Sunday, November 25, 2012

The Ground in which my Thoughts take Root

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What I Know
God is.
God is good/love.
Nothing will stop God.
God’s purpose is good/love.
God’s pleasure is good/love.
God’s presence is good/love.
Evil is the absence (experiential)
       or the ignorance
       or the forgetting of this.
Sin results from and results in evil.
Evil is “not Live” Dead, Death.
Evil is temporary, it will cease eternally.
Faith is the remembering
      and the relying upon the
      Truth of God’s goodness/love.
      results in salvation
      results from rebirth, Spirit birth, baptism
      happens by God’s Good (Holy) Spirit
      happens through encountering Jesus 
                                                           (God with us)
      leads to renewing and
      leads to righteousness
The Cross -- where evil meets good and dies
      the forgetting is removed
      we see, remember, know God as He is
                                     know God is good
                                     know His power
                                     know His love
                                     know His giving to the utmost
      convinces us through His Holy/Good Spirit
                            of Who and What He is
                            of who and what we are
                            of who and what He wants
                                                              wills
                                                              intends
                                                              plans
                                                              for us to be.
      The shed blood of Jesus
      The broken body of Jesus
      The Risen, Restored, Returning Body of Jesus
                is our communion, our remembrance
                         of His love and His power
                         towards us and in us.
                is the basis of our confidence in Him
                                       our trust in Him
                                       our faith in Him
This is the faith which He works in us and that results 
                          in righteousness, 
                          in pleasing, blessing, glorifying God,
                          in the righteousness of Jesus, 
                          in faith righteousness 
                   which will continue eternally.