“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.” – Walt Whitman
"Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings...." …
There is much value in maintaining hope in our daily living. Hope is critical to the human condition. Refugees endure great suffering in the hope that they will persevere till they get to a better place. Prisoners in concentration camps and even extermination camps hang on because they have hope that relief and release will …
Image via author, unnamed lake, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon On the idea of our restoration unto our God: "Let us watch carefully how God has done this, so that ignorance of the ways of God may not rob us of our inheritance. First, it is God Himself who has done it, God, Father, Son, and Holy …
The institutional religion we call Christianity (not the true faith by which our God lives in us by His Holy Spirit) is an expression of our search for meaning, love, purpose and fulfillment in all the wrong places. You can read more about this search in a previous post (here). The institutional religion has over …
On surrender to the Spirit of Christ, from "The Surrendered Life." "Not that surrender is a meritorious act that wins the fullness of the Spirit, but simply the act needed to give the Spirit a chance to fill us. God does not flood our being with great tides of spiritual life, all independent of our …
As noted in the previous two content posts, our God has in mind for us to be joined into Him in walking the ancient paths of His life lived in us. That there were some who rediscovered the ancient path of union reminded the faithful that a redemption and restoration was in the plan of …
In the previous content post we explored the beginning of the ancient path of life for all humans. It is the life of God Himself in the human. Here is the perfection of union between our God and the human being. We shared one life between us, the life of God Himself. It was not …
Continue reading Gospel of the Kingdom – The Fall into Rebellion
"Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God." Paul the apostle, writing in 2 Corinthians 7:1 "For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness …
Jeremiah 6:16 “Thus says the Lord: Stand at the crossroads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way lies; and walk in it and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’” When Jesus opened His public ministry on earth, He did so with these …
The rebellion of humanity against our God turned us away from His life and will in us. It turned us all toward our own life, our own will, our own way. The original source of life and meaning was the life of our God in us. The richness and fullness of the God life was …
One Pursuit 