WHAT IF JESUS TOLD YOU TO . . . ?

(I typed ‘bowels’ in the search bar, and was inspired to reprint/add to this from six years ago.)

Could Jesus tell you to do the same thing He told people in the Bible ?
No, Jesus wouldn’t tell me to do that—that was just for the person He was talking to in the Bible.

Such as . . .?
+”Sell all you have, give it to the poor, and come follow Me.”
+”You feed them.”
+”Let the little children come to Me, and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of God.” DON’T KILL THEM—Don’t “send them away,” as the disciples said.
+”Don’t lay up treasures on earth.” (as in the typical American retirement portfolio)
+”Where your treasure is, there your heart WILL BE ALSO.”
+”Lay up treasure in heaven.” (can’t lay it up in heaven and keep it on earth)
+”If you see your brother or sister in need, and shut up your bowels of compassion, how does the love of God dwell in you?”
+”Do good to all people, especially to those of the household of faith.”
– – –
The devil’s first words, to Eve, effective ever since:
“Did God really say . . .?”
What if Jesus asked you to do something uncomfortable, to give up . . ., to give away . . .?
You might ought to listen, and do it.
Learn from Adam and Eve—it boils down to a simple choice, not rationale.
Are you afraid to go against the grain of history, especially current American history ?
– – –
Better to be on the right side with God—the right side of His/story—than on the right side of momentary, modern history.

‘TRINITY’ – – – MERRY-GO-ROUND

The ‘trinity’ merry-go-round spins so fast, perpetual motion, risk of flying off the ‘salvation’ mgr—or getting kicked off for questioning ‘trinity’.

Does salvation have an exclusive connection to the ‘trinity’ mgr ?—

Evangelism—is ‘trinity’ essential ?—is ‘trinity’ helpful ?

Discipleship—is ‘trinity’ essential ?—is ‘trinity’ helpful ?

What is ‘trinity’ good for ?

What is ‘trinity’ essential for ?


  • ? – Always done it this way ?—
    NO
  • ? – Everybody does it this way ?—
    YES ? Maybe
  • ? – Everybody believes it this way ?—YES ? Maybe not—We’re made to think YES—because ‘trinity’ is a continuously, casually, automatically repeated assumption.
  • ? – Everybody understands ‘trinity’ is true ?—
    NO—NOBODY understands ‘trinity’.
  • ? – ‘trinity’ explains God better than the Bible ?—
    NO—what a joke !
  • ? – Circular explanations using man-made words ?—
    Go round and round
  • ? – Describing God in human terms ?—
    Go round and round
  • ? – Quickly mired in quicksand of created vocabulary that requires more explanation, and more explanation, and more explanation (everybody has to add theirs) ?—
    Go round and round


Who made the mgr ?

Got to keep it going—WHY ?

Everybody’s on board—everybody who is anybody is on board with the ‘trinity ‘.

Response to anyone questioning ‘trinity’—
Make the claim that “They reject Jesus’ divinity”—Such extremism is easier to dismiss than questioning the value of ‘trinity’.

In everything I read, ‘trinity’ explains God, to understand God better (OH?)
—Attempt to understand God sounds very dangerous.
—God explains God, for us to read and trust and believe, not add.
—Seems this verse applies:
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths.”—including your theology, as written by God Himself.

“Did God really say” enough about Himself, clearly enough without our additions ?
His Word says it is VERY DANGEROUS to add.

I’ve never heard or read a rational, logical, spiritual, Biblical questioning of the ‘trinity’—so I started writing about it on AWordforThought.com


I propose the following:

RANDOM SURVEY

Hello, I’m conducting a survey for research.
Could I ask you four questions ?
No pressure.
No agenda.
You can ask me questions at the end if you wish.
-1- Are you a Christian ?
-2- Have you heard of the trinity ?
-3- Does trinity have anything to do with becoming a Christian ?
-4- Last question—answer is optional—then you can ask me—
(4) How do you become a Christian ?

WHICH IS WORSE ?

Theologians and church leaders (past and present) inventing doctrines using their own words to ‘explain God’—because they know so much, and people expect them to have all the answers ?

OR

Everybody using their own ideas to invent their own ‘theology’ and create their own god that suits their thinking and lifestyle—after all, we have a brain to figure out the spiritual part of life ?

EXCLUSIVE ! – TRUST THE ‘EXPERTS’—hmmm

(You may notice returning to and repeating some points about experts not showing how they arrived at their expertise.)

End-time experts speak so clearly and confidently on the(ir) time line.
I never hear them explain how they came to be such experts.

They give general conclusions and specific details (from the Bible?), without the steps from Bible verses to their position.

If the Bible is their source,
And
If I have the same Bible,
Then
They should slowly and patiently take me through the process to connect the Bible verses to their teaching (which is ‘so obvious’ ?)

Some good Bible teachers ask questions of expert end-time guests, and trust their answers without pressing them for how they got there.
It has become common to hear the building blocks for end-time time-lines mentioned as foregone conclusions without question.
So I can’t get past their first premise, before I can believe or benefit from the rest they have to say.

