This has been on my mind lately.
The major differences we have in our versions of Christianity.

This has been on my mind lately.
The major differences we have in our versions of Christianity.
I say this as someone who has one loyalty, and that is to God.
I say this in regard to not letting my patriotism come in the way of my
conscience towards God. My personal heart felt belief of God's will is non
violence, even anti-violence.

Jesus teachings said to love our enemies. He said this adding to it, and
therefore be perfect as you heavenly Father is perfect.

The message of Jesus is forgive, love, do good to others, treat each other
as you would like to be treated.

He also notes the one law which is the root of all other laws which effect
us in our lives. What we SOW is what we REAP.

This is important. It is the root of the Sermon on the mount. It is the
root of the Good Samaritan, and it is the root of every result of our
actions.
God loves all mankind. Even while we were yet sinners, God shows His love
for us in the death of Jesus for our sins. So that we can be reunited back
to God the Father Himself through Jesus works. Jesus has already paid the
price for us all, even those who are yet to believe it and don't know it
yet.
This consistency of God's love towards us is pure.

Jesus tells of various ways to make ammends with our brothers.
Jesus goes so far as to say, if you don't forgive then God cannot forgive
you.
And as you judge, so you will be judged to the same measure.
This again and sowing and reaping, and which is illustrated with the slave
forgiven his debts, then throwing a fellow slave in jail because he could
not pay him what he owed. The result was the master which originally
forgave him found out and then threw him in prison.
Forgiveness, love, kindness, good will and so on, are all the fruits of
God, and we are called to do likewise. The principle of what we do to the
least we do unto God.

Which brings me to the subtle factors of influence on the Christians over
the years. That they have gone from being fed to the lion's as
entertainment in the days of the Roman Empire, to becoming fierce warriors
with physical weapons.

This is far removed from blessed are the peace makers, for they shall be
called the sons of God.

This is far removed from our battle is not against flesh and blood but
spiritual strongholds in the heavenly realms, with our weapons also being
spiritual.

So may it well be that the antichrist will not stand out from the crowd,
because the crowd will also think the same way. And such a thing would
likely be apostasy, but not recognised as it. Even though their hearts are
predominantly with good conscience, they can be caught up in the
distractions of the worries and cares of the world.
We are especially warned, so long as we live by the sword we will die by
the sword.
Again sowing and reaping is the KEY to our experience of heaven or hell on
earth.
So long as we sow kindness and love, we will be winning over the hearts
and minds.

Note in the days of the kingdom of heaven it says, in those days, no one
will say know the Lord, for everyone will know Him, from the least to the
greatest in all the earth. Such is won over by the spirit of love and
kindness. Hospitality is also a Moslem teaching.

These are the things we must learn to do, to overcome the instincts of
violence and revenge which are antichrist.

We are not meant to hate. Hatred will eat you.
We are meant to love.

Most times the struggle is for lack of understanding. For when you
understand how to overcome, its never a choice, its the obvious choice
with many benefits. If we spent as much time working on solutions instead
of making judgements, we would be sowing major solutions to make being
godly much easier and more natural for us as we become more like Jesus in
our thinking, as well as our ways.

Love PEace Joy
Ray
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PEace Ray M O'Keeffe
An open mind has eyes to see and ears to hear.
If you don't get to the end because you dont like the message, then dont
be surprised when it all goes south and you didnt see it coming.
www.angelfire.com/oz/zen/prophecy/
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This has been on my mind lately.
The major differences we have in our versions of Christianity.

I say this as someone who has one loyalty, and that is to God.
I say this in regard to not letting my patriotism come in the way of my
conscience towards God.

My personal heart felt belief of God's will is non violence, even
anti-violence.

Jesus teachings said to love our enemies. He said this adding to it, and
therefore be perfect as you heavenly Father is perfect.

The message of Jesus is forgive, love, do good to others, treat each other
as you would like to be treated. He also notes the one law which is the root
of all other laws which effect us in our lives. What we SOW is what we REAP.

