I'm still trusting Yeshua, but...

I for one am glad the King does not require me to learn Hebrew and Aramaic to be a citizen of heaven. The problem with us in America is first that we don't live in America; we live in the United States of America. Canadians, Mexicans, all the Central AMERICAN and South AMERICAN countries are populated with AMERICANS too. Even if they speak Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian, French, or Indian dialects, they too are AMERICANS. We in the USA are a stuck up bunch of slobs. We price our own labor out of the market place and then cry like babies when entrepreneurs out source jobs to people willing to do them elsewhere. We then cry foul when people cross our borders to do the labors we won't do for the money business owners want to pay. Can you say greedy? All this has been done in the context of abortion, divorce, homosexuality, drug/alcohol/tobacco and sexual addiction, which are prevalent inside the "church" and outside it. Most of us further, do not go humbly into the poorer parts of AMERICA and preach the gospel and provide clean water and basic needs. Instead our government gives around 1% of our taxes to foreign aid, and we cry foul as if we would go broke that way. Our churches (not all) collect tithe and offerings for their local building projects and are often unable to raise what they want to do that. But do we need any more steeple houses here? While the poor in AMERICA are worshipping in hovels or outdoors? I am as guilty as any I criticize. (Romans Ch. 2) But I do seek the Lord to get so that I may give. I'll not brag about my not so great gifts to the poor. I don't have much to give. I do buy Spanish gospel tracts to give to the hard working legal and illegal immigrants here from other AMERICAN countries. I respect them for what they are: sinners in need of the Savior, JUST LIKE ME. I just want to barf when ever I hear rich whiny USAers complain about how bad it is to endure the speaking of a Spanish language in our little kingdom called the UNITED STATES (of america). This is political correctness from political conservatives from a wing that is not right, in my humble opinion, that is all it is, and I hope you can see that there is another way of seeing this problem. Shall we all go learn hebrew and greek now?

Superego >>> << EGO >> <<< Id

ID The term id is a Latinised derivation from Groddeck's das Es.[1] It stands in direct opposition to the super-ego. It is dominated by the pleasure principle. It is a mass of instinctive drives and impulses, and demands immediate satisfaction.

EGO In Freud’s theory, the ego mediates among the id, the super-ego and the external world. Its task is to find a balance between primitive drives, morals, and reality while satisfying the id and superego.

SUPEREGO Freud's theory states that the super-ego is a symbolic internalization of the father figure and cultural regulations. The super-ego tends to stand in opposition to the desires of the id because of their conflicting objectives, and is aggressive towards the ego. The super-ego acts as the conscience, maintaining our sense of morality and the prohibition of taboos.

[1] Groddeck, G.W. (1928). "The Book of the It" Nervous and Mental Diseases Publishing Com, New York

The above adapted from wikipedia at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego


Id would destroy us, ego would preserve us in our pleasures and sins, superego would, does control the outcome of the life of unredeemed flesh. Conscience unredeemed, sentience uninformed by and in the Almighty can only seek control of Id (and the Id’s of others) to advance the success of the ego. Yet no matter which prevails the end is the same, ego goes to hell.

It seems that Satan knows or anticipates or intuits the very thing, the very victory God is leading us in, or toward, and he attempts to drive a wedge just at that point. If God is promising us “A” and revealing His gift of it (as part of our salvation) Satan tries to advance “not A” or “anti A”. “C” is attacked with “not C”. “not A” and “not C” and all his other “nots” are often such close counterfeits to the Real Truth, we “fall” for it. The fruit looked good to Eve after Satan sinfully yet subtly “notted” God’s one command saying to her “thou shall not surely die”. It was the crafty destruction of faith, faith which would have kept the unseen, yet unknown experience of dying from being “birthed” in sin.

Adam and Eve had never sinned and didn’t yet know the difference between good and evil in their experience. Was this why their confidence in God was overcome? Satan is the person of sin, and the power of sin is deceit. Eve was deceived. A very powerful creature Satan cast the net of deceit over her. That Adam is never reckoned as deceived implies he had motive to eat. Was this a battle along the lines of Id Ego Superego? Was Adam looking for a solution to being separated from Eve? For a moment she was dying and Adam was living. Did he think he could choose Eve’s sin over God and His Word and live? Crimes, sins always have motives, but the sinning, criminal, harmful, superego has lost the truth and ability to fend off deceit. If we would be harmless we must overcome the deceit of sin. But if we are deceived, how can we know truth while our whole being is in deceit?

