Red & Poisonous
(Study for "The Sleeping Beauty" article)
Yet the merely "principled" Christian community lacks the foundation God has laid down in the New Testament. In this way this "principled" community is not principled, taught by the Christ and by the Holy Spirit. The centrality of Christ cannot be understood without the deep intimacy of the Holy Spirit.
If we look at the principles alone, this is the basis.
This is exactly what we see in growing up and in the flowering of different talents. People brought up in an impersonal and cold manner tend to pass on their principled or even violent culture to the next generations.
Jesus himself came in the flesh to restore the relationship between God and man. It is not a matter of theoretical restoration, but of real relationships and personal discipleship. This is the teaching of Jesus. Jesus Christ sent the Holy Spirit who is the spirit of adoption:
Articles :
· The Zizanion
· The Sleeping Beauty
· The Creeping Plant
“And from this slumber you shall wake,
when true love's kiss, the spell shall break.”
when true love's kiss, the spell shall break.”
This fairy tale on the Sleeping Beauty has been adapted countless times throughout history and retold by modern storytellers across various media. Almost every men and women are familiar with the © Disney version,the best known as a cartoon movie classic but you will also find surprising variations too, around the theme...
According to the best known version the young lady was eating the mischievous, greedy Witch's apple: the seemingly good but poisonous red apple.
I think this is the archetype of the sin. Sin is not obviously ugly or suspicious. It is not the packaging that indicates its true nature but its source. Sin can be really pretty - with heavy consequences.
I think this is the archetype of the sin. Sin is not obviously ugly or suspicious. It is not the packaging that indicates its true nature but its source. Sin can be really pretty - with heavy consequences.
Cause and effect
Our Lord, Jesus explicitly informs and teaches us about the evil's plan. Though in his parable the trouble, the fault comes before the trouble the connection is clear.
..while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed zizanion...
Mt 13:24
Mt 13:24
Jesus's picture is surprisingly precise. A full article can be read here about the original meaning of the parable. But in this page we want to focus on the Beauty's problem: the poison in the apple.
Meanwhile apple could be the healthiest fruit ever, looking good, tasting fantastic and demanding the next pick... our religious life is enthusiastically likes picking up the "apples" from unauthorised sources – sometimes like the apple of the knowledge of good and bad*, or sometimes a humble good looking or even commonly praised sort of apple...
Meanwhile apple could be the healthiest fruit ever, looking good, tasting fantastic and demanding the next pick... our religious life is enthusiastically likes picking up the "apples" from unauthorised sources – sometimes like the apple of the knowledge of good and bad*, or sometimes a humble good looking or even commonly praised sort of apple...
In the Garden of Eden, though, the first pair of humans are munching on a not named fruit from the Tiger - Euphrates region. Their problem became our trouble: The fruit was forbidden, God was disregarded. This is the essence of sin: all the poisons that Satan offers arise from its conviction that mankind is ignorant and indifferent to the thoughts intentions and true being of God. And the potion is what evil has offered/offers: death.
Anyway - we used to get apples from various plants – and they are not always the best... When we recognise that our community is a Sleeping Beauty, first we should know that there's an "unauthorised apple" nearby. {Maybe in the throat...}
Apple Black-Market
Let us see that apples!
Principle - based community
Niche based community - elitism
Principle - based community
Niche based community - elitism
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Charismania - using the "Spirit"
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Pseudo - Jewish customs and focus {walking according to the Law}
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existentialism
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I talk/I sing (the one-man band)
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Timothy at all costs
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Principle - based community
It seems to be the most commonly consumed apple. When people get together they obviously want to live according to a common set of values. We always make minimum rules, even the most "liberal" religious movements follow certain norms to stay together at all. The weaker ones, of course, are constantly torn apart (one word is sometimes the bone of contention) and practice the absolute opposite of love, patience and burden-bearing in a perfect way.Yet the merely "principled" Christian community lacks the foundation God has laid down in the New Testament. In this way this "principled" community is not principled, taught by the Christ and by the Holy Spirit. The centrality of Christ cannot be understood without the deep intimacy of the Holy Spirit.
He will lead you
We are called by God from a life of principle, to a personally disciplined life of grace. Not by works, so that no one can boast. This is our base, our kick-start.
You are all taught - John
Every believer should learn this order in his life, just as Jesus Christ taught the two phases in his prayers.
0. I brought you out of..
The Ten Commandments were given at the beginning of the migration through the wilderness. Its historical and spiritual basis is a defining one in the history of mankind. It was, however, temporary, and was primarily based on the history of a single nation. The command was straightforward:
He who does by the law shall live.
However, it was immediately obvious that there was a majority who looked to the visible and not to God, who was constantly with them in the desert and in their wanderings. Only Caleb and Joshua go in, occupy and preserve the land. They were walking with God personally, not according to their own principles.
Caleb and Joshua
The New Testament scripture works differently. Here, The Word of God is "the Word made flesh". To reverse this direction is suicide.
made flesh
The New Testament scripture clearly states that the letter kills and the spirit quickens. "Letters" are various now:
the letter kills
God has given a totally new covenant: it is not a bilateral contract like the Mosaic period. This is a much better covenant, it has no human mediator like the Mosaic priestly system. Here God has paid the redemption finally, unilaterally, in full, and his covenant works even if we do not accept the redemptive offer. Then we die against the odds. If we look at the principles alone, this is the basis.
Seal
Jesus Christ sent the Holy Spirit to build up the church with him - there is not only a legal covenant, but also adoption and sonship. The latter two are characterized by the long work of restoration and walking in grace. On these are based the maturity of character and the maturity and experience gained in the use of the inheritance. This is exactly what we see in growing up and in the flowering of different talents. People brought up in an impersonal and cold manner tend to pass on their principled or even violent culture to the next generations.
The Kingdom of God Suffers Violence...
But this is far from the basic teaching of Jesus that God is not only a heavenly entity but also a good Father, or more precisely, a "Daddy".
..by whom we shout : Daddy
So Christian believers grow up not primarily in principle but in love, acceptance, restoration, and progressive responsibility. This is how their giftedness will be seen. Fruits will only grow in this way, in a holy spirit: later it will be seen in the world.
Articles :
· The Zizanion
· The Sleeping Beauty
· The Creeping Plant
