if i am a slave to vice , money , greed , selfishness ,gluttony, perverse sex ,i cannot be free in any other sense or state of being, untill i free myself of these vices ,,, please good God help me and everyone become free of the things that degrade us
thank you , i have to follow my God given discernment searching for truth... i find that all scripture in the world contains some truth and some biased truth and some straight lies , i believe thats why God gave us discernment to be able to see truth or lies and tell the difference also the orthodox christian prayer . it seems God wants us to develop our discernment powers to discern good from evil ... hence the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ... there fore God doesnt want us to just have blind faith ... faith in God to me means ,,, i have faith in the goodness of God despite the existance of all forms of evil ,,, at least i apply he benifit of the doubt that the existance of evil must have a mysterious transcendant good that we cannot may not see from our level of existance ... im sure God will show us why when we meet Him ... i think that only us humans have this power of discernment " lord Jesus Christ enlighten my darkness ,,, to test the spirits also ,,, and wait for God to reveal the truth sometimes quickly or slowly often in mysterious ways and always test the answere we get , not by voices but by worldly experiences
Spartacus did not end well either, nor did his fellow rebels. While most of the rebel slaves were killed on the battlefield, some 6,000 survivors were captured by the legions of Crassus. All 6,000 were crucified along the Appian Way from Rome to Capua.
I remember five thousand, but it makes little difference, because even that number already places the crosses five yards away from each other on Via Appia... The stench, according to the records, was unbearable...
No slave/peasant uprising has ever ended well. Lenin's enterprise brought fruit, because he promised land to his followers (that was later taken back) and because the reds managed to occupy food reserves in a time of famine...
The Bolsheviks didn't really represent the peasants. Nor did the Mensheviks albeit they probably were closer.
Collectivization happened pretty early on as well.
I would point out though the parable of Jesus tipping over the money changers table. Money changers were not then as we think them now but rather those who warred and won and therefore those who garnered the money from others. The Romans were boasting that Jesus had changed that.
Prepared as best. My clarity is keen these past few weeks. It’s happening so blatantly right in front of us yet so many are blind. Looking like chaos prep in media to me. Things move slower here in WV so inertia with daily doings is still humming along, yet I’m seeing people’s shades of their realities changing colors and actions a bit more spastic, from the grocery, postal and banking clerks to the guests at the Hotel who are on escape, grabbing glimpses of perceived normalacy, the very under staffed Grand Hotel is shuddering, held together with duct tape, glue and verbal niceties.
Blessings and hugs Ray!
I’m still aiming for beauty on the few areas where I can.
Clarity is available only for those with a clean heart. That's probably harder to achieve than getting a Nobel Prize. :)
The creepy thing about all this that there is nothing spectacular about it; people are slowly dying out, losing heart, or jumping on shadows. You cannot help them, because they don't want to be helped.
Is the Truth Beauty? Is Beauty the Truth? I guess, it works both ways.
Ha! It does work both ways for beauty and truth, both being flexible in context, time and space. Clarity is not ‘there’ either, yet I’m seeing all the signs aiming at the long term plan everywhere now.
Sorry about that. Everything I post is related to everything else on my site... In fact, in the last several decades, I've usually had my stock answers to most questions with only a handful of exceptions. It scares me a bit, because my mind seems to self-assemble everything as long as I am engaged in a topic, and sometimes it reminds me of the way computers work.
Once you start finding contradictions, it's not going to be me...
Let GOD ALMIGHTY create through HIS WISDOM MIGHT GRACE AND PURPOSE through whatever HE CREATED in the flesh, as all else is eventually just going to be thrown into THE ETERNAL FIRE ... SERVITUDE IN FAITH, SPIRIT AND TRUTH!