(Reminds me of a college course 54 years ago in Modern Physics, presenting diagrams to show the speed of light is constant—so ‘the speed of time’ has to warp.
I had an experiment to put on the Space Shuttle, that would satisfy me—never shared it, so I remain(ed) stuck, hung up on ‘the speed of light’.)

TELLING POINT or DESPERATE DISAGREEMENT

It is easier to refute those on the other side of an issue by projecting opposing views as extreme positions, by using extreme labels.
This brings to mind the 1964 political slogan,
“Extremists are always wrong.”
Daddy had a very fitting response,
“Then you would have to include (disregard) Jesus.”

That slogan was used to write off the republican nominee for president. Hmmm—What’s new ?


● TDS
Trump Derangement Syndrome
Some despise, hate, Donald Trump so severely that they are driven to oppose everything he proposes, and cast extreme labels like Nazi and Hitler.

● DDS
Daddy Derangement Syndrome
Some despised Daddy (and anyone like him) so deeply that they are driven to oppose what he stood for and talked about, with extreme labels like cultist.

● MAGA
Make America Great Again
Some despise the MAGA movement from Trump so completely that they do everything to destroy America and twist the patriotic label ‘nationalists’ into an extreme pejorative.

● APPEASEMENT
Some oppose the war on Iran so blindly that they scream about WWIII to keep us from eliminating the world’s worst bully.

● ESCHATOLOGY
Some consider end-time time-lines that are different from theirs to be so obviously wrong that they imply ‘ridiculous’.

● TRINITY
‘Everybody’ believes the trinity is so basic, foundational Christianity, that some say, “explain trinity, lose your mind; deny trinity, lose your soul.”

TIME WELL-SPENT

Instead of spending time defending ‘the doctrine of the trinity’, or wasting time ?’explaining’? the trinity, or just saying ‘trinity’ automatically—
Use your personal time and your shared discussion time exploring the wonderful words about our wonderful God, all over the Bible.

Proving human-worded doctrine to another human gives way to a richer relationship with the God of all, Who graciously wrote down just what we need to know about Himself.

“Thank You, Lord !”

SKIN IN THE GAME

Now that fear has rocketed oil prices and gas prices at the pump, the war on Iran is more than the news on our screens.

We now have skin in the ‘game’—in the war to defeat Iran.

Americans, we have a choice in the game, in the war.
Which side are you on?—support America so freedom wins, or degrade America so evil wins.
Which side am I on ?—support America so freedom wins !

Get off the bench (the couch) from just watching—get in the fight with all our support and give everything to help us win.

OR

Complain and cheerlead against America—for Evil Iran to continue.

No middle ground now !

☆ P R A Y ☆

SUBTERFUGE and CENTRIFUGE

Iran’s subterfuges are going the way of their centrifuges.

Iran’s centrifuges are going the way of their subterfuges.

Bye Bye.

Thank God.

Thank the U S President.

Thank the U S Military, and all that makes it work.

Thank Israel.

TERRORISTS ARE CONSISTENT

(I was looking for something else, when I came across this article written several months ago, but never posted)


When terrorist organizations and terrorist countries are being defeated, they negotiate for peace—SO they can re-arm and re-load for more terrorism.
We can do nothing to change this imbedded evil constitution (in their DNA) and the demonic manifesto (“death to Israel, death to America”) of terrorist leadership.
We can only deal with them by continuing to defeat them, never by naive negotiation, NEVER.


Like leaders of communism—for over a century, they continually and consistently work to overthrow America, as pledged, “We’ll bury you.”
When I was a teenager in junior high, I read the book,
YOU CAN TRUST THE COMMUNISTS To Do Exactly What They Say.
Their slogan “two steps backward, three steps forward” still directs these heroes from hell.

Believe the terrorists today, when they pledge destruction, not when they pretend to talk peace at the negotiating table (with their loaded weapons behind their backs).


+The soviet union is broken up, but communism behind it continues—China takes the lead for communism’s goals of world conquest.

+Iran’s ‘nukes’ are blown to bits, but their spiritual leadership is not deterred.

+Hamas is devastated, but peace talks with Israel and America are only re-armament opportunities for them.

+Terrorist groups attacking our ships and shipping lanes get what they deserve, but their zeal to continue is heightened.

+With strong leadership in the U.S., coordinated crackdown on illegals and criminals is paying off, but imbedded terrorist cells across America are organized and ready for coordinated attack.

+Coalitions between Russia, China, Iran, Syria?, . . . are on again, off again—but the driving force coordinating all their evil sights on ruling the world carries on and will not slacken—satan !


“Don’t be surprised when pagans act like pagans.”
(That’s a warning to Christians—a call for discernment, spiritual understanding)

Don’t be duped when evil people act like the evil one, CONSISTENTLY. (That’s a warning to our leaders—a call for wisdom, discernment, historical common sense)

MOANING to MORNING

What makes the difference ?
The letter ‘R’.

And what does ‘R’ stand for ?
A Relationship with Jesus.

And what does Jesus do ?
Jesus changes greeting the new day from “moaning” to “good morning”.