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If anything, including God, opposes itself and is divided, it cannot stand and its end has come. Thus, If anything is eternal, i.e. God, then it CANNOT oppose itself and be divided. Just as in light and darkness, Spirit and flesh cannot coexist; they have NOTHING in common and therefore do not share a common purpose. God is not double minded. But, we are. God is Spirit, and therefore cannot and will not create what He is not. Nothing except God can exist. Nothing beyond Him can happen, because nothing except Him is REAL. Spirit gives birth to Spirit! Things produce ONLY in their own likeness. Fear makes fear, olive trees produce olives, flesh gives birth to flesh, Spirit to Spirit. Love creates Itself and nothing but Itself. God, Spirit and Love are One; and they are eternal, and thus cannot change or be changed, because such is a characteristic of the eternal. Reality is changeless and it is this that makes it real and keeps it separate from all APPEARANCES. It cannot change. Appearances can always change because they ARE appearances, and cannot have the changelessness reality entails.
Opposites cannot coexist, and to accept one is to deny the other. There is no compromise between the two. If one is real, the other must be false (unreal). Which one is your reality? Can't have both, unless of course our mind is in a state of dissociation, which in essence is insanity. Dissociation is a distorted process of thinking whereby two (opposing) systems of thought which cannot coexist are both maintained. It is a state of confusion with a foundation built on sinking sand, not solid rock.
When you say that "nothing except God can exist." that "nothing except Him is real" and that "reality is changeless" what Scripture verses can you give me that show this is true?
I know that the Bible says that God created all that exists, seen and unseen, spiritual and fleshly ( Gen. 1:1; 1:21; 1:27; Is. 54:16; Eph. 3:8-9; Col. 1:16; Jn. 1:3) making all that was created separate inn substance and being from God. God made dirt and angels, microbes and the universe, heaven and earth. None of these things God made are God nor are they unreal. If they are truly unreal, then God has never made anything at all and we would not be here to speak about this.
I know that the Bible says that only God is changeless. Reality is separate from God. It attests to the existence of something or to what is true, therefore reality is not the same as God. ( Mal. 3:6; Ps. 102:27; Heb. 13:8-9).
One-Eighty, I hope you are doing well and I hope that you are studying the Scriptures daily to discover the truth that God has revealed in it. I continue to pray for you often, as I care for you and desire for you to learn and know the Lord truly and eternally.
Images are perceived, not known. knowledge cannot deceive, but perception can. God is omniscient, thus He does not perceive.
The Bible correctly says that God is Spirit and that Spirit gives birth ONLY to Spirit, and flesh gives birth ONLY to flesh. How then can God (Spirit) make flesh and blood when it creates ONLY Spirit?
The Bible also states that God is Love; therefore Love and Spirit are One. Thus Love (Spirit) Creates Itself and nothing but Itself. This means God could not be the Author of flesh and blood, and fear and hate.
The Bible also states that the Spirit is Truth. God is also eternal and changeless, and whatever is true is eternal and cannot change or be changed. Spirit is therefore unalterable because it is already perfect. But the mind mind can elect what it chooses to serve, the only limit put on its choice being that we cannot serve two masters; Spirit AND flesh, Love AND fear, Truth AND deception etc.
God creates only the eternal and not that which can change with time, to wither away and die. God is Life, not death. There is no death authored by God, because what God created shares His life. There is no death because an opposite to God cannot and does not exist. God is not the author of fear, we are; we have chosen to create and think unlike Him and therefore have made up this insane world filled with fear for ourselves.
I've said the following before, and will repeat: Anything that comes from God must be exactly like Him. God could not create anything that is not perfect, or else He wouldn't be perfect. The logic of this is flawless. If God is perfect and eternal, then by definition, anything He creates would ALSO have to be perfect and eternal.
- A Creature of God
Genesis 1:27
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
-Performance Issues
i.Low resistance to temptation
Genesis 3:13
"And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, the serpent beguiled me, and I did eat."
ii.High level of corruption
Genesis 6:12
"And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth."
