On the Will of the Father, Too
Maia commented on Matthew 7:21-23:
"It is not whoever says to me, 'My Lord, my Lord,' who enters the Kingdom of Heaven, except whoever does the will of my Father in Heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'My Lord, my Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name cast out demons and in your name perform great powers?' And then I will declare to them that, I never knew you, go away from me, workers of abomination" (Alexander).
A big part of the above scripture is - whoever does the Will of the Father. What is the Will of God? Is it knowing the oneness, and also certain actions? It's a bit confusing. I don't know if the above scripture is ONLY talking about the understanding of being one.
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Yes, Maia, Matthew 7:21-23 is not only talking about the understanding of being one with God (i.e., actually BEING God, the big point blowing over the minds of the Jews). Here I continue my tirade against the Law of Attraction. I am told that the Law of Attraction is in the Bible. It is, but not in a good way. In the verse above, it is apparent that the so-called Law of Attraction works, but the "works" don't mean squat to God, Who is YHWH, Jesus, the speaker. "What benefits the human being if they gain the whole world and lose themselves?" (Mark 8:36 Alexander). It is only works in the will that count, because it is only the will that counts.
We might master the Law of Attraction as Nebuchadnezzar, to whom was given the whole earth, and still be a stench in the nostrils of God. If you are a Law of Attraction advocate, you really, really, really, really, really need to read the Book of Daniel, chapter 4. The Law of Attraction is a fraud, not because it does not work - its Law of Assumption aspect works fine - but it misses the Person behind the Power. WE DO NOT DO ANYTHING OURSELVES. It is not a matter of "reclaiming our power." It is recognizing He Who IS the Power AND its operation (i.e., He working though us, as we are Him). This is the theme from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21, and to that we humbly bow.
"It is not whoever says to me, 'My Lord, my Lord,' who enters the Kingdom of Heaven, except whoever does the will of my Father in Heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'My Lord, my Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name cast out demons and in your name perform great powers?' And then I will declare to them that, I never knew you, go away from me, workers of abomination" (Alexander).
A big part of the above scripture is - whoever does the Will of the Father. What is the Will of God? Is it knowing the oneness, and also certain actions? It's a bit confusing. I don't know if the above scripture is ONLY talking about the understanding of being one.
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Yes, Maia, Matthew 7:21-23 is not only talking about the understanding of being one with God (i.e., actually BEING God, the big point blowing over the minds of the Jews). Here I continue my tirade against the Law of Attraction. I am told that the Law of Attraction is in the Bible. It is, but not in a good way. In the verse above, it is apparent that the so-called Law of Attraction works, but the "works" don't mean squat to God, Who is YHWH, Jesus, the speaker. "What benefits the human being if they gain the whole world and lose themselves?" (Mark 8:36 Alexander). It is only works in the will that count, because it is only the will that counts.
We might master the Law of Attraction as Nebuchadnezzar, to whom was given the whole earth, and still be a stench in the nostrils of God. If you are a Law of Attraction advocate, you really, really, really, really, really need to read the Book of Daniel, chapter 4. The Law of Attraction is a fraud, not because it does not work - its Law of Assumption aspect works fine - but it misses the Person behind the Power. WE DO NOT DO ANYTHING OURSELVES. It is not a matter of "reclaiming our power." It is recognizing He Who IS the Power AND its operation (i.e., He working though us, as we are Him). This is the theme from Genesis 1:1 to Revelation 22:21, and to that we humbly bow.
posted by Daniel C. Branham-Steele at
1:51 PM
2 Comments:
What’s your take on the part of Jesus “having nowhere to lay his head”? If, being God, he can manipulate reality to achieve his needs - ie feeding multitudes, gold coins coming in fish - why would he have nowhere to rest his head? What’s the meaning behind that? Obviously, like the cross, he must have chose it willingly. Do we have to suffer physical homelessness or limitations like that when we are one with God and doing His will or does it mean something else?
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Maia, at 4:50 AM
The Just live by faith. Jesus did not manipulate reality to achieve His needs, but allowed faith to work, for God to be faithful. Jesus did not make the bread and gold, but trusted the Person. That was the point of it being a scribe who said he'd follow Him. The contrast--ongoing from chapters before--was between the unjust who try to manipulate reality to achieve their needs, and the Just who trust God to provide for their needs. It isn't that you cannot have a place to lay your head, but that you trust God to provide it. Ask, knock, and seek. There shall be an answer, Let it be.
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Daniel C. Branham-Steele, at 1:11 PM
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