Isaiah 46:5 To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like?

Think about the mob. A made man was not to be touched by anyone without permission. The consequences for harming a made man was death, swift and violent. A message would be sent to anyone who might even think about touching another made man.

That doesn’t sound very realistic within the realm of man considering we belong to God, and it is God who made us, in His image. Yet it is true.

Job 1:10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

The fact that I don’t always feel like that is the truth does not alter the fact that I belong to God and His blessings are for me and mine. Our feelings are earth born, not of the spirit. That which is spirit is spirit in nature and understanding and is above that which is earth born. Being above, the spirit has superiority above that which is earth born. We suffer in the flesh, but never in the spirit.

The enemy cannot touch, harm, nor stain the spirit, in this I am a made man. Flesh is flesh and will ache, age, wither and die, but the spirit is ageless and eternal, untouchable, incorruptible, God made. When we shed this mortal coil, we shall be surrounded in the spirit with an incorruptible body worthy of the life that lives in us now.

Colossians 1:10-11 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

Yet unlike the worldly seed we can enjoy the fruits of His blessings and experience His glorious power now, before we come to that experience.

Because we are made.

 

 

Psalm 119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Lawlessness occurs not because a law is unjust but rather because law breakers have no regard for it. If you understand the wisdom of laws, then you will believe in adherence. Once again I speak of God’s laws and not those of men.

There is a faction which demands blind obedience. They have no desire for understanding. Understanding controls the heart and leads to obedience to the creator and not the teacher. If I can get you to believe me, to trust me, to obey me, then your heart will never come to an understanding of the truth.

I will never tell you to not read God’s Word for yourselves and come to a knowledge of who Christ is in you. I will relate to you how it works for me, but will never insist that God works in you as He does in me. While we suffer some of the same temptations, fears and faults, the answer for us both is Christ in us, in you and in me.

1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

I recognize this in others as I share the truth and they refute me with words like “My Imam says” or “My teacher says” or “My professor says” rather than “The Word of the Lord in (insert bible address here) says”. It shows that blind obedience is in charge rather than love for His Word.

1 Corinthians 4:1-2 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

The mystery of Christ in us, to be faithful to the love that dwells in us.