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Siam Bear Cub

Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 646 Location: middle of oz
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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Being born again.
In my metaphysical bible study I am reviewing John and came across this much loved passage.
John 3:3In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
We need to be “born” again in spirit and water. I have put forward that we are mainly water, our vessel for containing our spirit on the 3 dimensional level.
So when we are born to this existence we are born into the kingdom of god, why?
Because the kingdom of God is within you."
Luke 17:20Once, having been asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The kingdom of God does not come with your careful observation, 21nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you."
The ritual of baptism within the church is supposed to open a path to the kingdom of god in the after life, but not only is the kingdom of god within, but God is not concerned with an after life, but a now life.
Mark 12:27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
These passages are not taken out of context. They mean the same thing approached from any angle.
We are born into the Kingdom of God because this kingdom is within us.
You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Matt 16:27For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father's glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. 28I tell you the truth, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."
This is in the Now…And that is all there really is, “now” make the most of it because you have been born into the kingdom of God within.
Peace
Siam. _________________ http://iamchristlord.webs.com/
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Siam Bear Cub

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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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Job 12:7-11 "But ask the animals, and they will teach you,
or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
or let the fish of the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know
that the hand of the LORD has done this? In his hand is the life of every creature
and the breath of all mankind. Does not the ear test words
as the tongue tastes food?
I love opening up the bible at random passages and seeing what unfolds. I have done that with the above verse.
I have even had others do this and then I explain the passage that they have received via my metaphysical biblical view.
Interesting that the passage that I have received in connection with the I am-Christ-Lord belief would be one very closely associated with Pantheism, a belief that is closely associated with mine.
The Lord is the eternal spirit of all. (as from the translation of YHVH, meaning “the Eternal.”) It is the Lord that brings to us every thing we need to move closer to Love. Our true essential being.
When you look at nature you will see a balance perfected there. It is this perfect balance that is talked about by atheists over the symmetry of nature that leaves them in awe.
The funny thing with the natural world is that if left alone it retains and maintains a perfect balance. In fact the only thing that can really deplete nature is humanity.
But here is where it goes all pear shape…Can you go against nature?
This is a loud and resounding NO!
“ In his hand is the life of every creature
and the breath of all mankind.”
Breath in the bible is interchangeable with spirit. We are intricately linked with the Lord, this eternity.
This then gives to us an eternal spirit.
How?
Well if you believe that the Lord is actually your Jesus and in his hands is the life of all and the mind of this Jesus as God/lord is omnipresent and omnipotent then if we have been born and made manifest than the mind of God/Jesus would have an imprint of which we are eternally etched.
It is this eternal energy which would then play a part in the belief of reincarnation and the wheel of karma. Not that I stand fast in this belief of reincarnation but from an eternal aspect; Why not?
For the Lord/eternity is karmic.
Leviticus 19
1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 "Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: 'Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
3 " 'Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must observe my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
4 " 'Do not turn to idols or make gods of cast metal for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.
5-10 (Other stuff…blahblahblah.)
11 " 'Do not steal.
" 'Do not lie.
" 'Do not deceive one another.
12 " 'Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
13 " 'Do not defraud your neighbor or rob him.
" 'Do not hold back the wages of a hired man overnight.
14 " 'Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind, but fear your God. I am the LORD.
15 " 'Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.
16 " 'Do not go about spreading slander among your people.
" 'Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor's life. I am the LORD.
17 " 'Do not hate your brother in your heart. Rebuke your neighbor frankly so you will not share in his guilt.
18 " 'Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against one of your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
Peace.
Siam. _________________ http://iamchristlord.webs.com/
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Siam Bear Cub

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Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 1:50 am Post subject: |
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All Christians love to avoid this passage.
John 10-34Jesus answered them, "Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said YOU ARE GODS’?
35If he called them 'gods,' to whom the word of God came—and the Scripture cannot be broken—
36what about the one whom the Father set apart as his very own and sent into the world?
Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, 'I am God's Son'?
I espouse that we are all Gods, not only because of the above words, but also for the reason that we all have a father in heaven. This, by default, makes us Son’s of this Father and in essence Christ.
When Jesus was leading up to saying these words the (John 19-20) Jews were again divided. Many of them said, "He is demon-possessed and raving mad. Why listen to him?"
Am I raving mad? Hardly. I understand that we all have a Father in Heaven making us all Son's of God.
When this realization is embraced we can start moving into a higher aspect of our earthly self and stuff like this starts to happen.
John12-36Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light."
Are you ready to be Son’s of Light.
Mark 11:23-25"I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins."
Do not let your mortal bearings take you away from your rightful inheritance as Son’s of God, you might not feel worthy of such an honor but even Jesus himself told of a mortal-ness that we all can relate to:
Mark 10-18"Why do you call me good?" Jesus answered. "No one is good—except God alone. 19You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'"
Mark 9-37"Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me."
Jesus does not even wish to be worshiped and hands over the right of God Hood not only to the Children but to all those who accept that they have a Father in heaven, a higher aspect to our earthly being.
It is this that frees us from the bonds of the every day. Frees us from having to believe in a man deity and opens up our hearts, mind and soul to God within. Our Father in Heaven.
Luke 17:21
nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is within you."
Peace.
Siam. _________________ http://iamchristlord.webs.com/
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Siam Bear Cub

