Re: Martial Law
"Good" is actually (OBJECTIVELY, in God's spiritual sense/language) an absolute (continuously..."PERFECT"). We can be a good "Christian", good "baseball player", etc., but no one is "GOOD"/PERFECT except God. Until we admit to being a failure at "good" Christian and become poor in spirits, we cannot actually be a real Christian (the kind God wants us to be). No one is good but God alone.
The word "Christian" is a label. Labels put people in a "box" with nice neat little bow ties and suits. I was never "fit" to be in a "box" (bad table manners, etc.). When I first learned God's name and His truth, I went to a church and they tried to fit me into a box and they tried to teach me to put other people into a box, yet in my heart of hearts (conscience), I knew that would be unjust and simply could not do that. The result was immediate and continuous self-persecution (for, your intentions against others shall be your intentions against yourself). Since I refused to put others in a box and persecute them, I was a failure (as though a life of
Depression from a dysfunctional family wasn't bad enough), but I was also arrogant. The Lord knocked me off my 'high horse' (humility, low in spirits).
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for they shall see..." (Matthew 5:3, God can only show a just person the truth). FREEDOM.
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(notice Galatians 5:13 and 1 Peter 2:16 ("servants of one another" and "servants of God", would you claim that there is a difference other than rank?)...INSEPARABLE, so why is there so much commotion in the world about God?....PARTISANSHIP.
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Yes, it is so simple (generic), but humanity wants to complicate everything.