Puzzle
I light of these issues, what is the meaning of "in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."?
If anything, including God, opposes itself and is divided, it cannot stand and its end has come. Thus, If anything is eternal, i.e. God, then it CANNOT oppose itself and be divided. Just as in light and darkness, Spirit and flesh cannot coexist; they have NOTHING in common and therefore do not share a common purpose. God is not double minded. But, we are. God is Spirit, and therefore cannot and will not create what He is not. Nothing except God can exist. Nothing beyond Him can happen, because nothing except Him is REAL. Spirit gives birth to Spirit! Things produce ONLY in their own likeness. Fear makes fear, olive trees produce olives, flesh gives birth to flesh, Spirit to Spirit. Love creates Itself and nothing but Itself. God, Spirit and Love are One; and they are eternal, and thus cannot change or be changed, because such is a characteristic of the eternal. Reality is changeless and it is this that makes it real and keeps it separate from all APPEARANCES. It cannot change. Appearances can always change because they ARE appearances, and cannot have the changelessness reality entails.
Opposites cannot coexist, and to accept one is to deny the other. There is no compromise between the two. If one is real, the other must be false (unreal). Which one is your reality? Can't have both, unless of course our mind is in a state of dissociation, which in essence is insanity. Dissociation is a distorted process of thinking whereby two (opposing) systems of thought which cannot coexist are both maintained. It is a state of confusion with a foundation built on sinking sand, not solid rock.
God Is
Peace
Good to have you back here posting.
When you say that "nothing except God can exist." that "nothing except Him is real" and that "reality is changeless" what Scripture verses can you give me that show this is true?
I know that the Bible says that God created all that exists, seen and unseen, spiritual and fleshly ( Gen. 1:1; 1:21; 1:27; Is. 54:16; Eph. 3:8-9; Col. 1:16; Jn. 1:3) making all that was created separate inn substance and being from God. God made dirt and angels, microbes and the universe, heaven and earth. None of these things God made are God nor are they unreal. If they are truly unreal, then God has never made anything at all and we would not be here to speak about this.
I know that the Bible says that only God is changeless. Reality is separate from God. It attests to the existence of something or to what is true, therefore reality is not the same as God. ( Mal. 3:6; Ps. 102:27; Heb. 13:8-9).
One-Eighty, I hope you are doing well and I hope that you are studying the Scriptures daily to discover the truth that God has revealed in it. I continue to pray for you often, as I care for you and desire for you to learn and know the Lord truly and eternally.
Images are perceived, not known. knowledge cannot deceive, but perception can. God is omniscient, thus He does not perceive.
The Bible correctly says that God is Spirit and that Spirit gives birth ONLY to Spirit, and flesh gives birth ONLY to flesh. How then can God (Spirit) make flesh and blood when it creates ONLY Spirit?
The Bible also states that God is Love; therefore Love and Spirit are One. Thus Love (Spirit) Creates Itself and nothing but Itself. This means God could not be the Author of flesh and blood, and fear and hate.
The Bible also states that the Spirit is Truth. God is also eternal and changeless, and whatever is true is eternal and cannot change or be changed. Spirit is therefore unalterable because it is already perfect. But the mind mind can elect what it chooses to serve, the only limit put on its choice being that we cannot serve two masters; Spirit AND flesh, Love AND fear, Truth AND deception etc.
God creates only the eternal and not that which can change with time, to wither away and die. God is Life, not death. There is no death authored by God, because what God created shares His life. There is no death because an opposite to God cannot and does not exist. God is not the author of fear, we are; we have chosen to create and think unlike Him and therefore have made up this insane world filled with fear for ourselves.
I've said the following before, and will repeat: Anything that comes from God must be exactly like Him. God could not create anything that is not perfect, or else He wouldn't be perfect. The logic of this is flawless. If God is perfect and eternal, then by definition, anything He creates would ALSO have to be perfect and eternal.
God Is
Peace
Not sure I understand it.
Are you suggesting that God did not create man - which is flesh and blood?
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