Thursday, 14 April 2011

THE BIBLE OFFERS THREE METAPHORS THAT TEACH US GOD'S VIEW OF LIFE

1. LIFE ON EARTH IS A TEST . THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT GOD WANTS US TO PASS THE TEST OF LIFE .


GOD keeps his promise, and he will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm ; at the time you are put to test , he will give you the strength to endure it , and so provide you with a way out .
                               1 CORINTHIANS 10:13 TEV

2. LIFE ON EARTH IS A TRUST . WE NEVER REALLY OWN ANYTHING DURING OUR BRIEF STAY ON EARTH . GOD JUST LOANS THE EARTH TO US WHILE WE ARE HERE .


What do you have that GOD has not given you ? And if all you have is from GOD , why boast as though you have accomplished something on your own ?
                             1 CORINTHIANS 4:7 NLT

The world and all that is in it belong to the LORD; the earth and all who live on it are HIS .
                             PSALM 24:1 TEV

Those who are trusted with something valuable must show they are worthy of that trust .                                                                                                                                                                             
                             1 CORINTHIANS 4:2 NCV

Unless you are faithful in small matters , you would not be faithful in large ones .
                              LUKE 16:10 NLT

3. IF YOU TREAT EVERYTHING AS A TRUST , GOD PROMISES THREE REWARDS IN ETERNITY : AFFIRMATION , PROMOTION , and  CELEBRATION .


Well done , good and faithful servant ! You have been faithful with a few things ; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness .
                             MATHEWS 25:21 NIV 


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5 comments:

  1. if only you knew, O men, what the essence of human nature is, you might become perfect at once! This I THE LORD, YOUR GOD AND CREATOR can tell you, men of this Earth, since I alone know what the essence of human nature is and what enables you to become MY PERFECT IMAGE.
    11 You might have an inkling of your true nature. This you can get, whenever your love for ME, YOUR GOD AND CREATOR, is flaring up, first in a faint breath; yet this fleeting awareness falls short of the certainty necessary for piercing the self-made veil of your wordly blindness which prevents you from reaching spiritual clarity. This failure is the result of your lack of LOVE for YOUR CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH.
    12 At any time of your earthly life you might feel clearly why you are, par excellence, a human being, for at any time of your life you can exert your will freely as you please.
    13 Are you, O men, therefore not free creatures? Are you then not endowed with capacities which no other creature can command?
    14 Now if this is so, you ought to acknowledge that you partake of a GRACE and that this unique and boundless GRACE could not possibly be dispensed by anybody else than YOUR CREATOR and that by HIM alone you have been blessed therewith among all other creatures of HIS EVERLASTING CREATION.
    15 The awareness of this MY GRACE should truly put you into a state of never ending LOVE for ME. Yet I say: not for My Sake ought you to love ME, YOUR CREATOR, indefinitely and most fervently, but for your own sake, because only then can MY GRACE become effective in you all that I AM MYSELF, YOUR GOD AND CREATOR: an infinite, never ending, and unrestricted plenty out of the purest HOLY SPIRIT.
    16 For this is why I AM HE, TO WHOM all is possible, since I AM IN ME ALL and can at any time dispense out of MYSELF ALL I AM AND ALL I WILL.
    17 Thereby I AM GOD THE LORD, because WHAT I AM I HAVE THE FULL MASTERY OF IN UNRESTRICTED PLENTY AND EVERLASTING PERFECTION. This means - and you had better note this in your heart - that I will not even for a single breath of MY EVERLASTING BEING diverge however slightly from the FULLY ACCOMPLISHED PERFECTION WITHIN MYSELF.
    18 For were this not the case, then

    nothing could come from ME as LIFE,
    nothing could reproduce itself as LIFE,
    nothing could ever subsist as LIFE,
    nothing could, as multiplying LIFE, progress
    and develop to higher forms of existence!
    Never would a live and immortal SOUL be yours!
    Never would a SPIRIT operate in you!
    19 So try to understand this LOVE OF YOUR GOD, WHO, AS THE ETERNALLY HIGHEST SPIRIT IN PERFECTION, allows you, O men, to step out as
    HEIRS OF HIS OWN PERFECTION
    INTO HIS ETERNAL LIFE AS ETERNAL LIFE!

    20 You, O men, are thus apprised of a further BEQUEST OF MINE, namely ETERNAL LIFE. You are ETERNAL just as I am! And eternal is MY LOVE towards you. For MY LOVE is not a transient flame! It cannot be ephemeral. MY LOVE cannot be a momentary rave, for MY LOVE is perfect.
    21 Thus MY LOVE for you, O men, is boundless and everlasting.

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  2. Sir I have an immense quest to know from your Holoiness " what is the truth" Kindly throw some light on this point.

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  3. Oh God !
    1. I am unable & incapable to go through your TEST even…., Kindly let me pass the Test with Your Grace Marks Only !

    2. I have nothing & nil ability and even can’t earn any TRUST. Please… help me …guide me, ….so that during this short life period I will be able to take your True path….
    KULDEEPSFRANK

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  4. Dear Sir,
    This is truly enlightening. Many of us might believe ourselves to be following in the path of God, but most of us remember Him only in our times of need. Post our conversation on Thursday, you urged me to take a different path. And I am very happy that I had that conversation with you. God must have wanted it. :) Thank you.
    Regards,
    Sonia.

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