Satan, deceived in himself, thought that he could not only kill them by deceiving them to eat, but that He could kill God, and take over the universe. It was a plan which backfired, yet it did take countless souls away to hell.

Two Wars, Two Armies, Two Arsenals

The world is locked in a struggle in which many players seek the prize of dominating the marketplace. The cry for human freedom is often lifted as a banner, but intended as a cover for the greed of those who would lead the people. They even do it under the banners of "church and religion". Democrats and Republicans alike are as vulnerable to the corruption as was Judas, the Sanhedrin, and Pilate, and even the jihadists of our day. And if we are not vigilant, we may be stained by greed as well. Don't be led about by those who have no regard for the welfare of your soul in eternity, but instead offer temporary protection for the flesh in return for your labors and blood.

This is the victory that overcomes the world, it is our faith in Jesus. We walk not according to the sight iof our eyes, but by faith in God unseen and the world to come. Blessed are they which have not seen and yet believe. Put no confidence in the flesh. Make no provision for the flesh. Man shall not live by bread alove but by EVERY word that is spoken from the Mouth of the Almighty.

1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

2 Corinthians 5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)

Hebrews 11:1-2 Trusting is being confident of what we hope for, convinced about things we do not see. (2) It was for this that Scripture attested the merit of the people of old.

John 20:29 Yeshua said to him, "Have you trusted because you have seen me? How blessed are those who do not see, but trust anyway!"

Philippians 3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

Romans 13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.

Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Deuteronomy 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

1 Timothy 6:6-12 Now true religion does bring great riches, but only to those who are content with what they have. (7) For we have brought nothing into the world; and we can take nothing out of it; (8) so if we have food and clothing, we will be satisfied with these. (9) Furthermore, those whose goal is to be rich fall into temptation; they get trapped in many foolish and hurtful ambitions which plunge them into ruin and destruction. (10) For the love of money is a root of all the evils; because of this craving, some people have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves to the heart with many pains. (11) But you, as a man of God, flee from these things; and pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, steadfastness, gentleness. (12) Fight the good fight of the faith, take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you testified so well to your faith before many witnesses.

2 Corinthians 10:3-6 For although we do live in the world, we do not wage war in a worldly way; (4) because the weapons we use to wage war are not worldly. On the contrary, they have God's power for demolishing strongholds. We demolish arguments (5) and every arrogance that raises itself up against the knowledge of God; we take every thought captive and make it obey the Messiah. (6) And when you have become completely obedient, then we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience.

HOW THEN SHALL WE LEARN?

9.20.2007

How then shall we learn?

Hebrews 5:7-10 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; (8) Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; (9) And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; (10) Called of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek. KJV

Hebrews 5:7-10 During Yeshua's life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions, crying aloud and shedding tears, to the One who had the power to deliver him from death; and he was heard because of his godliness . (8) Even though he was the Son, he learned obedience through his sufferings. (9) And after he had been brought to the goal, he became the source of eternal deliverance to all who obey him, (10) since he had been proclaimed by God as a cohen gadol to be compared with Malki-Tzedek. Complete Jewish Bible

The Son of God, Emmanuel, Yeshua, learned obedience as He suffered in the flesh. His "perfect being" (He) never sinned. He met every temptation to sin with an able, efficient and sufficient "No". Yet His turning to His Father was with strong crying and tears, and His Father heard Him in that he feared . Yeshua was in the flesh as we are. He had to "deal with it" just as we do. He had to overcome the fact of His adopted carnal mortality. I have often thought: "hey, this is God we are talking about, Jesus could never sin, He couldn't fail to be perfect, He had to accomplish my salvation." But it was just not so easy. He was doing a "thing", a "job", accomplishing a goal that would and could never ever be done by any another, and would be done only once. It might be like going through school, then college and law school, and then having only one opportunity to pass the bar exam. Twenty years of school and one shot at achieving the goal, being made a lawyer. No passing grade and poof, you are a cab driver, not a lawyer!

But his was not something Jesus did to advance His career as God's only begotten Son and Heir. He did this so that we, who can never by our own efforts achieve sinlessness, -in that we have already sinned before the matter of faith even appears on our horizon- Jesus did this so that we by faith can enter into His grace and his sufferings. We can be made perfect, having been justified and reckoned righteous by His sacrificial work. We too can learn obedience in the things we suffer as His children. By our faith and God's great power by which nothing is impossible. We can learn obedience, and having learned it, we can live in it. Not to believe for and pursue perfection (imputed and imparted) is not to believe the good news, and not to pursue it's fruits.

How then shall we live?

1 John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.

1 John 5:3-4 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

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