people already know:
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the
world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that
are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they
are without excuse:
But God gave people a choice. And through sin, we can believe lies.
We can hold on to them through our fallen flesh and it's fallen
reasoning mind. It only knows this world, and so far as it's
able to understand ... things are a particular way. But when
you see the truth, God reveals things to you that the non-truth-
seeker cannot know.
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as
God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their
imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
If you are able to humble yourself and say honestly within your own
heart, "I may be wrong. I may not know for sure that all this is
not real. And if it is real, then I want to know," then you will
be known to God to be doing this. He will know you honestly desire
to know the truth, and He will bring it to you in a way YOU can
personally know it to be true.
It requires a humbling of oneself. A lowering of the defenses.
A willingness to say, "I may be wrong" and "I do want to know the
truth if there really is a truth that I don't know today."
God can work with a person like that. But the hard heart of stone
turned against Him, so sure of his own correctness in his flesh-
only beliefs, that person separates themselves from God, and from
the truth by their self-solidity. They are not humble, but pride
and arrogance rises up and erects a barrier between themselves and
truth.
The meek will inherit the Earth, not the strong and proud and mighty
men of self-importance and empires:
http://biblehub.com/kjv/matthew/5-5.htm
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
The mighty men will go down to the pit of Hell:
http://biblehub.com/kjv/isaiah/5-14.htm
14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth
without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and
their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
It is not because God doesn't have us to be strong, but we must
acknowledge that it is only in Him that our true strength comes.
It is not of our own doing, for we are not self-made men. We are
created beings made by God, given measures of strength, intelligence,
abilities, and opportunities ... it is not for us to rise up and say
that we are all that, but to recognize God has made us to be all
that, and then from within that station here upon this Earth to
walk in it, serving Him, and the purposes He laid out for you while
you were here.
I want to use my knowledge of hardware design to create semiconductor
products. I want to do it because I have those skills, and that is
my natural brain process here in this world. I just think that way,
so it comes naturally to me (much to my surprise, by the way).
Other people can be school teachers for God. Or construction workers
for God. Or lawyers for God. Whatever a person's station is in life,
that's where He calls us to serve.
And in eternity, we do not yet know what it will be like. We are
told hints and glimpses, but nothing which is solid, and I perceive
that's because the world we're about to enter is so different from
this one, that while there will be similarities to here, it will be
completely different. We already know from the Bible that in Heaven
there is use without consumption. Moses and the burning bush. There
was fire from the wood in the bush, but the bush was not consumed, a
preview of Heaven. Jesus and the loaves and the fishes. The people
of Israel in the wilderness 40 years without their clothes or sandals
wearing out. God also gave us a modern example, such as with digital
content. I can have my program, and give you a copy, and still have
mine, and you can have yours, and we can both use them, and give them
to even more people.
We have these little glimpses of what it will be like. But, we are
also told that we will know in full once we get to the other side:
http://biblehub.com/kjv/1_corinthians/13-12.htm
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.
-----
If you press in and seek the truth, and lower your defenses, and
humble yourself, God will reveal all of this to you. You just have
to be at that place where you are not erecting barriers between
yourself and the truth. God wants to show you! He's been waiting
your whole life for you to come to that point. He's more than
ready and willing to reveal it all to you, and to give you the
keys to the entire universe, for the Bible teaches us we are co-
heirs with Christ (what He receives, we also receive):
http://biblehub.com/romans/8-17.htm
17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God
and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his
sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
We go through many trials in this world, but they are only for a
time. Eternity will not be like this world, but was described
by Jesus Himself as "paradise," confirmed by Paul who was caught
up and saw things that it's not even lawful for a man to utter.
So much ahead... but the enemy would have us focus on the here
and now only, and ignore spiritual things, ignore real truth,
ignore the free gift of salvation Jesus extends to all who will
be saved.
Satan is a liar. And he tries with great passion to keep us
down. But when we take the smallest nudging bump of a move in
truth's direction, God does the rest, and Satan is completely
defeated by our turning to God in that way, for God really does
save, and He really does keep those who are saved.
Thank you,
Rick C. Hodgin
It's the truth:
http://biblehub.com/kjv/romans/1.htm
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all
ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth
in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them;
for God hath shewed it unto them.
