COURAGE
I remember when I was quite young and had not yet learned how to swim. My mother would take us to the public pool on hot summer days. I would become bold and take to moving around the pool by hanging on to the edge but not quite ready to let go. One day a man was teaching his son to swim and I bothered him by going back and forth along the edge. Impulsively he pushed me away from the edge and out into deeper water. I was frightened and struggled with all of my might to make it back to the edge. I was quite relieved to be back to the safety of the edge but I was also exhilarated that I had actually swum. I began letting go of the edge more and more often at first going out only a little way and then farther and farther. I eventually became a very good swimmer.
Courage is derived from two words which are "cour" (French for heart) and "age" and it means "the coming of age of the heart".
We are spiritual beings in a vast ocean of Spirit. The earth is like the public pool. Religion offers us a safe "edge" for us to hold onto while we are learning and becoming stronger "spiritual swimmers". We don't have to swim far from the edge to build our confidence. Every little excursion away from the edge builds confidence and courage. Maybe I have nudged you a little way from the edge but you made it back and are safe. Take courage and keep on trying. Keep experimenting with your new found knowledge and strength. To paraphrase; the journey across the pool begins with a single stroke.
Therefore I say to you; take courage and be courageous seekers of truth.
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- Carlton Newman
- Start from the beginning click on the Archive Year and Month: "October 2009" (right side of page) and select Chapter One. I am a spiritual mystic, a scientist of the spirit, a son of God putting on that mind that was also in Christ Jesus (Phil 2:5), and fulfilling the prophecy of Jesus that those things that he did we would also do and greater things would we do (John 14:12). The Seed of Christ as “the Spirit of his Son” (Gal 4:6) is within our hearts as the Portal to the kingdom of God that is also within us (Luke 17:21). Jesus Saved Us by re-igniting that Holy Christ Flame within us and by allowing us to use his Flame to contact God until ours should grow sufficiently for us to do this on our own. Therefore, I must become the Real Self that I am, my Holy Christ Self and let that corruptible in me put on incorruption and that mortal in me put on immortality ( 1 Cor 15:23). This is something that we all must do. My goal and purpose is to help the children of God awaken from the stupor of the false indoctrination from false brethren crept in unawares that has imprisoned their minds. With God all things are possible without Him nothing is. The Light of God never fails.
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Walt G said...
Sorry it took so long to get back to this exchange of ideas.
Well, Carlton, I can see that I am wasting my time and effort, trying to communicate with you. Trying to communicate with anyone who is deliberately trying to sidestep the point and assign motives or weaknesses to others is always a waste of time. After this, I shall put more effort into following our Lord's instructions to "search out the deserving ones" rather than arguing with one who already knows it all.
When ever I look into the spiritual mirror that contains the written Word, the Will and the mind of God, I am faced with the personal shortcomings reflected there by it, and am thereby regularly rebuked by the Lord. But one thing I do not yet need to worry about, is being cursed by the curse pronounced by Paul against all who take liberties with God's Sacred Word, such as do you.
It is very plain to see, for all who really want to see it, how scripture defines such basic things as what constitutes a soul, and what the eventuality of that creation is. It is not a matter of having hurt feelings or bruised ego on my part. It is simply a case of having escaped from the blasphemy and apostasy of the dominant religions falsely called Christian. Religions still influenced by their ancient association with the politically correct, Constantine ordained and supported universal church of the fourth century. Religions that will not learn from their own history, and that of the disobedience of the pre-christian Jewish apostates. They can not, or, WILL NOT see why those Jews were taken into captivity, and eventually destroyed as a theocratic nation and religious entity. They will not see how they are headed for the same destiny at the hands of God. They will not recognize Scriptural truth and abandon such things as the doctrines dredged for the religious sewers of ancient Babylon, dressed in a facade of false Christian rags, and declared to be the central doctrines of the "church." They cling to their death-dealing Satanic myths such as the false idea of the immortality of what they think of as the "soul" as defined by Greek philosophers. They have no understanding of what it will take for a human soul to be transformed into a spirit entity, so that it might be admitted to heaven, for the rare human invited to do so. They will not recognize God's original plainspoken purpose for the earth, or for the human creation He put on it. They continue to insult God and embarrass His Son with the insulting blasphemy of the trinity as defined by the Athanasian Creed. I could go on with other myths unrelated to God's true Word, but as I said in the beginning, I would be wasting my time.
If you are really interested in what the "Faithful and Discrete Slave" (Matt. 24:45-47) has prepared to spiritually feed us, particularly as to the truth of these things, try accepting a small 224 page book entitled "WHAT DOES THE BIBLE REALLY TEACH?" You can educate yourself, and accept what is revealed there, or reject it, what ever you like. Whatever you choose, my ego will not be bruised nor my pride wounded. I will simply be satisfied with the knowledge that I have discharged my responsibility to you, as a Christian Watchman. It is simply a matter of my attempt at striving for obedience to the instructions of the Christ.
February 4, 2010 2:49 PM
Romans 1:15-23 I am not ashamed to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ as it has continued to be revealed through his Two Witnesses. If it were not necessary to correct the errors that have been introduced into the bible by false brethren crept in unawares then Jesus would not have thought it necessary to send the Comforter or the Two Witnesses. Jesus ordained ongoing revelation through Paul and John shortly after his crucifixion. Joel 2:28 The spirit of God is upon us.
Jesus has come again in the flesh. He knocked on the doors of your churches but was not admitted. The people were too full of themselves and their self righteous intellectual telling of the passages of scripture without having internalized his message in their hearts. Their hearts were hardened against him.
Romans 8:1-11 They have denied and killed the Spirit that is Life in themselves declaring themselves to be sinners and that God cannot dwell in them. Romans 8:16-24 We are the children of God and joint-heirs with Christ. Christ is our True Identity. Each child of God has a unique personality in Christ which must be "put on" and when put on then the prophecy of Jesus (John 14:12) will be fulfilled and we will do the things that he did and greater things. 1 Cor 15:20 Jesus was the First Fruit not the one and only fruit as put forth in that damnable lie. The soul of God is Spirit it is not "transformed into a spirit entity" as you say. Romans 8:29-31. We were created in the image of his Son to become that Son by finishing the work that we were given to do while in the earth. Romans 12:1-8 We are one body in Christ with each contributing to that one body the gifts of his unique Christ Self.
I have told you the truth. The Unfed Threefold Flame of God burns within our Heart of hearts as a Trinity of Father (blue), Son (yellow) and Holy Spirit (pink). God is with us. This Flame is our portal to the kingdom of God and it is sustained by direct impulse from the Heart of God over the Crystal Cord also called the Silver Stream or River of Life. Through that Flame we make contact with our Higher Mind, the Christ Mind that was also in Christ Jesus and we "put on" that Christ. This is the birthright of every son and daughter of God 1 John:1-3 and 1 John 4:1-13.
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