When you systematically take away what another person is like you lose as much as they do.

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Submitted by Mark Holloway on September 24, 2015 - 19:10

(I want to talk about the harm you do to YOURSELVES when you remove another people’s culture.)

Come on God!!! I think I’m making this up.

You’re not.

Ok well I think I just heard you say that I should listen to what you say through the trees and the wind and the rain??

I did.

God are you sure?? That sounds so indigenous, or ethnic somehow - sort of American Indian, or maybe Maori.

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2 big events

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Submitted by Dale Cresap on September 23, 2015 - 21:38

There are two pivotal events in time. One of them has occurred in my first advent. The second is still to come, in my return. The first one occurred with little observation. Most of the people in the world were unaware that I had come even after my death and resurrection. This will not be so the second time, and you can expect some dramatic changes. Yet you do not have to be taken by surprise. I invite you to walk with me now and if you seek me I will reveal myself to you now. Then when I return we will not be strangers but we will be as familiar to each other as friends, and both glad to be face to face at last. 

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hard and easy

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Submitted by Dale Cresap on September 22, 2015 - 22:47

Do you find that some Bible concepts are so difficult that they can only be understood through revelation of mystery? Except you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man you have no life in you. My own disciples had trouble with that. Yet others are so plain and simple that no insight is required. Cast your net wide and sort out the catch on the deck. Gather the good into vessels and throw the rest overboard. You don’t even have to be a believer to get that. You may spend a profitable lifetime pondering the mysteries of my Kingdom. As you do, don’t neglect the simple truths that are still eternal truths.

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whose side?

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Submitted by Dale Cresap on September 21, 2015 - 22:21

Do you know of liberals and conservatives who are both eager to claim that I am on their side? Both sides claim they are right, even if they don’t agree with each other about anything. I warned that many would come in my name, and not to follow them. This concept of coming in my name can be understood broadly. They don’t have to be a false Christ for you to be wary of them. Beware of anyone who uses my name to enlist support for their cause that falls short of the fullness of truth. The question isn’t whether I am on your side, but whether you are on mine. 

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identity

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Submitted by Dale Cresap on September 20, 2015 - 19:46

Who are you? When you meet people, is the first thing you ask them is how they earn a living? If you don’t volunteer that information to them they are likely to ask you the same thing. And so it is an accepted social construct to put forth an image of yourself in terms of your utility and economic productivity. There is status involved in outranking others, so these images are carefully cultivated and those who write them come to identify with them, but the essence of your being is more than this. Even in the realm of spiritual service I told my followers to rejoice not in this, that the demons were subject to them, but that their names were written in my Book of Live. Is this enough for you?

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supported

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Submitted by Dale Cresap on September 19, 2015 - 16:15

You can grasp a tree limb, and if it is sturdy enough it will support your weight, but this requires effort on your part and over time you will experience fatigue in hanging on. If you try to grasp water you will come away with a hand that is wet but empty, because water is formless. Yet if you are willing to be immersed in it you will find that it supports you. Are you trying to support yourself by the familiar forms you are accustomed to? Do you experience fatigue from doing this? You may not be as aware of me as you are of the sturdy things around you, but you are immersed in me and I will do a better job of supporting you without fatigue. 

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Thy will be done

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Submitted by Dale Cresap on September 18, 2015 - 18:44

Have you noticed that some people say that I exist and live as if I didn’t and others deny me in their words but live as if my commandments are true? Do you expect atheists to live in total lawless wild abandon? Yet even among those who declare my name and devote themselves to my service there can be a subtle form of denial. For some of these live and work as though their service in my Kingdom is based on their own initiative and effort. It is one thing to pray ‘thy will be done’ and then go ahead with your own plans, and another thing to continue praying until you know my will is revealed to you, and obey it. 

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love your enemies

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Submitted by Dale Cresap on September 18, 2015 - 00:19

You are aware that extremists and countries at war make an effort to dehumanize their enemies to make them easier to oppose and fight. It is easier to hate if you can see no common connection between you. Yet my commandment to you is to love your enemies and do good to those who despitefully use you and persecute you. This is movement in the opposite direction. How can you make it easier to do this? You can look at your enemies not only as human as you are, but also made in my image. If you can see me in them it is easier to ask me to forgive them for they know not what they do. 

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life and death

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Submitted by Dale Cresap on September 16, 2015 - 18:03

I said unless a grain of wheat dies it abides alone, but if it dies it brings forth much fruit. I spoke of myself but I also spoke a universal truth that applies to every grain of wheat, and for the purpose of the illustration, to every person.  I expect my followers to put this into practice. Laying down your life and picking up your cross to follow me are reinforcement and expression of the same principle.  Paul lived it out when he said he died daily, and that death works in us, but life in you. Therefore it is always valid to ask your fellow believers how death is working in them that life may come forth. Would you be offended if someone asked you this? Would you have an answer?

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