All people already know:
20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the
world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that
are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they
are without excuse:
But God gave people a choice. And through sin, we can believe lies.
We can hold on to them through our fallen flesh and it's fallen
reasoning mind. It only knows this world, and so far as it's
able to understand ... things are a particular way. But when
you see the truth, God reveals things to you that the non-truth-
seeker cannot know.
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as
God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their
imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
If you are able to humble yourself and say honestly within your own
heart, "I may be wrong. I may not know for sure that all this is
not real. And if it is real, then I want to know," then you will
be known to God to be doing this. He will know you honestly desire
to know the truth, and He will bring it to you in a way YOU can
personally know it to be true.
It requires a humbling of oneself. A lowering of the defenses.
A willingness to say, "I may be wrong" and "I do want to know the
truth if there really is a truth that I don't know today."
God can work with a person like that. But the hard heart of stone
turned against Him, so sure of his own correctness in his flesh-
only beliefs, that person separates themselves from God, and from
the truth by their self-solidity. They are not humble, but pride
and arrogance rises up and erects a barrier between themselves and
truth.
The meek will inherit the Earth, not the strong and proud and mighty
men of self-importance and empires:
http://biblehub.com/kjv/matthew/5-5.htm
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
The mighty men will go down to the pit of Hell:
http://biblehub.com/kjv/isaiah/5-14.htm
14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth
without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and
their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it.
It is not because God doesn't have us to be strong, but we must
acknowledge that it is only in Him that our true strength comes.
It is not of our own doing, for we are not self-made men. We are
created beings made by God, given measures of strength, intelligence,
abilities, and opportunities ... it is not for us to rise up and say
that we are all that, but to recognize God has made us to be all
that, and then from within that station here upon this Earth to
walk in it, serving Him, and the purposes He laid out for you while
you were here.
I want to use my knowledge of hardware design to create semiconductor
products. I want to do it because I have those skills, and that is
my natural brain process here in this world. I just think that way,
so it comes naturally to me (much to my surprise, by the way).
Other people can be school teachers for God. Or construction workers
for God. Or lawyers for God. Whatever a person's station is in life,
that's where He calls us to serve.
And in eternity, we do not yet know what it will be like. We are
told hints and glimpses, but nothing which is solid, and I perceive
that's because the world we're about to enter is so different from
this one, that while there will be similarities to here, it will be
completely different. We already know from the Bible that in Heaven
there is use without consumption. Moses and the burning bush. There
was fire from the wood in the bush, but the bush was not consumed, a
preview of Heaven. Jesus and the loaves and the fishes. The people
of Israel in the wilderness 40 years without their clothes or sandals
wearing out. God also gave us a modern example, such as with digital
content. I can have my program, and give you a copy, and still have
mine, and you can have yours, and we can both use them, and give them
to even more people.
We have these little glimpses of what it will be like. But, we are
also told that we will know in full once we get to the other side:
http://biblehub.com/kjv/1_corinthians/13-12.htm
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.
-----
If you press in and seek the truth, and lower your defenses, and
humble yourself, God will reveal all of this to you. You just have
to be at that place where you are not erecting barriers between
yourself and the truth. God wants to show you! He's been waiting
your whole life for you to come to that point. He's more than
ready and willing to reveal it all to you, and to give you the
keys to the entire universe, for the Bible teaches us we are co-
heirs with Christ (what He receives, we also receive):
http://biblehub.com/romans/8-17.htm
17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs--heirs of God
and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his
sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
We go through many trials in this world, but they are only for a
time. Eternity will not be like this world, but was described
by Jesus Himself as "paradise," confirmed by Paul who was caught
up and saw things that it's not even lawful for a man to utter.
So much ahead... but the enemy would have us focus on the here
and now only, and ignore spiritual things, ignore real truth,
ignore the free gift of salvation Jesus extends to all who will
be saved.
Satan is a liar. And he tries with great passion to keep us
down. But when we take the smallest nudging bump of a move in
truth's direction, God does the rest, and Satan is completely
defeated by our turning to God in that way, for God really does
save, and He really does keep those who are saved.
Thank you,
Rick C. Hodgin
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