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Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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Practical uses for the Kingdom of God within.
The Father.
Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.
I want to discus how we can use the bible as an everyday tool for bringing peace and self love into our being and thought, and thought I would start with "Our Father."
A biblical absolute is that we all have a Father in Heaven.
I have put forward that this Father in Heaven is not out of reach somewhere but does, in actuality, dwell within us.
If this is true, than this Father is an energy that connects us directly to the universal source of all, God.
This energy, as a higher aspect of our earthly self, is the energy to which we ask of things as in, how much more your Father in heaven will give good gifts to those who ask!
I believe that it is in the “Lords Prayer” (as Jesus said) that we find the right use of prayer.
When we pray or commune with our higher energy, we must do it first and foremost from a stand point of Love.
The Father’s kingdom come and the Father’s will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
The higher energy of the Father, in this instant, is from a standpoint of Love and only love as it comes directly from Heaven, an energy of peace and wellbeing.
The best way to fill your life with Love is to appreciate everything that you have been given in your life and understand that it is in line with your higher purpose.
And as we give thanks to this higher energy remember that we make an agreement in this prayer, that it will give us today our daily bread.
In accepting our “bread”, that which is aligned perfectly with our purpose, we must accept also that what we ask for might not be given to us, as it is not for us to know the higher workings of God, but for us to accept through faith that we will receive exactly what we need to move us closer to our loving source. Even if we don't think we need it!
So in essence when we ask for forgiveness of our debts, any harm that we may have inflicted through incorrect thoughts or action, we must also understand that we must forgive our debtors, those that have done an injustice to us.
The reason being is that if we hold onto, fear, hatred or animosity it is that which will be given us as our owed debt or in a sense, karma.
That makes our prayer to our higher essence a plea to right any misgivings (no matter how painful) and to clean our slate.
If we then make an active choice to make love our leading emotion, we will not easily be led into temptation and will be delivered from any wrong choices.
For if we forgive anyone when they sin against us, our heavenly Father will also forgive you, making your path to the Lord/Law straight.
Thus we have peace, joy and contentment, instead of (the sometimes painful) lessons that we are given to us by this energy as it wants us to live a life in Love and not a life of sin or missing the mark.
Because if we do not forgive them their sins, our Father will not forgive your sins bringing to us stuff that we might not like.
Putting back on us the onus that we create and are given what we deserve through the fact that we are made in the likeness of God and are Son’s/Daughters of a higher energy, our Father.
And God is a God of love and wants us to be love also.
The “Lords Prayer” a perfect prayer for acceptance and appreciation for the majesty of this life, helping us bring heaven to earth in the everyday beauty of this existence.
Peace.
Siam. _________________ http://iamchristlord.webs.com/
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Siam Bear Cub

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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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The Father II
I have received a valid comment on my belief that the Father is a representation of our higher/inner self as opposed to this higher self being the Christ or Christ consciousness.
To me when I look at the word Christ, what it represents, what it’s word origins are, (Christ being anointed) and than looking at the teaching’s that Jesus puts forward, I am inclined to see it as an energy that brings us to our knowledge of our Father, a higher, separate but co-joined part of our true being.
Let’s see an example from Matthew 6:
1"Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.
2"So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
3But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
4so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
5"And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full.
6But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
7And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
8Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9"This, then, is how you should pray:
" 'Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
10your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
11Give us today our daily bread.
12Forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
14For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
15But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.
Jesus when telling us to pray does not tell us to pray to Christ or the Son of Man, nor even to the Lord our God, but tells us when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father in Heaven.
Matthew23:8 "But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one Master and you are all brothers.
9And do not call anyone on earth 'father,' for you have one Father, and he is in heaven.
10Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one Teacher, the Christ.
11The greatest among you will be your servant.
12For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
Our Christ nature, our anointment into our Father’s house, comes upon the realization that we have a Father in Heaven that is our essential self, whereas Christ is the teacher, an intricate part of the Son of Man/Woman.
It is through Christ, that we come to the Father and the realization that the Father (I Am) and The Son (Christ) are actually one within and apart of us.
It is through this knowledge that we are born again in the essence of God.
John7:28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him, 29but I know him because I am from him and he sent me."
Do you know who you are and do you know where you are from, are you awear that you have a higherself?
Are you?
Peace.
Siam. _________________ http://iamchristlord.webs.com/
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