if i am a slave to vice , money , greed , selfishness ,gluttony, perverse sex ,i cannot be free in any other sense or state of being, untill i free myself of these vices ,,, please good God help me and everyone become free of the things that degrade us
Perhaps this will assist your journey... https://www.gotquestions.org/freedom-in-Christ.html
Also, I recommend Robert McCurley on the Book of John... https://www.sermonaudio.com/solo/greenvillefcc/sermons/series/17366/?sb=oldest
thank you , i have to follow my God given discernment searching for truth... i find that all scripture in the world contains some truth and some biased truth and some straight lies , i believe thats why God gave us discernment to be able to see truth or lies and tell the difference also the orthodox christian prayer . it seems God wants us to develop our discernment powers to discern good from evil ... hence the tree of the knowledge of good and evil ... there fore God doesnt want us to just have blind faith ... faith in God to me means ,,, i have faith in the goodness of God despite the existance of all forms of evil ,,, at least i apply he benifit of the doubt that the existance of evil must have a mysterious transcendant good that we cannot may not see from our level of existance ... im sure God will show us why when we meet Him ... i think that only us humans have this power of discernment " lord Jesus Christ enlighten my darkness ,,, to test the spirits also ,,, and wait for God to reveal the truth sometimes quickly or slowly often in mysterious ways and always test the answere we get , not by voices but by worldly experiences
Spartacus did not end well either, nor did his fellow rebels. While most of the rebel slaves were killed on the battlefield, some 6,000 survivors were captured by the legions of Crassus. All 6,000 were crucified along the Appian Way from Rome to Capua.
I remember five thousand, but it makes little difference, because even that number already places the crosses five yards away from each other on Via Appia... The stench, according to the records, was unbearable...
No slave/peasant uprising has ever ended well. Lenin's enterprise brought fruit, because he promised land to his followers (that was later taken back) and because the reds managed to occupy food reserves in a time of famine...
The Bolsheviks didn't really represent the peasants. Nor did the Mensheviks albeit they probably were closer.
Collectivization happened pretty early on as well.
I would point out though the parable of Jesus tipping over the money changers table. Money changers were not then as we think them now but rather those who warred and won and therefore those who garnered the money from others. The Romans were boasting that Jesus had changed that.
i would call them baal sheviks.... baal shem thot
I don't speak Hebrew, translation?
A bit like Soviets - flying rats?
sorry ... plse look up ., baal also baal shem tov
Ta. Had wondered if they were the same.
i.e. their reinvention of Apollo had stopped them from being tipped over at some stage and their money taken by others. A psychological war operation.
So we can win. But I guess the question is can we implement anything better. And the answer to that is no if you are just going to do the same thing.
Small is better in my view.
I concur! working on being invisible.
Prepared as best. My clarity is keen these past few weeks. It’s happening so blatantly right in front of us yet so many are blind. Looking like chaos prep in media to me. Things move slower here in WV so inertia with daily doings is still humming along, yet I’m seeing people’s shades of their realities changing colors and actions a bit more spastic, from the grocery, postal and banking clerks to the guests at the Hotel who are on escape, grabbing glimpses of perceived normalacy, the very under staffed Grand Hotel is shuddering, held together with duct tape, glue and verbal niceties.
Blessings and hugs Ray!
I’m still aiming for beauty on the few areas where I can.
Clarity is available only for those with a clean heart. That's probably harder to achieve than getting a Nobel Prize. :)
The creepy thing about all this that there is nothing spectacular about it; people are slowly dying out, losing heart, or jumping on shadows. You cannot help them, because they don't want to be helped.
Is the Truth Beauty? Is Beauty the Truth? I guess, it works both ways.
Ha! It does work both ways for beauty and truth, both being flexible in context, time and space. Clarity is not ‘there’ either, yet I’m seeing all the signs aiming at the long term plan everywhere now.
Thank you, Ray.
I was feeling a little down this AM but your article brought a little, or maybe a lot, of reality.
Edwin
Thank you, Edwin. It is an honor to see that you are reading me, but it's even better that you are finding it helpful.
Here is what I am working on this morning.
https://i.imgur.com/XWECnz9.jpg
Neat. :) Kinda reminds me of my stuff.
You've provided enough material in this article and links to keep me busy for a month... 🤔
Thanks.. I think... 😘
Sorry about that. Everything I post is related to everything else on my site... In fact, in the last several decades, I've usually had my stock answers to most questions with only a handful of exceptions. It scares me a bit, because my mind seems to self-assemble everything as long as I am engaged in a topic, and sometimes it reminds me of the way computers work.
Once you start finding contradictions, it's not going to be me...
Let GOD ALMIGHTY create through HIS WISDOM MIGHT GRACE AND PURPOSE through whatever HE CREATED in the flesh, as all else is eventually just going to be thrown into THE ETERNAL FIRE ... SERVITUDE IN FAITH, SPIRIT AND TRUTH!