This is important. It is the root of the Sermon on the mount. It is the root
of the Good Samaritan, and it is the root of every result of our actions.

God loves all mankind. Even while we were yet sinners, God shows His love
for us in the death of Jesus for our sins. So that we can be reunited back
to God the Father Himself through Jesus works. Jesus has already paid the
price for us all, even those who are yet to believe it and don't know it
yet.

This consistency of God's love towards us is pure. What God does not like is
our poor decision making which is called sin. We are washed clean by God.
Said to Peter, "do not call unholy that which I have declared holy."

So we find the consistency of God is one of love for the people and
judgement upon the deeds which are considered as harmful also called sin.

We find in Jesus active example of showing his faith by his works because
his love is genuine, his compassion giving, and his understanding absolute,
that he forgave the adultress and didnt stone her. In fact used his wisdom
to challenge her accusers to point out that none of them are without sin
either, in saying he who is without sin cast the first stone.

We look in other places of the Old Testament and we have prophets telling us
that God hates it when we point at each others sin and accuse one another.
The perspective that Paul gives us is that we need to encourage one another,
to build each other up in love.

Jesus tells of various ways to make ammends with our brothers.
Jesus goes so far as to say, if you don't forgive then God cannot forgive
you.
And as you judge, so you will be judged to the same measure.
This again and sowing and reaping, and which is illustrated with the slave
forgiven his debts, then throwing a fellow slave in jail because he could
not pay him what he owed. The result was the master which originally forgave
him found out and then threw him in prison.

Forgiveness, love, kindness, good will and so on, are all the fruits of God,
and we are called to do likewise. The principle of what we do to the least
we do unto God.

Which brings me to the subtle factors of influence on the Christians over
the years. That they have gone from being fed to the lion's as entertainment
in the days of the Roman Empire, to becoming fierce warriors with physical
weapons.

This is far removed from blessed are the peace makers, for they shall be
called the sons of God.
This is far removed from our battle is not against flesh and blood but
spiritual strongholds in the heavenly realms, with our weapons also being
spiritual.

Jesus said if my kingdom were of this world, then my disciples would be
fighting so that I would not be turned over to the Jews. He rebuked Peter
for using the sword and he healed the ear he cut off the High Priest's
slave.

Jesus also said, by their fruits you shall know them.

While Peter was a bit rash in his ignorance, likewise many go to war
thinking that it is God's will. The trouble is this happens on both sides of
the conflict. Rumours spread and propaganda and all want to defend what is
right and kill what is evil. And both sides think the other one is the evil
one. It's a recipe founded in hell where chain reactions escalate into wars
over many generations. Even now the crusades of the 11th Century are
remembered by the Moslems in the middle-east as a Holy War against evil
Christian's invading their lands.

So now one can ask about the End time Chrisitanity and the anti-christ.
How will we know the anti-christ?

Perhaps the antichrist will be a Modern Christian with the Patriotic factor
influencing him, as well as the battle of good and evil and the need to
remove the earth of evil doers by force. Even using the words Crusade in
regard to wars.

Again the principles of love, are to remove the worries of your enemy, by
showing him you are not out to get him. This is done by turning the other
cheek when insulted and accused of being evil for example. And to say, sorry
you have that wrong, and explain yourself. It is about going the extra mile
again, so that we win them over with our patience at guiding them to see the
truths we are trying to share with them. If truly we have the spirit of God,
then we prove our faith by our works.

So may it well be that the antichrist will not stand out from the crowd,
because the crowd will also think the same way. And such a thing would
likely be apostasy, but not recognised as it. Even though their hearts are
predominantly with good conscience, they can be caught up in the
distractions of the worries and cares of the world.

We are especially warned, so long as we live by the sword we will die by the
sword.
Again sowing and reaping is the KEY to our experience of heaven or hell on
earth.

So long as we sow kindness and love, we will be winning over the hearts and
minds.

Note in the days of the kingdom of heaven it says, in those days, no one
will say know the Lord, for everyone will know Him, from the least to the
greatest in all the earth.

Such is won over by the spirit of love and kindness. Hospitality is also a
Moslem teaching.

