Re: from the mail bag
let me clarify what i mean by "christian god"
there is a typical mental and emotional construct - a graven image if you will - that is the christian god. why is it a false idol instead of the real deal? well, its not because of the plastic jesus on their dashboard. its because of what people do.
we have an accurate enough depiction of jesus in the scriptures and he is the real jesus. is that the jesus people are following/worshipping? not at all. they are nothing like him. they dont do what he says. they dont conform to the truth that cost him his life to tell us about.
and its not that theyre just not that good at it. he doesnt ask us to do anything we cant do. he said himself that his yoke was easy and his burden was light. its that they dont even try. they have convinced themselves that they are incapable. they figure its good enough that HE did it and he did it for them and thats enough. nonsense.
jesus said to take up your cross(implement of your own death) and follow him. what does this mean? well, i will tell you what it means. it goes back to one of your favorite hebrews.
Exodus 17:6
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Numbers 20:10-12 Authorized (King James) Version (AKJV)
10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
there ya go. doing what god says to do. its that important.
moses did what he was supposed to do the first time and everything was fine. but the second time he got mad and he put on a show for the people and afterward it was clear - moses had stolen gods glory for himself and now he would not be allowed to enter the promised land. this means that not only was jesus struck to release his spirit upon all flesh, all those receiving that spirit must be struck as well. both are christ. the rock is struck twice in order for the living water to flow.
John 7:38
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
so christians, in their omnipotent wisdom, have decided themselves what they will do and what they wont do. as a result, the rock must be struck twice, for moses was the lawgiver. and what does jesus say?????
Matthew 18:18
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
more stuff that christians dont believe because that guy speaking there is really not their god. they dont realize how powerful they truly are. they believe their eyes more than they believe god. and when it comes to the words jesus speaks, theres no difference between him and god almighty. and they claim to believe that, too. but do they believe it? do they do it?
for who you serve - that is your god. christians serve a strange and false god of their own device.