One other factor which is killing many is the one of provoking another with
insults. In regard to war.
Insulting another instead of winning them over with kindness, will provoke
them by their customs to avenge the insulter. To go into another country and
push everyone's emotional buttons of enrage, including playing loud music
outside their church/mosque while they are trying to worship, is going to
cause more trouble. To manipulate those things is outright evil, even
premeditated murder, or just completely arrogantly ignorant.

The prophecy says when the power of the holy people is crushed the end will
come. One might wonder of a country like Iraq where every second street is
called the Holy this and the holy that. These are the places in the old
place of Babylon where the prophet Daniel was a ruler of a third of the
kingdom.

Fire Smoke and Brimstone are the 3 factors present with the burning of
gunpowder, brimstone being the smell of sulphur. It is also present with
bombs, tank shells, and even suicide bombers. These are the 3 plagues of 6th
Trumpet which kill a third part of men. In January 2006, 34 Iraqi people had
been killed on average since the start of the war. As a percentage, 34% is a
third part of 100%.

So we have to ask ourselves. Have we been caught up in something which has
gradually got us off base from where Jesus wants us to grow to? For we
should not be thinking violence. We should be thinking of ways of peace.
That is a mindset which thinks of peaceful solutions.

The natural easy solution is to hit something with violence and force. Such
might be considered the animal nature or the beast nature. The way of Darwin
is the biggest beast always wins.

The way of Jesus is, love your enemies, bless those which curse you.
It's about breaking the cycle of revenge with understanding and forgiveness,
and to take responsibility for sowing and reaping. If we dont have this
understanding, what are we being taught?

The Old Testament was back then. Jesus never said hit anyone yet alone kill
or invade.
He corrected hate your enemies to love your enemies.
He acted in love saying this is the Father in me doing these things.

Jesus said, "By their fruits you shall know them."

These are the things we must learn to do, to overcome the instincts of
violence and revenge which are antichrist.

The other thing is punishment.
Punishment was ment to deter. Not for those who see others being punished to
get a thrill. Such a thrill is sick and evil. It is written not to delight
in the enemy suffering.

The law is useless without the spirit of the Law. Without the spirit, the
law is death, with the spirit, the law guides us to give us the ways of
life. Forgiveness allows us to learn from our mistakes so we learn to Sow
different next time.

Love. Sow and Reap.
If we sow war, is there any wonder we have it?
If we sow hatred is there any wonder we have it back at us?

We are not meant to hate. Hatred will eat you.
We are meant to love.
Instead of hate we need to not feel that emotion but rather simple rejection
without revile.
The extreme difference should be love on one hand, and no emotion on the
other. Hatred is the way to self destruction taking everything around you
with it.

For hatred causes the body to rott for it is negative destructive energy.
Healing from cancers requires forgiveness. And it can be realized those
people who were not forgiven but hated, in fact were the reasons for the
cancers. (Dr Paul Yongi Cho Korea's biggest church in the 80s)

There are many things which have been handed down to us as teachings and
ways, which in fact get in the way of the simplicity of love. To consider
the side effects and direct effects of our decisions, for every decision is
sowing either for the kingdom or against the kingdom of heaven.

Let us encourage one another in love.
Let us learn to really love one another and not just do it becsause we are
supposed to.
This is the internal struggle, the battle of the flesh, the real Jihad is
spiritual. For surely the kingdom of heaven is within us. Let us sow for
eternity wisely.

Most times the struggle is for lack of understanding. For when you
understand how to overcome, its never a choice, its the obvious choice wiht
many benefits.

If we spent as much time working on solutions instead of making judgements,
we would be sowing major solutions to make being godly much easier and more
natural for us as we become more like Jesus in our thinking, as well as our
ways.

Love PEace Joy

Ray


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PEace

Ray M O'Keeffe

An open mind has eyes to see and ears to hear.
If you don't get to the end because you dont like the message, then dont be
surprised when it all goes south and you didnt see it coming.

www.angelfire.com/oz/zen/prophecy/

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